Project dropzone.. 91 reg cab short box 4.0 aut

[Toomanycars]

well after a generous portion of aircraft remover I let it sit over night . Today I grabed my grinder with a wire wheel on it and went over the cab.. most of the paint came off with little effort.

 

[Toomanycars]

So I got some energy today and started the second body modification .. I gathered my sawzall , grinders ,some flap wheels my welder and a few other odd tools and went to the task at hand..

Shaving the drip rails ..
I started with this ..

I took a good long look at it all and went to work ..
I cut out small 6 to 10 inch sections and tacked it and cut some more .. heres a few pics of the progress ..

Heres the passenger side done and ready for alittle filler and primer

 

[mp3deviant721]

Wow man. You work fast. Keep up the good work. Would really love to see a finished product.

 

[Toomanycars]

Got out to the shop fer a bit tonight and finished up the drip rail removal .. I have a little metal work left to do before i can start with the filler but its coming along ..

I am geting rid of the light above the back window in favor of some L.E.D's not sure on how im gona do it yet but the bulky light and sliding rear window are definitely not staying on the truck. I also have to decide what im going to do for mirrors ..

 

[Toomanycars]

well I got alittle work done tonight .. now that i have the drip rails shaved off I had to fill the gap left over ..

Before..

After...

After a alittle filling and a few passes with the grinder to smooth it all out i should be ready to move on to the next thing on my list..

 

[Toomanycars]

I got a little further today .. started playing with the bondo... yippy

 

[Toomanycars]

put the box back on and started spreading some bondo in a few places .. took some pics of the truck out side while I was cleaning up in the shop a bit..

 

[Toomanycars]

well I got to work on the rear end of this project today .. I once owned a 1969 ford Thunderbird 4 door.. well when i sold it I kept a few pieces .. on of witch was the piece that went under the rear bumper .. well with a few measurements and three cuts this is what i ended up with ..

 

[rockin86ranger]

Did that thubderbird have the 428? I always wanted to build one of those old 4 door thunderbirds as a cruiser, suicide door ftw, you just dont see them anymore.

 

[Toomanycars]

it had a 429 according to the valve covers and air cleaner.. I really liked the car but title probables cause me to sell it to a friend for a demo car.. i pulled the motor and tranny and sold them seprately.. made 5 times what i payed for it ..

 

[Toomanycars]

so i would like everyones opinion .. I have a few sets of ground affects off of 90s explorers ... there close to fiting.. I have some pics of mockup .. I would like to know if ya'll think the time that i will have to put into them to make them fit right will be worth it in the over all look of the truck....

 

[Blake.]

1.
i think it'd take away from the clean and smooth look you have going.

2.
trucks dont wear skirts.


i really like the tbrid roll pan. and the truck looks great so far! keep it up.

 

[Navyrs]

I say go for it. I think it will look awesome.

 

[Toomanycars]

still undecided on the side molding so I started work on the tailgate got the sides welded now I have to fill the holes where the old cover left behind..

 

[4.0B2]

should've just sprayed the bare metal w/ clear coat!