Let's build a custom truck bed!

[@RatRodBobBuilds]

Looking good Anthony. Paint the bed orange to match the cab and rub on the other colors ... red brown gray etc ... you get the picture. Even if you use new metal on the sides you can bang it up some to make it look old and used. If you could roll a bead down the side to match the cab .. that would look cool. You may need a bigger motor with a high stall converter if you want to do burnouts ... of course I could be wrong but you're gonna have to video it regardless.

[@HardCoreFab]

Oh yeah a bead would look pretty trick! I maybe wrong but I think the 6.0 should be big enough when I'm done. I guess we'll see. LOL

[@lethargicmotorsport2025]

The body line bead rolled on the bed side would be a slick touch

[@alexreid8645]

Was thinking along the same lines... maybe try finding a couple sheets of panel steel that someone left outside over winter with some pitting and scratches... after a couple burnouts the sides will earn their fair share of wear n tear anyways.... keep'm coming Loving this build 🤘😁

[@christophergreen2328]

Bed sides you could find a old patina'd delivery and cut the sides out. Something along the lines of a old bread or milk truck.

[@paulsears8784]

Find an old 2 horse trailer for the metal sides of the bed. Really digging the build!

[@hustlinghard8081]

Man, Conner is killing it! That kid is going places! Love the build.

[@HardCoreFab]

I agree he rocks!

[@connormchenry2316]

Thank man!

[@hustlinghard8081]

@@connormchenry2316 seriously, you are really doing an amazing job in there. I have a 16 yr old son and I wish he was half as motivated as you. If it's not his phone or gf he don't care about it. I'm seriously impressed with how quickly you are picking things up. Keep up the good work, brother.

[@connormchenry2316]

@@hustlinghard8081 will do

[@Uswesi1527]

Undoubtedly, but, definitely, unique, unprecedented, unparalleled, unmatched, masterpiece of achievement.

[@williampalmer4676]

Looking great Anthony, how about, No Tow, Too Low! Love the progress, great news about SEMA!

[@HardCoreFab]

😂😂😂

[@mr.goodpliers6988]

Incredible talent that the average person can't realize... to cut out all the individual pieces, match the bends, and line it all up - you guys are doing amazing work!

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks man!

[@pitt42075]

I think a custom ghost lace paint on the roof and bedside would be sweet. Coming along nicely. True builder!

[@HardCoreFab]

Thank you!

[@chuckstith838]

I think either aluminum diamond plate for the bed sides or sheet metal with lots of bead rolling. Enjoy

[@craigcaggiano431]

The bed looks like an old Horse Drawn Chariot that the Gladiators used in the day…

[@myconight]

I am loving this build, you sir are a great fabricator, with awesome ideas!

[@kennyfofo]

WOW!! It keeps getting better and better! Can hardly wait to see it rockin and rollin!

[@HardCoreFab]

You and me both!

[@barryglover1347]

Great news that you have been accepted for Sema, hi from Queensland, Australia.

[@johnnygarrett6055]

That wrecker bed is going to be so sick

[@Groome22]

It's looking awesome. Congrats on sema. Big riveted steel like on boats and planes. Keep up the great work

[@Budds36]

Look at Rat Rod Bob's paint jobs. Some of his older stuff might be what you are looking for. Can't wait to see the finished build. You have a great talent and Thank You for sharing it with us.

[@HardCoreFab]

I would love to work with Bob!

[@IronHorseGarage]

Looking good!!! Getting close!!!!! Maybe expanded metal...

[@shanewright6958]

That bed is looking cool. Great job 👍👍🇨🇱

[@bobelliott9578]

Take a look at Rat Rod Bob's way of making a truck look aged. He makes it look easy. It may help you, keep up the great work. Look forward to your videos.

[@TurlosGarage]

That custom bed is looking good! Great shape to it.

[@timyowell4278]

The truck is looking awesome. Can hardly wait to see how your going to do the boom for the bed. Congrats on having the truck in SEMA.

[@quinnmartin4043]

I like the idea of an old horse trailer, probably be faded red and rusty, would have straight and curved panels.

[@sandydragan1248]

Hey, use steel diamond plate. Cut your saying out of it then “rust” it. (Peroxide, Vinegar and salt) It’s what would have been used. 👍👍👍

[@claytonpeeples3263]

congrats on SEMA loving the build I see someone else has noticed how similar the shape is to a Chariot so kool also I love the fact that you're giving Conner such good open minded training not just telling him how but letting him do it there doesn't seem that there are very many young people willing to put the hours and work to learn a good trade which is proving to be much more in demand than the big degrees most go after and can't find a job thanks for another great video

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks and yes I would agree!

