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Thank you Dave! This morning I cut about a 1/2" off of each side of the rear bumper and currently have it immersed in brake fluid to remove the chrome plating. After it comes out of there I'll clean it up and treat it to a coat of Alclad II chrome and buff it out. I've got some retaining bolt heads for that license plate as well. Hmm.....may have to fix that up. The overall fit and look so far:

Man that color looks deep Mike! Great choice!!!

Keep it coming Ray!

Show's over!!! I'm back on this one 100% as of this morning. First things first, I chunked the hood into the brake fluid this morning. I didn't even look back as I'm ready to just start over with that part. I had some fit issues with the side step fit interference at the front of the rear fender blister area at both sides. Fortunately I don't have to trim anything as it is an assembly order thing. All I have to do is install the bed first and then the steps so that problem is solved thankfully!! If any of you guys are going to the San Antonio show I'll most likely be done with this one in time for that. This morning I installed the tail lights and license plate. Here's a bed test fit to show the results of that........

Glad to see that this one did good at the show Dan!!! Thumbs up on the award! Here's you a pic I took while we were there:

Thanks Jim! I'll get the dimensions for you pretty quick. The slicks he sent me have Goodyear on one side and Firestone on the flip side. I'll let you know. This was my car and it's actually the true inspiration for this build. These pics were taken in 1985 with an old Kodak Disk camera and although grainy, here's pictures my very first car. I've given thought a time or two getting the ol' girl back from the current owner as I know right where shes at..............rotting away in a field. UPDATE: Although iffy, I'm currently trying to get ahold of the current owner of my old car. We'll see where it leads from here.... and the mildly hot rodded 318 V-8 I built for it.....

It's hard to tell what is shinier, the paint job on the car or the mirror like base that it's resting on. Beautiful ride man!!

Man this is colorful! Cool build on a car that you don't see built every day.

Man I just love the precise nature of all the engine detail. Stuff like the nuts and bots, fittings, and all the neat and tidy routing. Just makes the thing look like real live stuff. You're kicking this things tail Tyrone!!!

Man you cant beat that with a stick Dan!!! That's one wild and crazy ride right there.

You know I was thinking two things Dan. 1.) This is just too cool!!! I love it! and 2.) It woulda been cool if you would have tossed a Boss 302 or Boss 429 engine in there to go with that "The Boss" logo on your ride!

Thanks guys! Jim the decals are from Anarchy in Australia. Fellas I've spent the last seven months on this truck and it's just been a total blast to build. I have, however, now caught myself trying rush to the finish line for next Saturdays show in Austin and it just aint gonna happen. I got off light this morning by trying to clear coat the hood. The flames cracked after I applied the clear. I knew better as the dark red hadn't fully cured out. Again I got off light as it could have been the body. The hood's easy, just throw it in brake fluid and strip it (this makes the 3rd time for that hood too) and start over with it. No biggie in the "big picture" of things really. I've still got the mask ready to go for this next time and will now be taking my time with it. I do plan on hitting the show in Houston next April with it though. For those going, I hope to see you in Austin. I'll be packing the Challenger T/A and a couple of aircraft builds to take up there.

I appreciate the great comments there Carl, Gordon and Mark. I'm backin' off on the F-100 a little as I'm finding myself rushing to meet the Austin show deadline next Saturday. It just aint gonna make it there this go round. I'll have it done for the Houston show coming up in April of '16. I'm not going to hurry through this thing after 7 months of throwing god knows what effort into it only to foul it up in the final stages. I'm going to be slowing down on it and taking my time to ensure the best wrap up. I'll be on this one here and there and picking up parts for it along the way.

Thanks Gary. Here's another view that shows the whole front clip with flames. I was going for a really subtle look going for the "Ghost of Street Demons" look to pay tribute to the Street Demons series of this truck released back in 1983. Just gotta smooth it a little and go for another coat of gloss clear. We're off to the races now. lol

Thanks Gary! I decanted some Dark Red from a Testors Model Master spray can that was just a tad darker than the Tamiya X-7 I used for the body color.

Thanks Carl. Right now I'm pretty happy with the flames as this is exactly the look I was after. Kind of like a ghost flame of sorts. I like it! Gotta let it cure out and wet sand the roughness off of it but its perfect.

Dang that's a clean build Randy!

Man I hope so Dan. I'm really trying hard but am not going to get in a rush with it and foul it all up after all I've been through with this thing.

Just pokin' through the threads in this section tells me I've got my dang work cut out for me in keeping up with this groups standard. I look around and see nuthin' but the best at almost every turn here. I'll be giving my best to this one and probably asking a lot of questions a long the way.

Man..........that sure is a purdy truck Aaron!!!

I think I've got the right combination right now with the tires. Here's the rear slicks before.... Which looking back now they look a little too big. And here is what I have now that got sent to me from good ol' Hugh (thank you a million Hugh!) and I don't have to cut any out of the rear wheel openings. I think they are gonna work...........very well. Yeah.....I think THAT'S more like it!

Went out to HL and picked this one up on clearance. In addition to having a spare 427 in the spares bin it had the PERFECT size front runners for what I was looking for in this build. The score: The previous look ..... and the updated look with the replacement tires..... Yeah......I'm definitely feelin' better about that part. Now for re-sizing the rear tires........

Thanks Dave!! I've about got the truck bed done. I've installed the "mini tubs" and got the wood bed all painted up (top and bottom), got the tail gate and hinges on and now I'm working on the tail lights and license plate. Pics soon hopefully............

Yeeeeeeesh! I'm gonna be building mine here in this group and lookin' at stuff like this tells me that I just go into learning mode. Wow! You're settin' the bar waaaay high Tyrone!

Thanks a lot Brian! I'll try not to disappoint. Ok folks. Initially I was going to use a set of slicks that I found from the Revell 68 Hemi Dart boxing. They were a tad too large and I would have ended up shaving some from the wheel openings to make 'em work. The front tires I robbed from another gasser kit I had. It looked ok but at this point I still needed to acquire some better fitting slicks and smaller front tires. Here's a couple of mock up shots of where I was at though-----more coming....... This is where the over sized tire really shows. Will be obtaining smaller ones soon........