75 Dually build

[NewType72]

Oh big mama I love me a CCD on semis damn this looks good!

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by NewType72

Oh big mama I love me a CCD on semis damn this looks good!

Thanks so much! Did you see the videos on it? If so what did you think?

Thanks again for the support!

[NewType72]

Originally Posted by 75Dually

Thanks so much! Did you see the videos on it? If so what did you think?

Thanks again for the support!

Videos were killer, every touch counts I love having all my pictures for my builds to looks back on. Helps me a ton of I've forgotten how something was previously if I hadn't touched that part of the truck in months or years.

[75Dually]

Ok I posted on Facebook yesterday that I had gone to Home Depot and I took my truck. What I actually said was that I had taken "The Brick" with me (photo below). It was just an off the cuff remark, but as it turns out some guys liked the name and said I should use it. What do you guys think? It's one heck of a name, and it kind of rings to me.

Your thoughts?

[NewType72]

Well if she's fast you gotta say "the flying brick"

[Dieselwrencher]

Well, it is a square, and you have dropped it like a brick, so I say it is fitting.

[COS399]

If it is a brick, it is a BAD *** BRICK.

[aggie91]

I like it, go with it!

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by NewType72

Well if she's fast you gotta say "the flying brick"

I gotta say that is perfect!

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Well, it is a square, and you have dropped it like a brick, so I say it is fitting.

Someone just hit the bullseye!

Originally Posted by COS399

If it is a brick, it is a BAD *** BRICK.

That's funny, but I think my wife would shoot me if I had that motto in the back window!

Originally Posted by aggie91

I like it, go with it!

I'm thinking this is a must do!

Thanks everyone for all the cool comments!!!

[75Dually]

OK tonight because this chest cold has returned with a vengeance I went out to the shop to grab the stereo manual. Why you ask... Well because this head unit is fairly complicated, no that's a lie, I simply have never taken the time to go through the owners manual and learn about it, and seeing that I have some easy chair time I thought I would learn how to operate my stereo.

So I down load the manual in a PDF file and start scrolling through the pages. I get to only page 3 and they show a picture of the faceplate being removable. WHAT! SINCE WHEN! So I start trying not to laugh hard because it will get me coughing a ton. I mean come on how do you miss something like that!

So why put this mega obvious mistake out here in the interweb? Well I think we need to laugh at ourselves often. Admit it we do some really funny stuff (read dumb stuff). Most of it we just sweep under the closest carpet (or out the shop door), and hope that no one ever sees what we just did. I mean we supposed to be cool, right? We work so hard on our trucks, and most of us take a deep enjoyment in our hobby. But come on! The faceplate comes off!!!

[daddyjeep]

Well, that was a bone head thing...just kidding. I have made my fair share of bone head things in the shop. Maybe one or two outside the shop.

[Dieselwrencher]

I feel you're pain man! It happens, no big deal. At least you know it comes off now.

[aggie91]

We all have those moments, !

[75Dually]

Did a lot of work on the special surprise today. Must have done 5 hours on it. Feel a ton better and ready to get it completed. Should be soon!

Stay tuned!

[75Dually]

A little bit more work got done on the surprise this evening. I hope to have it mostly done by tomorrow. Should not be to much longer...

Stay tuned!

[75Dually]

A short update. I worked on the surprise all day, and got a ton done. I would have still been working on it but got rained out (and the wife was hungry and wanted to get something to eat...). I still have one more day worth of hard work, and then it is ready for paint.

Yeah I know I've got a lot of you saying "Come ON! Hurry up!!" But that chest cold put me behind schedule and this project cannot be rushed. Plus I think that it is going to be pretty controversial once you see it. I bet that half of you will not like it, and the other half will think it is cool (or at least I hope you will think it is cool... Who knows...)

Anyways. Stay tuned!

[Dieselwrencher]

I hope the surprise includes a 2 cylinder delete.

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I hope the surprise includes a 2 cylinder delete.

No engine swaps just yet... Man I wish I could swing that right now, that would be awesome!

[75Dually]

OK you guys have been very patiently waiting on the reveal of my special project. A big thanks to everyone! A special thanks to the guys who guessed correctly. Man it was tough not to reveal what is was... Well it turns out I have to go out of town again this coming week so I won't get much chance to work on it for quite a while, so I thought just show them! As you can see it is no where near finished, but I am getting there.

So this started out because a friend of mine in California found a sleeper cab with a turbo wing for $200 for his square body on Craigslist. I always liked that look. So the next day I went out to the shop and took a sawzall to my 61 cab. The cab was junk (it was the cab I took the dash out of) and the bottom is completely rusted out. So my neighbor helped me mock it up on the dually, and I was off to the races. I will post the build pics to date in another set of posts, but I wanted you to see it as it sits today.

