Custom 1965 Correct Craft Mustang build

where is the rust on the truck.. I would give anything to have a source from georgia to florida and some in california to buy my next projects

Awesome truck Jim! That was a steal! I laughed when I read your post, I just bought a '98 GMC diesel crew cab dually a week ago, and was thinking this afternoon about putting my generator in a box on it, funny how it would come up twice in one day. I plan to post about the truck but will do so in the off topic section.

63 Skier wrote: Awesome truck Jim! That was a steal! I laughed when I read your post, I just bought a '98 GMC diesel crew cab dually a week ago, and was thinking this afternoon about putting my generator in a box on it, funny how it would come up twice in one day. I plan to post about the truck but will do so in the off topic section.

Thanks, yeah I originally put the generator in there because I thought it would be cool to weld remotely, but I figured out that its works just as well to charge the batteries when you accidentally leave the lights on :D Is your dually a 6.5 turbo detroit?

Hussler wrote: Is your dually a 6.5 turbo detroit?

Yes, 6.5.

Gotta say, boat has been at the bottom of the list lately but for many good reasons! And because this is a build thread and everybody loves pics:
Truck all dolled up

Andddd the last project to finish up before the boat, Ford exploder axle for the jeep,should be done thursday, then I will reassemble the boat motor and start cutting apart the dash.

jbach wrote: what kind of jeep is that going in? I built one for my old YJ. Too bad you couldn't track one down with discs.

XJ, its got disks, youre looking at the parking brake shoes Just have to finish trussing, plating the pumpkin and run some brakelines and paint.

My guess you are trying to crown the deck.

Gary S wrote: Careful with the propane also it will make you loopy. I spent alot of time in tents with propane heat,not all of us had underground trucks with built in heat and air blower.

was roaming around in old threads looking at pictures and missed this shot accross my bow....I resemble this remark Gary....



john

Sorry forgot the last pic.

News flash: It REALLY sucks trying to fiberglass under the bow! Wish I had done the dash ect. when the boat was flipped over. Got the boards clamped in and glassed under the vent, also just about done glassing in imperfections on the topside.

Forgot to take any meaningful pics so heres an arbitrary shot I took. You can kind of see the clamps at the bow holding the vent box up

Hussler, i firmly believe you have a clamp fetish!!!

Looks awesome, look forward to the finished dash pics.

juniorwoody wrote: Hussler I really like what you are doing. Take a walk on the wild side no body is going to get hurt. Though I tend to be a purist when I have a complete boat of an older vintage to resto I like the way you have taken this one as an open slate and let the boat become a part of your character and person. I hope you enjoy it when it is done. I have considered doing something similar with a wood hull. Cant imagine, and some folks get bored with life.

Thank you, glad you appreciate what I'm trying to accomplish! They way things are going I think it will turn out quite pretty.


Havent gotten much done, with final exams and the sun beating on the tent its been tough to concentrate. Got the hole cut for the little vent that some mustangs have.


From the backside of the dash, those black spots are paint that melted off the gloves into the epoxy :/ What a ***** to epoxy under there



Little recessed box ive been talking about, still needs glass reinforcing.



Forgot to take more relevant pics, those clamps are holding on supplemental bracing to reinforce the dash into the sides of the boat.
The jack was just to preload the dash from sagging.

How are you going to do the vent box to the engine compartment?

I hope your control works out for you Jim. I had nothing but trouble with mine,if you remember mine is an SS that originally had the console mounted controls and at some time been converted to a Morse single lever. The problem you might run into now is since you shortned the lever your carb will not fully open. What you might have to do is use the original length lever but turn it 180 on the lever mount,then run the cable from the front over the top of the engine and have it push the carb open rather than have the cable under the engine and coming over to pull the carb open. Not sure this will work either can't remember if the shift lever will be in the way. Anyway after dealing with this for a long time and having another member commenting on how hard the lever worked I started the project to find the original equiptment. Now it works so much nicer,settings stay where you want and it works so much smoother.