'40 Ford Pickup

[surfjunke]

The '40 is off to a great start. Some very fine work. Glad to see you dug out an old rescued project. I like the others, have a few of these on the shelf as well.

[GoatGuy]

Any progress on this Mr Pugh? If not, I understand. I have 20-some kits started.

[Greg Pugh]

Of my original list of kits that I had to complete (before starting any new ones), I'm getting super close on the '58 Thunderbird and the '53 Vette is going at a fairly decent pace so I've been giving the majority of my attention to those two. On the '40 pickup, I did pull out all the pieces you see above (that were painted yellow) the other day and finished cleaning off all of the old dead yellow paint. They are now ready for another round of primer and to get covered in red. It's definitely one that will be seeing much more bench time here in the near future.

 

Stay tuned.....

Edited November 5, 2015 by gpugh1976

[crazyrichard]

bright light bright light

curious on the dryfit

[Greg Pugh]

After three years of nothingness, this just happened...

 

[wayne swayze]

Whew! Good to know there may be help for some of my projects. Glad you're back on this!

[mustang1989]

Now this came out of the blue! Looking back over the thread you've done some amazing work thus far. Looking forward to the progress here. Nice Ross Gibson motor. Good luck on finding any more of these....

[Greg Pugh]

Thanks guys!

[Greg Pugh]

Got the wheels/tires finished up this morning.

 

[Greg Pugh]

I'm sorry to report that there were a couple of setbacks today. I have the engine about 85% completed and found out that it is too wide for the frame with the exhaust manifolds on it. I spent a good part of the day trying to figure out a way for it to work and without some major surgery, it just isn't going to happen. Which, really sucks because the engine was really starting to look cool!

The other issue I ran into was, I was starting to mock up the box and rear fenders so that I could figure out my placement of the rear axle (so that the rear tires were centered in the wheel well). I'm not sure why, but the tires/wheels looked great when I held them up in the fender loose in my hand but once the cab, frame, box and everything was all together, the tires looked way too small. Putting a bigger tire under there really isn't a big problem but getting an order from The Modelhaus right now kinda is as they're so backed up with orders. So it'll be a while before I can get the rolling chassis completed.

Anyways....not the end of the world but a bummer nonetheless. On the bright side, I have a really cool looking engine for a future project all ready to plug and play. Lol.

[Greg Pugh]

I have kicked this thing around in my head and pulled it out and looked at it numerous times since my last update. Then, this morning I had an epiphany and decided that it wasn't necessarily that the tires were too small, it was just that I needed to lower it more! Lol. So I'm VERY excited to report and show you that I finally got the stance dialed in.

Edited April 22, 2017 by Greg Pugh

[Davewilly]

looks like you have it just right!   It even looks cool just in primer with those red rims and white walls.

[Greg Pugh]

Thank you Dave!

[wayne swayze]

Good to see this back! It looks very cool. Love the lowered stance.   

[Greg Myers]

Sad to hear about the engine fitment problems.

[68shortfleet]

Looks good Greg.

[Greg Pugh]

Thanks guys! 

 

Sad to hear about the engine fitment problems.

Yeah, it bums me out too. But like I said, I will find a home for it.

In the meantime, I've been working on the replacement engine.

[DumpyDan]

This is looking really good so far, but we want to see more

[Shardik]

I have really been enjoying this thread....for a long, long time. LOL.  It's nice to see someone who builds at the same pace that I do.

But seriously, I really like the stance and that '57 chevy front end swap was genius.

If you still haven't picked an engine, might I suggest a flattie with ardun heads and maybe a scott blower ?  I think it would suit the character of the build so far.

[Greg Pugh]

This is looking really good so far, but we want to see more

I will hopefully be back at this one here shortly. Busy time at work. Things will slow down after Spring Break. Thank you for watching!

I have really been enjoying this thread....for a long, long time. LOL.  It's nice to see someone who builds at the same pace that I do.

But seriously, I really like the stance and that '57 chevy front end swap was genius.

If you still haven't picked an engine, might I suggest a flattie with ardun heads and maybe a scott blower ?  I think it would suit the character of the build so far.

Thank you for your compliments! I ended up going with the 283 Fuelie out of the '57 Black Widow kit. I figured I already had some '57 Chevy stuff under it anyways. Lol. Plus, it should give me plenty of clearance. I already sent some pieces of it out for chrome. Stay tuned...

[Vampira]

Very cool truck. cant wait to see finished.

[Greg Pugh]

FINALLY have this one on all fours!!

[Greg Pugh]

[Modlbldr]

Looking great! Keep it up.

I have many kits in the same status as yours. As a matter of fact I have a 55 Ford Stroh's pickup kit that I started around 1993(?) and have modified to the hilt. Sad thing is, I am not as far along as you are on this. I have chopped the top, pancaked the hood, moved the front wheel wells forward, widened the rear fenders, shortened the bed, rolled the pans, smoothed the running boards, etc, etc,etc.....Someday I'll get back on it.

 

Later-