Projects 35 International Hot Rod Update (New Pics)

Well my good buddy Chadillac here on the HAMB came over Friday and we got some more done on the Truck. I was going to use the orig bed but after looking at it again, decided to use some Ford bedsides I have had laying around a couple of years. Thought they were too far gone but I think they worked out fine. Me and Chad cut them down and made a frame and got it set up on the rear and it looked pretty good, (to me). Thanks again Chadillac!!
Today I decided to finish mounting the bed frame to the truck frame. got that done and decided to notch the truck frame rails to accomidate the cool Int Farmall tank I found for it. I had to fish plate the frame at the top of the kick and take a little over a 1/4 inch out of the inside of the frame so the tank would set in between the rails. got that done and decided to get the Olds grill bar bar I had been saving for this project and get it to fit the rear. Also going to make tail lights in it. Got it all mocked back up to see how it all looked so I thought I would post some more pics. So here we go!!
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Also got a couple more pieces done on the floor

 

Love those binders...I had a 37 on here for sale and there were no takers so we started on it this week...keep posting those progress pix

 

Gonna look cool with the bed cover on and the tailgate... glad I could help!

 

i kinda dig it !

 

Thanks guys, I hope to get it on the road by spring

 

better find a lid for that gas tank or I'll syphon all the gas out and put it in my coupe!!

 

That pickup is really growing on me. Keep the updates and pictures a coming!

 

Yea, syphon all the air you want

Still haven't found a cap that fits that thing!!

 

wonder if you could have a machine shop turn one for you?

 

I may have to, since the threads are on the inside, I may try an 50 Gal drum cap for like oil?

 

Great work on your build! I am at about the exact same point that you are in your build or your maybe a little further and am hoping for the same drive date. spring.

I was just wondering how you were going to mount your body to the frame? Are you just welding it to the frame or are you going to use a body mount kit? If you could post some pics that would be great.

 

Nice looking truck! got a 36 chevy pick project of my own. keep em coming its looking good

 

I made mounts, you can see some of them in the floor pics and if you can look at my last update it shows more of them. There is 16 body to frame mounts (over kill!) but the first 6 I did just weren't very well done so I added 2 more and then when I built the floor skeleton I made 8 more mounts

 

looks good.... for some reason the wheel color is growing on me more and more

 

Yea, its 55 Chevy green. Thanks

 

way cool looks like a fun project ,

 

Okay, I finished the bumper and tailgate panels, I guess and was workong on the bed cover. Its an old Barn door cut up to fit the bed, thought it kinda kept with the theme of the truck. I made a frame out of 1/2" square tubing for the wood to mount to and am going to hing it at the tank and will make a large compartment right at the back, like a trunk, sorta. The battery will also be mounted back beside the tank on the passenger side in another compartment. Here are the latest pics, let the ridicule begin!

 

Looks cool to me!!!!

 

Thanks, I think when its all done I will like it too. Its growing on me

 

That bed cover does the job, and it'll substiture as a work bench. I like your truck.

 

hadn't thought about the work bench idea, not bad! thanks

 

I was with ya, right up to the bed cover. I'm not so sure about the wood. Nice job on the truck.

 

Would a big pvc plastic plug work for a cap ?? Like a sink clean out maybe ?

 

Very Cool binder. I hope to see it out at the shows in the upcoming summer. I just started building a two door woody out of my 1935 International grill and cowl. That was all that was left after a life in the midwest, so I had to do something with the good parts that was left over. Again it is looking damn good.

 

I finally figured out how to load pictures so here is the cardboard mockup to figure out how much material will be needed. We are not using the slots and it will be on air ride in the rear and on sprint car torsion bar setup in the front with a dropped axle. The rendering was in Traditional Rod and Kulture Illustrated and is used with Zombies permission

 

Toast, looking good. Uniquecoaches, that woody project looks pretty cool.

 

You know, I struggled with that as well. With the Kick up being less than 2" from the top of the bed I had to do something. Open for other ideas, but it has to be covered and something shinny and new wouldn't look right either?

 

Thanks for your insight, however I did find an original IHC cap just yesterday. Oh, and I still plan on mounting a BIG RUBBER RAT next to the tank

 

That is cool, Keep us posted on you progress, thanks for looking at mine.

 

Hey Toast this might be a little crazy but what if you took some hay bales and cut them into three sections and then poured a resin/urethane over the hay to seal it and placed the 1/3 sections in the bed to give the illusion of a regular bed hauling hay and they could be mounted to the top of your wood bed cover.