Eight years, entry by entry, from a chassis on a loading dock in February 2008 to a finished 1917-style C-cab. Bob's own words, in the order he wrote them. Click any photo to see it full size.
Placed the order today from Spirit Cars and they expect to deliver it in about two weeks. I am holding off on the chrome, will do that after I get the stuff and do it locally. They say it is better to have all your chrome done at the same shop so it matches. If I need chrome later I can get it done here. I can have them deliver it here cheaper than if I went there to pick it up.
Now I need to get my building area ready for the project….
My goal was to build the car totally Ford with a standard transmission. I intended for this to be a vehicle for me to drive all the time. A Mustang 5.0 litre engine and transmission was the donor car.
We found a 1917 Truck Cab to use for the base of the C Cab. This provides real size body parts to use when adding fabricated body parts.
The cardboard cutout shows what will be fabricated.
I did some work on the Paddy Wagon myself, but quickly learned I did not have the tools and ability to complete the project. I had bought a pipe bender to create the C cab look. I used square tubing but the dye I had was for round tubing and it caused a kink on the edge. I did get a good form for the cab based on the pattern that my wife Chuan made for me.
I found North Texas Customs through a friend of mine and turned it over to them.