On the road

[Lightspeed Mike]

Well I did my favorite bolt on today, license plates. It's done for now, although there is few things I have to change. Most important is the rear view mirror. It's up to high and I can only see about 4 feet behind me. Side mirrors are useless, don't stick out far enough. Things you learn after ya put it together. I guess I am too use to driving modern vehicles. I have never driven a straight axle car before or any thing like mine so I can't really compare it to anything. Passed a cop going the other way while he was writing a ticket to some one else. I watched his his neck spin around but he didn't follow me. I just waiting for the first time I get pulled over.
Now just waiting for better weather.

Lightspeed Mike

 

[CR55]

Lookin good LM! Don't worry too much about the police, they're probably just diggin your wheels!!![cl..I'm diggin the shifter, nice!!!..CR

 

[ratrodney]

Thats sweet! Cop was probably in aw wen he saw you. RR

 

[Sniper]

Looks good LM, I'll be keeping and eye for you this summer.[cl

 

[ANNAMEL]

That is so kool. Glad you shared it with us. How bout a video. Again Glad for ya!!

 

[earthman]

Congratulations on getting it on the road! It's graduation day! You're livin' the rat rod life now LM.

 

[Kruuzin]

First ride of the year is always the coolest....

 

[Gastrick]

Congrats on getting her on the road!

 

[ratdog]

Cool truck, looks like fun. I hope you enjoy it this summer.

 

[Tripper]

Kool beans dude!!! I hope to be joinin' ya soon!

BoB

 

[gww]

great look n ride. enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[buckeyedon]

Looks good. Get the bugs worked out. Then go have alot of fun. Nice job.

 

[Gregster]

Life is good , don't worry about the mirrors , who cares where you've been , look up and ahead ! Way cool shifter .

 

[doggone]

That s a nice one

 

[pistolpete]

Nice to see some pic's looks really good. Congrats looks like a blast.

 

[CORPO]

Congrats.. thats a good looking truck you built.. enjoy it

 

[workin class]

Glad to see you made it to the streets. You guys need to see this one in person the detail is killer. OH I meant that as a good thing. See you at Sterling.

 

[42chevy]

I love it. The truck looks lik alot of fun.

 

[CrashTestDummy]

Very nice! I like the proportions and styling. That hood looks great on there. Was that entire bed scratch-built? The side body lines on the bed are very kewl. Love the rear bumper. What sort of powerplant?


Fred B.

 

[Lightspeed Mike]

Thank you, Thank you very much

Thanks for all the kudos guys they mean a lot to me. I got a lot of inspiration from this group.
I have a build thread going on elsewhere but since I got it on the road I had to tell all my friends here. I'll try to finish the build thread some time soon.
Yes I built the bed from scratch. I used the bottom out of a old Fold half ton because I wanted all the ribs in it. I bead rolled and bent up the sides and front panels. I used some 1" EMT for the top round. Yes I even made the bead roller that made the beads. My wife turned the crank handle while I moved the sheet metal around.
I used a Toyota 22RE engine. Not everyones choice but big horse power only makes me drive like an idiot.

Lightspeed Mike