The gastro truck lives!

This is a ’50 Ford F1 pick up I started about 18 months ago as part of GAS #6 but lost interest after a bout of gastro left me feeling sick every time I looked at it.

Time heals all wounds as they say and I have been plugging away at it over the last few weeks getting it ready for paint.

Gotta love how easy these trucks are to lower. I just hung the rear springs upside down and moved the front axle inside the front springs and instant drop job!

I never liked the stock front, so it’s been modified to represent a later model. I will make a custom grill to fill the hole when I get some paint on.



The engine is a big block Chev out of an AMT ’37 Chevy. It’ll get a blower and a set of double pumpers down the line.



The wheels are home made steelies with BMF trim rings and tyres are from my spares box with painted wide whites.

Hoping to get some colour on next week, by which time the engine and interior should be done too. Fingers crossed. Then I want to make some decals to turn it into the MRK shop truck.

looking good so far.

Lookin' good mate....liking where this is going

Like the look of this so far! Good bodywork on the front end, looks factory. What sort of grille are you thinking?

Nice work so far Bryce, has a great ride height and the front looks way better.

....................I bet this beast will make me sh!t when I see it done, sh!t hot work so far........keep the sh!t coming!!

I'm likin' it so far...

I was dreading to see what you called the gastro truck in the PM but now it makes perfect sense . Looking good .

You said the wheels were "home made steelies" , how did you make them ?

At first I thought it was going to be an old "dunny cart" truck hotted up, but I can see now that "gastro boy" is the way to go. I think there will be another magazine story coming up for this one?


Tezza

might be a sh!!ty story Tezza . Truck looks good Bryce , nice to know its easy to lower too

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Chris wrote:
What sort of grille are you thinking?

I’m thinking some sort of Desote-style custom thing – it will use a few sets of bumperettes from an AMT ’49 Ford. Thanks to Fred and Ian for their generosity.

sports850 wrote:
You said the wheels were "home made steelies" , how did you make them ?

The wheels are actually stock steelies from Daisy Duke’s jeep which I have sleeved in the outer rim of a set of ’53 Chevy wheels. I needed the extra large diameter as I am running 1/24 scale tyres as they better suit the big truck look.

I was expecting some sort of mobile food van like the dog burger vans you see at events.
I also dislike the stock '50 front end. Good work at getting rid of it.

Bryce wrote:

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Looks like it is ready to eat something . Nice work.

Lookin good bryce! Luv the stance

Thanks guys!

Got the engine plumbed up today. You gotta love these old trucks - you can fit a blower under the bonnet…

Oh yeah, that's what I'm talk'n 'bout!!!! very tough mill man

bloody wicked well done mate

nice F truck, I have been scratchin my head on how to achieve the trim rings for the 48 convertible build, I found this AFTER i glued the wheels on
maybe next time gadget................

Thanks guys.

Trim rings are real easy to do with BMF - it just takes a lot of time and patience. I did these four while sitting in front of the TV one night.

Beautiful work bryce! Keep it up

Got some colour on this puppy last week. Pretty bright, but should be a good base for some homemade black decals. Gonna let this sit for a few weeks and then I’ll slap it all together some time next month.

Very nice.

That's lookin sweet.

What colour is it? On my screen it almost looks like the GMH Aquarius colour.

Very nice colour choice , really suits the curves