Tiki truck

http://www.galpinized.com/calendar/content/june.asp
This truck is in the galpin ford calender {june} it has a built in hot tub, tiki rims,giant tiki head with waterfall,tiki seats . oh man take a look.

KIRBY

http://kirbysisland.com/

[ Edited by: kirby on 2005-06-06 01:45 ]

That truck was mentioned in the ultimate tiki rides topic.That website wasn't listed before though

Cool truck eh?

Awesome! I've not seen that before. I wish it had more pictures.

Just saw this truck, and although its old, I thought i'd add a pic of it to this thread. It makes me smile!:lol:

that truck does not exist.look at the hot tub pic , they are all bunched up at one endof the tub. FAKE!

I agree with Tiki David. Everything in the photo looks photoshopped - Look at the flames on the torches- the flames are uniform and way too bright for a picture on a bright daylight foto. The Tiki backdrop is obviously computer generated - no crisp detail, perhaps it could be vacuum molded out of plastic. And as for the hottub - there is no structural space for the walls and rim of the actual tub. Even the wood work looks suspiciously perfect. Looks like a real truck with real custom paintjob on the sidet though! Seems like a fun idea - but have you ever tried driving with an open beverage in a non travel glass..... In the case of the hot tub I think you'd get to your destination with not much more than a puddle left in the bottom. I guess you could trailer a water truck behind you for refills.

i agree the hot tub is fake. the people have shadows on them even though they would be in direct sunlight if it was real.

Maybe the photo has been retouched in photoshop, but the shop that built it is home of MTV's Pimp My Ride, and if you've ever seen the show they do build some cars that are so stupid, you wouldn't think they are real either!!!

Here is their press release:

Things are getting real scary this month for Ford Motor Company. So scary that the guys at Galpin Motors have built up a Ford Super Duty F-250 with a tiki torch theme. "Tiki Truck" is a portable island paradise, complete with a giant working Tiki head waterfall flowing into a custom-crafted hot tub, large enough to accommodate four people, surrounded by a teakwood deck.

For Beau Boeckmann, October is a scary month � and it�s not because of Halloween. It�s because Galpin Auto Sports (GAS), his family-owned automotive customizing business, is busy cranking out cars for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show that will open Oct. 31.

On top of that, GAS, which is the home of MTV�s popular �Pimp My Ride,� has two project vehicles in the works for the show�s next season and has to start two more immediately, plus two other cars that need to be done in 10 days.

�We�re starting to tape for the next season of �Pimp My Ride,� plus everything we�re doing for SEMA,� Boeckmann says. �Our crew is going to be working 24/7 for the next eight months.�

It�s not likely that Boeckmann�s father, Bert, envisioned such an incredible operation when he joined the Galpin Motors Ford dealership in North Hills, Calif., back in 1953. It is, however, perfectly in keeping with the elder Boeckmann�s automotive pioneering spirit. By 1968, Bert Boeckmann had become the sole owner of Galpin Motors, and his philosophy of providing superior customer service led to a number of innovations in the auto industry.

Galpin Motors became one of the first dealerships in the country to install sunroofs, working with a young man named Heinz Prechter, who happened to own a gas station up the street from Galpin. Prechter would go on to found ASC, which would become one of the preeminent sunroof installers in the country.

Galpin Motors also offered some of the first conversion vans, in the mid-1960s.

�A family friend wanted to take his van across country, so Galpin installed a couch that folded into a bed, and a dresser and a sink,� says Boeckmann. �From there, we started building some really crazy stuff, like fireplaces and replicas of Western saloons, in the back of vans.�

So the groundwork had been set for Beau when he joined the company seven years ago.

�I had grown up with custom cars, and I thought it would be fun to do some really wild cars, take a chance and show what we can do,� says Beau Boeckmann.

They started out with four to six projects a year, including a Polynesian-themed Tiki truck with a Jacuzzi in the back. It seemed a natural progression when MTV producers approached Beau to provide GAS� facilities to shoot �Pimp My Ride.� The results have definitely been wild.

�We put a hair salon in the back of a 1968 Volkswagen Beetle and a movie theater in a Cadillac limo,� Beau says. �We even created a fully automated ice-cream truck, complete with touch-screen order pads and robotic arms to serve the customers. Our motto is �Having no reason to do something is the best reason to do something.� �

Beau promises some restraint for the Lincoln Navigator and Ford Mustang that he and his crew are creating for SEMA.

�The Navigator will be very sophisticated and understated, with Edelman leather and gorgeous burled walnut trim,� he says. �We�re painting the Mustang in Grabber Blue, and we�re installing a new Boss 302 engine from Ford Racing. We�re redoing the interior, but not too much. We want to keep weight down for better performance.�

October may be a scary month, but you get the feeling that Beau Boeckmann wouldn�t have it any other way.

[ Edited by: FlatEarthTrading 2006-10-29 09:02 ]

Hi All, the photo is retouched, but the truck is real. I have seen it and used it for a tiki event. It does have a working Hot Tub. The interior as well has been tiki'd too.

The truck resides at Galpin motors off roscoe and the 405. I believe the last time I spoke to Beau , he was interested in selling it if anyoe is interested.

Amy

Cool- Let's see some party photos - I guess I was wrong. Very cool.

I thought I had found something new, but there is already a topic on it. Oh well. So consider this an update. Unless there are 2 Tiki Trucks, this is THE one mentioned and there is no hot tub in it. It could be that the hot tub was simply slid into the back. The company I work for has a relationship with Galpin, so I had to take pix of this. The truck is still there and still for sale at Galpin Motors, at Roscoe Blvd. and the 405 in the San Fernando Valley (LA area). So here is the Tiki Truck today:

The bamboo is coming off a little.


The interior is impressive.