Ryan and John with the new additon to HeroBox
The Major waiting for his closeup.
Inside 50 years of Ford. None of the guages work and we found an old nudy magazine behind the seat!
What can you say about that?!
Project 59 - Day 1
Ryan with liquid wrench - 50 year old bolts need it!
John and Kischel admiring the first panel off.
Kischel ready to go to bed - it's 3am and john isn't satisfied with just the hood off.
John removing the back panel
The bolts connecting the step to the back fender were rotten through so we had to weld them off.
Lights and light bezzels coming out.
Found a bird nest in the grill.
The rat nest cable situation.
Add your own punchline here:
John cutting the spot welds that hold the diamond plate in.
Ryan removing the 50 year old wood that was hiding under the bed plate.
John pulling off the grill.
The wood fought it but we eventually won.
Time for a bath.
The bed bolts were all destoryed, had to cut those off too.
John had to cut the bolts off.
Disconecting the tail lights from the make-shift back bumper.
Cutting the trash off.
Ryan ruining another HeroBox shirt.
John on the new thinking couch.
new calipers from LMC.
LMC wiring harness
Ryan removing the radiator
Draining all the fluids.
Ryan removing the gas tank.
John removing the last bit of wiring and accessories.
A stripped cab.
We found this hidding under patch pannels.
Ryan holding the cab as we find more hands to help.
Ryan and John with the FRAME!
Pop and John loading the bed, cab, hood and pannels.
At the blast yard.
John talking with Joseph from Airco sandblasting.
Bare metal.
At Embreys Customotive for primer and paint.
Jeff Embrey and the crew brainstorming. Jeff came up with a great idea for a canvas top.
Jim Houston prepping the cab for primer.
Jim Houston in the booth spraying primer.
First coat of primer - look at all the body work left to do!
It's definately a flat green.
G money working on his ride.
Allen Brown towing - tks!
POWDER COAT!!! Randy from Lasertech in Fayetteville GA hooked us up with this. Looks amazing!
Ryan and John and CAM Automotive.
Ryan and John prepping the frame for paint.
Ryan trying to work out a deal for a new AOD transmission.
50 yr old bolts. Totally stainless has donated complete bolt kit.
Look at the difference! Looks like a new frame. We used Chassis Saver paint from Southern Auto Paint
John Sr. removing the u-bolts.
Chassis saver paint
John and Jim at CAM Automotive pressing out bushings.
John installing cleaned u-bolts.
Ryan and John Sr. pressing the bushings.
Ryan and John Sr. mounting the springs.
KYB shocks from LMC going on the frame.
Nothing fits exactly on a 50 yr old truck. We had to shave this down. We worked with Danny from PPC to make it fit, thanks Danny!
Look at all the swiss cheese in this truck. What did we get ourselves into?!
New metal from LMC going in.
Edelbrock Carb - thanks LMC!!!
Chrome valve covers.
Hedman Headers - tks Susan and LMC!
Pop inventorying our recent shipment from LMC.
Stanley cutting brake lines.
We can't wait to open the hood and show off this beauty.
Hedman Hedders, thanks LMC!
Ryan welding the floor panel
Jeff Embrey (Embrey's Customotive) welding under the cab.
Ryan found a new toy - Air Hammer!
You think anyone will notice?
New support system and lift
Our roof was just too damaged to repair. We found this one off an old ford in Graves junk yard.
Sanding at 1 hour.
Ryan sanding (or asleep)
Sanding at 2 hours.
Kristian from Air Grafx stitching the new roof.
Jim finishing up the motor.
LMC produced hundreds of these shirts for this project.
Dennis Carpenter parts from LMC
Jim from P3 customs helps get the cab on the frame to check all the bodywork.
Allen (Allen Brown Towing) is hanging doors to check body work.
Core support on, powder coating from www.pitboxes.com
CJ prepping the bed sides.
CJ installing new bed pannels. You can see the old ones on either side.
50 year old beds have LOTS of holes. CJ is patching some of the metal.
Pitboxes.com donated this pitbox for us to take around to the car shows this season. Not only for our tools, but we can hold marketing info and merchandise. We can use this as a "store front." Our sponsors will be painted on the back of this. This picture doesn't do it justice, it's huge: 24" wide x 66" long x 46" tall
Ryan sanding the fenders.
This is the driver side step that bolts to the fender. We had to make a new back piece and drill holes in it to attach to fender.
CJ, putting HeroBox green on bed pieces.
CJ prepping the tailgate for paint.
HeroBox green on the tailgate!
Rough looking bed sides.
CJ working on the bed sides.
The Major loaded on the trailer, ready for an appearance on Stacey David's Gearz.
Leaving the shop early in the morning.
En route to Stacey David - gas station in TN.
CJ adding the fenders on at Stacey's shop. You can see the junk yard truck and the banshee in the background.
Stacey and crew laying out the bed.
Patched the rusted cab corner.
We used a spot stud welder and slide hammer to pull out the large dent on this cab corner.
Welded this cab corner back on.
Jeff Embrey (www.embreys.net) welding our new tail lights from Stacey David.
Jeff fabricating the tailight buckets.
Ryan welding the light buckets into the fender.
Bogey and Moises working on the door.
Bogey needed a lot of bondo to retore that door!
New wheels from LMC!
Jeff (Embrey.net) working on the front fenders. They needed a lot of attention.
Undercoating on the step. It's starting to look like the incredible hulk.
The newly painted bed.
The Major is starting to come together. We need to be in TN for a show in 12 hours!
People learning about our mission at the HeroBox tent.
Jeff Embrey (www.Embreys.net) installing door handles at the show.
The Major coming home after his first successful show!
The Major getting ready for his first parade.
American Racing (Artillery) wheels donated by Wheel Pros: http://www.wheelpros.com/
Jeff Embrey (www.embreys.net) lettering The Major
Headed to Kansas for a special event with LMC Truck
In Kansas at TBones Baseball Game for HeroNight.
New wheels (http://www.wheelpros.com/) and Tires (http://nittotire.com) on The Major.
