festiva to Trucktiva on friday

[93 FordFestiva93]

Hey all, i have decided that i am chopping my festiva up on Friday march 10Th to get the trucktiva project going, i will keep you posted w/ pics and such, anybody have any ideas or pointers for me?

Thanks
Justin

[TRUCKtiva]

Right On! Pm me if you need any suggestions or just wanna talk!

[Desroches]

lookin' forward to the finished result

[93 FordFestiva93]

gutted

Today i gutted the back, removed the seat and such, cut off the rear seat boxes (i dont know how to explain what they are) and made the marks for the cuts, i will post some pics of it so far tomorrow, i am cutting it up on Friday and i will post pic of the whole process, because i know how much you all like to see this kinda stuff, i do too. anyways ill keep you all posted


Thanks
Justin

[93 FordFestiva93]

trucktiva!!

well its officially a Trucktiva, i will post pics asap

[TRUCKtiva]

pics pics pics....

[Desroches]

post 'em up, I'm getting anxious!

[93 FordFestiva93]

pics

These pictures aren't that great, i took them today as it was getting dark, the pics i took during the cutting and welding are on my buddy's camera, and i can get ahold of him for some reason, ill post the rest when i get ahold of him, and ill take a few more tomorrow.







all i got right now. tell me what u think.

[Desroches]

It looks good. I hope you aren't considering it as "Finished" just yet. If tune it up a little bit more, but yeah, looks good!

[93 FordFestiva93]

far from it

ooh No its FAR from done, lots of patching, sealing and body work to do, and i still have to figure out a tailgate type thing, I'm thinking one of those cool net things? i dont know, ill post some more pics tomorrow in the day light while I'm doing some bodywork. thanks

[Desroches]

do you think it would be possible to use to bottom half of the hatch? Trim it up, patch it up, make it look good, and put some hinges on the bottom.

Ha, here's a brainwave. it's probably impossible and no one will understand it but i'll write it anyway!

The back seat is kept in my clips at slip on J hooks right? If you get the clips out of the seat, and the J hooks off.... Then you could weld the J hook to the inside of the cargo box, and weld the clip to the gate, then it'd open and close like the car seat. Just lift up the two little do dads and pull!

I'll draw a picture to better explain it.

[Desroches]

Okay heres the picture done on microsofts Paint! photoshop takes too bloody long to start up.



Okay, the green = J Hook.
Red = The clip
purple = the little do-dad you usually lift to push seat forward.

[93 FordFestiva93]

that's actually an excellent idea, i know exactly what your talking about, but I'm looking to turn the bottom part of the hatch and make it open like the tailgate on those new Honda Ridge-lines



i kinda like that, what do u think?

Thanks
Justin

[Desroches]

that'd be very slick! you could just have the one side on hinges, and have the clip and J hook on other side. That would look really cool; opening from one side. and it would probably be easier that way as well.

[Nerd Racing]

I would make the back window smaller... big glass = more chance of broken window in a truck...