finally, an update! drivers door

finally pieced the drivers side door back together. i actually did this last week and just now got around to updating the build blog. it's coming together slowly but surely. i really need to get my firestone blackwalls before i can go much further. i want to start fabbing up the frame and i have to have my actual tire and rims mated together so i can set my final ride height. that's it for now, mike in k.c.

i have a name for the old girl....

i have been trying to come up with a name for the 39. drum roll please......Mayvelline! i have a cousin in arkansas named mayvelline. i like that name. it has a mid-century ring and feel to it. yea, that's it...Mayvelline it is!!! so, from now on, i will refer to her as such! i love this little truck. i have never felt this way about a car or truck before. i have so much labor into her that i know i will never let her go. i found her on jalopy journals forum, the h.a.m.b. she was in jefferson city, mo. she had been in the woods for many years until i answered the ad and drove down at 5:00am on a saturday morning earlier this year. i fell in love with this little cab on the spot. she was a little rough around the edges, but i knew she could be sweet...real sweet! the rest is chronicled here in this blog. next summer and she'll be at greaserama 2010 wearing new paint, rubber and oh yea, a big block chrysler and a 4 speed!!! hell yea!

passenger door is whole again!

the passenger door went back together quite nicely if i do say so myself! re-aligned perfectly. looks nice in the jamb and is arrow straight. i'll move onto the drivers door this weekend. the old girl is coming together better than expected and at a better pace than expected. hell, i'm almost ready to start framing the floor of the cab! i can't wait to get goin' on the floor. i think once the structural areas are sured up, the frame, bed and suspension will go pretty quik. i'm thinking next summer as a possible "first fire" target date. let's hope so. enjoy! mike in k.c.