Project "Sick or Sane" Ranger "dually" Build

Edited: 10/2/2009 1:13:36 PM by ICUDOGG2

Edited: 10/2/2009 12:30:33 PM by ICUDOGG2
So my Budy Seth (marbles) Comes to me and and says, " Hey I want to take my step side ranger and make it look like a dually. Then I want to stuff some FAT Ass wheels under the back of it. Oh and shave it shut, Oh and put in a wood bed floor, oh and ...Oh and...."


Here is the story of the 8 month build. Oh and it will not be a true dually. It will just have huge ass wheels tucked up in the back.


Here is How it came to me
Mock Up.... 
Composite Sides, Steel Inside... 

 
Brackets + a Wood Spacer, and some grinding...
 

 


 

Oh there is my baby...
My Fat ass laying up some molds of the bed for the shaved gas door and the cab for the step shaver.

 

 
 

 
 
Yep 20 x 10's wil fit!
Molds off 

 
 
 

 
Making a mold of the tailgate for the rear shaver. 

 

 
Using Molds...
 

 
Tailgate Mold.

 
 
I know it looks Silly but it actually worked well! The small sticks made it align with the cab really well and held it there while I glasses it in. Also I did rough up the body, the resin just makes it look shiny in the pick.

Interesting...

Edited: 10/2/2009 12:37:05 PM by idrgbdy

nice! also posted here: http://www.daytonminitrucks.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=53

---------------------------------------------Originally posted by twistedsdimeInteresting...---------------------------------------------ditto

Tailgate mold Laid up. Tail Light Molds being made.. Tailgate piece Number 1. Tail Light piece     Gas Door Shaved and back of Step Shaver. I layed 2 layers on the face and 2-3 layers on the inside for strength(1.5oz mat) Typical of all the pieces on the truck Making Tailgate piece #2 Tailight Shaved Inside

     

    More of Shaving the Step.        

      Inside of bed Metal Work  

 

Progress Pic!  

awesome.

Start the Roll Pan. We started with a used fleet side fiberglass pan, cut 90% of it out and Replaced what we needed. The tail lights are out of a Mazda 6.    

 

We did not make the wood floor. But If you need one made I got a guy...  Hinged? Oh yeah now its a trunk.  http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c293/marbles073/?action=view&current=MVI_4387.flvRemovable Notch Raptor Liner kit. $100 and does the Job. Tailgate shaving begins. Cali Combo. 100% glass.

Edited: 10/2/2009 3:07:13 PM by ICUDOGG2

At the Painters. I will not lie I am no body man. So I get the body work about 90% there and hand it off. Rodney Bice took over and finishe the body work including fixing some things that were wrong with the cab and put this thing into light grey primer. Seth is going to roll like this for a season just to watch for cracks and problem areas. This way we can fix it before paint!

 Getting Gas! LOL 

Truck is gonna be badass! Cant wait to see it with the wood floor.

i like this , i wasnt diggin the tail light until i saw it in primer flows good, good job!