75 Dually Project - 22s and stylin

Thanks man we are currently working towards getting a shop so it's on the back burner at the moment but i'll get at it soon.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I worked on the truck as much as I could today, we have a lot of bad weather heading our way tonight so I wanted to get as much done as possible. I got the front end aligned so at least I can get it to the alignment shop without tearing up the front tires. I did some work on getting the doors a little bit better gapped. I also did very tedious things like make the support plates that will go under the mounting bolts for the seats, all 16 of them!. The floor pan metal is too light for my tastes so I wanted some thicker material for the mounting bolts.

So some progress here and there...

First the body shop guys need to keep their laughter to themselves on this one. With that being said I have wanted to use one of the big round erasers that body shops use to remove the double sided tape that holds the trim on and the vinyl striping, but I always seem to forget them when I pick up my paint supplies. Well I got some the other day and they are fantastic. It took off the old vinyl striping on the drivers door in just under 5 minutes. Wow! And it did not hurt the paint below. All I did after I got done using it was wipe the door down and was done faster than I thought possible. The body shop guys have some of the coolest tools!!

I also did the front passenger fender as well. I will do the rest of the passenger doors this weekend. What a time saver.

Ok you body shop guys, be kind...

Got the dually out of the shop today for the first time in a long time. I needed to fix one of our family cars and was going to need a ton of tools to get it done. So out went the dually and in went the car. Plus it gave me a chance to clean out the shop at the same time. I took the truck around the block and that was a blast. Can't wait until this thing is road worthy and street legal!!

I also got my TIG setup this weekend. Started to run a couple of test beads once everything was setup correctly. Was a bit rusty at first, but it started to come back after a few minutes. Been waiting on this for a long time. Wait until you see what I am going to be doing with it. Wink Wink Wink

I had this old grill just laying around the shop gathering dust (in Lubbock, TX that is not a hard thing to do!) so I thought I would put it to good use. I have collected Hot Wheels for a long time, and it was high time some of them came out to get displayed. Let me know what you think... ;D

Awesome way to repurpose an old grill looks great!!!

nice idea

Thanks guys! My wife even likes it.

if you can find the same shape of grille for a ford and a dodge you could even sort the hot wheels out by brand
i have seen classic grilles like those of an ford model A used like that but they made the insert and a glass door for it , never seen a grille used as is

That would be so cool! I will have to look for them in the junk yards next time I go hunting.