Friday, October 30, 2009
thisHero Designs Fall Newsletter sent out Today
Lot's of good information on new and current projects plus services as well as contact information. See it know at: http://thisherodesigns.com/eMail/newsletter.html
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Shop Truck Update
Spent Sunday down at the shop again, working on the Shop Truck. Cleaned up the motor, found what looks to be a JB Weld fix job on one of the heads, that can prove to be significant in the future. I've heard the motor run, so for now I'm not going to worry about it. I painted the motor 'Ford Corporate Blue', all the Chevy fans out there should love that. I'm going to have the valve covers sand blasted and then I'll paint them the same blue, and have the Ford embossed logo painted in white so it sticks out really well. We then put the motor back into place and slid the cab to its correct position.
After looking at the way it sits, Frank and I decided to see if we could get a fender on, so we did, and it looked good, so next thing you know, we're throwing on the second fender and then propping the hood up with a baseball bat. It looks nice. I especially like the way it sits. I know it still has a ways to go, but it's days like this that make it all worth it. I can almost see her going down the road with thisHero Designs on the side right now.
Sorry about the quality of the picture, I took it with my iPhone, and you know, it just doesn't shoot pictures at night very well.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Lowering Complete!
When I first bought the truck, my only requirement before driving her was that she had to be lowered. I was not going to drive it at stock height, or as I like to say, at "farmer" height. Well, the rear axle has been flipped, the frame c-notched, for the front I installed a 3" drop axle and 3" drop mono leaf springs. While she was apart I put in new king-pins, new bearings up front with the rear differential STILL scheduled to be gone through. I am now working on installing the Toyota power steering box, and get my brake lines all straightened out before I move on to cleaning up the motor. She's comin' along, slowly, but surely.
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