I'm trying to get back to work on it, but between juggling business, work, and school it's been slow going. The design was also not sitting well with me, and I was reluctant to start cutting and welding until I had peace with it. The problem was the stretch gave it a classic long nose hot rod profile, but I want it to look like a pickup truck. I eventually decided to add the extra inches behind the cab, and stretch the bed instead of the nose.
I did this photo-based rendering to test the idea - I like it. I also decided I want a full hood to help visually balance the proportions better.
I'm hoping to get hands-on soon, and at least get the whole thing set up, so it looks like the rendering. If I can finally see a truck rather than a bunch of parts, maybe it'll light a fire under my...
