Yellow Truck continues
It all started with a broken transmission.
The tranny in my daughte's 88 Cherokee bit the dust. I bought a 89 with a transmission and not much else. I used the front frame clip and built a tube frame to hold the rear axle. It eventually got a Dodge 360, a 727 tranny from a ramcharger and the 242 transfer from the Cherokee. The CJ looking body never developed but I just kept going. Eventually I had built the grill, firewall, cowling and floor. Then I started on a body.
I thought it would look like this
This was my first concept drawing
It had a cab
I made doors to the floor and a pickup cab.
Here's a look at the floor
I had fun making a cover and shifters
It ended up as a pickup
The wood bed was exotic Ipe wood from South America, left over from my bosses office.
What's with the hood?
I was running out of time so I hinged it to the side instead of modifying it to tilt back.
This is all that is left
I will drop this at Rory's place when we get to Moab. Should be May 8, 2023
The rest of the story
I couldn't get it to idle. I was using a MegaSquirt computer. When I parted iet out I found the wires to the throttle position sensor reversed. But, the real reason I gave up was because I got sideways with the state and couldn't get it registered. They gave me a tag and I drove it a year but someone at the state made me give up.
If someone wants to play with it, it's yours as soon as I get it up there. I thought it would look good on the front of a Cherokee - a fake Willys wagon.
I told Merlin that I have the radiator that fits inside the grille. It will come too,
