Escalade Converted to PickUp..

here it is.. ( hobbes, this is what I want the rims for )
Both the truck and the tailer are 1:18th scale DUB escalades, the trailer is just sitting there for now becasue I just got done cutting it out from the escalade, should be finished in the rough when I can get to the hobbie shop.. but here is a mock up photo.. Let me know what you guys think.. Thanks for the look
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/scarface199/Escalade%20Pickup%20truck%20and%20trailer%20combo/DSC00129.jpg

This is going to take a long time.. Hope you guys fallow it.. Probably going to paint it Tangerine Pearl..

that looks totaly sweet

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

looks great...i cant wait to see it finish! =)

Glad you guys like it.. I am also making a custom concil for this truck.. its going to be holding probably 2 subs.. Oh and this is Kinda weird and some of you will be like WTF.. but I am also putting a viper v-10 in this.. Yes I know.. Mopar and Caddy.. but what the hell LOL
And look at the grill.. its custom.. kinda has a upside down triangle that is now solid in the grill and will be painted the same color as the truck.

Here is a little update guys.. here is how the concil is going to look.. and a picture of the Viper V-10.. Painted from another escalade.. going to paint it the same color as the truck ( pearl tangerine )

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if some of you recall i started a project about a year ago were i put a viper engine in the ml55. http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=417103 well recentley picked up that project agian. so once we both are done it'll be two totally different cars w/ the same engine!

btw were are you taking the viper engine from? got mine from the older bburago.

I think it was a bburago, the GTS.. Blue with white stripes..

Oh, this is going to look good when it's finished... :smokin:

Tell you what scarface, if I don't find another set of wheels by this weekend then I'll give you my car. I'll send you a PM later... :)

Thanks for all the comments.. There is alot of work ahead of me on this.. but most of it is already complete.. thank god i found the escalade I have already converted into a pickup truck.. becasue that initially was ALOT of work!!!
but its all worth it...

oh yeah didn't you show us a pick of this a long ass time ago?

Yup.. I think I did show this a long ass time ago.. over a year ago LOL

going out of town for a couple days.. this project will be on hold till I get back.. well the updates will...
Peace out

here is a update on the trailer.. still have to add some more putty, and then smooth it out.. but this is how it is looking so far.. I used thin Balsa wood for the rear bumper.. and some thicker balsa wood for the front of the trailer.. still have to get to the hardware store for square aluminum tubing to make the frame to connect to the trailer hitch...
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that's pretty sweet. what did you do with the front half of the esclade that you cut in half?

its pretty much destroyed.. I used a hack saw to make the cuts.. so I had to break the "support" pillars ( I know thats not the Technical term ) to get the saw to the next one.. I can take a picture of that if you want me to LOL..
I will have more updated pictures of the trailer tomorrow.. I have been sanding the Sh*t out of it tonight.. and its came along alot farther than I thaught I would be at this time.

yeah a pic of the destroyed escalade would be sweet. in your first picture, at first when i looked at it the trailer looks like a gmc sonoma pickup bed but after seeing closer pics i noticed it was and escalade.

I will get thoes pics ASAP! I had to destroy the escalade.. there are WAY to many of them around.. had to make something origional.. Never seen a Escalade turned into a pickup truck, ive seen silverados with escalade front clips.. but never a escalade truck.. and to have a trailer from a escalade.. I might sell this when I am done.. depends on how it turns out.

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Here is a little update.. Made a ball hitch for the trailer.. and made it connect to it.. made the "frame" of the trailer out of square wood with putty over it..
The ball hitch, I found a tounge ring ball that was metal, and epoxied it to the bumper... and came out with this..
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Oh and the rims on there are just temp.. untill I get the new ones in the mail from hobbes

are you painting the rims from hobbes? the hitch looks nice.

I am going to paint the dust plate behind the rims.. Or I might take them off and put some breaks.. depends on if I can find a whole break set laying around the house.

I love this build. Just don't donk it :)

It would be waaaay cooler if you got 6 same wheels for the truck and trailer, even if they won't be as cool, as the ones from hobbes. IMO

yes, if the rims were all the same, it would look a lot better!

that would be just way to much work.. and it would be too much money.. I am happy with the Maya DTS's on the trailer.. not really looking for anything special for the trailer since I will beable to unhook it from the truck so the truck is just by itsself.

suggestion: you can buy the same car that hobbes is giving you and then you will have the extra set of rims.

I cant find that car anywhere.. and dont really have money to get a car just for 2 of the rims.. the Maya DTS's are basic 5 spokes, just like what is going on the truck.. just the trucks are more elaborate..

I cant find that car anywhere.. and dont really have money to get a car just for 2 of the rims.. the Maya DTS's are basic 5 spokes, just like what is going on the truck.. just the trucks are more elaborate.. Eventually I will get one of the DB&B bubbles and have the rims for the trailer.. and have a spare for the truck and the trailer..

