Weld's 40 Ford pickup - Lateral-g Forums

DavidBoren · #1 04-13-2015, 12:03 PM

About that red truck being "hard to beat"... I think that it fails completely in every single criteria GW has set for his build.

Cool truck, GW. Should be really nice when it's finished.

**GregWeld** · #2 06-14-2015, 07:21 AM

The designer I'm working with - Jim Smith - sent some ideas along so we can begin to work on "details". I had posted earlier that I'd met Bill Collings of Collings Guitars, at the Lonestar Roundup in Austin. He agreed to build a one off steering wheel for the truck... and this is a rendering Jimmy did...

A paint "version" (there have been several).... It would NOT be yellow/green like this - We're playing with a scheme rather than a color... and this was also about one off wheels.... Wheel pic is below. I'm trying to keep a fairly '50's theme -- with some simplicity in the build because this will be my daily driver...

And then some interior designs....

Since we take our Lab, Stella, everywhere with us - I wanted a space she can get out of the weather... This particular design is perfect except the "end" where it is too Conestoga wagon looking... so take that out (the closing flap part of it)... and it's a go.

**glassman** · #3 06-14-2015, 08:04 AM

Greg, i love those renderings (sure the style too lol) but just looking a pencil sketches in a world of CAD, not only is it right for the truck, its a dying art.

I pencil sketch bathrooms for people (cause we do a boatload of custom frameless shower doors) and its fun. My dad was a car pencil sketcher in the 60's and i have all of his renderings, gonna be framing 'em up for family members...

**Ketzer** · #4 06-15-2015, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by GregWeld

Since we take our Lab, Stella, everywhere with us - I wanted a space she can get out of the weather... This particular design is perfect except the "end" where it is too Conestoga wagon looking... so take that out (the closing flap part of it)... and it's a go.

How she gonna see where you are going?

Che70velle · #5 06-15-2015, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Ketzer

How she gonna see where you are going?

Front mounted camera, patched to her very own 36" HD monitor, mounted to a custom, one off billet bracket, in the front of the bed. She also has her own Vintage Air unit, with automated bark controls.

**GregWeld** · #6 06-15-2015, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Che70velle

Front mounted camera, patched to her very own 36" HD monitor, mounted to a custom, one off billet bracket, in the front of the bed. She also has her own Vintage Air unit, with automated bark controls.

I like the way you think!!