ExtReme '56 F100

[Ben@SpeedTech]

The cab is getting close to starting the finish body work, meanwhile the bed has been hammered and dollied and had a slight skim coat of metal glaze run over the surface, and then is sanded to perfection. The bed is almost done, and the next step will be to bed line the underside.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Body work is rolling along, the bed and fenders are done with smoothing the panels and are in epoxy awaiting primer and block sanding, while the cab is now in the body booth. Final paint and assembly is starting to appear as a light at the end of the tunnel, and we're all excited to see things progressing towards that.

[jarhead]

very nice!

[68MaroSam]

This is looking very good. Nice work.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks fellas!

Even though this was a new fender it still takes some effort to get that sheetmetal perfectly straight. A skim coat and block sanding does the trick and will help accentuate the truck's flowing lines and BMW blue hue. Door handle pockets for the Kindigit flush handles are near finished too.

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Metal straightening and main body work is complete, a coat of epoxy primer has been laid down and the fine body work commences!

[Ben@SpeedTech]

While block sanding moves along Bob did a quick spray out of the colors on the old hood. You can see the charcoal gray at the bottom and then a few shades of BMW blue paint hues. Which shade appeals to you?

[TorqStorm]

Coming along nicely. I like the darker shade personally.

Torqstorm

[Ben@SpeedTech]

Thanks for the input! At this point Bentley is still undecided so this might turn into a surprise reveal later on.

Here's a cool bit of custom work- what do you do when you lack a decent headliner? Of course there are several methods for this issue but we wanted this interior with it's late model Mustang cues to have that same level of smoothness and refinement to the headliner and other interior panels. The solution we have going on here is flip the truck upside down, fill the roof cavity with a special foam, shape the foam and fiberglass over it, and then add a thin skimcoat of metal glaze to smooth and even it all out. This will be wrapped in leather and then trim pieces will be made to finish off the edges.

More details coming in here and underneath the cab, stay tuned!

[waynieZ]

Nice! I like the darker blue towards the front of the hood.