What is left to do: I need to order the new back window and seal. The lower portion needs to be body worked and primed. Obviously it is not painted yet, but will be as soon as I get some free days. The interior portion needs a cushion made (reminder to self, be nice to the wife!). The seal between the cab and the sleeper will be a door seal, so it should be fairly weather proof.

In the pictures you see the stainless door pillar trim. In these shots it is just held on by some tape for these pics so it is not even mounted. It actually needs to be trimmed up so it sits flush with the panel. One more thing on my long list of things to do...

Like I said from the beginning I think this is going to be controversial. Look if you don't like it then that's cool, but please don't be ugly. I really like the 80's sleepers (especially with a turbo wing on them!), they were awesome in my mind. I just wanted something that no one had ever done, and something that set my truck apart from all the other square body dually's out there today. I think the rear portion of the 61 cab looks like a wing, and the shape of the rear window surround is just amazing. Again this is not going to be for everyone, it was never meant to be, but the more I worked with it the cooler I thought it looked. I will pull the truck out tomorrow and get some better overall shots with the new sleeper.

Ok there you go. What do you think?

[COS399]

Winner winner chicken dinner! I like it! It will definitely be a unique sleeper. When you put "controversial" I suspected it was a sleeper or topper because I didn't think you would do a "Dancing Bed" with an eight foot dually bed.

I still miss my first crew with a sleeper. We had to assemble the subwoofer boxes inside it for the 15" Rockford Fosgate subs. I'm still trying to talk my brother into putting a sleeper on his "T-A Hauler" crew.

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 75Dually

Like I said from the beginning I think this is going to be controversial. Look if you don't like it then that's cool, but please don't be ugly. I really like the 80's sleepers (especially with a turbo wing on them!), they were awesome in my mind.

I'll reach out here & be on that limb alone.....

I understand the 80's sleepers look so I do like what you did. I like the "Idea", just not for this app.

It would be spot-on for a 6x-66 cab in my humble opinion. The issue that I have is not only do the drip rails not match, the cab pillars don't either. Drip rail mods can/will fix that issue; cab pillars will require more extensive mods.

That being said, it's def possible the "in-person" look changes one's perspective.

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by SCOTI

I'll reach out here & be on that limb alone.....

I understand the 80's sleepers look so I do like what you did. I like the "Idea", just not for this app.

It would be spot-on for a 6x-66 cab in my humble opinion. The issue that I have is not only do the drip rails not match, the cab pillars don't either. Drip rail mods can/will fix that issue; cab pillars will require more extensive mods.

That being said, it's def possible the "in-person" look changes one's perspective.

I appreciate your comments Scoti. Like I said this is not for everyone, and the fact it was going to be controversial. However I have been really surprised at the overwhelming positive reaction. You never know until you try!

[SCOTI]

Originally Posted by 75Dually

I appreciate your comments Scoti. Like I said this is not for everyone, and the fact it was going to be controversial. However I have been really surprised at the overwhelming positive reaction. You never know until you try!

Agreed buddy.... Agreed.

[Dieselwrencher]

Honestly, I think it is pretty bad a** looking! If some don't like it tell them to pound sand. Being unique takes kahunas. I really like that back window area. Nice work on it.

My Dad has a "cowboy" sleeper on his 91 F350 crew cab dually. It is the one that has the raised section and 2 windows in it kind of like an old KW sleeper. I think it's cool. You sure can pack a lot of stuff in there and it is more comfortable to sleep on than a back seat. Haha

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by COS399

Winner winner chicken dinner! I like it! It will definitely be a unique sleeper. When you put "controversial" I suspected it was a sleeper or topper because I didn't think you would do a "Dancing Bed" with an eight foot dually bed.

I still miss my first crew with a sleeper. We had to assemble the subwoofer boxes inside it for the 15" Rockford Fosgate subs. I'm still trying to talk my brother into putting a sleeper on his "T-A Hauler" crew.

Thanks so much! You were one of the guys who just nailed it.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Honestly, I think it is pretty bad a** looking! If some don't like it tell them to pound sand. Being unique takes kahunas. I really like that back window area. Nice work on it.

My Dad has a "cowboy" sleeper on his 91 F350 crew cab dually. It is the one that has the raised section and 2 windows in it kind of like an old KW sleeper. I think it's cool. You sure can pack a lot of stuff in there and it is more comfortable to sleep on than a back seat. Haha

Told you it would be worth the wait... Thanks so much!