by hemicop Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:26 pm Well, I'm kind of a newbie here, having not been on the site much & not especially knowledgable on vans or their truck counterparts. Still I was able to find a complete, though badly discarded A100 truck in N.M. & brought it on home. Well, I finally got around to starting on the project & to-date I've been able to gut it, re-build its suspension, fuel system, trans & brakes & have even managed to fit in a stock 360 Magnum engine into the engine bay.
Now the REAL work starts!
What are you guys doing to the interiors of these A100 trucks to quiet them down & make them "user friendly". Dynamat or something similiar in the engine box is a given, but what about the sides, ceiling & floor of these things? I'm thinking "Lizardskin" under conventional rubber matting for the floor & maybe even on the ceiling & back part of the cab then covering it with 1/8in ABS plastic to give it a finished look.
Also, the body needs a TON of work!
Someone slathered on tons of Bondo to the front & after 3 days of sanding, grinding & chipping it all away the front end looks like it got blasted with a shotgun---slidehammer-screw holes, I assume. The sides are pretty shot (not bad by East Coast or Mid-West standards, though) but I was only able to find partial "skins" for the side. Anyone know where I can get a complete side for the bed?
I guess what I'm looking for is advice from the veteransout there that are used to resurrecting old work vehicles. Any opinions or advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
Now the REAL work starts!
What are you guys doing to the interiors of these A100 trucks to quiet them down & make them "user friendly". Dynamat or something similiar in the engine box is a given, but what about the sides, ceiling & floor of these things? I'm thinking "Lizardskin" under conventional rubber matting for the floor & maybe even on the ceiling & back part of the cab then covering it with 1/8in ABS plastic to give it a finished look.Also, the body needs a TON of work!
Someone slathered on tons of Bondo to the front & after 3 days of sanding, grinding & chipping it all away the front end looks like it got blasted with a shotgun---slidehammer-screw holes, I assume. The sides are pretty shot (not bad by East Coast or Mid-West standards, though) but I was only able to find partial "skins" for the side. Anyone know where I can get a complete side for the bed? I guess what I'm looking for is advice from the veteransout there that are used to resurrecting old work vehicles. Any opinions or advice will be appreciated. Thanks!
