1941 Chevy pick up lowrider

Modeling Subjects Autos
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Still swamped at work however had a few hours last night to work on this little truck. I lent out my good camera so I had to take my pics outside with my back up camera as it does better outside by the garden. I have been updating the info on another forum but thought that I would share with everyone here.

Started to work on the interior door panels.

Finally boxed in the bed coffin shaped bed cover.

Someone on this or another forum gave me an idea to put all the hydros and pumps under the bed to make a cleaner install, so that is what I am going to do. Made some battery shelves for two batteries and the pumps will be behind the axle. All plumbed and wired and working on the hydro cylinders right now.

and I am going to hinge the bed so that it will raise up and move to the rear so all this work is not hidden when it is finished.

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I am most certainly locked in on this build! [:P]

Wires, batteries, pumps. Please keep posting here with updates!

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This is going to be a neat truck!

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Thanks for the replies guys, played around with lining up the audio stuff in the bed. This way it will make it cleaner looking than cutting holes in the plastic and having them face upwards.

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Not much done but did get some work on the chassis, added the trays for the batteries, a brace for the hydro pumps, and decided to use the front suspension as not sure how I would adjust it custom like. May add some hydro cylinders to the front anyway to match the back.


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[Y] nice work would love to see finished pics.Ron

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This is going to be wild.

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Long time no update, been really swamped at work, this is what Im looking for for the seats.

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I wanted to model these, but wasn’t sure how to go about it.

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Those could go in my Royal Rail! Not sure either yet.

Thanks.

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oh man now that you mention the royal rail one of these would be killer in there!!!

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love the seats nice job so far .

Ron

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Thank you all for the comments. A little more work…The door is recessed and boxed and the skull and cross bones will fit flush in opening, doesn’t show from photos because tape was holding it out more. and to bring the seat up higher making a coffin shaped box that I will box in with coffin pleated foam and mirrored plastic edges. Also decided that two seats would be too big so just putting the one seat on top of the coffin. Kinda like cyclops.

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Got some progress last night, working on installing the door panels, made the coffin shaped console for the 1 seat, and had an idea to take a resin skull, cut it in half and put them on the side of the bed to keep with the macabre theme.



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Cool intereior![Y]

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making some things to add to the model, sickle for now just trying to get some ideas of gruesome things to add to the interior and on and around the model.

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balsa foam head stones, just trying out to see if I need to make bigger, smaller or in between…

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Well guess im gonna have to make a cementry dio with this, i found this city gate in my stash and it would make for an awesome gate for a cementary.

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MM,

I like the creativity that your taking on this build.

Maybe add a Edgar Allen Poe / Stephen King book for the interior.

I’ll keep watching to see the end result!

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Not much to update, at a lose for inspiration and ideas. Had to cover the door hinges and was thinking about using urethane foam to make a pedestal and something like a head stone for the back of the cab. Got it cut and shaped, now to figure out what kind of pattern to form in the foam.