Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

[realvc]

Great pictures of the Easter Sun Rise Service in Washington D.C.
Thanks for posting.
God's grace is truly amazing!

[Palf70Step]

Sunrise service are great. Those are some beautiful pictures!

[ibrown50]

I can't believe it's more than a year and a half since I last updated my build thread. Work has been progressing slowly and lockdown has created a bit of time but here in the UK not good availability of parts. So the last time a posted the truck looked pretty much like this.



Brakes are now complete, rears rebuilt



And fronts 'blinged up' a bit



The bedsides had the usual rot where the wood meets the metal, I couldn't decide if I should repair or replace but the times scales for delivery of bedsides to the UK were so long that made my mind up for me, repair it was

[ibrown50]

installed the new cross sills I've had forever



And bolted them back on the truck

[ibrown50]

It was very much the same story with the tailgate, I removed the rot from the lower sections



and split a piece of 1 ¾ " tube to repair the top and bottom





and gave it a quick coat of paint

[realvc]

Congrats. on your truck progress. All the repairs look great.
I'm glad to see you update.

[ibrown50]

the funny thing about Covid, it's really messed up my sense of time, it seems like 6 months since I last posted anything but it's actually 16.

Anyway, I have been making steady progress so here are a couple of pictures.

The bed and fenders are back together

[realvc]

Really looks great, as usual for your shop.

[Braunschweiger]

Wow what a beauty

[Grizz1963]

Great seeing you back on here Ian.

Progress is Progress as Ta2Don says.

You are just getting on with it.

[Paul Y]

That's looking rather special Ian!

P.

[The Rocknrod]

Great color. Weren't you putting the fuel fill on the right side previously?

[ibrown50]

Thank you to everyone for your kind comments,

Rocknrod - did move my filler to the right side, it ended up in the rear fender.



I just copied the original cab hole



and then used the original filler neck and rubber seal



for a factory (ish ) look

[The Rocknrod]

That's cool.

[ibrown50]

Thanks Rocknrod

[ibrown50]

I've been laid up for a few details, self-isolating before a minor surgical procedure. So I took the opportunity to start my inner door panels.

I sanded both to remove to loose paint and provide a sound surface for the vinyl

applied the vinyl using contact adhesive

and got it fitted using fresh hardware and handles

One down one to go

[88Stanger]

Originally Posted by ibrown50

I've been laid up for a few details, self-isolating before a minor surgical procedure. So I took the opportunity to start my inner door panels.

I sanded both to remove to loose paint and provide a sound surface for the vinyl
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applied the vinyl using contact adhesive
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and got it fitted using fresh hardware and handles
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One down one to go
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Now this is an awesome idea!! I may just need to "borrow" your idea!! It really is a great way to do these door panels and in a unique way. Thank you for posting Prayers all goes well for your procedure.

[ibrown50]

Thanks everyone, the procedure went well and thankfully it was nothing too nasty.

I was going to post some pictures of my lastest 'project' but realised i hadn't posted pictures of the bed (which was the reason for the project). so here are a couple of pictures of the bed

[realvc]

Very, very nice.
I've not seen that done before.
Great idea for these truck door panels.

[Braunschweiger]

Great Job, good Idea

[Paul Y]

The door panels look rather good Ian.

Nice work and here's hoping that everything goes well for the procedure.

P.

[Paul Y]

Hell Fire Ian!! That is absolutely fantastic!

Cant wait to see this in the flesh.

P.

[Braunschweiger]

Your truck is awesome and the cover turned out great.

[Grizz1963]

That cover is lovely.

My S10 has one, but they stopped making them.

I would even buy a good, used one if I could find one to fit the truck.

Right now it is between being a liability and a good thing, held on at the cab side with cable ties a previous owner deemed good for fighting cold weather shrinking.

If only they had not stopped making them…….

[clemdaddy]

Very nice job Ian.
Haven't checked out your build in a while. Everything you're doing is well done and innovative. I really like the gas filler and door panels ideas. The bed cover looks good and the Tennessee Honey logos on the doors look great.

Keep up the good work and try to stay from those doctors.