TLD is Back at It Again

Founded in 2014, Troy Lamond started TLD, which stands for Troy Lee Dayton, a mixture of his name, his son’s name, and his wife’s name. Located in Sudbury, Ontario, in Canada, TLD began as an underground mining and construction business until being converted to a custom coating business for vehicles, chassis, and bikes. When it came time for Troy to showcase what his company can do, he set out to find a blank canvas on which to display his creations. He and his father, Rob, were sitting at a breakfast diner and someone he was familiar with came in and asked if he would be interested in a 1957 Dodge D100. The classic truck was ready for the scrapyard, so Troy took this on as a project.

Once the Dodge was home, Troy and his son Dayton pulled out the motor and transmission. Troy and his father began putting a plan together for the suspension, paint, and engine. The cab was stripped from the chassis and everything was sent to be sandblasted to expose what was actually under the paint, primer, and bodywork. At that point, they decided to add a full air-ride system as well as a flat deck instead of the standard Dodge bed. All the parts were ordered and once they arrived the team at TLD got down to business quickly.

ENTER COE

With the Dodge completed and ready to show at events, Troy realized that driving this smaller Dodge wouldn’t be an easy thing for the crew. Troy’s dad, Rob, knew of a friend who had a cab of an old ’52 Ford COE, which stands for Cab Over Engine. Being that it was just a cab and not a chassis, Troy knew his work was cut out for him. The first step was making sure the engine was solid, so the team at TLD used a bare-naked Ford chassis and found a 7.3L Powerstroke diesel engine. Troy cut out a section of the floor and firewall to mount and accept the cab onto the chassis. Once it was completed, they realized the motor was much too large for the area, so Rob recommended the motor be added to the middle of the chassis behind the cab. Custom motor mounts had to be built to make this design work.

The next step was the suspension as the full air-ride setup was mounted to the Ford. With Fords having an I-beam frontend, typically they are harder to properly install an air-ride system. The TLD crew put their ideas together and built a mounting assembly in the front to accommodate the bags. Once the front was added, the rear was a bit easier with the team adding 5-foot 4-link bars with a Panhard assembly. The rear mounts were fabricated and welded along with shock brackets. The next step was adding a full tilt-deck to the Ford so the Dodge could be placed on top for traveling.

LITTLE DETAILS

Troy went to the local woodmill and purchased cuts of Hemlock wood. The wood was dried and put in a wood planer to make the grain smooth. Torches were used to burn the wood and expose the black veins. Two coats of black ebony stain followed by three coats of Valspar clearcoat were added for weatherproofing. Once the deck and cab were put back together, remaining components were powdercoated black and their signature Shocker Green. Phil Cholette from Philbuilt Designs added his custom touch by adding a quarter-inch-thick true-sized billet aluminum plate that was engraved through the anodize to expose the raw aluminum 1BadCOE on the front.

The classic truck was ready for the scrapyard, so Troy took this on as a project. 

Troy wishes to thank his entire team and hardworking staff including his painter Dave Taylor, designers and bodywork experts, along with engine specialist Justin Montpellier and suspension guru Carter. 1BadCOE was specifically designed to be the hauler for Anti-Social bringing the masterpieces of TLD Custom Shop to shows around the country to display the level of expertise our friends to the North have. 1BadCOE and Anti-Social made the trip to Motorama in Toronto, Ontario, and took home seven specialty awards including Best Engineered, making it the highest-winning truck.

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TECH SPECS

Anti Social
Year/Make/Model: 1957 Dodge D100
Owner and City/State: Troy Lamond; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Club Affiliation: TLD Customs

CHASSIS

• Dodge chassis fully powdercoated
• Front Suspension:
• Mustang II IFS bag setup
• Firestone bags
• Rear Suspension:
• Triangulated 4-link bagged with custom differential setup
• Powdercoated components and chassis
• Twin Viair 420 compressors
• 4-gallon stainless steel tank
• Ridetech Air Management system

DRIVETRAIN

• Engine: 
  • 5.7 V-8 Hemi
  • Spectra filter
  • Custom exhaust
  • HP tuned
  • Hydrographics motor cover
  • Powdercoated components
  • Transmission: 46RE
  • Rearend: 8 ¾

BODY/PAINT

• BASF Galsurit Porsche Black painted by Dave Taylor
• Custom powdercoated running boards
• Coated hydraulic tilt flatbed covered in finished Hickory
• Custom C-notch enclosure
• Converted 16-gallon beer keg into fuel cell with custom mounts
• Jr West Coast mirrors

INTERIOR

• Custom bead-rolled and dimple-dyed coated door panels
• Full embroidered leather bench seat with custom leather center console
• Flaming River steering column
• Stereo:
• JVC head unit
• JL Audio components
• JL Audio 10-inch subwoofer
• JL Audio amplifiers

WHEELS & TIRES

• Wheels: 15×8 powdercoated Steelies
• Tires: 205/75R15 and 235/75R15 Coker whitewalls

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TECH SPECS

1BadCOE
Year/Make/Model: 1952 Ford COE
Owner and City/State: Troy Lamond; Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Club Affiliation: TLD Customs

CHASSIS

• 1997 Ford Ecovan chassis
• Fully powdercoated chassis and components
• Front Suspension:
• Custom Ford I-beam setup on bags
• Firestone Transport air bags
• Rear Suspension:
• Custom 4-link rear
• Panhard Dana 70
• Dual Viair 480s compressors
• Two custom powdercoated 4-gallon tanks

DRIVETRAIN

• Engine: 
  • Mid-mounted 7.3 Powerstroke turbo diesel
  • S&B air filter
  • Edge programmer
  • Custom valve covers
  • Custom exhaust
  • Powdercoated components
  • Transmission: 4R100
  • Rearend: Dana 70

BODY/PAINT

• Painted BASF Glasurit Porsche Black by Dave Taylor
• 18-foot hydraulic-tilt flat bed custom built
• Finished burnt, stained, and Valspar cleared Hemlock wood
• Custom running boards in Hemlock wood
• Dimple-dyed front bumper
• Custom widened 50s Ford panel van fenders
• Shocker yellow powdercoating

INTERIOR

• Solid black painted dashboard
• Full leather custom embroidered bench seat
• Lokar shifter
• Custom dimple-dyed and bead-rolled dash cluster
• Custom door panels with Shocker powdercoat yellow
• Brass knuckle and grenade pedals
• Custom lighting
• Stereo:
• JVC touch panel head unit
• JL Audio amplifier
• JVC 10-inch subwoofer
• Morel components

WHEELS & TIRES

• Wheels: 17×7.50 Ultra Dually wheels, custom machine-spiked lug nuts
• Tires: R17 114/112 Dunlop

Special Thanks:  My parents, Kathy and Rob Lamond; my wife, Leann MacPherson, and our son Dayton; Brian Busby at BASF Glasurit Paint Co.; Sudbury Car Audio; PhilBuilt Designs; Frank’s Transmission; Protek1 Machining; Brandon McGragh; and Phil Gordon

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