Lots of little details have been taken care of since my last post- Carpet is in, windows & door locks working good, wiring has been cleaned up, the cutout in the bed floor covered, some of the body work on the bed & a cab corner are done (thanks to Troy), exhaust has been through several iterations, and I even entered it in a car show and received an award! Here's a few pictures I've taken along the way...
Drove in the Paddy Hough Parade with the Slo Poks
Took a little time off my project to give Troy a hand building his own "Cruck", which is what we've taken to calling these Crown Victoria trucks. His is a '66 F100 on an '05 Police Interceptor frame.
Got a new engine cover, added trim rings and center caps to the stock Vic steel wheels
Went to the Portland Transmission Warehouse show, Troy's truck made it's first appearance as well
Picked up a different steering wheel at the Portland Swap Meet, I think it's a big improvement
Threw in a temporary wood cover in the bed to keep things from falling out
Went to a Slo Poks Alley at Troy's, showed the truck off to a few guys that were interested in the details
Crystal & I took the truck to the Clatskanie Cruisers annual car show. It was a great show, I plan to go again. I even won an under construction award, sponsored by the Clatstkanie Volunteer Firefighters Association
Troy helped me out with a cab corner and started body work on the front passenger side of the bed
I installed rear air suspension out of a civilian Crown Vic (police models have extra stiff springs in the rear). I don't have it set up to go up and down quickly, but it does allow me to adjust the ride height as needed. There's quite a bit of travel.
I also cut the front springs down a bit since the police cars sit higher than normal, and swapped out the chrome center caps for some chrome lug nuts. I don't have a lot of wheel options and the tires are good, so I'm trying to do what I can to make them look decent.
Made a quick video to show the new ride height
I also took the truck on it's first big road trip, but I'll save that for the next post...
