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Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:44 am

Oh I forgot, you gotta be a member of the forum board.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:24 pm

It worked for me. Try it now.

Thu Feb 07, 2008 8:32 pm

Clark Kustoms wrote:
My friend made this one. I chopped down the gates. Its going to look factory.
And he's doing the darn door roof front. As well as the dash.
All it will need is a good slap with a lowering stick. :lol:

Ive been following the thread at KCW. That thing is gonna be sick!

Thu Feb 07, 2008 10:18 pm

Clark Kustoms wrote: It worked for me. Try it now.

Cus your a member of the forum Chris :P

Fri Feb 08, 2008 12:54 am

oh...

Fri Feb 08, 2008 9:09 am

Its ok, your metal magic makes up for your lack of forum skills. :wink:

Mon Feb 25, 2008 8:53 pm

Yep, I'm responsible for building this...Chris Clark's idea, my reality..Happened to have the required parts to attempt this, so I did..Will be built by and driven to the Classic this year...Here's some build pics..

I know some people will be all butthurt I cut this singlecab and panel to do this, but believe me when I say the truck was far gone..Notice the rear end..NARROW..That's because somebody decided they were gonna attempt a V8 w/ a 9' rear end..A lot of sheet metal helped save some other busses..The entire undercarriage all the way to the beam was hacked out..The panel was in decent shape, and that is why I used it as the foundation...

Wed Feb 27, 2008 1:28 am

What a fantastic thread about a fantastic project! Great skills, great vision! To dream it and actually do it - I love it! Having spent 20 years of my life in the pre-55-vintage-purist lobby of the hobby - it is refreshening to see a "proper mutant"-project like this. Thumbs up!

Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:30 am

i know i saw a picture of one from australia. can't remember where it was.

Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:54 pm

mutant, weird he must know you kevin

Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:16 pm

New art...

Sat Mar 08, 2008 8:44 pm

I think that may be the best hack ever, it was done for a reason, save 2 buses, and made a damn useful and cool bus. Not bad.
I want to see it done.

Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:15 am

Clark Kustoms wrote:
New art...

Sweet - but semaphores AND bullet turn signals seems a little overkill... go for the full barndoor smoothie look...

Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:03 am

oops, I noticed i left the semafores after i posted it . The bullets are the only non bardoor thing he is leaving on.
I am also leaving he gas door on my barndoor icecream and the dry lakes bus that boxrod is building will have the dash.
We would all agree that we dont want to see them around someday after we sold them with some guy claming there real pre 54's.
So we left something easy to notice. But theres many more things not so easly noticed.

Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:12 am

Cool project, but why -if he's doing so much metalwork-
didn't he made the front window proper barndoor ones
(barndoor height is approx 20mm lower)

Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:12 pm

Area51 wrote: Cool project, but why -if he's doing so much metalwork-
didn't he made the front window proper barndoor ones
(barndoor height is approx 20mm lower)

Ive waited a long time to see if anyone else would notice. that was exactly my thought.

Thu Mar 13, 2008 11:29 pm

It's a barndoor triple cab.......

if 20mm at the top of the windshields is all that is being picked on, he's doing well!!!

Any updated pics?

Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:31 am

Daniel wrote: It's a barndoor triple cab.......

if 20mm at the top of the windshields is all that is being picked on, he's doing well!!!

Any updated pics?

this is very true.

Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:34 am

shit...they could have filled in the wiper divots too!! if you want to get picky.

Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:57 am

oh crap, don't get picky, we'll end up too far off topic! :lol: