Project Tornado: A Natural Disaster

[ChiefRocka]

Carbs look way cool man....
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Just watched the videos....sweet shots of the truck...Didn't know you breath'n fire !!
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Well you didn't get beat too bad......

[muddpile]

Thanks guys, the video was a lot of fun, no cash was made, as I was just an extra at first, then they decided they wanted the truck. It was shot in one day, I believe 15 hours start to finish, a really kool experience that I was stoked to be a part of. I'd totally do that again for free.

[63sbssbbw]

Looking sweeter by the minute Mudd
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[Rippin-J]

awesome.

bring 'er down south sometime!

[JRBECK64]

That is one cool truck. So are you going to have to put wheelie bars on it so it wont grind the back end of the truck off when your doing wheel stands? I sure would hate to see all that metal work get messed up.

JRBECK64

[muddpile]

The flare paint is called "Scallops". It's an old hotrod thing a lot of guys did to show off body lines better. The tails will be frenched in about 1/2" this winter, and as for wheelie bars, the truck doesn't seem to wheelie, so I haven't planned anything yet.

[jonzcustomshop]

lookin good! I really like the 58 chev lights.

[d10s69c10]

I see Tropheys in your Future!

[Captainfab]

The rear end really looks good......finishes it off nicely IMO.......but then your whole truck is pretty D@m cool.

[protrash64]

Nice updates+upgrades muddpile!!! The truck is looking killer.

[dieselarmy13]

Anything new?

[muddpile]

Only thing new is a top end tick. I think I wiped a lifter out or something. At the time the engine made 400hp and 525tq, so I'm thinking about adding some go-fast goodies and building it a little more bulletproof. This winter is when I'll do the entire tear-down, up to and including interior and paint. I have not forgotten about it this summer, as I have a closet piled high with goodies that should add some much needed shock value.

[nuke1]

truck is really coming along since i las tchecked in on it, wow, that rear pan looks great, nothin wrong with that at all. Amazing bud.

[muddpile]

Got myself a little bit of ink time

http://www.calgarysun.com/unknown/20...22156-sun.html

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Very cool on the coverage...

[Frizzle Fry]

Very cool!

[1964C10]

Love those tail lights! I like the white flare paint on the side as well (not sure what the official name).

[1964C10]

ahhh Scallops, now I remember. Would it be possible to get a head-on shot of those? Thanks!

[muddpile]

Near the bottom of page 4 I have a front corner shot, it's about as close as I've got right now. I'd take one for ya, but the hood is off and not even in the same building as the truck right now Mind you, a lot of what you see is missing at the moment.
-Hood
-Doors are on, but gutted and now aligned proper (would like to suicide them possibly, but that might not happen, not sure about Autolocs hinges)
-All weatherstrip and glass is out
-Interior is out from top to bottom, front to back (including drilling 40ish spotwelds to remove the dash)
-Engine is out, but the transaxle remains
-Much of the wiring has been removed to make work room

So yeah, it's kind of a morbid creature at the moment (but when is it not, I mean really?) It's all for the better, however, as it's coming back with a bang, as a full on 60s style Kustom.

Anyone who could render a picture of it with the custom side trim and pillar trim with some sort of scallop design, that would be awesome, and any ideas for a wild headlight/grille treatment would help too. Thanks!

[muddpile]

I think this is about where we left off, and if not, oh well, gotta be close right?

School bus hood. I get older, they stay the same age...



I've got the matching double-hump dash, but it's still in the truck, so for now bare naked interior is pretty sexy.



With so little accessories in there, there was plenty of room to fit the bench seat to build brackets.



Speaking of bare naked, bodywork isn't far off at this point.





The new rad is 32" wide, 19" high and 3" thick, so the hole and structure for the I6 rad just didn't do it.... Nor did anything else there. It's totally shaved and smoothed, about 15 hours later.



The engine gave a mild problem early last year.... Not a problem anymore... Mondello Performance were there to help me out and thin my wallet.

[d10s69c10]

yikes! ths thing is living up to its name. most projects will never be finished....

im thinking this project will never be finished getting sarted.

[ruffrida2005]

dude that is just sick. I cant believe I never saw it.

[jgh64pkup]

cool build

[carnuts07]

Any updates yet?

[thirdstreettito]

Shes lookin real purdy.