Build #2 Crusader!

[Car'n'Guitars]

Cool great to see an update on this truck.

[mcbassin]

Very nice progress!

[mrhino]

Deb has I always like cab clearance lights and this truck didnt have any. So I ordered some from ebay. I marked, then drilled holes and got the new lights mounted, and wired up.

[stepside83]

id be intrested in the sound deadner kit if your gonna sell any, and project is looking good

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by stepside83

id be intrested in the sound deadner kit if your gonna sell any, and project is looking good

Yes I will be, I just need to get some consistent packaging lined up.

[mrhino]

decided now would be as good time as any to replace the the old heater box with a A/C unit from a donor truck. Call me dumb, But to my surprise it was not just a bolt in replacement. I honestly figured all the firewalls were the same coming down the assembly line. I had to cut the firewall on the evaporator side . Also needed to drill new hole for the heater box. but other than that it wasn't to hard. when I stripped the donor truck I was careful to take all the wiring, cables, and vacum lines on the control unit, so it made the transferring everything very easy. now just need to get a condenser mounted in and get the compressor mounted when I rebuild the engine and install that.

[mrhino]

got the truck out, put the bed on, stripped it of all its glass, grill, markers, and seals and started sanding on it getting it ready for some epoxy.

[Car'n'Guitars]

Very cool look forward to seeing more of it.

[indyrenegade4x4]

very nice build. like the short bed on it.

[Low Elco]

Progress looks good! Good to see Momma out there helpin'!
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[Car'n'Guitars]

Any updates on this truck?

[Low Elco]

Yeah, hows it going?
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[mrhino]

Haven't made a whole lot of progress. between my work schedule, having to transfer all my pics, documents, music and everything else to a new computers, family members passing away, fixing the wifes car, fixing my daily driver, and this years unbearable heat. I just haven't spent much time in the garage.

Anyway When I last left off we were sanding it and getting it ready for some primmer.

I soon discovered the driver door had been hit and was full of mud and was not repairable (at least by me anyway) so I search the local junk yard and to my surprise found a good door actually it was a new door someone had put a on a old truck and somehow it ended up in the scrap yard. anyway paid $30 bucks for it and took home and painted the inside then hung it on the truck.





spray whole truck in two coats of epoxy primmer





as you can see this primmer dries in a nice semi gloss black. so if you sand it with long sanding block it reveals all the low spots nicely.







So thats where Im at now. I need to finish spreading and sanding the filler (what joy)


oh and this is my new daily driver Thank god the A/C works!
centercaps are on the way

[Car'n'Guitars]

Sorry to hear about having family passing. The heat has been pretty bad, great progress so far looks great.

[96twodoor]

Great progress , keep it up

[gtdownonit]

Any word on the insulation kit?

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by gtdownonit

Any word on the insulation kit?

Yes, I just got the insulation aka sound deadner today I have amost 900 sq ft of it so I hope you guys will be needing some. Im working on getting package quanities and shipping boxes. Im thinking of putting together kits like Dynamat does a 12 sf , 36 sf and then ill add 60sf for the crew cab guys. all will be much, much cheaper than dynamat extream.

[mrhino]

My old winter beater is going in the demo derby today at my local county fair. I donated it to the local fire dept. I first took everything that was any good off of it., which wasnt much. When its all said and done it will go to the scraper. I am seriously considering taking the engine and trans out when the demo is over if its still good. I just dont have the time right now, although id like to have them for future projects.

[68 Four on the Floor]

Now that a good use for an old beater truck. Serving a good cause!

[mrhino]

the aftermath:

[Car'n'Guitars]

Did it win?

[mrhino]

na it went out fairly quick. there were several square bodies out there, but there was this 63 ford that looked like it had been in many battles so it was well crumpled. his truck was so soild it came out looking the same as it went in. my truck took a hard hit in the driver front wheel and it broke the steering shaft at the gearbox. so it could not steer anymore plus the front bumper was in the tire.

it was pretty cool to watch it though

[Car'n'Guitars]

Yeah I wish we could have made it out to the fair this year.

[gtdownonit]

Let the fire department cut up the front end then grab out the engine.

[mrhino]

None of us seam to have time to do that. there were only couple guys working on it. I thought about the night before and I already have 4 small blocks I guess I dont need another just sitting around in the way. I did manage to snatch off all the throttle body injection stuff before it heads to the metal recycler this morning.
all in all she donated quite a few good parts that will live on in my other projects. and the cash I get from the scraper will also go in to the project budget fund.