COE COE Picture thread (imported from main board)

I gotta find one!Is there any info to help find who did the video?

 

Anyone in the Midwest with a COE and large flat bed willing to rent out their truck for a stage at the Pileup?

 

my 1942 chevy

 

Joseph that COE is nice!

 

Just figured I'd post my latest departure from reality, and the cab I would build if money was no object.

 

dig the concept, Chuck!
now, did I ever post my concept coes here?...
JML

 

these may be on here somewhere already, but lets try...

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They would do some filming by our farm when I was a kid. (I lived at Hwy 7 and Hwy 50, Sunnydale Corners) The old Circle M studio was on Hwy 27. ( Cannonball, Forest Rangers and The Littlest Hobo were filmed there) My Mother, Sister and I had a walkon in the Sunnydale Resturant. I wish they would run it again.

 

here is my 1942 chevy all steel 454/700 OD ps pb pw big discs at front dually rear AC heater .......too much to list

 

Nice truck, I really like the bed.

 

This would make an awesome motorhome!!! I'd love to find one like this cheap and near me.

 

Here's our '46 Ford Cabover. It has a 6.0 Litre Chevy engine on a shortened up 2002 Chevy 3/4 ton pick-up frame. Hope to fire it up soon!

 

Cool Looking Ford COE Tom What bed you planning to build?
Do you make the front fenders wider or other wheels?
Have fun starting it Up

 

Looking good Tom, welcome to the HAMB! I took a few pics of mine sitting on top the frame to send you. I'm cutting the frame horns off and planning the mounting of the cab. I got the pics you sent, and I can't wait to see the what's next! Jerry

 

A friend is building this 52 ford coe... hes looking for a sleeper for it

 

What about the old Ford C-series trucks? Or the Dodge A COEs from the 60's?



Look how much it changed from 1957 to the 90's

 

3 pictures from classiccoe.com website.

These would make cool motorhomes. Now I really have to start looking for one.

 

We are getting some progress on the 48 Ford Coe. We have been filling the door jamb seams & starting to round the corners. First we are starting with the lower right front.


We call this the Frankin corner look.


Getting ready to cut out the old*****ola.

More latter Danny.

 

Wow cool! I never heard of this show before, used to watch the Forrest Rangers when I was young just to see the older cars and trucks , never knew we had a northern version of Movin On lol!

 

We managed to get some more progress on the 48 COE in today after getting back from the sand blast shop the first 5 are the first corner welded up & more corners being built. The last is the gas filler hole filled in.

 

Seeing how quickly Tom has been coming along on his truck has motivated me to make a little progress on getting my COE project started this week. I drug the Chevy dually chassis inside the shop and sat the cab on it to see what I need to do to mount it. I then used a sawsall to cut the front frame horns off and then sat the cab down on the frame. I left a small stub of the bottom of the frame horn to set the front of the cab on. Right now the cab floor is about 1" above the frame rails so that's about as low as it will go. To lower the truck more I'll have to go with drop spindles, shorter springs or lower a-arms The floor and bottom of the cab structure will need to be rebuilt and cleaned up from the butchering it got from one of the previous owners that had tried to mount it on a Dodge pickup chassis. I will also have to cut out the flat firewall they welded in and remove the brake pedal****embly and column mount they put in.

I am also considering a different powertain for it instead of the 500 Cadillac/Turbo 400/ GearVendors Overdrive I have for it. I've found a low mileage (30K) Chevy Vortec 8100 (8.1L) with an Allison 1000 6 speed trans with all the accessories that would fit within the frame rails. Throttle control is drive by wire which would be nice but I'm not sure about the shift setup which could be a problem if it is mechanical. The big down side to this engine is an aftermarket wiring harness costs over $1000 for it!

Some questions that I have:

What is everyone is using for cushions for their cab mounts?

I would also like to find a GM steering box that will mount in the same place but have a better input (more vertical) angle for the steering column. Would Chevy Van, P30 or motorhome boxes work? I don't want to mount the column so straight up and down and I would like to use a very short steering column like an Ididit shorty style column and keep it more horizontal and out of the floor.

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Hey Jerry,

Good talking to you today. All I'm using for body mounts are the round mounts like you use on a flathead. I think they'd be more than substantial.

The truck looks great sitting on that BIG LONG frame

Talk to you soon, Tom

 

A little more progress on the 48 today & the last picture is what it looked like before starting it's just the other side Danny.

 

The factory Ford roof seam is*****ola so we did a little remove & fill Danny.

 

now i want one!!!

 

Here's a pic of how I handled the steering problem on a 48 Chev COE I started putting together 12 years ago and sold in 02. The box was from a Chev van before they were vertical. The frame is a 78 Chev 3/4T. I inlet the frame an inch and tilted the box as much as possible while still using the original steering arm. I also had crush tubes in the frame. The steering column was a Chev van no key that I shortened about 14". As you can see in the pic there is a steering joint just above the box, there was also another one in the cab. Using two this way takes away the problem of too much angle. I use the same type of set-up in my cpe which has over 75,000 mi on it without any problem because of it. I read where you were wondering about the rear end. Have you ID'd it yet? If not check out what a Dana 70 looks like. Many of the duallys came with that rear end. They are heavy duty stuff. I have one in the 85 GMC dually (4.56)I have and also a spare(3.73) . Check here to ID the axle http://coloradok5.com/axleguide.shtml

 

That looks a lot like the box already in my 1974 crew cab dually frame. I think my Ford cab has less room in front and sits a little further forward than your Chevy did so I can't get the box tilted up enough to do it the way I want. It looks like I'll need to do some more time in the junkyard. I have even given some thought to mounting the steering column parallel to the box input shaft and join the two with a chain and sprocket set up but.......that could be a little scary.

 

Yes they look alike but the van steering box is more upright

 

What year/model van was that out of? Would that be prior to 1976 or so? I'd like the no key version column too. I'll go look for one and check it out. Thanks!

 

Hi Phat rat
I don't suppose that 3.73 rear is for sale is it ? is it a C30 3.73 ?

Regards
Bill