F100 project. Expendables '55 F100

[marius]

got bored and decided to make the Expendables' 1955 Ford F100 as close as i can, just waiting on my brothers to give me the extension piece from their xmod pickup so i don't have to trim out the body. knew i should have gotten the truck instead of the h2....
pics so far:


can't forget the steering wheel


going to fit the battery pack in the bed of the truck. debating on sticking with the stock battery setup or running a 9v


painting done except for the hood intakes. going to just paint on silver circles instead of tapping them out



projected final look


not shown: modded the stock front suspension plate so it sits lower than the lowering kit so the truck isn't insanely high

[FloydfanYodaman]

nice ...that body is cool...i have one of those models...but i was going for a car chassis...looking forward to whats in store...

[marius]

i was thinking of using a car chassis too but the f100 body is a bit long to pull that off without modding the chassis.
here it is on the h2 chassis



more pics

painted on the intakes


flattened the underside


and here is the suspension platform i spoke about having modded earlier


absolutely no play and just about kissing the ground

[FloydfanYodaman]

for longer bodies...all you have to do is add a few chassis spacers...

[marius]

gonna steal those from my brothers

[marius]

got the extension


rear chassis connector in place. take 1



not happy with the rear stance. going to use the model trucks cat as a mount spacer instead of the muffler

[FloydfanYodaman]

looks like you might need 1 more extension piece...or shorten the bed...so the wheel wells line up correctly...