Loadmaster '47 COE

[Dieselwrencher]

The wiring is looking great! The spacers fit well, keep up the great work!

[47 Fasttoys]

Another mild stone: I drove the COE out of the shop for the first time today. Mind you, I have spacers in place of the front springs right now so it rides like a wagon. I also mounted the new front tires and it sets a little lower then I thought it would. Other items, I built a temporary mount for the battery, mounted the front bumper, finished the front clip mounting, mounted the hood latches, finished the fan wiring and did a little more work on the brakes (small leak). So what do you think, is the first picture a little low for ride height? I also learned light tubes do not hold up under the power of a cab roof and a 9K lift. In the later pictures that is the target ride height. I also utilized the COE only option of the temporary door latch. The last small picture is a crappy video.
Rob

[99 to Life]

so sick man, I luuuuuv the stance. sounding good too. that thing looks awesome, can't wait to see the bed on there. BTW I really really want a COE almost more than a burb, so your a lucky man!

[lower50's]

That looks so cool!! Sounds good too. You must be so happy.

[Advanced Design]

Congratulations on the first drive out! Nice door latch option too.
From the angle the truck looks good from the front.

[Billys68SS]

Real nice! I LOVE IT! Happy for you!

[reaper71]

It's got to feel good!!
Most non car people just won't get it but it's a pretty awesome feeling driving something for the first time that you built with your blood,sweat and tears!!
Congrats...

Mark..

[Clarance J]

Hey Rob, hook up some jumper cables to your door lock and make them electric door locks. Great job. Its come along way from that truck you found in Colorado. Still enjoying the build. That road trip sure sounds like a lot of fun. Good luck.

Earl

[47 Fasttoys]

Thanks all, after I get the rest of the cab put together I will put the donor springs back in to give it a real test drive and see if I will need some new lighter load springs. Air bags may be in the future but for now I just need to get this thing sorted out.
Rob

[47 Fasttoys]

Well I cut the springs (1 coil) put them back in, spent about 6 hours rebuilding the drivers door, a lot of that time was just trying to get it to latch good. After all that I took it for it's first official test drive, 25 miles. No real issues and everything seems to work good except the head lights need some adjustments. Heck even the cruise worked great. I'm stoked. I'll be starting on the bed this week end.
Rob

[Kim57]

Looks pretty slick.
Kim

[Advanced Design]

Congratulations Rob! Looks good!

[99 to Life]

so good to hear. can't wait to see it with the bed. yeah the stock latches can be a pain, thats why I'm just going with bear claws on my current build.

[mud.man.rj]

Congrads, bet it was nice to take it for a rip, looks even better with the 1" drop, can't wait to see more. Good work....No..great work.

[lower50's]

Great job!! Good to hear your first drive went well, makes finishing the build easy.

[47 Fasttoys]

Been making some more progress. Finished both floor covers with seals, finished passenger side seat belt mount. Still on target for a Virginia road next week end. I plan on driving it to work all next week to get a feel for it and see what bugs need to be worked out during the week.
Rob

[99 to Life]

nice work and good luck this coming week. hope you make your trip.

[47 Fasttoys]

A little update: I've been getting a lot of little things finished up, the steps are installed, a drive indicator light is installed and most important I've been driving the snot out of it. 400 miles in the last 3 days. It is now my daily driver as the '46 is loosing an engine (rod knock). On the plus side the COE is running great and the 4.8L has more power then I expected. I did a 0 to 60 test using the GPS speedo function and it runs 7.39 seconds, not bad at all. I need to post some more videos of the shifter working and a general drive to give an idea of how it turned out for now. I will also pick up the steel for the bed tomorrow.
Rob

[ghettoluxury]

Glad to hear you are enjoying the truck Rob.

[99 to Life]

daaaaang your killing it. congrats. doesn't that suck balls when one things turns out great and then another not so great (rod knock). tuff to get a head these days. really seems ironic some times.

[Dieselwrencher]

Great work on it and congrats on racking up the miles on it! Sorry to hear about your 46.

[oldman3]

Great news on the running of the COE, sorry about the 46...Jim

[mud.man.rj]

Sounds like the 46 is getting jealous now.

[47 Fasttoys]

Thanks all, Yeah, I think all the other vehicles are suffering from a bit of neglect. So does it look like a new flat bed? I hope to have it framed up and mounted by Thursday night. Needs to be ready to go for sure by Friday night, as do tail lights and some sort of storage container. Do the projects or tasks never end on these old pieces of junk?
Rob

[99 to Life]

so cool, can't wait to see how the bed turns out.