[@connormchenry2316]

I appreciate Anthony giving me this opportunity as well

[@darrellbond3473]

I've used old refrigerators and freezers for panels . You find the best that suits your dream. All the best SEMA yea!!!! Good for you and Conner.

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks!

[@connormchenry2316]

I appreciate it

[@papag4923]

Love the build... Awesome news on SEMA.. Can't wait to see video ... How bout using an old hood for each side. The ridge in the center can add shape and continue the body line from truck cab.

[@MrRoscoj]

I think sheet steel with some bead roll to match the body lines would look sick. Definitely would also try to paint the patina to match. It will be worth the extra effort. Looks great! Thanks for another great video.

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks for watching!

[@eoliver3557]

What about making the bedsides out of wood like the wood in the bottom of a Chevy pickup and you could make it fold down for access

[@alanpervin]

Looking good mate, the rear bed looks like a chariot, chariots of fire🔥 👏👏

[@jwjr2197]

Looks like an old horse drawn chariot from way backin time!! Dig it alot

[@tinysgarage2347]

You could use old roofing steel for the sides. You can possibly skin an old car roof or hood or trunk or wherever you can get a similar colored rusty metal.

[@davidkimsey9591]

The truck is looking GREAT, and congratulations on going to SEMA!

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks!

[@johnrushing9469]

Congrats on SEMA wow great news. Thats the hall of fame.

[@lorenmeyer5290]

OMG Anthony looking Awesome Can't wait till the next one!♡♡

[@bulldog17w]

Very nice channel. I've watched all of the old crow, and just now got all caught up with this build. you're doing an awesome job sir!

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks and Thanks for watching!

[@georgemcmillan9172]

Hey Tony! Man, that bed looks killer! For the sides, why not use rusty car fenders, stitched together to make the side panels? Could be seen as trophies, and that way you could put the lettering on them lookong like old race car advertizing. Connor is on point! He is going to be one hell of a fabricator, thanks to you bringing the younger generation into the custom car culture!

[@GeeenJ]

looking good maybe get some old rust flat hoods and use the skins on the sides to give it that patina weathered look you want or some very large old rusted oil signs like shell etc to sheet the sides with

[@shawnjohnson2416]

Awesome build.. Congrats on sema.. Maybe some kinda mesh material for sides..so u can see all the metal work through it...throw few LEDs to even light it up inside..(custom hookers and blow led sign back in there if possible)

[@tonyfeltham9051]

Wish I could get to SEMA just to see this wrecker. Awesome job bud. Keep it coming. 👌

[@HardCoreFab]

We're going to try and do some other shows across the country next year so we may end up close to you at some point.

[@tonyfeltham9051]

@@HardCoreFab mate if you make it all the way to where I live in Australia. I’d be really impressed. Lol. Keep up the great work, one of my favourite channels.

[@medicaided42]

i like that bed design so old school

[@garrydoucette3335]

Like your builds! Hookers and Blow Grey Barn Wood Sides ---Maybe???

[@lisaa.671]

I love the look!!! Awesome details!!!

[@turboflush]

Gets some old van side skins and cut them to fit. Let the edges rust if you must. I have bought from the clips. Did the job.

[@stanleyfanning5316]

It's none of my business but I've been working around metal all my life and have had it dug out of my eye, you need to get Connor some safety glasses. The bed is looking awesome. Happy for your good news you deserve it.

[@HardCoreFab]

He is wearing them they are just clear.

[@stanleyfanning5316]

@@HardCoreFab good, I just don't want to see him get hurt

[@hustlinghard8081]

It would look cool to do a bunch of old license plates or road signs welded together for the sides. I know that'd be kinda expensive but would look pretty dope.

[@HardCoreFab]

That would be pretty sweet to use tags!

[@ThatRustLife]

I really like this idea

[@DarrinzWorld6697]

Ask you subscribers to send you some old tags. I bet you would get some good ones.

[@brianjarrett9109]

I like this idea too.

[@utilityart]

Aluminum skins on the bed sides. Engine turned would look good.

[@williamcantalamessa5231]

Good morning from Siesta Key Florida

[@willfoster554]

Watching Conner reminds me of working with my son!!!!! love seeing the kids in the shop and it helps when you have BADASS builds going on.....keep killin it bro

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks 👍

[@connormchenry2316]

And I love being in the shop!

[@Summerpickfarms]

Congratulations on the S.E.M.A. news! That's pretty amazing and always good to achieve a goal!

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks!

[@CompToyZ]

For the sides I would do barn board, couple tabs welded on and a few straps and she would be mounted nice. The cut ends can be discolored to match easy enough. As for a saying? " How low can you tow?" Or " Hey good hookin" or "top of its class while draggin @$$" or "body built, built with my heart, my head and my hands!"

