COE Dough Boy's 47 Ford COE Build

hey im lactose intolerant, i just make everyone else suffer for my love of pizza.

 

The start of the rear cab body mounts. Chris started out with 3" square tubing and gave them some nice curves.

Cut and ready for tack welding to the frame. I need to put a gl*** floor in to see all this great work going on under the cab.

Ready for the tack welds.

The top part of the mount was formed from flat stock to get the right height. Chris cut in the windows for the mounting hardware and boxed the ends to make a nice clean piece.

Tacked in and ready to do the final welding.


A look at both sides.

We boxed in both side of the front frame rails for a clean look and for mounting the master brake cylinder.

A look form the back.

Chris starting to layout the new sheet metal for the cut out in the back of the cab.

The piece all laid out and ready for the bead roller.

This is after the bead rolling was finished and some lite english wheel action. Chris is turning the bottom edge with a hammer and dollie.

Here is one of the test fits of the new panel. Have a little more work too do but is getting very close to being done.

The before shot.

 

"Now I think you're just showing off..."

You'll need a gl*** panel on the front of the bed to see the beautiful raised lip.

 

Great project and very nice work to boot...

 

Wow. Beautiful work, a shame to cover all that up!

Brian

 

wow. excellent work.

 

First off Chris and I would like to thank you all for the kind complements that we have received from you all. It has been a fun project for us and the complements have validated that we are heading in the right direction with the project. Thank You

We wanted to do something a little different then the stock dash in the truck. At first we thought we would do some custom gauges and that would be good enough. But when I was looking for gauges I came across a picture of a 1948 Ford car dash. I knew right then that it was the one for the truck. I began the search for the dash right away. Ebay had a few candidates but not in the greatest shape and were missing most of the parts. I thought I would give my brother Benny a call and see if he could find one for us. Well once again he pulled through with one primo dash. I pick it up on Monday and took it to Chris and we had the old dash out and the new one temporarily in place before the end of the day. Chris and I were sure that we would have to narrow the new dash to make it fit. To our surprise it fit right in between the pillers. Will have to do some fine tuning metal work for a prefect fit.

 

Great work!

 

That looks just fantastic. It is amazing how well it fit. Now I wonder...Do they make AM/FM wonderbar radio's?

 

that is a beautiful dash and a wonderful fit for the build, good choice.

 

Love the dash! Amazing fit too!

 

Super slick!! That looks killer!!

 

Just saw this thing on extreme motor homes on thr travel Chanel!!!

 

To OP asking about the wonderbar AM/FM radio.If that`s the radio I`m thinking of early 60`s Caddys had them.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

What a difference a dash makes!

 

I'd bet the aftermarket radio guys that build them to look like period units but are all modern internally make something like a Wonderbar type radio.

 

Starting to clean up the rust spots and fill holes in the cab. Replaced right side inside fender, two lower cab corners and finish installing the custom center lower section.

 

I'll say it again, that is WAY to pretty to cover up!

Brian

 

Perty! Perty!!! You planning on filling the hole that faces forward, against the door on the new cabcorner or leaving it open like it was??

 

Thank You I'll try to explain the hole. The picture with the hole in the cab corner is still the old cab corner with just the bottom of it taken off. What you see is the structure part of the corner without the skin. After Chris cut out the bottom part of the corner we cleaned out the rust and gave it a shot of weldable primer. Then Chris clecoed the new cab corner to the old sheet metal. He then would cut where the new and old sheet metal came together. He would only do about 5" at a time then spot weld the parts together. After he was finshed you then can pull out the old sheet metal from inside the cab. The hole is still their but covered with the new cab corner. I hope that answered your question. If you look at the picture with the clecoes (center section)it shows the process a little better.

 

That is super nice.

 

Brian Thank You. I guess I go by the old saying that mom use to say. Always wear clean underwear because you never know what might happen or who will see them.

 

Is that a NOS inner fender? Where did you find it?

 

Northern Cl***ic Truck has a nice selection of sheet metal replacement parts for the Ford COE. The parts are nice and the fit is very good. Great service too, ordered on a Tuesday and had them on Friday.
http://www.northerncl***ictrucks.com/cabover_corner.htm

 

Great work, this is coming along nicely.

Have you given any thought to cooling the engine? With the rad up front and the engine (Chevy ) underneath the box it might be able to cook the pizza without needing an oven.

 

I knew Northern made parts, but did not know they made the inner fenders...they need to stamp new grills next...hint, hint.

 

Getting ready to start on the new floorboards.


First we made a template for the new piece.


Transfered the template to 16 gauge steel and cut out with a plasma cutter.


Then we went to the bead roller and used a tipping dye to make a .5" lip on the back side of the panel. This will be used to attach the panel to the back of the cab. Then we used some step dyes for some good looks and to give some strength to the panel. We drilled hole through the panels and the tubing and used clecos to hold the panel flat. Then removed one cleco at a time and welded up the hole.


This is after the welds were ground off and sanded.


Next up the seat placement.

 

Hey
Dough Boy Looks great when can I borrow it?

 

You and Chris have some enviable vision and metal work skills! Thanks for continueing to share the ride!

 

Nice work on the floors... I hope mine can come out half as nice.. Any tips on using the tipping roller?