Wife's 48

[8man]

Well, after 3 months of procrastination, we got the truck today!!!

On the way home, I stopped for gas, and as some mentioned, my fuel line is a little low and I had to hold the filler nozzle to keep it flowing. At about 3/4 tank I finally got tired of it and said "that's good enough for now". About that time two guys stopped in a F350 to talk about the truck. One of them really liked the look.

Got it up to 70 on the highway coming home, cruise worked fine and it really is nice to drive. Handles, accelerates, brakes and turns like a new truck.

IMG_5029 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

That is it sitting in the driveway, just before Laura drove it for the first time! She had a ball and couldn't stop talking about what it needed, like a rear view, which I had at home, waiting to get the truck back to install. Well, it's less than an hour later and it's installed. She absolutely does not like the side mirrors. I didn't have a problem with them. She loves the sound of the cam and the duals, so I think it is a win.

We just ordered the trim rings and baby moon hubcaps (smoothies) for it. She wrestled with that for a while, but that is what we are going with.

So I'm going to test fit wood tomorrow and adjust where necessary and get it ready to stain and seal. I have to build the wood side panels so it can live up to it's name, Farm Truck (her name for it). Once I get measurements, I'll take the truck to the interior guy so he can finish it up.

Happy Days!