yesterday I started stripping and cleaning the frame for new mounts
today I picked up some old 60-70s engine mounts, 6 dolars each! and answered an ad for a cheap oem 47-53 grille, the guy was nice and had some beat up running boards he threw in. I picked them up at house he was working on, he is a carpenter and pretty talented, the whole house was made from reclaimed materials. the floors were old warehouse floors, the front door was the original double door from the downtown sears robuck, it even had a sticker from the 40s still on the glass. but what I really flipped over was the bedroom door, I have seen a lot of warehouse sliding doors with rollers on top but this one was completely supported by the right side of the door with a complicated gear/lever setup.
here is the only other picture I took, sorry, I was flabbergasted at every corner. the newel post caps were backlit onyx, the outside stairs were ornate iron with wood.
after that I cleaned up the rails with some simple green
shuffled the frame around to get the cherry picker out and hooked up to the motor.
trimmed the steel mounts
and zapped them in with the caulking gun
worked on the tranny crossmember for a bit, I may do something different here though
tomorrow i will extend the lowers to match my extended uppers. then once the spindles are back on its time to test fit the cab
today I picked up some old 60-70s engine mounts, 6 dolars each! and answered an ad for a cheap oem 47-53 grille, the guy was nice and had some beat up running boards he threw in. I picked them up at house he was working on, he is a carpenter and pretty talented, the whole house was made from reclaimed materials. the floors were old warehouse floors, the front door was the original double door from the downtown sears robuck, it even had a sticker from the 40s still on the glass. but what I really flipped over was the bedroom door, I have seen a lot of warehouse sliding doors with rollers on top but this one was completely supported by the right side of the door with a complicated gear/lever setup.
here is the only other picture I took, sorry, I was flabbergasted at every corner. the newel post caps were backlit onyx, the outside stairs were ornate iron with wood.
after that I cleaned up the rails with some simple green
shuffled the frame around to get the cherry picker out and hooked up to the motor.
trimmed the steel mounts
and zapped them in with the caulking gun
worked on the tranny crossmember for a bit, I may do something different here though
tomorrow i will extend the lowers to match my extended uppers. then once the spindles are back on its time to test fit the cab