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Been busy with work and such lately, got a little more progress done.

Realigned the front bumper stuff and finished making sure it was where it will stay.

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I have been grinding and blending mostly the back side for the last few days.

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A lot of time and work going into these.

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Maybe next weekend or so we will finish building the filler panels for the rear, paperboard templates are on it now, should be the last of the fabrication besides any interior stuff?

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Originally Posted by FordyG

Been busy with work and such lately, got a little more progress done.

Realigned the front bumper stuff and finished making sure it was where it will stay.
I have been grinding and blending mostly the back side for the last few days.
A lot of time and work going into these.
Maybe next weekend or so we will finish building the filler panels for the rear, paperboard templates are on it now, should be the last of the fabrication besides any interior stuff?

I love all the work you've been putting into this one, but... I don't wanna be "that guy" but!, I have to say I am not sold on the front bumper.. ( and not that it matters, it's just my opinion - we all have one right?) I just don't share "the vision" and wonder how it'll look when it's completed... to me right now it looks slight and disjointed, it doesn't seem to match the rest of the truck. Of course "we" only get to see one view, what is shown in the pics. But maybe once on the ground it'll change our view ( my opinion) ??? Like I said, you only need to please you! It's the golden rule, he who is spending the gold makes the rules! But I like to think you'd enjoy an opinion once in a while.. And good luck getting that job, hope you enjoy it.

Originally Posted by 34_40

I love all the work you've been putting into this one, but... I don't wanna be "that guy" but!, I have to say I am not sold on the front bumper.. ( and not that it matters, it's just my opinion - we all have one right?) I just don't share "the vision" and wonder how it'll look when it's completed... to me right now it looks slight and disjointed, it doesn't seem to match the rest of the truck. Of course "we" only get to see one view, what is shown in the pics. But maybe once on the ground it'll change our view ( my opinion) ??? Like I said, you only need to please you! It's the golden rule, he who is spending the gold makes the rules! But I like to think you'd enjoy an opinion once in a while.. And good luck getting that job, hope you enjoy it.

Best I can do is maybe show some finished trucks with that "stylistic choice" I think the bumpers stock distract from the beauty of the front of the 40's, They look even better with no bumper, I am going with the lesser of the crowd with the split bumper look, more of an art deco piece than anything of function. I already have a lot of people that dislike things I have done but yeah, I like it and that is all that matters.

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Originally Posted by FordyG

Best I can do is maybe show some finished trucks with that "stylistic choice" I think the bumpers stock distract from the beauty of the front of the 40's, They look even better with no bumper, I am going with the lesser of the crowd with the split bumper look, more of an art deco piece than anything of function. I already have a lot of people that dislike things I have done but yeah, I like it and that is all that matters.

"Stylistic Choice" there you go! You didn't have to share the pics, Glad you did! But I guess I've learned that I am a all or nothing kinda guy.

Thanks for letting me chat at you.. and understanding!

Originally Posted by FordyG

Best I can do is maybe show some finished trucks with that "stylistic choice" I think the bumpers stock distract from the beauty of the front of the 40's, They look even better with no bumper, I am going with the lesser of the crowd with the split bumper look, more of an art deco piece than anything of function. I already have a lot of people that dislike things I have done but yeah, I like it and that is all that matters.

I like it.
Although, having said that, I too would take Roger Spears' viewpoint: I too wouldn't like to take the risk of damage to the grille.
Forrest Gump said it: "Shit happens."
And it does.
12 months or so ago someone put their towbar through the grille of our Morris Minor.
I managed to repair it, but I wasn't terribly impressed.
And there was no piece of paper under my wiper with a name and address on it.

Ya'll are missing the point, its a statement piece, setting my truck apart from all the other 40 pickups out there, there is zero functionality to these bumpers, they are not going to save anything except maybe rocks chipping fender paint. The grille can be replaced, the fenders are not reproduced in anything other than fiberglass, running zero bumper looks great but there are already a lot of trucks doing that, just like I would never own a 32 Ford, there are now more of those on the road than Henry Ford built, why would I want what everyone else has? I also don't like roll pans on these trucks, they don't look right.