COE nearly ready for paint

well I just refitted the bed to my COE and it is nearly ready for paint.
See pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/86936723@N04/

 

Looks great! Love your build!

 

I had to copy and post your bed picture here. It is WAY COOL!!!!! I can't believe you did all that bead rolling. How did I miss your build before today?

 

Over the years, I've seen lots of neat car/truck related details, but this takes the cake! Very cool!

Edit; After close examination, I don't see a radiator, did I miss something, or did you? LOL

 

Yery nice !!!!

 

Very cool build. Did u build the rear suspension yourself?

 

Thanks guys, Steve the radiator is under the cab just forward of the engine and Derrick yes I designed and built the whole rear suspension as well.

 

Is the whole thing bagged? I like the rear and might just have to borrow (ok, I mean steal) that idea for mine.

 

No only bagged on the rear

 

very talented.. great look.. just out of curiosity whats a gal. of propane go for there?

 

Love your build! Love the engine cover, lovin the WW's on there, very nice metal work! How did you get the hub caps mounted? Great truck.

 

Great build, nice to see your progress!

 

Absolutely amazing. You do know that the steering wheel is on the wrong side, don't you? LOL

 

What size are your wheels, 19.5"? If so where did you get the white walls?

 

Port-a-walls?

The flame work looks great, very impressive.

 

to answer a few questions, propane or LPG as it is called here is NZ$3.92 per US gallon and 98 octane petrol is NZ$8.76 per gallon. The tyres are 215.75.16 on the front and 215.85.16 on the rear. The whitewalls are flappers at the moment but I have ordered some "proper" whitewall tyres the same sizes through a company here in NZ that gets them made in the USA

 

OH and the hubcaps they clip onto the original dually plates with the countersunk stud holes that you put onto the wheel before fitting the nuts. They have two lugs on them so I just added two more. The Original style of hub cap only need the inner rim edge modified slightly so they knock on over the studs. There is however a 1 1/4"gap between the back of the hub cap and the wheel rim so I have made some polished stainless steel filler rings to fill the gap

 

The metal work in incredible!

 

spent the weekend fabricating the stainless steel cappings and rear channel for my truck bed. Finally got it all done and polished by 9pm last night (Sunday) and it is off to the paint shop at 8am in the morning.
What do you think of the '58 Belair tail lights ? good choice or not?
Check out the latest pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/86936723@N04/

 

I really like the 58 taillights...so I say "good choice". They go very nice with the entire feel of the truck. The stainless looks great too, but can't say the same for that strange guy in the shorts (ha!). He keeps blocking the view of the truck. I was wondering, do you have a winch on your bed? Keep at it, the work is fantastic.

 

Holy ****! You probably mentioned it earlier but I was too enthrawled obviously...the whole bed is polished stainless? Wow...fantastic job my friend! Cant wait to see the finished piece.

 

Thanks for the pic link, your work is outstanding!

 

No LUXLX only the cappings and rear channel are stainless the bed frame is duragalv channel and the top outside rails are duragalv rectangular hollow section 3' x 1 1/2"

 

Awesome truck! Good eye for style and attention to detail.