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If your ice cream truck has a roll up door I'd keep it.
Why add more work to the project??
Always remember use the "KISS" method....joe

IC2, beautiful work on the wiring. I have hunkered down for the winter after shoveling part of my driveway from the 13" accumulation last weekend. Basically I just have to finish the speedometer wire and decide if I am going to install the solenoid shutoff on the fuel line, install the downshift cable, add a hose for the power brake and then start the engine. Along the way there is always more to do. The latest problem came when there was no room for the speedometer plug between the trans bracket and the gear takeoff on the side of the trans. No problem, just purchase a $90 right angle gizmo, but wait, it is so heavy that installing it snapped off the gear snout from a cheezy bakelite speedo gear cover. OK so now I have an aluminum speedo gear cover but I have to finish putting the speedo wire to the front away from the hot H-pipe, but now it is just too cold even with a heater that was pretty good up through November. I did find that a ski mask is pretty good insurance from sinus problems while shoveling, but I hope we don't have another heavy snow. At this point of the winter "ice" cream does not have a happy ring to it for me, but the top on that truck is so square that it looks like it would be easy to chop but then how could you stand up in there? Somewhere I saw the aerodynamic drag factor for a Model A compared to a flying brick but the drag factor for that truck must be equal to a flying concrete block! Anyway the first 0-50 mph could still be dramatic with a strong engine and then you could still take icre cream to a SUMMER meet!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder

Originally Posted by TooMany2count

If your ice cream truck has a roll up door I'd keep it.
Why add more work to the project??
Always remember use the "KISS" method....joe

Yeah, your right, Joe. If i went through with it, It'd be easy to shorten one of the panels as they need new wood anyway.

That's some good points, Don. The aerodynamics would be pretty lame no matter how much you chopped it. Same thing my wife said about not being able to stand up in it. I'd like to make it shop truck and that could be a disadvantage having to stoop over. Also, I dont want to turn it into an all summer project. I'd like to have it done and on the street by late spring. Sounds like it's pretty cold up there; is the big storm hitting you guys? We're just getting rain right now but snow is supposed to be here later.

Falcon you must have been bored . See I put that in your head , but standing upright is a lot better and more functional .

Yeah, lucky for me I was at work and not in my shop when I thought of it, otherwise it'd be in pieces already.

Falcon, maybe you can chop the roof, but drop the floor inside to compensate for being able to stand inside? Just another thought.