Project Ferdinand

[nlongo33]

Trailer princess



Awaiting at body shop...2 weeks



sure enough unload it from trailer shifter loosened up and she gets stuck in gear...lol fixedish for now, has some knock off floor shift conversion from the three on the tree....my buddy has a nice hurst one he is going to donate to Cam

[Gary Lewis]

He's going to be SOOOOO proud!  

Hope you'll be giving up progress reports as the work is done.  

[nlongo33]

still in body shop hopefully next week or so weather has slowed progress a bit....

working on a bench in some down time...base will be using leaf springs out of parts truck,,,,,,think about a quarter elliptical set up, plywood is just flopped on it ...thats actually wood i had lying around for the T





wood on model t almost done cage work this weekend

[Gary Lewis]

Love the bench, Nick.  Well done!  

And the T is coming along nicely.  Do you have a thread on it?  you welcome to do so if you want.

[nlongo33]

i do not but i will set one up if you guys want

[Gary Lewis]

Really up to you, Nick.  I like to document what I've done so I can keep track as well as see my progress.

By the way, you did see this post?  http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/Look-What-I-Got-Thanks-Nick-td85996.html

[Sac79]

nlongo33 wrote

still in body shop hopefully next week or so weather has slowed progress a bit....

Oh no! That's how mine started. 12 months later I still didn't have my truck! I can laugh about it now...

But I think you said you know the body guy, so hopefully your experience will be better!

[nlongo33]

that was my dodge this summer...my other buddies place   gave it to him 2 weeks before my birthday said id have it back for my birthday mid june and didnt get it back till mid august...only positive he let me work on it at his shop so i was able to clean and paint frame...ect

seth  told me 2 weeks in painters talk thats at least a month...lol

[swampedout]

They have a different understanding of time....

[nlongo33]

It’s all the chemicals. 😂

[nlongo33]

truck is still in body shop progress is slow, but as long as final result is good it will be worth it, so we had to keep busy so again this truck is going for an early 80's class 8 truck/chase truck and we needed to keep busy we fabbed up a dual tire carrier (designed for 35s or 37s) that will also be home to floor jack as well as 2 5 gallon race cans

[Gary Lewis]

That looks great, Nick.  But how does it attach to the truck?  That's a lot of weight, so I know it'll be attached solidly.

[nlongo33]

We are going to build and reinforce/box frame and tie it into frame....also it will be mounted so  when need be he can “un pin” it and load up his quad realitivly easily.  When we get truck back the voices in my head will make more sense. Lol

[Gary Lewis]

Hadn't thought about needing it off.  Any chance of using a receiver hitch as part of the support?

[nlongo33]

for reference:  Before










i will add patina'd gold stripe with vinyl i have at work which is almost an exact match....

all that is left is the hood

[Rembrant]

nlongo33 wrote

i will add patina'd gold stripe with vinyl i have at work which is almost an exact match....

all that is left is the hood

So how did you paint the fender to match up so well? I have been thinking about this with my project truck. I need to do cab corners and a couple small rust repairs, but I don't want to paint the whole truck. I was wondering how difficult it would be to match up some old two tone painted areas with pin stripes.

[Gary Lewis]

Look good, Nick!  

[nlongo33]

Seth has a special camera where he takes “picture” of the paint and it gives him mixture ratios. From there he adjusts it because what we see is always a little off from what camera sees.  But it’s pretty close and gets him in ball park.  Rest is just air brush and play till it looks right

[nlongo33]

hood is getting finished up today, weather looks like crap this week so most likely truck will be home early next week.....cannot bring the nice trailer out in the salt...lol

[Gary Lewis]

Man, that looks COLD!  (But then it is 25F here with a layer of ice.)  So it makes sense to wait.  Be careful and don't get the trailer messed up!