IceMan's plans - Updated 2/5 - Complete

WOW ICE !! awesome bro hey you know ole Speedfish on JCM he uses JB weld on his customs and says it really works great for chop builds it takes 24hrs to dry though.

good lookin hair cut! I like how this is coming along.

Looking good. Gonna have a nice look.

WOW, this is really off the chain.

Man oh man can you imagine how much this would cost to do to real truck...wowsers !!

Making a custom bed cover. Had to make some mods to the rear suspension so it would sit as low as I wanted it. Wanted to cover it up but make it optional to see the custom work. Here's what I came up with.








Started on the front suspension but I'll need the transmission in place to figure out how I'm going to set the height. Setting it aside until I start the engine in a few days.

love the tire/wheel combo!

Hey Ice I got an idea we could do a team build you do custom body work and I'll do the engine  smileyCA9464IN_zpsd9ee499f

Thanks for the comments guys.

JP - I'm down for that. Maybe once all this huge contests are over we can do that.

Beast - sleep? What's that? But seriously though, I did put a lot of hours into it this weekend. Last night I was super exhausted. Had a hard time getting up for work this morning.

This has to be the most mods I've done on any kit so far.

Man you are just slicing and dicing this baby aren't you.
Nice look going on with a wicked hot rod feel.

Thanks guys. Hope to start the engine tomorrow night.

Iceman: this is amazing. I'm truly agog at your ingenuity and energy at getting this moving so fast during this time of the season. I had my idea and ordered all my necessary hardware and accessories and really thought my direction was unique, laid back and yet achievable. You've blown everything out of the water with your chop shop! You've motivated me that after the contest is over and I return to my drag roots, I will set aside some time with an old classic car kit to figure out some of these techniques. I too would bid on yours as the build of the contest!

It's good to switch gears on builds for sure, if you have the time in a contest situation. MOTM's are a bit harder. I'll have my 1st pics posted today for the contest; I was finishing up the chassis build on a funny car and didn't pay enough attention to the pickup truck instructions. I "assumed" it was a v6 and ordered my accessories for the build along with a v6 distributor kit. Got the engine, frame and other kit parts painted and detailed real nice, then installed the distributor and noticed the valve covers had 8 plug holes, not 6! It took me all last night to carefully remove the old piece and install the new one along with the plug boots!

I'll have pictures and a new thread posted today. As a teaser, I have an AMT wheel/tire kit which includes nice chrome Halibrand wheels and nice front tires; the rears are 9x15" slicks. The motif (hint, hint) is "what's red, hot and ready for any emergency"? After the engine is done, the pictures will start to reveal it's true personality. It's not one of my minutely detail drag specials that you'd expect; hopefully ppl will see a different side of my build potential!

Sorry if I hijacked the thread Ice. Just wanted to share blunder with ya!

lookin good bro !