The truck based woodie hits the screen

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by sugarmaker

Gary,
Nice video on the woodie! I enjoyed it! I like the window lifts! Kids would love that horn too.
One thing I learned is that you can load your videos much quicker using your phone rather than the computer. Assuming you have a newer type phone?
Regards,
Chri

Thanks Chris and others! Yessir I got one of them Iphone 11 jobs. I'm learning real slowly how to work all this upload/download stuff..... Makes pulling sludgey, stuck valve guides from a flathead valley look fun and easy!

[flatford8]

Great video Gary! I really enjoyed the tour of the Woodie.....I read a saying about men like you.....”you don’t live high on a hill so you can look down on others.....but so that others can look up to you” ......great job on the Wagon!!......we hope the New Year finds you and your family well!!.......Mark

[tubman]

Very enjoyable video, but somebody has to ask; what's with the vehicle on the left side of the road at the beginning of the video?

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by tubman

Very enjoyable video, but somebody has to ask; what's with the vehicle on the left side of the road at the beginning of the video?

It was a freebie... Model A cowl, hood and chassis. A friend brought me a mid 60s mercedes grill and it fit pretty well.Then I laid some 4x4s across the frame rails and a stack of boards. When I got the doodlebug it had a badly cracked exhaust manifold, and this yard art donated a humdinger.

[deuce lover]

Excellent ! Looks like enough room in the back for a cord of firewood.

[Ray in La Mesa]

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We visited Gary on his hill and enjoyed a ride in the fabulous WOODIE to the local market for a bottle of wine, brings back fantastic memories! Ray & JudyJo

[mfirth]

REALLY NICE !! Love the entire rig including the "strap window regulaters". If you ever tire of it, send it my way........ You & Mart, well, just good stuff. By the way, the wood & varnish are GR8 !!

[41Fordor]

That is gorgeous!

You must be a boat builder. Or you should be!

[GB SISSON]

Thank you all for the nice comments. For those of you seeing this project for the first time, I have a thread here on the barn starting when it was just an idea, Search 'Truck based woody'. It's a pretty long thread so you can see the highlights in this slideshow I made. I will post a link below. And yes, my first ten years of work were all in boat construction.

https://express.adobe.com/video/M0ynvLlPj2GCC

[Ol' Ron]

Boy!! T thiught we were in my drive way at the beginning of the video. I think the wagon is beautiful, better than perfect. Take care.
Gramps.

[truckdog62563]

Below is your link, Gary. Like the other old timers here I’ve been fascinated by your talents for a long while. Attaboy on the video. Stu

https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175939

[51504bat]

Originally Posted by flatford8

Great video Gary! I really enjoyed the tour of the Woodie.....I read a saying about men like you.....”you don’t live high on a hill so you can look down on others.....but so that others can look up to you” ......great job on the Wagon!!......we hope the New Year finds you and your family well!!.......Mark

In my case it would be living high on the hill so I could bump start my p/u when the battery goes dead or the starter takes a dump. Lol.

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

In my case it would be living high on the hill so I could bump start my p/u when the battery goes dead or the starter takes a dump. Lol.

If they don't bump start by the time I hit the county road 1/2 mile away, I know it's gonna be something serious......

[Mart]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

If they don't bump start by the time I hit the county road 1/2 mile away, I know it's gonna be something serious......

How about the hen-house?

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by Mart

How about the hen-house?

You reffering to that crashing sound near the end of the death trap video?

[Fordors]

I always enjoyed following along on your build thread Gary, but the video is the icing on the cake. Well done, thanks.

[GB SISSON]

Heck, you guys got me blushing. It was a really fun build, and a very gratifying project. Many of you gave me good ideas and solutions, not to mention parts (like Stu shipping the transmission from Illinois) ....

[fortyonerag]

Many thanks for sharing, one of those things that just look 'right'



Warms me chilly ol' heart to see.

[47topless]

The Coachmaker, GB Sisson (Gary), has created something truly special. He has taken all of us along in a step back in time, when an individual would take an idea and, with a little help from his friends and family support group, and free from government interference, create the remarkable, and the useful and when finished, the spark to do it again and again. Calling someone's activity an inspiration, is more than not, simply misplaced praise. Usually of the self-serving variety.
This creation, of Coachman Sisson, should serve as the prototype for the production of an impressive fleet of similar but varied rec/utility vehicles, hand built, using local materials, salvaged vehicles and mechanicals and local craftsman in the charge of the Master, GB Sisson.
Put people to work and you have solved so many problems.

Also, you can put me down for the next SISSON that rolls off the assembly line.

[truckdog62563]

Gary mentioned my singular contribution to the project, the light duty 3 speed transmission. Related to that, it’s worth mentioning that the Coach Builder first sent me a custom made, cabinet grade, wood box for the transmission’s return shipment. No cardboard and packing tape for this man. Stu