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Fitting Traveller wood trim to a pickup
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:16 pm
by mrsnak
It think one of this forum's members has done this. Wondering how much modification would be required to take stock pieces and fit them to the my pickup or would they pretty much need to be custom made? The look would be super.
Re: Fitting Traveller wood trim to a pickup
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 2:50 am
by mrsnak
Surprised at the lack of response.
Sacrilege? Blaspheme? We Yanks push the envelope sometimes... ;-)
Looks like significant modification to some of the wood pieces would be needed to the kits offered by places like Bull Motif. Not insurmountable, but was hoping to find someone who knew the kits and the potential danger involved.
You know I'll be posting pix if I can pull it off (or if I fail miserably - even more entertaining).
It's a win-win situation for the forum!
Re: Fitting Traveller wood trim to a pickup
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:17 am
by LouiseM
I think you would need to have the wood custom made so it might be worth contacting someone like Steve Foreman for advice:
http://www.morriswoodwork.co.uk/gallery-pickup.html
Re: Fitting Traveller wood trim to a pickup
Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 8:03 pm
by shoebone
its a personal thing ...... not sure I would like the look of it because I'm not too keen on cut down travellers. Each to their own. Its a morris minor and that is always good anyway ... According to google maps, your seven hours and twenty two minutes away from me
I must pop over for a cup of tea some time.........
Re: Fitting Traveller wood trim to a pickup
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:35 pm
by mrsnak
shoebone wrote:its a personal thing ...... not sure I would like the look of it because I'm not too keen on cut down travellers. Each to their own. Its a morris minor and that is always good anyway ... According to google maps, your seven hours and twenty two minutes away from me
I must pop over for a cup of tea some time.........
I'm starting to rethink the idea
A little hot today for you? 106 I think... I'll be in Phoenix (Cave Creek) on Thursday for a night before heading up to Sedona, though the Morris will not be my source of transportation. No AC.
Re: Fitting Traveller wood trim to a pickup
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:42 pm
by mrsnak
Great link, thanks! I do see that the the entire bed was modified for this one. The more recessed original rear fenders (wings) on mine don't make it look as good as the more rounded of the traveller. I would not want to replace the bed on mine.
I see that to fit any wood to mine, it would need to be a lower profile to the surface to look decent. The hardest piece to make, the one that wraps the wheel area, would have to be custom made.