[@KarvalakkiSlides]

you should mount some perforated steel sheets on the side of the bed and let it rust, then maybe add some rust preventing solution so the colure gets a little darker. Or maybe sink in some sheet in towards the bed and body so that it matches the tail gate? Maybe? Idk? Sick build tho!

[@geoffreymills9932]

I'm diggin that bed, have you thought about old van roofs for the side panels, not sure if you like the ribs but I think they would look good for a wrecker, hopefully you can find a couple with the same color,

[@geoffreymills9932]

@Richard Twiddy I think it's small enough that most of the crown would be easy to clamp and weld out of it, but in the words of ratrod Bob,, it's a ratrod who cares ; )

[@HardCoreFab]

A van top or some sides could work if I could find the right color

[@geoffreymills9932]

@@HardCoreFab there were plenty of mid 60s Ford vans around,, you might get lucky

[@brianjarrett9109]

I like this one too.

[@errolwolferstan9201]

Nice looking ride

[@HardCoreFab]

Thanks 👍

[@ryand.8176]

Looking killer! Can not wait to see it done!😁

[@RobertLavender-r2s]

Looks great

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Great vid!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Robrt32]

Good Morning from Tunica MS

[@chriscromer2308]

You could find an old cattle trailer for the side panels

[@DesertRatFabrication]

Cool, H&B is coming along nicely, looking forward to the video, I’m probably the only one watching these older videos in order, I’m like living in the past, lol

[@HardCoreFab]

LOL I know for sure your not the only one!

[@DesertRatFabrication]

@@HardCoreFab 👍👍

[@deniseprettner2020]

Here in Minnesota if you need anything crusty and rusty we just leave it outside over night.

[@roberttaylor5999]

I think the bedsides should have access panels that look like built-in toolboxes. As for a slogan, maybe something like "life's a bitch when you're stuck in a ditch"?

[@HardCoreFab]

😂😂😂

[@donniehamlett2157]

Look for a old box truck in salvage yard or could do sides out of old barn wood

[@Ron36415]

you might try cleaning some sheet metal, with muriatic acid then leave it outside for a few days, gets really rusty really fast. I did cab corners on an original paint 50 chevy pickup, to match the paint I used red oxide primer factory green over that wet sanded it and satin clear

[@MIKEH.777]

🎉CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 ,, SEMA is going to be fantastic for the channel and I love how the channel is going now, your videos are great and that kid does a helluva great job on any task you put him on, he's a keeper lol. Keep up the great work and God Bless you and your crew and family too. 🔥💯💪🏼👍👍🙏🙏✌

[@HardCoreFab]

Thank you so much!!

[@connormchenry2316]

You as well

[@Dannymurmaid]

Congrats

[@HardCoreFab]

Thank you!

[@raymorrison919]

looking like one of a kind. Use corten steel on the sides, would be perfect. Dont use texter or pen on it to mark out tho, only chalk

[@nitrofish1974]

Chariot style 😎 👌

[@williambruce9207]

rain adds patina!

[@sjp52047]

Hammered copper, with an oxidized patina on it. Too much? I like the idea of old filling station or oil signs. The ones that are too rusty to hang in the shop. Have fun and congrats on the Sema sponsor. Regards, Solomon

[@HardCoreFab]

Some old signs would be killer!

[@Simon-nz8kt]

use some old cut oil barrels ( shell sunoco .. )

[@roberteverette4766]

Congrats on taking Hooker & Blow Wrecker to SEMA. Take a walk though an old junk/salvage yard to see if something pops out and or check out some old school buses

[@jasondoss2651]

Congratulations on sema

[@georgefallen1577]

23 1/2 hour toeing . no toe to low. corrugated rusty ten standing vertical cut to fit in center of the tubing . its look.n damn good . sema look out

[@cannednolan8194]

Congrats on making your sema goal.

[@HardCoreFab]

Thank you!

[@quinnmartin4043]

Reading a lot about using wood but I’m not sure I’d make the whole thing out of it. What about metal up the sides from ground up to bed floor and wood bed rails? Can you use anything else from the dump truck bed for the sides? If you do choose to use any wood I have the wood planks from the floor of a semi trailer from the 40’s, great age and wear on them.

[@HardCoreFab]

I'm not doing wood.

[@quinnmartin4043]

@@HardCoreFab cool I just wasn’t digging it, not your style.

[@quinnmartin4043]

What are the dimensions of the bed? Basically how much metal do you need? If you haven’t come up with anything yet.

