Wristy's 1980 Meatmobile build up

[WristPin]

oh yeah!

i dont know when, but i will be there!

[Gold Boy]

an inspirational build wristy.

and for some strange reason, it's very very refreshing not see an ARB label!

v

[WristPin]

Originally Posted by Gold Boy

an inspirational build wristy.

and for some strange reason, it's very very refreshing not see an ARB label!

v

cool! thanks!

I hope you get some ideas and use em on your truck!

[WristPin]

Ok, now im stoked!

i found some glow in the dark spray paint!

sweeeeeeeeet

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oh, and i forgot to mention. I used good 'ol rattle can Krylon. Its simply called glowin. a smaller size can.

at 6 bucks a can its worth it. I never seen anything like my tailgate before.

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

That's creepy! Does it have the typical moon green "this glows in the dark" color when it's light out?

[WristPin]

It is creepy!

Oh NO! honey, look up ahead eets, eets, ITS a GHOST!




in the daytime, it looks regular. cant even tell. I repainted it white, just before i applied the glow paint. Since the glow paint is clear, i really had to keep track of where i was painting.

Of course i made a stencil, and it was a breeze.

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Right on! You're a stencil maniac!

[DanS HJ-45]

That is simply too awesome (in a creepy way ).

I love the idea Wristy! Do you have any pics of it during the daylight?

Dan

[shancerlelby]

damn man thats an awesome looking rig! i might just steal your crimson ghost logo on the rear(possibly the anti honda league too). Cascades huh? i used to spend summers in marblemount at my aunts wood shop when i was younger. beautiful scenery up there.

[WristPin]

when they compliment you on your tailgate art, just tell em, 'I was inspired by the meatmobile' one day, my truck will be famous and they'll know

The Cascades are beautiful. I cant get enough of them. I feel so much at peace sitting quietly in the moss among ferns under evergreen canopies.

thanks for the compliments

[WristPin]

Originally Posted by DanS HJ-45

That is simply too awesome (in a creepy way ).

I love the idea Wristy! Do you have any pics of it during the daylight?

Dan

here it is in the daylight

[beatdown83fj60]

That Misfits skull looks good with the glow in the dark paint, I'm almost thinking about putting one on the back of my cherry white 4Runner

[EVILSPOTTER]

What if you just stenciled the glow paint on to your white paint? Then in the daylight you would be totally incognito but at night......................................

[WristPin]

Originally Posted by beatdown83fj60

That Misfits skull looks good with the glow in the dark paint, I'm almost thinking about putting one on the back of my cherry white 4Runner

Thanks, man!
Did you set up a picture gallery of your truck?

[WristPin]

Originally Posted by EVILSPOTTER

What if you just stenciled the glow paint on to your white paint? Then in the daylight you would be totally incognito but at night......................................

Thats exactly what I did!

[EVILSPOTTER]

But if beatdown did it on his truck it would be even more incognito, because his is white all over. No offense Wristy, but there is nothing sneaky about your pick-up.

[WristPin]

Originally Posted by EVILSPOTTER

But if beatdown did it on his truck it would be even more incognito, because his is white all over. No offense Wristy, but there is nothing sneaky about your pick-up.

oh, I know, but it IS BAD ASS!

[WristPin]

Many things acomplished today.

completed the wiring 100% sweeeeeeet. its a pain in the neck, but ultra satisfying when done.

bought a combo pack: fuel sender and gauge. I used the old sender's mounting plate with the new sender body. a little bit of welding grinding and filing. its done. I really hated to destroy my perfectly good sender. Oh well.

chopped the front bumper down. and re did it. kind of didnt like the giant hoop things. I envisioned one thing, and got another. It would have looked better if it was smaller round tube I think. Now it looks killer

finished the hood, left fender and door with my signature skull camo

little more to do...

Still need a fuel pump, a trans and drive shafts.
I think I got the trans fingered out. The dude selling the donor truck, saw my Death Proof skull and crossbones on my hood and gave me a pirate flag. It rocks!!


to paint your truck skull camo:

step one: locate truck in messy shop.

step two: sand it with what ever you find laying around. its not a show truck, neither is the paint. I am building it all to try and kill it. so who cares what grit. just get it rough so paint will stick. then tape off what you dont want painted. I didnt tape off the windows, id rather use a razor to get off any overspray. the windows could use a cleanin any way.



step three: outline the basic camo. It helps to have a previously camo'd job on there




then start with two colors or one, be sure to paint say a brown over a green, and so on. then go back with the other two colors, flip the stencil around a few times. and you wind up with this.







the hood: I nearly fell off taking this pic.



front plow ver. 2.0



pirate flag zippie tied to the 102" whip.

[dizzidave]

I love it

[2ndGenToyotaFan]

Me too!