A Hauler Like No Other 1BADCOE & ANTI-SOCIAL

PHIL GORDAN . December 27, 2024 . Dodge

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TLD Is Back at It Again

In 2014, Troy Lamond founded TLD, which stands for Troy Lee Dayton, a mixture of his name, his sons 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, with the suspension, paint, and engine. The cab was stripped off 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 quickly got down to business. The Mustang II frontend was added so IFS could be utilized instead of the old straight axle. A triangular 4-link was built, adding a trick shock mounting assembly to the rear differential housing. The front and rear bag setup was installed with a temp air line added to the truck.

The cab was put back on the chassis and measurements were taken for the hydraulic tilt-deck. A 15-gallon fuel cell was fabricated out of an old beer keg with all custom mounts supporting it. With the deck and cab complete, the team started to get a very good picture of what the D100 would look like. With only the paint left to complete, Dave Taylor sprayed the Dodge in a rich black with green powdercoating. Once they saw the completed paint on the classic truck, they realized the full potential of the build. Inside the cabin, the team laid down the black carpeting and painted the dashboard. Troy’s friend at Distorted Vision was brought in to bead roll custom door panels and coat them in Shocker Green. The upholstery department at TLD used custom leather to cover the stock seats and stitched in the TLD logos in the seats. Sudbury Car Audio designed a custom console with cup holders and a full Kicker audio system.

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.

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.

Troy went to the local wood mill and purchased cuts of Hemlock. The wood was dried and put in a wood planer to smooth the grain. 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 ¼-inch thick true-sized billet aluminum plate that was engraved through the anodize to expose the raw aluminum 1BadCOE on the front.

Troy wishes to thank his entire team and hardworking staff including his painter Dave Taylor, designers and body work 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.

INSIDE THE BUILD

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 four-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 50’s 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 lugnuts
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, Franks Transmission, Protek1 Machining, Brandon McGragh, and Phil Gordon