Dec 2014 Update

Well lots has happened in the last few months.  The biggest items is that in July 2014 I finally got frustrated at the lack of any progress on the Dodge so I formed Redbeards Wicked Rides with Ashley Wheelwright and moved the Truck to our shop in Ogden.

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There has been lots of small items finished and as of December 18th we are working towards final fitment.  Almost every detail has presented a problem that had to be custom engineered and then parts sourced and fitted to the project.  Many of the original design choices have  proven to be unworkable and required me to get directly involved in proper engineering and re-working.  Including the entire cab "Dog House" which is the metal plates we installed to cover the motor and transmission.

The interior was finished in July by Mike Gallagher at Fabric Magic in Kaysville.  Mike is an old school guy but does great work.  unfortunately we had to remove some of the interior due to the shoddy work on the dog house and it will have to be re-finished.

Here are pictures of the dash and the gauges mounted.

In September Trevor Oldham joined the project and he has experience  in Diesel, he works full time and has come it a few hours a week and completed some of the systems.

The custom electrical harness and fittings are completed including custom toggle switches.  This has been a tedious process from front to back but its finally finished and looks great.
The Fuel system now has a new pump and filters and is fitted in the fuel tank.

We cut the pedals off the original chassis and mounted them to the new chassis and frame.

Because the engine is so tight in the nose there was no room for brakes or fuels or battery so we used a utility box for the battery and fuel and found a way to mount the brake cylinder to the frame.

Rear Dually hits springs

Monday Dec 15 the custom wheel were test fit and they were too large.  We have ordered a new 2" spacer which should allow the rear dually wheels to be mounted properly.  Here is a picture of the front wheel.  Its a 10 lug semi wheel on 35" Goodyear Wrangler M/T tires.




























The remaining items are the Power steering plumbing.  Lower radiator hose and then we can assemble this front end and fire up the engine!