Not much to write home about. Since the frame and the paneling have finished assembly, it's time for endless hours of sanding and finishing. The results are beautiful, and I can't wait to see the finished product.
As always, there are a few more pictures at the link. Do give it a click.
Remember when I said that they don't build them like this anymore? I mean it. Even if someone set out to create a modern woodie, they would have to start from scratch. Sad to say, but the trucks of today are garish amalgamations of plastic and glass. The designers are curtailed at every stage of the design process by regulations intended to make vehicles as safe and streamlined as possible, and all of the plastic parts have to come from some sweatshop in China or Mexico. The only freedom they have is to make the grill and maybe the headlights as ugly as possible.
So, verily, a modern woodie would be an abomination.
What you're looking at is a '21 International Lonestar that was purchased from the factory and modified by a semi-retired truck dealer. This took about 2,000 hours and the help of a skilled carpenter to assemble, and honestly? It just don't look that good. The paneling looks more like like a horse trailer than a work of art.
Still, it's popular enough that offers to buy started rolling in just hours after it was revealed to the public.
The interior looks pretty good, though.
Remember when I said that they don't build them like this anymore? I mean it. Even if someone set out to create a modern woodie, they would have to start from scratch. Sad to say, but the trucks of today are garish amalgamations of plastic and glass. The designers are curtailed at every stage of the design process by regulations intended to make vehicles as safe and streamlined as possible, and all of the plastic parts have to come from some sweatshop in China or Mexico. The only freedom they have is to make the grill and maybe the headlights as ugly as possible.
So, verily, a modern woodie would be an abomination.
What you're looking at is a '21 International Lonestar that was purchased from the factory and modified by a semi-retired truck dealer. This took about 2,000 hours and the help of a skilled carpenter to assemble, and honestly? It just don't look that good. The paneling looks more like like a horse trailer than a work of art.
Still, it's popular enough that offers to buy started rolling in just hours after it was revealed to the public.
The interior looks pretty good, though.