^the spare is a nice idea

Got the new rims in the mail today.. Thanks to Hobbes.. They look awsome on the car.. One of the rims had a hole in the center.. so I fixed that problem and found a braclet in my house with small diamonds in it and put them in the center of the rims ( YES the diamonds are real, just not enough carrots to mean anything, thats why they are on my diecast)
Here are some pics...
THANKS AGAIN HOBBES!!!!!
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thats pretty sweet.

Damn! That does look good on that truck!

Not a problem scarface. :smokin:

lookin good. cant wait until this project is done!!!

looking really ace! keep going!

are you going to have an audio system in the trailer? or do you have other plans for it?

dont really know what I am going to do to the trailer yet.. probably just going to make it a normal trailer.. untill i find something to put in it.. Like a spare tire.. Glad you guys like it.. its coming along alot better now that I got the 2 part bondo..

Here is a lil teaser shot of the custom Exaust.. and the Custom plate holder..
let me know the comments..
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wow very nice so far. is the rear bumper the stock escalade bumper?

its screamin for suicide doors! you should post it up on ECR.

yup that is the stock Escalade bumper.. the front bumper is going to be molded to the body.. since the fittings that hold it to the chassis broke off. So i epoxied it to the body, and im going to fill it in with the bondo, I am probably going to mold the "tailgate" to the truck also since it would be to hard to get it to open since it was a hatch before. should be another update later on today.. thanks for all the comments guys.. its my motivation.
I might have to enter this in the MOTM when it starts again LOL

yup that is the stock Escalade bumper.. the front bumper is going to be molded to the body.. since the fittings that hold it to the chassis broke off. So i epoxied it to the body, and im going to fill it in with the bondo, I am probably going to mold the "tailgate" to the truck also since it would be to hard to get it to open since it was a hatch before. should be another update later on today.. thanks for all the comments guys.. its my motivation.
I might have to enter this in the MOTM when it starts again LOL


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sweet isnt it? love the exauhsts...but the license plate in that place?? i dont like it very much...:shakehead

its called a frenched licenes plate.. see it alot on Mini trucks.. I just like the look alot.

another update peopel.. coming out with these like water.. smoothed out the bumper.. made the rear window solid so I could load behind the seats up with subs and amps.. let me know what you think sofar.. coming along really wellhttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/scarface199/Escalade%20Pickup%20truck%20and%20trailer%20combo/th_DSC00084.jpg (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/scarface199/Escalade%20Pickup%20truck%20and%20trailer%20combo/DSC00084.jpg)
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I like it, only bits of advise I can offer on such a good job, would be to move the plate to the side of the tailgate, still at the angle, and a little larger diameter exhaust, but great work up to this point, keep it up.

you should mold the rear bumper to the car aswell. and you should put a rear window in.

p.s. are you planning on having a toneau cover?

I like the position on the licenes plate.. every one i have seen has been off to one side.. never had I seen it in the middle. and as for the exaust.. I see exacally where you are coming from.. that is the only size I have found sofar laying around.. and the rear window, I am going to leave that solid, so I can add subs and amps behind the seats.. I dont know yet if It will have a tauna cover.. I have some stuff planed for the bed of the truck.
And thanks to the 1:18th scale magnum.. I now have lambo doors for this.. still have to do the drivers side.. alot of filing on the hinge to get it to work...
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man it just keeps gettin better & better. those lambos are A+ man.

this is moving along briskly.

its coming along VERY well.. I just got the other lambo door hinge on the truck and it is looking very nice.. I am more concirned about the truck getting finished right now over the trailer.. I have all the work done on that accept for the bed.. I also added some larger exaust to the truck to fit the motor better. and I still have to figure out how I am going to hinge up the hood. Updated pictures tomorrow

Here is my little update.. finished both sides of the lambo doors.. Filed the hell out of the hinges to get them to look right.. let me know what you think guys.. Thanks for the look.
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oh and that grill is temp.. untill I finish the other one.

doors look nice. but what is up w/ your grill? i like the bulitt grill that came with it better.

yeah like I said.. that one was temp.. i have it from the first escalade I EVER customized.. in like 1999 or 2000.. the other one is still billit.. but a little more live and customized to go with the truck.. I have mad plans for the bed.. and the rims.. but noone will see thoes untill the truck is completly finished

gonna strip the rest of the paint off the body.. there are some places that didnt come off.. and i forgot about so its just rough bubbled up paint.. and once that is off.. the rear doors will be finished.. and the tailgate will be molded to the body.. then it should be ready for some primer to check for low and uneven spots in the bondo so I can correct it before I paint it. And this is about the color that the truck is going to be.. this is Kandy Tangerine... but it might be a little different from the Shimrins Kandy Tangerine
http://www.lambspeed.com/images/DSCN1035.JPG
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This is gonna be one of the coolest( if not the koolest ) escalade customs especialy with the trailer!

that's hot!

thanks for all the comments.. didnt do much on it today.. i had other side projects.. Like fireworks, blowing things up with my fireworks.. and installing a system in my hommies 1:1

painted the break covers.. this is how it turned out.. and this is how the bed is coming along.. made completly from wood..
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