Well, been working on this thing since last fall and finally starting to look like a truck again. Its not a complete resto but the body did get a complete make over and undercoated as well as the Silver Bullet rust coating.

Engine will get a wipe down, no paint. It will get an HX35 with new exhaust. I have a set of PODS and am not sure yet if they will go in. Gauges will be added. Looking at a tranny upgrade as well.

For the conversion, I bought a slightly wrecked 93 W250 4x4, cleaned up the frame and grafted on the crew cab body. I had to notch out a small portion at the rear of the cab to clear the fuel tank; shorten the frame slightly; modify the rear floor section of the crew cab to clear the extended cab frame.

Will also have to find a way to mount the auxillary tranny cooler, might have to put it at the rear where the sapre tire usually goes.

 

Here's shot of the floor section, not sure if you'll notice the work. I also have the front buckets/console out of a 3rd gen and reupholstered the rear bench seat to match.

I tried some of the Lizard Skin sound deadener/heat shield stuff as well as some bedliner material on the floor.

 

nice job good workk

 

Sounds good I'm doing the same thing but I just kept the 1972 frame and body and put the axles and drivetrain from the 1990 in that one. Nice pics

 

sweet deal, looking good .. Now I have to look for a 4 door to build.LOL

 

Looks great, Ron! Can't wait to see it on the road.

Nik

 

looking good , what did you think of the lizard skin heat shield sound deadner

i tried the slime stuff, it sucked, i didnt like it , it was like thin set for tiling , it was water base, i washed it off the next day , rinsed 100 bucks down the drain

 

Hey Nik..........should be done by spring I hope. I need to find an amateur painter to dot he outside of the truck at a "reasonable cost" to the budget.

Johny5............I don't know how the Lizard Skin will work till I get it on the road. I'll report back when done. I'm trying to find some kind of a headliner that might work; will be looking at Suburbans in wrecking yards to see what sizes are available. If that doesn't work, might just get something fabbed up to put up there. I'm trying to soundproof the interior as much as possible.

 

One of the big issues on these crews is the giant accoustical drum of the roof. On my crew, I filled the cavity between the roof and ceiling with sprayfoam. It made a huge difference. You can attach a hose to the straw on the can and snake it up through the holes behind the visor bracket and the cargo light hole. Just draw the hose out slowly while spaying.

There is a danger of getting too musc though. I actually bulged my cieling.

 

I've thought a little about the roof also. I was thinking of looking at either a ram charger or making my own with two from a reg cab and recovering.

 

I remember reading on another forum about a fellow who had a Toyota Landcruiser with excessive rust in some unusual places which from memory included the roof. Upon disassembly he found that the previous owner had sprayed the foam stuff in the cavities which he theorized held moisture in just as if he had stuffed sponges everywhere. I had pondered this same idea for inner door panels for noise reduction but killed this idea after reading about the Toyota incident. I hope your end results are different from his!

 

I'm with you Trebor,I thought of doing the same thing as Trooper Thorn but wondered if I would just make it worse. What i have thought of doing is drilling 1/2" - 1" holes along interior of roof and spray bedliner,snakeskin, or whatever all over up in there. You could then find some automotive grade rubber plugs and use them to fill holes. Of course you would paint them to match interior or put headliner in which in that case no painting needed. Just wondering!! Any one have thoughts on this?? ....Augie Dog Oh Yea!!! bye the way Featherman that project looks great!! I have since decided after we talked not to do what you did with the club cab frame.My fab skills are not the greatest and i'm trying to get the project going and done before camping season is over. Thanks for consulting with me. Keep up the good work. I anticipate the end results!! WOW!!

 

I've seen trucks/roofs/cabs that have had foam sprayed into them and they become moisture traps, so I personally wouldn't go that route. It may be okay in a dry southern climate. I was also thinking taking it to one of the locations that sprays rust checking oil into the hard to reach places and just have them spray the area to prevent any future rusting issues.

Hey Augie.........good luck on your project. I wanted to keep the 354s and the dana 60 front and 70 rear and figured it was easier to what I did with the cab.

Good luck on your project.

 

they have spray foam that doen't obsorb water

 

I guess one would have to look at one of the home building depots to look for this, unless you know the brand name already? It would be a nice option. I was think of sprayying rust check in there and maybe try to spray in foam after the area is saturated with rust check.

Might be a good option to consider.