Not Exactly a B body

[fugly]

building something to tow Fugly to local shows, thought it might interest some of you....here's what I started with:

Work in progress:

Where it is now:
got the chrome all on (had to make some pieces) and the bedliner done- need to do some cleanup....need headlight bezels and have some straitening to do on the grill

On a side note, when I backed it back in the garage, the amazing torque of the leaning tower of suspense ripped the engine clear out of the car,,,,must be 3000 ft lbs or better....on a more serious note, if anyone wants it, claim it before next weekend and it's yours- I don't want to mess with shipping local pickup only- it runs, probably needs bearings looked at, does not smoke and likely makes 40 hp in the current state of tune....

 

[jaak]

Man, that's cool! Awesome job!

Jason

 

[hemistix66]

You never cease to amaze us!I love it!

 

[oneway71]

Nice work.....Looks sharp!

It looks way better than my '81 Cutless that I turned into an El Camino after a semi truck hit me.

Now to turn my 4 door Valiant into an Aussie Sport Ute....

 

[fugly]

Thanks - hoping to have running gear and interior done in the next couple months

 

[truckerlee]

as a man once told me"hell Yankee ,theres a texan that can fix that" guess so on that one!!!nice work texas...hell just noticed he was from same area cool....

 

[63RedFury]

Neat idea.major improvement over the 4 door.

 

[Cranky]

'Need' to get over there and look at it in person!

 

[Ron 73]

That is unique and very cool! You sure can fabricate great.


What did you use for the bed liner floor if i could ask? Thanks..

 

[fugly]

bed made of .043 steel , bead rolled, over a 1X2 frame

 

[daredevil]

Awesome work Damon. Now I know why I hadnt seen ya. That must suck up a lot of man hours

 

[moparstuart]

dude thats crazy

 

[daredevil]

double post. just adding to post count

 

[daredevil]

dude thats crazy

lol, says the guy with the vert bird

 

[Ron 73]

bed made of .043 steel , bead rolled, over a 1X2 frame

Thanks fugly, Reason i was wondering is there was a guy on some show i seen not to long ago that planed down some boards off a old barn, He then polyurethane them clear and had nice metal strapping between them, really looked sharp and was curious as how you did this one. You must have a tremendous amount of hours in this, it sure does look good..

 

[moparstuart]

lol, says the guy with the vert bird

yeah but mine was all bolt on stuff

 

[daredevil]

Yeah I happened by while he was working on it. What would take me ten years takes him ten minutes. He can for damn sure git er dun.

 

[Budnicks]

Fugly saw this Tugly on another thread I like it, very very cool project, some great metal fab work & tastefully done... I would drive it every were proudly.... Good luck with the rest of the project...

 

[pushrod]

Now thats Cool! Great job.

 

[fugly]

Pretty much finished now....here's some pics: