International L122 B Binder Rat Build

[jmlcolorado]

Think its time i finally actually do the split windsheild and get rid of the cardboard and duct tape there now

Funds are a bit low right now, and i have a 4x8 piece of sheet metal and new tank of welding gas, so ill specd some time on that this weekend.......after i clean up the shop so i can walk around [cl

Photos to follow shortly after.

 

[jmlcolorado]

OH, and special thanks to Mr. Gusset for selling me 1/2 of a Allis Chalmers fuel tank.......for my air cleaner! [cl

Never really thought i would be excited to buy 1/2 a gas tank!!!

 

[Mr.Gussett]

Whhaaaattttt????

SELL???
That was a Birthday present!
Although you paid shipping! LOL
Hope you enjoy it![cl

 

[jmlcolorado]

SELL???
That was a Birthday present!
Although you paid shipping! LOL
Hope you enjoy it![cl

I think legally it's considered sold if $$$ exchanges hands, even IF you take said $$$ to pay for shipping the item

 

[jmlcolorado]

Time to split the windshield

Well, I haven't had much $$$ to put towards the rat lately
And the cardboard and black duct tape stuck to the front of the truck HAS to go!

I went out and bought a few pieces of poster board and went to town.

Here's what I started with:

Factory look (except the chop of course):

Template for the window rubber edge:

First piece in:

The build up:

Template for the outer piece:

All tacked in place:

All welded up. Need to fill the hole at the top from the chop and dress the welds at the bottom more, but you get the idea:

Man, a few hours of that will wear a guy out! I don't see how people to that for a living ALL DAY LONG!!

 

[Snake Farm]

.......Never really thought i would be excited to buy 1/2 a gas tank!!!

Buying half a gas tank ain't no big deal ............but being able to afford half a tank of gas, now that would be something The darn stuff is back up to $3.80 a gallon here

That tank will make a cool breather, I'm anxious to see how yours looks compared to Mr. Gusset's [P And I'm loving that split windshield [cl[cl At one time I was planning to do that with my Willys (see the T-Shirt pic I posted on my build thread) and looking at yours makes me want to revisit it again.

[P[P

 

[Mr.Gussett]

WOW!

Looks real good![cl

 

[Tyster36]

Looks real good![cl

X2 on that!

 

[glockster]

Love the windshield. Great looking build.

 

[DJ3100]

I just stumbled on this today and read the whole thing -well looked at all the pics; read some.

Great build, thanks for showing us.

 

[Sam_Fear]

Cool idea on the split! Can you give us a far away shot to see better?

 

[CORPO]

very cool agree with sam.. we need a full cab shot to get a good look

 

[RougeElvis]

am lovin this build! The split looks killer... would deff like to see a far shot of the truck with it.[cl

 

[ratrodney]

WOW! Looks great jmlc
Its Comin together bad.....as in the good bad way.. RR

 

[Sam_Fear]

I couldn't figure out what that made me think of - got it! Kinda like the front windows out of a 50's train.

 

[jmlcolorado]

Cool idea on the split! Can you give us a far away shot to see better?

very cool agree with sam.. we need a full cab shot to get a good look

am lovin this build! The split looks killer... would deff like to see a far shot of the truck with it.[cl

WOW! Looks great jmlc
Its Comin together bad.....as in the good bad way.. RR

I couldn't figure out what that made me think of - got it! Kinda like the front windows out of a 50's train.

That's one long Multi quote

I'm glad everyone likes it! I think it'll make a good conversation piece. Once I get it all blended in with the rest of the truck, it should looK like it was always there. Should throw a wrench into the thinking from the guys that are familiar with what the truck originally was.

Sam, it DOES look like the front of a train! I never thought of that! Pretty cool! I was even planning on running my wipers like trains too! Even better that I have a tiny little set of freight train horns that are going on it

I'll get the truck in the driveway sometime and get a distance photo of it. Can't get too far away with it in the garage

Words of encouragement from you all! Thanks!

 

[CORPO]

that looks cool.. definitely different!

 

[jfg455]

looks like a helmet / gas mask! cool none the less. [P

 

[jmlcolorado]

looks like a helmet / gas mask! cool none the less. [P

Ya know, you can call me a dork if ya want, but I've always thought of all vehicles to have faces of sorts.
Usually I see the face in the headlight and grill design. This one is starting to look like One of the charicters in Cars, the movie

 

[rebstew]

I like the split windshield idea a lot! I was just wondering if you have sat in it and looked around. Does it seem to be a huge blind spot or is it not that bad? It would be rough to pull out of a driveway and look down the street only to have someone walk out in front of you and you hit them before you knew what happened. I like and and would keep it unless it's crazy hard to see blind spot. If it is you could always make it a little narrower.