Daddyjeep Hauler - 85 K30 crew cab short bed

[daddyjeep]

I will have some kind of mesh. It will be finer than the piece in the pic and recessed about an inch into the opening.

[whitels1]

Awesome job on the hood!!

[daddyjeep]

Since I didn't do too well at a pool tournament this weekend I ended up getting a little time in the shop. I started the other side of the hood.

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I should get the other side panel in and hopefully the corners tonight.

[tinydb84]

Hood looks intense! Very cool.

[Dieselwrencher]

That is looking very nice! I really like it!

[daddyjeep]

Thanks Guys.

Almost done with the basic shape of things then I just need to place a couple thousand tacks.

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I need to swing by my steel supplier and see what I can find for expanded metal. I will be using that for the front intake, the rear side cowl vents and probably the grill.

[Jaysonb]

That hood is going to be awesome!

[Hewfil1]

Got kind of a Mad Max vibe to it along with an old WW2 era plane look. That's without paint, regardless, looks awesome!

[Flatline454]

I love this build and the concept behind it. Keep up the good work! When you decide to ditch that front bumper, I would be interested in buying it off you.

[daddyjeep]

Originally Posted by Flatline454

I love this build and the concept behind it. Keep up the good work! When you decide to ditch that front bumper, I would be interested in buying it off you.

I'll trade you the bumper for those pretty green fenders you have.

I am building a bumper, so we can work something out.

[daddyjeep]

I got all of the main structure done. Next is building the frames for the screens in the front inlet and the rear vents. I need to go over to a buddies and use his break for that. Of course I just found out my buddy had a hatchet incident at a scouting event today. Hopefully he is up to me coming over tomorrow.

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I started cleaning up the back edge. I used some pieces from the donor hood and some generic body repair panels to get the folded edge.

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[MTCK]

Looks real good. Is the gmt400 in the background another project?

[daddyjeep]

Originally Posted by MTCK

Looks real good. Is the gmt400 in the background another project?

That belongs to a buddy of mine. Not really a project, just doing some repairs.

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice work on the hood. It's looking great!

[tinydb84]

I couldn't image grinding all of those tacks...

[daddyjeep]

Originally Posted by tinydb84

I couldn't image grinding all of those tacks...

I hear you there. I'm dreading placing those tacks more than grinding them. i did finish welding and grinding one little section tonight. I welded the mounting points for the intake grill.

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I need to get the inside with a dremel or die grinder.

[daddyjeep]

I actually started working on my truck again. Nothing too exciting is getting done, but things are getting done. I finished spraying the floor with undercoating and got back to work on the bodywork on the rockers and corners. This area doesn't have to be perfect as I will be coating the bottom six or so inches of the truck with bed liner. Since I had to patch a couple areas on the side cowl area (whatever that is called) I shot some flat white paint I had laying around on it. I really like how the flat white shows the bends and shadows.

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[Dieselwrencher]

Looking good. Little by little they always tell me.

[daddyjeep]

I found some smaller expanded metal and threw together a screen for the intake. I'm not sure if I like the expanded metal or not, but it will work.

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[daddyjeep]

I got the hood primed and painted since it was an absolutely strange 60 degree February day in Pennsylvania. It looks terrible, but I just need to get it in paint and will finish it up later. I started with some Duplicolor self etching priner then shot some Krylon flat white.

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Now, I need some opinions. With the hood emblem...

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or without?

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[Hewfil1]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

I got the hood primed and painted since it was an absolutely strange 60 degree February day in Pennsylvania. It looks terrible, but I just need to get it in paint and will finish it up later. I started with some Duplicolor self etching priner then shot some Krylon flat white.

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Now, I need some opinions. With the hood emblem...

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or without?

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I personally like it without the emblem, and yeah this PA weather these last two days have been weird!

[COS399]

My preference would be to remove the emblem. I think it would be "too busy" looking with it. IMO

[MTCK]

X3 no emblem in my opinion.

[daddyjeep]

Thanks for the opinions guys. I think I have to agree. It gets a little busy with the emblem on there.

[87max]

no emblem, I'm close enough to the lake the temp drops ten degrees here. Go a mile south and it's like flipping a switch but I'll take it. My maple trees are budding its crazy.