Vinces truck build

[F.S.F.W]

With the 60 under the truck we had to put the 37s on. This was motivation for both of us!
The fenders I had for it had been sitting around for the last 6 years so Vince spent a lot of time with a scotch brite pad and a rattle can to freshen them up a little.

Then it was on to the interior. It turned out awesome! And just to make it clear.... Vince did 99% of the interior on his own. About the only thing I did was wire the stereo and tell him what to do. Other than that this is all his handy work. Not bad for his first try! I’m way proud of him!

A couple years ago my boss hauled in a van that rolled during a snowstorm. It was an early 2000s conversion van with a vortec 5.0. I traded scrap for the entire van and robbed the accessory brackets as well as all of the accessories. I had to drill one hole in the passenger side head, but other that that they bolted right up. So now it has the serpentine system, a higher output alternator, and a ps pump with a remote reservoir. It took a little research to figure out how to get it all to work right, but it all came together.

After the work in the engine bay was mostly done I started bolting up the front clip.

While I was doing my thing Vince kept going on the interior.

Installed the headlights and set some of the trim pieces in place to see what it was going to look like. The $60 ebay lights are awesome!

I would love to keep going, but I’m tired. Lol more updates on the way soon....

 

[F.S.F.W]

After I spent some time thinking about it (maybe 5 minutes) I decided to use up some of the 3” exhaust I had laying around.

The t-case shifter took a little customizationism n stuff.

Built the draglink for the crossover steering.

Another random shot of the engine bay.

Then came time for the flooring.

Funny how you can include sound deadening and sound making into one pic. Lol it sounds really good! Four 6.25” speakers in the cab corners, and a couple 3” in the dash where the goofy shaped center speaker went.

Vince cleaned up the gauges, painted the needles white, and replaced all the bulbs with blue leds.

The door panels from the donor truck cleaned up nice and the new gray paint brought it all together.

@Bent77 you should like this one....

Dash all finished up. Vince didn’t understand that the stainless looking bezel was just plastic. The scotch brite pad revealed the truth to him.... that’s ok. We will order a replacement to stick on.

Another pic of the gauges.

 

[F.S.F.W]

While I kept going on the mechanical side of things, Vince prepped it for the raptor liner. I took a much needed break from the wrenching, and slathered on the raptor liner. We were expecting a little more of a gray..... But it looks great. Vince likes it and that’s all that matters!
The grill cleaned up great! Vince is going to redo the emblem because the paint wrinkled on the 2nd coat. He also had a few places that he is going to give a quick blast with a rattle can. Such as under the hood. Lol

 

[F.S.F.W]

Pics got a little mixed up on the last one.
Unfortunately we didn’t get it out of the garage by Saturday night like we hoped, but it was probably a good thing. First of all I was reminded that I needed to get a hose clamp for one of the heater hoses. Whoops.... good thing the hood was closed and kept the 3k rpm blast of coolant contained. But that wasn’t the only issue. Some of you might remember me talking about the dirtbag “good buddy” that I got a bunch of my squarebody stuff from? Well pretty much everything I got from him was junk even though he said it was all good stuff that had either been rebuilt or just had low mileage on it. This guy cost me a ton of money.... and now we are off to @Babaganoosh favorite place!
So that’s where we are right now. Frustrated, broke, and broke some more.....

 

[Babaganoosh]

I know the feeling, I didn't like that portion of my build.

 

[max 02]

You guys did good on that! I like it. Are the wheels steel? They look nice.

To bad about the Babaganuked trans.

 

[Justin V]

I feel your pain Aaron.

I once bought a wrecked version of one of my old cars, supposedly with a built engine. Suffice it to say that it wasn't built, and I got effectively got robbed in that deal.

 

[Justin V]

Vince's truck is the tits though.

You should convince him to ditch the blue dash lights...


Just sayin'.



Then praise the f*#$ out of him for putting in the time and effort for that sweet truck.

 

[F.S.F.W]

I know the feeling, I didn't like that portion of my build.

Lol with as much crap as I gave you about all the tranny problems you have had, I will admit I was feeling pretty bad for you. Glad you finally got one that is going to stay together!

You guys did good on that! I like it. Are the wheels steel? They look nice.

To bad about the Babaganuked trans.

Thanks man! He’s pretty proud of it and even though he can’t drive it he still keeps talking about it. Puts a smile on my face. When we get on top of some stuff around here I’ll build him a couple bumpers to finish things off. As for the wheels, they’re aluminum.

I feel your pain Aaron.

I once bought a wrecked version of one of my old cars, supposedly with a built engine. Suffice it to say that it wasn't built, and I got effectively got robbed in that deal.

People suck!!!!

Vince's truck is the tits though.

You should convince him to ditch the blue dash lights...


Just sayin'.



Then praise the f*#$ out of him for putting in the time and effort for that sweet truck.

You don’t like the lights???? Lol
I have been praising him for busting his ass on it. There were some times that I was frustrated with him, but once he started to see the big picture he really started putting in the effort needed. I think I mentioned that this is the first time he has really done anything like this, but he figured it out fast! I’m way impressed, and I’m going to try really hard to get his help with some upcoming builds. I know that it’s not exactly what he wants to do in life, but he has a lot of potential, and is a perfectionist, so this means no half way with him. I’m proud of him.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Lol with as much crap as I gave you about all the tranny problems you have had, I will admit I was feeling pretty bad for you. Glad you finally got one that is going to stay together!

Just don't smoke the engine after 30 miles of the trans like I did.

 

[GWeakland620]

Man this is a cool build dude. I like it a lot!

 

[F.S.F.W]

Man this is a cool build dude. I like it a lot!

Thanks man! I really like it.