COE Dough Boy's 47 Ford COE Build

I love coe trucks and this looks like a great build.

 

Sure you do - built it short and low!

Nice fab work on this looong looow pizza oven so far....

 

Man, that is beautiful fab work. Love the C-notches. Almost a shame to cover up work like that with a body.

 

Chris And I decided that we needed to add 1.5" to the fenders to tuck in the 225/70 19.5 wheels. We went with this combo of wheels and tires, because of the odd size bolt pattern 10 on 7.25 and 5.25 bore. Not many options for this pattern. It's going to work out good though, because it fills up the wheel wells nicely and keeps the old school look.

First Chris laid out where he was going to add the 1.5"


After the cut. No turning back now. Chris made a jig to hold the fender and keep its shape. Can't see it to well in these pictures, but can see it better in some of the other pictures.

Tack welded the 1.5" of new material.

A look from the back side.


All back together. Time for some grinding, shrinking, and english wheel.

Test fit after Chris did some of the m***aging of the metal.

I think the 1.5" worked out for the look we were going for. One more to go.

 

Dang you make it look easy

 

I have two locks on my 1947 column. One has a key that locks the column in one spot and the other is a toggle switch that switches the power to the starter ****on on the dash. The toggle switch was replaced by a keyed ignition switch, because the old toggle switch was bad. The switch that you described sounds like my toggle switch on the 1947. I have used Mac's and the Early Ford Store for some parts. I found out that most of the interior parts are the same as the ford pickup if that helps. Hope this helps.

 

Thank you I agree, I can make things look pretty easy in my pictures. Chris is the one with all the talent and hard work. He spent about 16 hours on the fender to get it just right. I think the more talented you are at your work, to others it makes it look easy( I think it has something to with mirrors)

 

Wow man! I'm speechless I wasn't expecting that! Keep up the good work, cannot wait to see this done

 

Well now I need a COE!!! My wife says "thanks".

 

The wider fenders actually look better. These trucks look "pinched", and the extra width really is much better proportioned. I did a similar thing with my '48 Diamond T pickup, the front fenders are 3" wider than stock to get the tires in under the fenders. The truck looks MUCH better with the widened front end, and the m***ive 24575R17's fill the fender openings perfectly. Your project looks GREAT!

Brian

 

thanks for posting this, when i get working on the fenders for my project i will be widing the front and rear fenders. would have never thought about the bracing.

 

A COE is one of the vehicles on my bucket list. Looks great, can't wait to see were this one progress. Subscribed.

 

Watching builds like that makes me sad that i have no room for truck in my workshop. Great build.

 

does your guy use a TIG or a MIG when he worked that fender???

 

Awesome!! Don't understand all the process, but can see the workmanship is beautiful and excellently done. Love and Prayers MOM

 

beautiful work!

 

When you wideen the fender, woulden't it have been easier to add the 1 1/2" on the flange side of the fender?
You would have only one seam that way and it would have warped less?

It would have brought the headlights out further also.

 

We pick the flatest part of the fender so that it would not effect the over all shape of the fender. It would have been a lot more work to do the inside part of the fender because we would have had to make the inside flange and make sure that every thing would line up. A lot of angles and curves on that part of the fender. Chris used small tack welds and would skip around on his welds till it look like one continuous weld. This helps with the heat issue and the warping.

 

Chris used a MIG for the fenders. He used small tack welds and would skip around till it looks like one continuous weld.

 

Great Looking Coe Build.
I Subscribed

 

I remember your first page then somewhere along the lines I lost this thread. I am subscribed now. Keep up the nice work.

 

Waaay cool! I love what you've done so far!

 

Subscribed... sweet looking.

A few pages back, someone mentioned putting the engine behind the cab however it appears you had that in mind the whole time?

 

This is way cool. I've never been into COE's, but I just have to follow this tread

 

Damn this is a bad*** build!!! Loving it!! And whatever kind of camera you are using for the pictures you're taking makes this look like a professional photography shoot. I need two more hands to give this 4 thumbs up!!

 

That just shows these guys are not naping on the job and neither are the posting followers. Bill aka Tnomoldw
''I wanna go where the lights are low where I can go'n spend my dough an dance with the dolly with the wooden leg and eat some pizza''

 

Extremely impressed, and a good Apizza on wheels is even better!
Continued success on your project and the business to follow!
KK

 

This past week was devoted to finshing up the p***enger side fender and working on a full scale mock up of the front of the box. Wanted to make sure that the proportions were going to work out with the cab.

We made the frame out of 2x2 and plywood with a lot of screws. A fellow H.A.M.B. member Fabmancoe gave us some good starting measurements to start out with. The 20" radius worked out prefect for the sides. the top radius was 10", but decided it was not enough and didn't look right. We ended up using the same radius as the side.

This is with the 20" radius on top. Looks more correct. We used black roofing paper to wrap the frame work.



This step might have taken some extra time and money, but was wroth the effort. It helped us with some of the measurements that we will need to work out for the rest of the box.

 

I like the shape. Are you planning on framing the structure and riveting the skins like an airstream?

 

Wow...never been into trucks but your adventure is exciting...not to mention the work and craftsmanship...congrats... and subscribed...