[marcus38]

just got the tank back from my cousins bodyshop.shaved rear door hinges,handles,keyholes,license box,gas door tails. grant kustoms roll pan. notice the leds in the rear windows.

mirrors shaved also.

 

[marcus38]

oh yeah i guess u might notice the drivers is suicided. front end mods still in design stage, several options on the table at present. should be complete and show primed by spring. gonna give the bodywork a year to shrink or whatever before layin down some color(s) fall of 09.

 

[chops]

details on the shaved rear door hinges plzzzzzzzzzzz and she looks sweeeeeeeeet

 

[marcus38]

yeah like the shaved hinges huh? not many are goin thru the pain of rehinging the doors so they still work. not to mention adding a remote poplock for easy entry. as a matter of fact, drivers,passnd rear on remote solenoids.the hinges are HIDEN HINGES by autoloc. also used em on the suicided drivers. so bacically your installing suicide hinges on the rear doors. yep its crazy, who at a show will ever notice, they asked, i said a vanner will. thanks for the comps chops see ya!

 

[chops]

can you get me some pics????plzzzzzzzzz

 

[lizzard]

Man that looks good, love the no hindge look.

Great job

Robert

 

[AstroAustin]

Looking great man! I just love the clean shaved look of the rear on these vans. In fact, it looks strangely similiar.....

Except one of us has huge ugly door hinges.

 

[marcus38]

austin did u beat me on the shaved hinges.. thats why your the administator...LOL

 

[marcus38]

u do have hinges.. just photochop em off...LMAO. well i just gave u another way to go broke on the build..HAHA thanks for the props. hey u in indiana? i lookin to make slamology and truck bash 09' lets hook it up. L88rr mark

 

[marcus38]

i see your in boise. think u might come to indy or kentucky havoc. tenn has some good ones too. gas is $2.34 today in louisville. lets see what happens after OBACAIN gets elected. chops i dont have any build pics of the hinges just finish product pics..sorry.name a person who will never get respect,one who has lost all respect,and one u will always respect...OBAMA,OSAMA, and yourMAMA.

 

[AstroAustin]

Yeah man I'm in Boise. Indiana is a long ways from me, I can't afford to drag the beast across the country. Well, I could, but I doubt I'd still have a wife when I returned. Gas is $2.89 still here.
I still have those ugly hinges on the back doors. I really dislike them but I also know what a pain it is to shave the hinges. I'll do it eventually. I'll also suicide my front doors eventually. So many projects.

 

[Mat Mobile]

Great looking van Marcus. I finally get to see it!

Looking forward to meeting you at a van run!

 

[marcus38]

thanks matt cant wait to take it to some truck ins.

 

[marcus38]

http://www.streetsource.com/ViewOwnerPr ... leID=51129 heres a look on some of the work including the gullwing slider thats been going on the last 2 mos. at SMITH CHASSIS AND METALWORKS

 

[d3athm3talh3ad]

your van is looking good!!!

 

[Matt G.]

i love the rear light set up. Havnt seen that before.

 

[marcus38]

well heres the latest pics of the front end mods. shaved corner markers, full sze chevy 88 to 98 bumper channeled and angled to fit astro hood line and to be molded in. custom grille opening.also glassing in wiper cowl solid shaving the wipers. thank goodness for rain x..lol enjoy and stay tuned more to come !!

 

[d3athm3talh3ad]

wow! that's a lot of work, but i really like that bumper! do you have any pics of the cowl progress? and did you decide on a grille yet?

 

[marcus38]

i need to take some pics of the cowl and post.

basically got some fiberglass matte and resin with hardener laid the matte on top and brushed on the resin. it soaks thru and sticks to the scuffed plastic. brush side to side so the matte wont sink down in between the ribs of the vents. after that has cured, flip it upside down and add more matte where the wiper arm holes were and fill in the vents with more resin to strenghten it up. after that use some body filler with kitty hair to skim coat the top. then sand,sand,sand and do it again and again till its smooth, u know the drill!! im having aim industries/chassistech build a custom grille as i post this.

 

[d3athm3talh3ad]

brush side to side so the matte wont sink down in between the ribs of the vents. then sand,sand,sand and do it again and again till its smooth, u know the drill!!

that's what i've been wondering about, keeping the matte from dipping between the vents and causing all sorts of extra work...i had thought of wrapping it real tight with fleece all the way around, then cut/sand the excess on the underside off, as matte always seems to sink on me...