Really nice work on the whole truck Rodger.
The small panel above the tail lights, is that removable? Or is the line around the edge a detail line?

Great job. Looks awesome.

Rodger, do you have details on where these ice chests are sitting? Sounds like the perfect tailgate party machine right there.

You better watch it or I'm gonna walk out to that car in my driveway with a sledgehammer and...oh wait, it's gone! Someone must have stolen it.
:woot:

'Moar' is a combination of roar and more. It's a shout for more of something. K, yeah. Back to telling Rodger how awesome he is.

The front boxes in each corner under the bed are for ice chests. The passenger rear one will be for the battery and the drivers side rear is for the gas filler and some tools. We have to also make a Cigar rack.

Tailgate progress
 

Well things are moving along nicely on the tailgate on the truck. We used the Pullmax to form the top of the tailgate to match the bedside.

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Now we need to find really cool OEM tailgate handle to put on the outside of the tailgate.

Nice work.....

Gotta say though - that the license plate area sure doesn't follow any of the other lines on the truck -- a whole bunch of vertical and then all of a sudden we put in the swoop-te-doop.... :unibrow:

Well you will have to talk to the guys at Ford about that, swoop-te-doop is factory. But don't worry we are going to get started on a custom rear bumper that will cover that up. It will be a major ordeal. There is probably more time spent in the bed of the truck then the whole rest of the truck at this point.

More to come.

just plain excellent. will the tail gate be functional?

Yes sir.

well look at that, you just wrote post number 409. It must be a sign that a certain project at the shop should get a LS punched out to 409 Cubes.. Just sayin!

GREAT LOGIC!

Rodger's truck is up next... Good luck buddy. As usual looks linke Speed is going to find a way to completely screw things up!

We are missing it because of a freaking interview!

Finally! Just saw Rodger in the truck as they were rolling it off!

135K! A steal! He got a nice plug too!

Nice recovery and nice shout out to Rodger and Ironworks!
$135k - great deal!

Beautiful truck. Best one I've ever seen. By far

congrats Rodger. We always want it to be more, but that's very strong for a truck. Best part was how thrilled the new owners were to win the auction!

Thanks guys. Any body get video? I spoke for like 45 seconds on stage. Don the snake Prudome thought it was bad ass on the way up and Joe Amato gave me the thumbs up as I was talking on the mic for 45 seconds.

Funny thing is the guy who won, I chewed his ass 2 nights ago for sitting in the truck without my permission. I do have to thank Bob Johnson for helping the bids.

At the end of the day, what ever it is, be it the nicest truck on earth or a pile of wasted steel. It is still a pick up truck. My goal 5 years ago was to show what we could build and thanks to my talented staff and lots of hard work. It has done great things for us.

At least I don't have have to clean one more swirl mark out of the black paint ever again. I love black but wow it is alot of work.

Rodger you got hosed on the coverage... they cut back to your truck when it was already stalled at 120k for a bit. No interview for you pal. Did show you sitting in it as they panned by tho as you were getting ready to drive it off. They did mention your name, Ironworks, and 7k man hours. :thumbsup:

Not to worry I got it for you. I will mail it out on Monday


LOL - funny i never got to clean mine before it left for the new owner.

Dude is too f'n fugly for TV!

Really sorry to see the truck go... I've considered (mulled over) buying it several times for myself, then letting him keep it to take to shows in the big rig... Probably kick myself for not having the stones. Oh well.

Once again - the auctions seem to lack real firepower... which is no surprise. Also I note that several big time buyers are selling some of their stuff... and that raises the hair on the back of my neck. But lets not jack Rodgers thread.

Im kinda sad to see a that hard work gone. But im also glad to see it go. That truck did what it was supposed to do, put us on the map. Not sure what the map is of. But we are on somebodies map. We got one final round of marketing out of it and I got a couple grand more then my best offer would have netted me.

It was kind of sad just leave the truck parked in the building and not have any idea where its going or be able to show some one how to use all gizmo crap on the truck. Its not like there is an owners manual for it.

Hopefully the new owners will enjoy it. I'm sure you will be hearing from them. You can give them the how to's then. I actually am a bit sad to see it go. You set the bar in truck building and since we are building a truck that's what we are shooting for. Onward and upward buddy! :cheers:

Congrats on the sale Rodger. I watched it go too. Nice plug for you guys. Amazing truck. I hope that's not the last we see of it.

At that price, the new owner shouldn't be afraid to drive the wheels off.

Among other things.

Tailgate Progress

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How it should have been done. Now to figure out a slick handle and build the rear bumper.

Do you have a build thread for the nova in front of the truck?

https://lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=4432
I think this is it.

Nope that is not that nova. We do not have a build thread for that car. We have shown some pics of that build in this thread. We might post something up as we get closer to the end. There are alot of cool details in that car.

Oops. Still worth checking out if he hasn't seen it already. Any updates on the previous Novas being built by your crew Rodger?

Good reminder!!

What is up with the convertible and the other "lightened" Nova??

I guess the only update would be the customer and the rest of America is still waiting for the economy to come back so the car can be finished.

Yeah -- the public is still waiting for "someone else" to make their lives better.... rather than figuring it out for themselves. Personally I'm wishing that the next Obama speech would say -- Okay America.... time to take your lives in your own hands - stop making bad choices (like buying homes you can't afford and then borrowing on them to build cars etc).

:wow:

Way to derail a thread, Weld!

Man you sure give us common folks way to much credit..... Don't you realize they just passed legislation to change the name common sense to uncommon sense.... Because common sense is not as common as it once was.

Tyler's Camaro looks F'ing tough with those hre wheels and stretched fenders.

Nice looking metal work on the back of that truck.

After SEMA I hope to get 50/50 on the ground as a roller.

LOL -- Too true!

If common sense was common it would just be called sense.