i just joined the site for the transportation discussions and kind of skimmed through this thread. Great build by the way!! Where did you get the box you used as an in-bed tool box? Also what are its rough dimensions?

Sweet ride you have going!

I got the box from Sportsmans Guide. Its 4 feet wide and 12in x12in roughly. When I got it there was a bunch of hard foam supports for a rocket or something in it, so I had to cut that stuff out.

Well, I traded the S10 off for the 89 Dodge. I'll get pics of it later this weekend. Hopefully it won't be raining and cloudy...

I had to add a muffler to the "new" Dodge so I could drive it a little more comfortably. Unfortunately that took time away from body work on the 79. Hopefully this next week will be nicer, then its back to the body filler and sanding.

The weather has gotten rough lately, snow and rain so I'm stuck with the bodywork. I have also been working on my 89 lately, its been running a little rough. At least it looks decent this next week so I might be able to get on the black truck and get it ready for winter.

heres pics of the white one...

Looks like it's in good shape. I think the motor is going out in my RC. Looks like I'll have to do a swap before winter.

That sucks about the motor. When I traded my S10 for this truck, the kid I swapped with blew the S10 motor in less than a week. I would have never seen that coming and feel bad for him. Although, he did say he has blown the motor in every car/truck he has owned except the white Dodge...

Sounds like operator error and not equipment malfunction. I'd look over that Dodge really good though, coming from an owner like that.

Fortunately, he never drove it much. So far so good, oil pressure is good, runs cool, doesn't smoke abnormally. In all fairness, the S10 did have some troubles, I never figured the motor would go though...

Good looking war wagon your putting together........

Thanks! Its pretty much a low $ sort of deal. I would love to spend more time and money on it but I don't have much of either one at this point...

I've got to decide what to work on tomorrow, the black trucks fenders or the white trucks bedliner. I need to finish up the fenders so its not rusting this winter. The white truck has a drop in plastic liner that I hate and want to pull it out and use a roll on, like the black truck. Either way, the temps here are a little low for paint or body filler.

I bet it's cold in Minnosota still in the 80's down on the gulf coast. You have some good body work skills. That truck is coming together nicely.

thanks Night Owl, I try...

I ended up just working on the bedliner in the 89 yesterday. I probably could have used filler on the black one and made some progress but I really wanted to get the 89 taken care of. I wish I had time to work on it today, its actually supposed to be about 63 degrees and that would be warm enough. If I just had one nice full day to work I'd be able to nearly finish with the fenders. I really don't want the fenders sitting half done all winter...

I'll get a pic of the finished bedliner later on...

I actually got a little time Monday to work on the fender. I didn't get a lot done but at least got some filler in. Hopefully I will be able to get some time this weekend to work on it again. At least since I am not doing a restoration, I can cut some corners that save me some time.

I also picked up a little something for the truck (black one). I'm not going to tell what it is just yet but I will say it involves OD canvas...

I started building myself a toneau cover for the black truck today. I'll get pics one of these days. I am using treated lumber (plywood) that I will seal with the bedliner paint that I used in the white truck. (I don't like that stuff...plastic liner is going back in) I knew I should have stuck with the paint I used on the black trucks box...

Anyway, once the plywood is as dry as it will get, I'm painting the whole thing with the roll on liner, then covering it with the OD canvas tarp I got on the 'bay. Hopefully it will hold up decent, I've never tried anything like this before. Mostly its purpose is to keep the snow and leaves out of the box, this truck sits outside and I'm tired of having a lake in the box. I'll move my toolbox thing to the back of the box, just inside the tailgate when I'm ready to be done with it. I figure I never really use the box on the truck and I have another I can use if I need a hauler.

Edit: figured I would add a couple pics, otherwise I won't think of it and all I'll have is final product pics... Its already pitch black outside so the pictures aren't the best.