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yellowmxwheels23

06-15-2012, 05:37 AM

So I would never do a BTTF replica on my D but this on the other hand will be getting the replica treatment.
I spent all day stripping the paint getting it ready for the body work. Recently rebuilt motor runs like a champ. It's the right year (85) 4x4. now just locating the tube bumpers and roll bar.

yellowmxwheels23

06-15-2012, 06:01 AM

So looking at pics of Marty's truck when the truck is up on the trailer when he first sees it, it has a single tube roll bar. In part 3 it has a double tube roll bar. Hmmm I guess whatever I can find.

Mark D

06-15-2012, 09:48 AM

Yeah they used two completely different trucks when filming Part 1 vs Part 3. If it were me I'd try and make it match the "hero" shot of the truck on the trailer when marty first sees it. Kinda like how most people try to replicate the time machine as it is first seen rolling out of Doc's van into the parking lot.

Nice looking truck though, looks like minimal rust. And as seen on top gear they are nearly indestructible!

Jonathan

06-15-2012, 07:09 PM

Cool dude! And it looks like the little princess already approves of Daddy's next project. She'll have to trade in the matching blue outfit for a black one when you get the paint done. Good luck on the progress!

1Mcfly4u

06-15-2012, 07:53 PM

Nice , I've got an 86 I've slowly been converting over to Marty's truck. Finding grey interior pieces is a pain though. Good luck on your new adventure!

yellowmxwheels23

06-18-2012, 02:37 AM

located the front bumper today. Thought I was going to have it custom made. Smittybilt dosent make them anymore. Some guy here in town is parting out his truck. Truck will be going in for paint next week.

DMCVegas

06-19-2012, 12:41 AM

I've always wanted a custom die-cut dealer sticker for the back of my car that said:

Statler Toyota - De Lorean
Hill Valley, Ca.

Don't think there was ever a logo for the fictitious dealership, but it would be funny to have that on the back to have a small BTTF nod. And to confuse people into thinking that there really is a Hill Valley...

yellowmxwheels23

06-19-2012, 03:36 AM

jawn101

06-20-2012, 04:21 PM

Can't wait to see how this goes... post some more pics of the resto in progress!

yellowmxwheels23

06-27-2012, 04:17 AM

The truck will be going in for paint on thursday. I got the tube bumpers and will be picking up the light/roll bar later today. Kc lights should be here by the end of the week. The rims were a pain to find but a guy over at yotatech.com sent me a link to where he got his. (he has a 86 marty 4x4. Looks good but has ifs) After that all I have to do is make the int. grey.(seats,dash,carpet,panels) then the truck will be done.
I will post some pics soon.

Ryan King

06-27-2012, 07:31 PM

yellowmxwheels23

07-26-2012, 02:38 AM

So I decided to do the interior before sending the truck off to paint. Ordered some parts a couple weeks ago and finally got them the other day. I pulled all of the blue plastic and prepped them for paint. I went with a light grey for the pastic and trim. Just waiting on the black carpet to get here. I'm heading down to the stereo shop tomorrow to get replacement speakers and amp. I will also be putting in a single 10" sub behind the drivers seat. Below are some pics from earlier today.12134121331213212131121301212912137121361213 5

The roll bar was a pain. I was going to buy one from a guy but he ended up flaking out. I found this one at a junk yard but it was rotted out at the feet so I had to make new ones. Going to finish up the sound proofing tomorrow then run all my electrical before carpet gets here.

DashEight

07-26-2012, 02:49 AM

Awesome project truck!
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/AE86Silver/382422_489979767697718_1721597139_n.jpg

DMCVegas

07-26-2012, 12:51 PM

I'm going to get a couple of "Statler Toyota Hill Valley license plate frames made

Just saw them. Beautiful! Where did you get them done? And would any other BTTF fans be interested in the dealer stickers too?

yellowmxwheels23

07-26-2012, 02:34 PM

While at the Del Mar fair I came across a booth that made custom frames. The guy has a sign shop here in town. I would imagine you could go to any sign shop that does frames and they would do it. It came out to $15.00 for the completed frame.

Furry_DeLorean

07-26-2012, 11:13 PM

$15.00 for a custom licence plate bezel! Thats increadible. Love the truck, good luck with the project.

jawn101

07-27-2012, 10:58 AM

This is looking awesome. I can't wait to see it finished!

