Troy Lamond’s Impressive Truck and COE Creations

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.

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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.

Both trucks feature a full embroidered leather bench seat and custom door panels.

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

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.

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.

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