Finished 66 F100
Custom 66 F100
New FDM Speedometer Dash Panel
January 26th, 2014 § Comments Off § permalink
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- Still on the FDM machine
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- FDM speedometer panel just off the FDM machine
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- Front and back panels of the FDM speedometer panel
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- FDM speedometer test fitting together
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- Custom FDM Dash panel installed
Custom 66 Dash Insert
January 22nd, 2014 § Comments Off § permalink
New 3D CAD of the speedometer overlaid on 3D point cloud
- 3D CAD of custom 66 F100 speedometer panel insert
- Stock 66 F100 speedometer panel
New Home
August 2nd, 2013 § Comments Off § permalink
Got the windshield installed and the hood on at the new house, Thanks to help from family and friends.
Custom touches
September 12th, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink
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- 1970 mustang 22 gal. gas tank
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- Custom made 2″ tow hitch
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- 66 custom F100 Hidden tow hitch behind license plate
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- Cut the hole for the gas door in Bed
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- Gas door finished in bed
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- Gas door “lifted up”
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- I designed and made a custom FDM collar on the Stratasys Fortus 400MC machine at Rapid PSI.
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- FDM Collar
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- FDM collar installed on the 1979 F150 column
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- Custom made FDM tail light housing on the Stratasys Fortus 400MC machine at Rapid PSI
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- Custom FDM tail light housing out of White Polycarbonate
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- Stratasys Fortus 400MC machine is one of the machines used to make FDM parts at Rapid PSI.
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- Relocate brake pedal for the power brake booster
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- Smoothed out the recessed hood emblem location on the front of hood
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- Used Faro arm to reverse engineer dash and door panel
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- 1966 custom F100 Lowered the back 4 inches
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- 66 custom F100 Front lowered 3 inches with drop I beams
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- 79 F150 speedometer in a test FDM housing
Start the Painting
November 29th, 2010 § Comments Off § permalink
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- Hood painted
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- inner fenders painted
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- Fender repainted
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- repainted fender
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- small bolts painted
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- Wheels painted
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- Painted oil pan and valve covers
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- Power brake booster
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- Front view of a 66 custom, loading up truck on trailer
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- loading up custom F100 truck after getting some of the paint done.
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- loading up a 66 custom F100 truck
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- 66 custom F100 Bed and Cab after being painted
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- Nov 2010 painted 66 f100
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- Bed painted for a 66 custom F100
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- Sanding the fenders back down to fix waves
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- Driver fender painted
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- Doors painted
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- Doors with the orange
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- Two tone 66 F100 cab
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- Missed a dent on cab corner…fixing it now
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- Cab painted
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- Cab gets the orange
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- Cab top is white now
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- Started with the white top
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- All Primed
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- Doors are now ready for the orange paint
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- Lizard skin in the doors too
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- Lizard skin sprayed in the cab
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- Cab primered… Ready for the white top
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- Nov 2010 Cab getting ready for primer
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- Driver Door getting primer
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- Bed is getting smoother
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- More body work on Bed
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- Working out the waves on the bed
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- Bed getting read for some body work
How it all started
June 22nd, 2010 § Comments Off § permalink
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- Bought this 65 F100 for the hood and tailgate
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- Test mounted front radiator support
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- Cab and bed on frame
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- Cab mounted on finished frame
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- Used POR 15 to paint under finished cab
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- Painted engine
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- Engine is Painted
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- Started cleaning the motor to get ready for paint
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- Donor 400M engine, 53K miles
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- 53K miles on Donor truck 400M, C6 Trans, Front power disk brakes
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- Sandblasted hood hinges
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- Sandblasted head light rings
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- Fixing inner fender well rusty spots
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- New metal on radiator support welded in on pass side
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- New metal on radiator support welded in
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- Replacing rusted corner on the radiator support
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- Done with the metal work on Cab
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- Pass side cab corner fixed
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- New Cab corner welded in
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- Cab corner cut out… lots of dirt and sand!
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- Gas tank hole welded in
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- Gas tank hole metal getting worked on english wheel
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- English wheel working the metal
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- Filling in gas tank hole in cab
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- Cab floor done being welded
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- Front view of pass side floor welded in
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- Pass floor inside welded in
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- Pass side rusty floor pan ready to be cut out
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- Pass side floor before cutting out
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- Side view of new floor on driver side
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- Donor Floor pan and cab mount welded in on driver side
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- Driver floor welded in
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- Old floor next to the Donor floor
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- Front view of floor board cut out
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- Donor floor board
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- Driver Floor cut out
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- Floor board before cutting it out
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- Bracing the door frame before cutting the floor out
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- Cab mount done…now ready to be welded in to the floor of the blue cab
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- Finished Cab mount
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- Cab mount inner layer welded in
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- Repaired cab mount on donor floor
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- Rebuilding the bottom of the cab mount from the donor cab
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- Donor 66 F100 for floor pans
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- Painted the frame with POR 15
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- Frame is ready for paint now
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- Got the bed back from sand blasting
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- Not the smartest way to take a cab off, but it worked
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- Taking off Bed
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- Tearing it apart
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- Front end off
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- How it looked when I got it
How it all started. From a old blue 66 F100 to a custom 66 F100