"KISS" theme truck

[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

[dabears]

Great mirrors John!

[Papabaer]

Ohhh John,

how many Viaga you give to the Chain so that it becomes rigid

Really - the new doors and the mirrors are very cool and fits perfect to your "Theme Truck".

[SWAGGER]

Originally Posted by glorydays24

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

Yeah Ha....I have lots of ideas and the problem I have is that I can't actually build myself for quite some time. I have no workshop, no time (always travelling with work) and very, very little funding due to property investments that have gone sour, so I have to enjoy this hobby through you guys and your projects. So forgive me for bouncing ideas around, but it helps me feel a little more involved in the hobby than I actually am right now.

I love the mirrors BTW, fit in great with the wipers. If you manage to squeeze in something that reflects each band members face as such, it will work very well overall.

I had previously come across a project on another forum that is on the same path as what I mentioned above. I'll try find it again and get you some reference pics.

That's cool about your family name. Yes it is a small world. Seems quite a lot of Americans are of Irish decent if you look back far enough. We are known for going to the far corners of the earth. Little fact for you, the population of Ireland is only 4.5 million, but there are 25 million Irish passports OUTSIDE of Ireland. Just shows, there are much more of us living abroad than at home!

Looks like I will be in St. Louis / Chicago for a week in Sept. It's a work thing and still be defined, but I am hoping there will be a truck meet somewhere nearby around that time. Would be great to meet some of you guys and see some of the projects in the flesh.

[SWAGGER]

Yeah like this:





This is a standard Knight cab, you have SO much more room with your super cab, so you can build over your electronics like this OR you can create a bunk room and put your electronics in a hidden compartment at the very back.

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by dabears

Great mirrors John!

Thankyou Aaron, much appreciated.

Originally Posted by Papabaer

Ohhh John,

how many Viaga you give to the Chain so that it becomes rigid

Really - the new doors and the mirrors are very cool and fits perfect to your "Theme Truck".

Papabear, the amount of viagra is a well kept secret. And thankyou for the compliment.

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Yeah Ha....I have lots of ideas and the problem I have is that I can't actually build myself for quite some time. I have no workshop, no time (always travelling with work) and very, very little funding due to property investments that have gone sour, so I have to enjoy this hobby through you guys and your projects. So forgive me for bouncing ideas around, but it helps me feel a little more involved in the hobby than I actually am right now.

I love the mirrors BTW, fit in great with the wipers. If you manage to squeeze in something that reflects each band members face as such, it will work very well overall.

I had previously come across a project on another forum that is on the same path as what I mentioned above. I'll try find it again and get you some reference pics.

That's cool about your family name. Yes it is a small world. Seems quite a lot of Americans are of Irish decent if you look back far enough. We are known for going to the far corners of the earth. Little fact for you, the population of Ireland is only 4.5 million, but there are 25 million Irish passports OUTSIDE of Ireland. Just shows, there are much more of us living abroad than at home!

Looks like I will be in St. Louis / Chicago for a week in Sept. It's a work thing and still be defined, but I am hoping there will be a truck meet somewhere nearby around that time. Would be great to meet some of you guys and see some of the projects in the flesh.

Thankyou SWAGGER. Don't ever be concerned about throwing ideas my way, I love it. And you said you might be at St. Louis / Chicago in Sept. well Chicago is about eight hours from me, and St. Louis is about three hours from me. It would be great if we could get together, and I would love to meet the man behind these great ideas.

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Yeah like this:





This is a standard Knight cab, you have SO much more room with your super cab, so you can build over your electronics like this OR you can create a bunk room and put your electronics in a hidden compartment at the very back.

You got me very seriosly concidering on doing a full blown sleeper. I've went as far as to cutting the cab doors, so........ I really like what I see on what this person has done to the sleeper. Very nice.

Big John

[SWAGGER]

Cool, can't help you with the little calendar though, sorry! LOL!

Well, actually, couple of mins of messing about and I managed to make a Kiss calendar for ya. I think I have it to the right scale, but you will need to PM me your email address so I can email the JPEG to you.
Best print on photo paper for longevity and UV protection etc, otherwise it would fade over time. If you don't have photo paper, I could print it and post it to you.

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Cool, can't help you with the little calendar though, sorry! LOL!

Well, actually, couple of mins of messing about and I managed to make a Kiss calendar for ya. I think I have it to the right scale, but you will need to PM me your email address so I can email the JPEG to you.
Best print on photo paper for longevity and UV protection etc, otherwise it would fade over time. If you don't have photo paper, I could print it and post it to you.

Thakyou, that is soooo cooool!!! Sending my email...

Big John

[glorydays24]

Well everyone, I got the star cut out on the door. The way I did it was I drilled out as much material as I could, and then used my hobby knife to cut the points. It's not puuuuuurfect, but I can live with it.



Thanx for looking, Big John

[dabears]

Nice! Turned out good!

[SWAGGER]

Looks cool John. Will you be leaving it open or putting some glass behind it? Then it would be like the Pete style "foot" window but with the Kiss twist.

[glorydays24]

Originally Posted by dabears

Nice! Turned out good!

Thankyou very much Aaron.

Originally Posted by SWAGGER

Looks cool John. Will you be leaving it open or putting some glass behind it? Then it would be like the Pete style "foot" window but with the Kiss twist.

Thankyou Steve. I will be putting "glass" behind the star. Now you've got me wanting to cut out the sleeper doors, storage and sleeper doors...Will this ever get done???

Big John