Morpheus

07-27-2012, 04:45 PM

http://captionsearch.com/pix/e9wp91dqrj.jpg

jawn101

07-27-2012, 04:47 PM

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http://images.cryhavok.org/d/2481-1/You+Are+Being+Monitored.jpg

yellowmxwheels23

08-11-2012, 05:25 AM

Truck went off to paint earlier this week. I'm going to Vegas Monday night till Thursday. They said it will be done by Wednesday. Can't wait to pick it up when I get back. All that I will have to do is run the wires from the "roll" bar then put the interior back together. Will be posting more pics when I get it back.

Kenny_Z

08-11-2012, 08:23 AM

Awesome work. I can't wait to see it done. This is the only truck my brother has ever been interested in restoring. He's not a fan of the movie but he fell in love with the truck at some point and wants one just like it. One day I hope to find him one.

yellowmxwheels23

08-16-2012, 04:38 PM

I will be picking up the truck later this afternoon. Then comes the fun part of installing the interior.

yellowmxwheels23

08-21-2012, 02:27 AM

So I was online looking up possible vanity plates for the truck and the ones I wanted were taken. anyone have any good ideas? The ones that I wanted were
PWROFLV STATLER BTTF MCFLY
was thinking of BTTFTRK and it's available.
Also ordered up some floor mats that came with custom embroidery.
Driver side will say Marty and passenger side will say Jennifer

Mike C.

08-21-2012, 06:02 AM

2nd COAT

Morpheus

08-22-2012, 08:55 AM

How about

NT CHKN (Not chicken)

Kenny_Z

08-22-2012, 10:47 AM

I've been reading the web about it and a few places say the script called for "MARTY1" but it didn't get into the movie. 2BAK860 is the plate from the second and third movies from what I'm reading.

thirdmanj

08-22-2012, 11:17 AM

NO RDS

I do like NT CHKN

BK285 maybe?

BTTF4X4

MRTYS4X4

NO ROLLS (Rolls Royce)

SIMid

08-23-2012, 12:50 AM

SHAG.JENF (he was going to the lake for some action)
J.TURN (big reverse and spinning round)
BY.NEDLES
NEWFUTRE

jameser84

08-25-2012, 12:15 PM

I'm the other guy who is currently building a BTTF truck replica. I chose to do the movie replica from BTTF #2 and #3 since it has the IFS front end and will be a daily driver for me at some point when it is finished and they ride much more comfortably than a solid front axle. I'd like to see some updated pics of your rig - so far it's looking good Broyota! Here is a pic of mine currently:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/jameser84/BTTF3Arrived.jpg

I have been working on restoring the interior and put some of the rare "vertigo" stitched buckets in a few weekends ago:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/jameser84/IMG_1908.jpg

I got a bunch of other interior parts this last weekend and will be installing them tonight. I'll post some more updated pics soon.

I have the customized "Statler Toyota, Hill Valley, CA" license plate too. It's the perfect touch. Icing on the cake if you will.

I tried to get the 2BAK860 license plate but in my state you can only have 6 letters/numbers on a personalized license plate :(

Mike C.

08-25-2012, 01:14 PM

Nice truck!!!!

jameser84

08-26-2012, 02:43 PM

Thanks! Here is a more recent picture of the me and the truck:

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b1/jameser84/TruckandMe.jpg

Mike C.

08-26-2012, 03:04 PM

Really well done. How hard to find parts at this point?

jameser84

08-26-2012, 07:55 PM

Really well done. How hard to find parts at this point?

Difficult. It's really just time consuming and isn't something that can be done overnight. You have to manage Ebay and Craig's List really frequently, make a lot of calls, go check out parts, haggle, etc. But, like most men, that's part of the fun. It's like a treasure hunt. There are definitely a few pieces that can be really frustrating to find though. Right now I am stuck with finding a center console lid (for example).

yellowmxwheels23

08-27-2012, 02:53 AM

Yea like I said before Jordan did a real good job on your truck. I gotta ask him where he got his front light covers because I can't find those anywhere.
I took a bunch of pics yesterday but for some reason my tower isn't reconizing my sd card but I snapped this pic with my iphone.
I just have to put the light bar back in, run the wires and install the new carpet.
Would like to get those seat covers but damn near impossible to find them in good shape.
Then I'll get the 20% tint done sometime soon.

yellowmxwheels23

08-27-2012, 02:59 AM

It's kind of annoying but I wont be able to install the front splitter bc the original owner welded on the tow bar in the front. It kinda gives it that "somethings missing" look up front.

DniveK

08-27-2012, 09:03 AM

Can you use a plasma torch and trim it off? I think it would look funny without that splitter. Looks like its coming together really nicely, great job.

yellowmxwheels23

08-27-2012, 10:45 PM

I could but I already welded on brackets to the bumper where it meets up with the tow bar. The bumper was off a older yota so the factory brackets didn't match up to my truck.
was looking at another truck today and I might be able to get a front splitter to fit.

yellowmxwheels23

08-30-2012, 02:35 AM

yellowmxwheels23

09-02-2012, 02:02 AM

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Couple of pics I took today.

