Topic: Fancifying my beater truck! DONE! Final pics!

[ColinMc]

Done and done!

Here it is parked at work today...about 5 minutes ago lol:

[Sam Green Racing]

Looks kool but still no door handles how do you get in ?

Sam.

[ColinMc]

Lol, remote. There is a solenoid mounted in the door that pops it with a keyfob remote I have. The handle on the inside does function too though so I can open it manually when getting out. The passenger side is still normal though lol.

[Sam Green Racing]

Looks good, could do with some fancy wheels now to finish it off.

Sam.

[westondc]

ha, looks awesome! now you need some safety door locks so no one opens the door at 65mph!

[ColinMc]

Yeah the plan is to install a rod system that locks in place when you close the door from the inside...for now it's just me using the driver side door...so as long as i leave the remote attached to the key in the ignition accidental opening should be avoidable. The passenger side is still bone stock (for now).

I have a set of 15" aluminum Camaro wheels i'm gonna put the snows on for the winter, and I have a set of 16" IROC camaro wheels for the summer time. I'm trying to invest as little money into this truck as possible with the best possible result lol. Just spending lots of time on it.

For now i'll just run 15" wheels year round since my snows are 15" brand new tires, and the summer/All season tires are also 15" and have plenty of tread left. When those tires wear out then i'll go from there.

[bucky katt]

want to come here and paint the saturn for me? lol i had an isuzu pickup with shaved handles and what i did in addition to the remote controlled solenoid is i ran a universal choke cable from the core support (where i could reach the knob through the grill) to the latch so if the battery in the remote or truck died i could still get in.

[ColinMc]

Yeah thats why I might just leave the passenger door stock...that way I can always get in on that side. So if the driver side gets frozen shut or the battery dies or something I can still get in. What I really want to do is suicide the other door and put 32 ford locking door handles on the front of the outside of each door...but that won't be until spring if/when I do that. I have to get crackin on my bikes now that the truck is driveable for the winter and my car is stored away.

[ColinMc]

Lighting sucks because the sun was going down, but here she is, not gonna touch another thing for the winter. Taillights are replaced, tailgate is back on, camaro wheels have the snows mounted and are on...spaced out 5/16" to clear the tie rods lol. Looks and rides pretty good!

[74cb750]

How does this handle in the recent snows?
Looks good.

[ColinMc]

Well on wednesday when we got nailed...I didn't even have the snows on yet but I threw an AMC engine block (258 straight six) in the bed for some weight and it was fine with the cheapie A/S tires. Last year with the same tires on different wheels it was fine in the snow and ice. They are just firestone snow tires that I got on sale at Tire Rack for 48 dollars a piece last year.

edit: Of course now that I think about it...it's still no comparison to the beater 92 explorer I had with 31" tires in the snow...lol. But even as low as this truck is, it still doesn't plow snow like my Mini Cooper S does.