After finishing the COCOE last spring and enjoying it all summer it was hard to see it go but it went to a good home. The new owner has posted a fun U-Tube video check it out. (Meet "COCOE")
For the last year or so as I was finishing up the COCOE I realized that I enjoyed the build so much that I had to start another one soon. I still love the quirky look of COE's and luckily, I had another cab sitting in waiting behind my shop. When bought the first COE for my first build the gentleman casually mentioned that he had another COE cab off an old wheat truck that I might be able to use as a parts cab. It was covered in blackberries, the doors were off and all the glass was broken out. So of course, I told him I would take it much to my wife's dismay. I felt that I was pushing the limits of my F-150 just hauling the first truck 450 miles home so I told him I would be back for the other cab. He said it has been sitting there for over 20 years a couple more weeks wouldn't be a problem.
Two weeks later we loaded up at 2:00am and headed out. When we got to Klamath Falls the seller had pulled it out of the blackberries and had it all staged for me. What a pleasure working with him. We quickly loaded it and we were back on the road arriving home just before midnight. It was a long day.
The next morning, I unloaded it behind my shop and that's where it sat for the next 7 years. But that's all changed now. I'm 6 months into it now and have a lot of special features in the works.
I am going to start from the beginning like I did with the COCOE and try to add post weekly so I can show the flow of the build.
Welcome to "The Next Build"
