1937 International D-2

Here is what it currently looks like. Not even close to done yet.




I updated the images in the gallery under 2009 so you can see most of the work. Ask away if you have any questions.

Well. I finished the front fenders and got them bolted on today. Began running the wiring for the headlights. Got a little stuck on the turn signals. Hopefully I'll figure them out quickly. Bolted on the running boards and began some of the weatherstripping on the doors.
So all that is left is the rear fenders, and bed of the truck - bodywork and paint. Hope to be ready to prime the bed on Tuesday - so its sand and finish some spot welding tomorrow.
Photos to be updated maybe tomorrow night.

Painted the cab last night - silver.
Rims and tires were put on - except one that had to be sent back because there was a hole in the rim !
Gonna try and start on the front cap tomorrow, sanding, and primer.

Well. It has been a while.
So here is an update. For some reason i have lost the 2008 year progress photos - not that i did much. So i took a bunch of photos of where the build is now in its progress and placed them under the 2009 folder.

I have fixed the doors for bear claw latches and remote entry. I am going to put the handles back on but they are strictly cosmetic. They work great. As you can see i used the Highway 15 wiring harness. Looks good and was easy to install and their instructions make it a no brainer. I am hiding the wiring behind the passenger kick panel. The shaved door handle kit actually has 18 different ways to use the remotes. I am going to use em to open the doors and roll up and down the driver's side window. The wiring for the latches were fairly straight forward and they fit in the doors real good.

The hinge on the glovebox door was broken and i managed to weld that up and its back on the truck - good as new i might add. The floor plate top section has been welded in and sealant placed on it to fill in the gaps - its ready for the carpet as soon as paint goes on. The motor has been finished and everything works well. The firewall was painted with POR15 and then had the heat shielding placed on it. Looks good.

So. in the next few days (weeks) the bodywork and paint will begin in earnest. Wheels and rims are coming shortly as well.
Almost there.


Some of you will notice that the body sits more forward that the front quarter panel. Unfortunately this was an oversite on my part and had i been a little more observant I could have seen this problem. Oh well. I am going to cut down the front fenders a bit and add a bit to the front of the fender in order to center the wheel in the wheel well. I may try and bring the fender down a bit so it looks like the tire takes up more of the wheel well.

Juan

A copy of my parts catalog for the D-2 truck has been added to the gallery.


Once again if you have the opportunity to purchase the parts manual or the owners manual - go with the owner's manual. Check them both here and you will see why.

Finally got around to updating the hard drive on the server. There started to be some kind of problem with the old drive. Server now has around five times the space that it had and 50 times more than it was using.
Now if i could just get around to working on my truck.

Two brochure booklets have been added to the gallery.

New Brochure added to gallery. Nice front page pick of 4 door cab - in 1937-1938!