800 hours later the M201 bed is done...

[Jim Branson]

...I would have never believed it would take this long but it did come out nice! Now to get a cab....

[nivek]

Can you post some pics of that labor of metal_love?

Sure enjoy to see it if you've got before, during and now shots.

kevinL

[nivek]

http://news.webshots.com/album/561707921amLjxw

Not sure if I'll survive looking at Jim's awesome shots.. Amount of hard labor to put his M201 back in service is gotta be nothing short of knuckle busting terror!

Pics sent and hung are really a neat pictorial of what hard work will do for a work tired old sled..

Jim, thanks for sending, quite an inspiration to see things happening and turning Green again.


kL

[Jim Branson]

Thanks for posting Kevin. I am going to come clean and let everyone know that I am not the laborer on this project! I hired a friend who was working for his brother at a local mechanics shop. They had personal disagreements that led to a parting of ways. He has been working on this truck at my home full time since August. Getting him to do this truck was the smartest decision I had made yet! I could have never finished this truck on my own or made it look as good.

Jim

[Jim Branson]

Brought home a B1 cab yesterday from Henry Hawthorne Tractor Service in Lake City Fl. There are 12-15 parts trucks on the property with some nice beds. If anyone needs parts call Mike @ 386-752-4608, he was more than fair with me.

[Lifer]

Your friend did a great job of painting the bed for you. Anything, of course, would be a vast improvement over that fire department "urine yellow."

[rixm37]

Nice job on the bed can't wait to see your cab done and then the whole truck.