"KISS" theme truck

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Lol!! Good idea....

Thanx buddy.

Big John

[dabears]

Now that's a different accent touch I have yet to see! Can't wait to see the rest of the little touches you add

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by dabears

Now that's a different accent touch I have yet to see! Can't wait to see the rest of the little touches you add

Thank you Aaron. I'm trying boss...

Big John

[glorydays24]

Well boy's and girl's, I decided to cut the doors on this "Larger Than Life" beast. Can we say suicide??? As you can see, I have to clean up everything, and see where I stand on the fit...just to tired at the moment, so prolly tomorrow.





And I started working on the interior by making a floor...look's like some more styrene work ahead, but I love it.



Thanx for looking, Big John

[glorydays24]

OK all you good people, I cleaned everything up and test fitted the doors. I have some fixing to do, but it shouldn't be all that bad. watcha think about suicide doors?









Thanx for looking, Big John

[Stuart]

Looking good John, lovin the suicide doors, I had some on a '39 Standard Flying Eight, soon found out how they got there name

Stu

[dabears]

I kinda like the suicide doors.... Would deff add to the custom look

[SWAGGER]

Well, this build is all about being loud and different so yeah, why the heck not?
Keep on rollin' Big John!

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by dabears

I kinda like the suicide doors.... Would deff add to the custom look

Thank you Aaron. As one of their songs say's, "I LOVE IT LOUD"

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Well, this build is all about being loud and different so yeah, why the heck not?
Keep on rollin' Big John!

Thank you SWAGGER. And another song title that say's a lot, "SHOUT IT OUT LOUD"
Just as soon as I get done here, i'm gonna have a bite to eat, and then work on the hinges.

Big John

[Papabaer]

Hy John,

as I read your announcement for the "Kiss Theme Truck" I was really very interested how you will work it out.

Now I have to say: I like wich I see here - great work on the dashboard, the steering wheel and on the wipers - I like the way you are going on.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Hey Big John,
Cab is lookin' real good, especially the suicide doors!
I was shopping this weekend and stopped In our the Auto World store and found these. Tried to take a picture but kept getting glare, so here's a link to the web site, thought you might like these.

http://www.autoworldstore.com/c-5-sl...x?section=-52-

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by Papabaer

Hy John,

as I read your announcement for the "Kiss Theme Truck" I was really very interested how you will work it out.

Now I have to say: I like wich I see here - great work on the dashboard, the steering wheel and on the wipers - I like the way you are going on.

Thank you Papabaer. It seems like just about everyday I think of something else to do...Is it possible to get brain short circutrey???

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

Hey Big John,
Cab is lookin' real good, especially the suicide doors!
I was shopping this weekend and stopped In our the Auto World store and found these. Tried to take a picture but kept getting glare, so here's a link to the web site, thought you might like these.

http://www.autoworldstore.com/c-5-sl...x?section=-52-

Thank you TRUCKMAKER. I made a driver side door tonight because there is just to much of a gap in some places. So this way, I can eliminate some of them.
Thanx for the link, those are really cool. And the old skool GMC c/o's are awsome.

Big John

[glorydays24]

Well I got everything cleaned up and mounted the hinges and doors...and I wasn't happy. There was a lot of gap in some areas.









So I decided to make two new doors with a mod to the windows. There are still some gaps, but not quite as much. I'm hoping when I get the door stops installed, primer and paint layed down, it will be down to a minimum.









Thanx for looking, Big John

[dabears]

great work john!!!! i like the new doors better!

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by dabears

great work john!!!! i like the new doors better!

Thank you Aaron. They still don't fit 100%, but the are closer.

Big John

[Autocar]

I was wondering is the bunk door going to open to‚just a thought now that would realy different. But then again where would ya put all the electrics???

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by Autocar

I was wondering is the bunk door going to open to‚just a thought now that would realy different. But then again where would ya put all the electrics???

Autocar, I thought the same thing, and i'm not planning on sound, maybe some music...just about led's. So if I was to do the cab and sleeper, YES, that would be different. I'll see which way the wind blows.

Big John

[SWAGGER]

On the bunk detail John, you could always build the bunk interior straight on to the bunk floor plan, so that when you lift off the cab, the bunk interior is left bolted to the frame rails. If you can picture the bunk interior only being half the height of the actual sleeper, you could in fact, make a box, or roof over the interior so that you can fit the electronics on top of the bunk, but it will be all housed and hidden in the upper portion of the sleeper but you can easily access it by lifting off the cab. You can then have a detailed bunk interior and opening door and still have full MFU if you like.

Hope that makes sense, if not, I can scan a sketch and email it to you.

You can always stick a small MP3 player in the trailer, that will have a ton of space there.

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

On the bunk detail John, you could always build the bunk interior straight on to the bunk floor plan, so that when you lift off the cab, the bunk interior is left bolted to the frame rails. If you can picture the bunk interior only being half the height of the actual sleeper, you could in fact, make a box, or roof over the interior so that you can fit the electronics on top of the bunk, but it will be all housed and hidden in the upper portion of the sleeper but you can easily access it by lifting off the cab. You can then have a detailed bunk interior and opening door and still have full MFU if you like.

Hope that makes sense, if not, I can scan a sketch and email it to you.

You can always stick a small MP3 player in the trailer, that will have a ton of space there.

Well SWAGGER you're at it again I see...1,000,000,1 ideas coming at me, lol.
You have great ideas, and if I do decide to open the sleeper doors, the ideas you gave would work perfectly.
I keep forgetting to tell you, my last name is Merrell, and I was told the Merrell's originaly from Ierland. Small world, isn't it.
I'm going to try something totally throwed off on the mirrors, and if I can make it work, i'll post pic's...To be continued...

Big John

[glorydays24]

Well as promised, I tinkerd with the mirrors and I think they came out pretty good. Last night I had a brain storm and thought about using some more chain for the mirror mounts. So you all remember I made Ace Frehley's space eye makeup on the wipers? Well I did Peter Criss's catman eye makeup for the mirrors themseleves. Let me know what you think.











Now i'm wanting to cut out a star from Paul Stanley's eye makeup on the passenger spot window just to give a different look. Any idea's on an easy way of doing this???

Thanx for looking, Big John