1940 Ford COE Kustom Kamper Project

[shopdawg]

I bought this truck in Nov. Went to a land far far away. Took in a Saturday morning breakfast with the pine tree people where they talked about old vehicles and certain farm animals. No lack of hospitality, Left behind a 32 Plymouth sedan.

This is what I woke to.
I stripped the cab off the original frame and set it on a 72 chev 1/2 ton frame that I cleaned, painted, and rebuilt the front suspension.

Next came midmounting the engine and building mounts.

To be continued.

 

[hooligan]

Another cool COE in the works Greg, looking forward to seeing more!

 

[bullet]

love COE's .. will be watching for updates.

 

[Kustomshoebox]

That coe looks familiar.... There's a picture of a certain cornholer moving it around isn't there?

 

[CDNflatlander]

I heard a bit of this story; looking forward to the updates!
Thanks Greg for stopping in here
Cheers

 

[351CFalcon]

Good to see you back in the shop Greg working on another COE.

Keep us posted and we will peek in.

Have fun.

 

[old tin 38]

HMMM !! You visited the ptp and made it home with the truck and you intact ??? Did you hear any banjos ? Anyway,Nice project.

 

[shopdawg]

Thanks guys- I have lots done and was asked at the May swap in Red Deer about posting some pics. Real busy this weekend but will try to catch up to date soon. It was nice visiting with the CR members at the swapmeet.

Cab on frame.

 

[JONROD]

Right on. Will definitely follow along!

 

[Stan]

....That truck sorta looks familiar......
Stan. ...........

 

[bullet]

? Did you hear any banjos ?

or see any lost monkeys

 

[shopdawg]

Yes Stan it should. It's the one you sold to Davey. Now guys I can't really remember much about what happened in PG and still don't know if what I remember was a dream or real but I sorta think there were ducks and maybe monkeys. I did see a dude helping a goat get through a fence. ANYWAY!
This is a pic of a flood victim 1963 air-stream safari trailer I bought for this project. It was washed a mile and a half away from where it was parked and judging from the damage and wet insulation it was on its roof at one time.

The plan at this point is cut it up and marry it to the back of the cabover without it looking like a trailer on the back of a truck.

 

[shopdawg]

I folded the front in about a foot to lessen the roundness, built a subframe and mounted it to the truck.

As you can see I also cut the back out of the cab for a walk through.

 

[shopdawg]

Then it was on to the side door to fix the latches and lock. Then some steps.

 

[shopdawg]

Some more bits and the carcass of the air-stream.

 

[A_Tinsmith]

Cool project. I have a '47 Ford COE that I am collecting parts for. I have a Cube van chassis (GMC based) that I have lowering spindles and air bags. The plan is a 4-bar, air bag in the rear. It will have dually rims. I'm leaning toward making it a beer truck. (Or Jack Daniels). Do want to sell the cab back window section? My truck was a boom truck and they had installed a residential slider window. My contact is esra AT shaw DOT ca.
Cheers and beers, Ralph

 

[Kevinsrodshop]

Holy crap, didn't see the airstream part of it coming. This build just got a lot more interesting.......not that it wasn't at the start but you know what I mean.

 

[shopdawg]

Sorry Ralph- I used the back window section. It's been a tough go to get the back sheetmetal to cooperate but I'm happy with the result. Will have pictures soon. Random pic of the inside.

 

[shopdawg]

More of the Kamper build.

 

[bullet]

That's looking right slick .. what a novel idea to use an old airstream .. probably saved a bunch of time and money doing so.