Mike C.

09-02-2012, 04:18 AM

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I got the light bar in today. Ran the wiring and installed the carpet. I'm going to be doing the door panels tomorrow. I don't like seat covers but until I can find the right ones I gotta stick with them.

Man, truck looks amazing!! If parts weren't such a bear, I could always use another 4x4 to tool around with.

1Mcfly4u

09-02-2012, 09:47 AM

Was your truck red originally? I see red peeking from under the dynomat on the door shot. My Marty truck is currently red and I was always curious what'd look like black. Nice job on the truck!

Kenny_Z

09-02-2012, 09:51 AM

Very nice. Excellent work on the truck.

Ryan King

09-02-2012, 02:07 PM

We have two Huge Junk Yards here in Fresno. If you could shoot photos of what you need I would be willing to look at the local yards for you. Tons of Old Yota trucks out there.

yellowmxwheels23

09-03-2012, 03:00 AM

Was your truck red originally? I see red peeking from under the dynomat on the door shot. My Marty truck is currently red and I was always curious what'd look like black. Nice job on the truck!

No. The truck was originally blue. I put the red door on after the body shop said it would be about $500 to fix the original door because of the big dent in it.

yellowmxwheels23

09-03-2012, 03:02 AM

We have two Huge Junk Yards here in Fresno. If you could shoot photos of what you need I would be willing to look at the local yards for you. Tons of Old Yota trucks out there.

The only thing I really need is the 4WD mud flaps and the sr5 seats in grey. The flaps I see on ebay are not in that great of shape.

yellowmxwheels23

09-26-2012, 05:28 PM

few pics I took today.
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yellowmxwheels23

09-26-2012, 05:32 PM

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Gary Weaver II

09-26-2012, 06:01 PM

This is an outstanding job and you did it so fast. It's great that you were able to share images of the actual process from beginning to now.

Can't wait to see what you do next.

Dangermouse

09-26-2012, 06:11 PM

VW bus for the trifecta ?

jawn101

09-26-2012, 08:33 PM

Looks really nice! Great work. But now you need a flying Ford Probe.

yellowmxwheels23

09-27-2012, 04:01 AM

This is an outstanding job and you did it so fast. It's great that you were able to share images of the actual process from beginning to now.

Can't wait to see what you do next.

Thank You.
I like the idea of doing the Ford Probe. Those are pretty easy to find. But if I remember right, the screen used one they have at Universal has a big plastic piece over the back window to replicate a bigger back window. I'd have to take a look at some pics.

yellowmxwheels23

09-27-2012, 04:04 AM

VW bus for the trifecta ?

Those things are actually kinda pricey in good condition. All it would really need is a paint job and a sun roof. Don't think I would actually drive one though.

Dangermouse

09-27-2012, 12:31 PM

And the manikin, don't forget the manikin

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13595&d=1348763416

(Thanks Darren C)

Gary Weaver II

09-27-2012, 02:29 PM

I have one sitting in my Driveway that needs to get finished. It drives like a top after I put about $2500 into all new brakes and a tad of engine work. It just looks like poo right now half primered and spot bondoed.

It's a hard top, but I'm debating about putting in a sliding rag top since everyone always asks about the sunroof...

-Gary

Those things are actually kinda pricey in good condition. All it would really need is a paint job and a sun roof. Don't think I would actually drive one though.

Timebender

09-27-2012, 03:20 PM

If it's a bay window bus, then it would be a hard slider that opens since it's part of the roof. If it's a 67 or earlier split-window bus, then it would be a sliding rag top. I'm still learning a lot about Deloreans, but had 3 split window busses from a 65 Deluxe hardtop (13 window) to my last one which was a 63 1/2 23 window...

Gary Weaver II

09-28-2012, 12:40 PM

I know. I'm thinking about going with an aftermarket sliding rag top. It's certainly alot easier than grafting in the mechanisms from a donor bay-window.

Dangermouse

10-02-2012, 08:36 AM

Here's the answer to what to get next:

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?5346-BTTF-Police-car-For-Sale&p=76224#post76224

yellowmxwheels23

10-04-2012, 04:27 AM

Here's the answer to what to get next:

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?5346-BTTF-Police-car-For-Sale&p=76224#post76224

I remember seeing that up on ebay a year or so ago. Same pics so I wonder if its legit.