[@dirty_c5573]

Expanded steel for bedside, it would be cool to see everything underneath

[@phdexteriorcleaningphd9774]

Loving it

[@sbluke5515]

I would use old 500 gal fuel tanks. The kind the farmers use that are up on stands. The color should be close, but there isn't much flat metal on them.

[@denniscolvin8311]

Nice reflector collector

[@denniscolvin8311]

Really awesome frame love your work

[@RuggedArtistry]

It's probably too late but every old wrecker that I have ever seen has a grab rail above the edge of the bed side. Maybe a second tube below the existing tube that you already bent that the side panels would attach to.

[@HardCoreFab]

That would be good but the side rails already ended up higher up than I was hoping for, which was necessary to have a working tailgate, so it is what it is.

[@keltoy3]

Aluminum skin and dull it out to make it look aged. Steel sheet metal if you need weight in the rear. I also like the idea of many individual plate welded together to form the bed sides. A lot of work but it would look good. The design and the shape of each piece would be up to you of course. Hope this works or inspires you for an idea

[@HardCoreFab]

Cool idea

[@thomasbrighton6159]

Congratulations on the support for SEMA !

[@HardCoreFab]

Thank you!!

[@BillyBigRiggin359]

Copper bedsides would be pretty sick.

[@HardCoreFab]

yeah it wood!

[@BillyBigRiggin359]

@@HardCoreFab and if youre feeling really froggy, you could use some of the extra copper from the bed sides to rivet behind the "hookers" "&blow" cutouts on your front links. (But I cant remember if you had them open or boxed on the one end) and mybe throw in some other copper accents here and there just to really bring it all together.

[@stevenrussell2218]

Some sides outa those ol vans at the junk yard n use them to make box sides

[@ratrodsafrica]

How about using material from the original truck bed for the sides? That way you could have the same patina as the cab for continuity. Some great pipe work there Meneer! ("Meneer" is the Afrikaans word for Sir 😆. Thats one of the languages we speak here in South Africa)

[@HardCoreFab]

Unfortunately there isn't a peace big enough to work

[@BradzBuildz]

Man, everything you make is awesome. Congrats on sema👏🏻

[@HardCoreFab]

Thank you!

[@brianjarrett9109]

You know. I bet skin cut off old leaking scrap dumpster roll off boxes would be pretty easy to get and have the look with rust dents and faded out paint your looking for.

[@StreetMachine18]

congrats!

[@NZMOPAR]

What sizes are the wheels . 22.5 or are they turned down to 22 to fit car tires on the front

[@HardCoreFab]

They are 22.5, I bought adapters from 8 lug to 10 lug for semi wheels. The front are 17s. The wheel and adapter info is in Hookers and Blow 10. Thanks for watching!

[@steeltree-fabricatingandcu3796]

New cold roll can be rusted easy with muriatic acid If you sand blast a panel spray it down with water in two days it will be rusted

[@bigbrown350]

Old barn wood that would bring something new to the game

[@brianjarrett9109]

You can rust new metal with hydrogen peroxide pretty quick. I would look for some rusted Dimond plate maybe from old dock plate from a warehouse. Should have plenty of natural dents and dings.

[@battleaxefabandmachine]

So you can cut the sides out of an old van or something or use new material and distress it. You can use electrolysis in a small kids pool to get the rust effect. If you watch the channel rat rod Bob builds he does simple but awesome patinas paint

[@deansweigert3158]

An old panel van or milk truck sides cut to fit sides.

[@kiwiflagcarllc6236]

Out of curiosity, what’s the plan for sway control on that front end?

[@HardCoreFab]

It's easier to just show you! Keep watching I cover it.

[@bradeastham5494]

Looking great! Some old shipping container siding (corten steel) laying sideways? As for a saying? “No blow, no tow”?

[@HardCoreFab]

😂😂😂😆

[@CompToyZ]

Are ypu using a belt sander as a notcher?

[@speedbuggy16v]

That is essentially what it is, but its a purpose built commercial notcher.

[@HardCoreFab]

It's a Scotchman tube notcher with a 6 inch belt.

[@jamesblair4454]

What you can do is take a thinner sheet metal and put it in a gravel driveway and run it over to get all the little dents and dings in it and then once you weld it on you can spray it with a salt and vinegar solution and get it to rust quickly. Once you get the patina you want wipe it off with the baking soda and water Solution to neutralize and stop the rusting

[@ol55ford12]

Are you all going to the Street Rod Nationals in Louisville Ky?

[@HardCoreFab]

Not this year, but looking to do more shows next year!

[@willweber5537]

What about old corrugated barn tin? The build is looking great!

[@HardCoreFab]

I think I want some color

[@willweber5537]

Road signs or license plates?