Project Bike Truck

[Project Bike Truck]

The car left that “shop” and moved onto another garage and is getting the sheet metal done for the floors, firewall, and the wheel tubs. There is a lot more to it than that. We have added some extra bracing for things in the future, some extra supports for things, changing up the smugglers hatch cover. The guy who’s doing the work travels with a BMW 24 hours team so he’s in and out all the time but progress has been made for sure.

I'm hopeful that things will progress and keep moving forward for me. These last few years have really got me down. I'd like to finish this car and get to drive it. My mom passed this Christmas. My uncle is slowly getting closer to that than thriving. I really wanted to finish it and show them or take them for rides since it was their dads car. Some of those moments have passed and some have not. I'm hopeful I can make it happen soon.

I’m hopeful this part will be finished soon and we will be able to move onto some of the intercooler and radiator mounting/plumbing, wiring, and some other things on the list to finish this car.



Will 2024 be the year?

[frink84]

Just got myself caught up, what a wild ride

[jaybee]

WOW! That was...an adventure?

[Project Bike Truck]

WOW! That was...an adventure?

sure is I’ve been quite for some years. There has been a lot of little things in there. I’ll try and find some more things to share.

[BigTone]

Even though it had been a while, I'm glad you followed up because I haven't seen this build before. It's a great backstory, and you're building a really sweet ride one little bit at a time.

I think you and I are alike in that we both feel there is a way it should be, and if it doesn't match the "vision" then it's just not right. It will have to be redone whether it was our own work to begin with or something we relied on others for. Then there is nothing more frustrating that having the exact thing you want in mind, but you need someone else to do it. Then you explain everything, give pictures, sketches, examples or whatever, and they come back with something different than what you asked for. I get irrationally upset when that happens.

You and I even have the same crazy when it comes to radically over spec'd hose clamps as mounts. The only thing I would do is cut down the threads a bit and pop vacuum caps over them

[Project Bike Truck]

Even though it had been a while, I'm glad you followed up because I haven't seen this build before. It's a great backstory, and you're building a really sweet ride one little bit at a time.

I think you and I are alike in that we both feel there is a way it should be, and if it doesn't match the "vision" then it's just not right. It will have to be redone whether it was our own work to begin with or something we relied on others for. Then there is nothing more frustrating that having the exact thing you want in mind, but you need someone else to do it. Then you explain everything, give pictures, sketches, examples or whatever, and they come back with something different than what you asked for. I get irrationally upset when that happens.

You and I even have the same crazy when it comes to radically over spec'd hose clamps as mounts. The only thing I would do is cut down the threads a bit and pop vacuum caps over them

Thanks man I’m not alone I guess. I feel like it. I’m stressed cause it getting sheet metal work done that I suck at doing. I’m glad it’s making progress but man I wish it was back home. It’s been gone for over a year between the cage fiasco and this work.

What are you working on?

[BigTone]

I’m stressed cause it getting sheet metal work done that I suck at doing. I’m glad it’s making progress but man I wish it was back home.

Sheet metal / bodywork / paint and automatic transmissions are the only things I refuse to tackle. Transmissions just out of my own ignorance, but paint and body because I have too high of expectations than my skill and patience can come up with.

What are you working on?

I inherited my sister-in-law’s father’s ‘85 IROC project car recently. He had done a lot of work to it (suspension, k member, built SBC, etc.) but it had sat for about 8 or 9 years before I got it. My son and I are going through a first pass on it to get it running and reliable again, then we’ll dig deeper with more fab and mods. But it’s hard not to just tear the thing apart right now because I know that is what will happen one day anyways.

[c3rocket]

I just read the the project bike post and sorry for the loss off your mom and hang in there the problems you are having it happens to a lot of us that build cars and having to deal with friends and shops so hang in there and I love your car .

[Project Bike Truck]

I just read the the project bike post and sorry for the loss off your mom and hang in there the problems you are having it happens to a lot of us that build cars and having to deal with friends and shops so hang in there and I love your car .

Thanks man it’s been a ride for sure. I can’t wait to get it back home.

[Project Bike Truck]

Well 2024 definitely wasn’t the year, and 2025 sure wasn’t either.

My life has been a mess, big shocker, marriage is holding on by a thread(my fault) my son is struggling. I have not been riding much, or at all.

Top that all off my uncle died. I never finished, never took him for a ride in his car, never even got to show him the progress. 100% I failed. Totally blew it. My family and him will say that’s not true. But to me it is.

A ton of stuff has happened. I can't even Catalog it. I will not lie, it's been so long I lost track. I’ll go back and try and figure it out and make this one giant post.

Bob got a ton of sheet metal work done and a bunch of extras. Bob is like me, he bounced from one thing to another. It has hidden tubes in the firewall, in the fender wells and it’s all tied to the cage under the dash.

I’m going to post more of the other details in other posts

[Project Bike Truck]

I ran out of room for my idea for the oil cooler so it got mounted in the back of the car, that means more oil in the lines and more expensive oil changes.

Like everything else I got a little crazy and ordered a billet aluminum oil pan. All the previous hard work to to clear the pan and steering. Stock style steering will be better.

I don’t know if I showed off the intake manifold either. I waited quite a long time for both to get made. I think the intake I have is the first one sold publicly, it’s serial number 4. I hope it all works as it should because they are beautiful

[Project Bike Truck]

I linked up with a cool guy named Jessie (https://www.instagram.com/nvrsmpl?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== )
out here in San Diego and he did the intercooler plumbing and the radiator lines. I wanted to stay with the old school off road style of aluminum hard piped
for the water lines. We added a big bore throttle body as well and a bunch of Vibrant HD clamps.

He also did me a solid and fixed the messed up down pipe that that other guy did. It was way off.

I am grateful for good fab guys. He has good prices and does great work. If you're in SoCal lmk I’ll pass on the information

[Project Bike Truck]

I realize that I didn’t share the rad work he did on the inside of the fenders. They are connected to the firewall that has a tube hidden in it, that’s connected to the cage and then it also goes to shock towers. The is also an adjustable Monte Carlo style engine bracing as well.