Bullybeef

Paint has started to happen over here! All the little fiddly bits are ready almost. Hoping to shoot some primer soon. Then the real work will happen. I have decided on a paint colour and finish. Stay tuned!

Thank you Greg, I’d be interested in seeing what your creative grey matter could come up with!

Len I’m sure there are already some in your house, you just need to get distracted looking for a part and bam they throw a bunch of stuff on your bench! I think this will be an annual thing for me, see how far I can get it before the year is over.

Well that is a fine “restart” Bill. I have a soft spot for those old amt/lindberg 34 trucks. I’ll follow along as you may have some ideas that I can use for a future build. I’m not apologizing for the care package of bench squirrels, chasing them has led to more build fodder for me. Bil

That a beaut Bill, hope mine turns out this nice.

I’m in for a follow on this build, I have a fondness for this body style!

Well I’ve had a few days of rodent rehoming (damn bench squirrels). I can refocus on the truck again, time for some fiddly work, after a night in the solvent tanks the dechroming of the suspension bits is complete, now to get the moulding lines off and some general cleanup begins. Most importantly if not all of the general assemblies have been sorted out so paint magic can begin soon!

Bill, I encourage you to open some boxes and bins and give it a whirl! My scavenging led to a squirrel run across my bench and made me put this old wreck together, original 60’s 22jr roadster frame, with parts from the 2003 release to bring it back to life.

Yeah this thing!

Not this build

Care package of bench squirrels incoming🤭

It’s starting to take shape now, forgive the misalignment of the rear axle and the dangling hairpins, this is just laid together loosely atm. I’ll move along with finishing the engine now. This has more drag flair than street cred now though.

Thank you Craig, makes me want to finish my long bed even more now!

Thank you for the kind words Chris, I hope my build thread inspires you to make your own!

Thank you Craig, it seems all my builds take awhile to finish these days! Thank you Tim, keeping it Ford powered was the best part of this build!

Changes happen, decided that my efforts to lengthen the frame were not to my liking so I dug through the small bin of model T parts that I still have(it’s not a lot anymore) and found a useable frame, harvested the bits I needed from the tweedy pie frame and merged them together, it moves the rear axle back to where it needs to be. Also scrounged a better looking turtle deck from the bin as well.

Thank you Jim, and hope I can get to to look like the image in my head lol.

It deserves to be finished KK!

It’s kinda just placed atm, I have plans to move the rear suspension back. I have to revamp the rear frame portion for the rear buggy spring mount. I had thought of using the amt frame but decided against it. Thanks for looking and sharing your thoughts.

Well a mock up was needed!

That a neat bucket for sure there Ace, I had initially wanted to do a flathead build but my supply is dwindling so I decided for a little unorthodox engine this time! thank you for sharing.

Well it’s almost time to embark on another parts box build. Decided that last winters build was easy enough so I’d do another (I seem to have lots of iterations of Roth’s tweedy pie). Pulled a previous glue bomb Tempest 4 with 4-71 blower from a vintage Attempt 1 that was in line for a restore and a set of wheels and tires from a 22 jr (someday I’ll build em I swear). I’ll be using the body and frame from the 86 version of the tweedy pie,the T bucket molded in lovely orange. Should be a fun side project. The pile o parts as it sits so far.

I thought so too but I think they spent a little too much time down south with @TopherMcGinnis and @customline and they wanted to break the peace that had appeared on my bench! Serenity now!!

Long and low, I like it a lot Daniel.

In today’s episode of what must we fix to make it all fit we move in to the cab. The flat floor was a great fit for a short manual trans but sadly we( I’m still looking for the rear of the build crew) decided to use an autotragic smh. So a short dig through the spares came up with a revell 32 kit floor. Fired up the gas axe and cut out the hump and forward toe board section and then cut the opening in the Amt floor board to create the puzzle section to hug it. Some filing and sanding later we have positive fitment. The floor has been raised in the cab approximately 9mm to get it where it sits comfortably and does not interfere with the trans. Now onto the firewall!