This month’s winner has been with the NHTOC since 2004. He grew up in a Ford family but admits going over to the dark side during his high school & college days with a ’69 & a ’78 Z28, so I guess we won’t hold that against him. He is an adrenaline junky just like the rest of us who is not only into track & street racing, but involved in autocross as well. I am sure he has many stories to tell us, in particular one involving a 70 mph 4 wheel drift, door handle to door handle, with the car next to him. If you ever get a chance to meet with him, I will let him talk about this in more detail and the ability to keep his shorts clean while speeding towards a 1 lane bridge. With a marina in place of the auto-cross track now, he spends most of his days at the 1/8th mile drag strip practicing getting his times down.
When not at work or working on the truck, the Island life has a lot to offer for fun and relaxation. So you can find him hanging out at the beach enjoying the fun in the sun, rubbing elbows with some tourists over a drink or two, or just hanging out living the island life. With an open invite to any and all that fly in or take the boat down to the island, he is definitely someone to look up. A GTG junky, just like the rest of us...only problem is figuring out how to get those water wings on the truck to make it to the mainland to attend them. I know that time and the years make things tough on all of us, expecially getting in and out of our trucks, so I will be the first to say "nice side steps there OLD man!!!" J/K, had to get one in!!
So with that being said, let me be the first to congratulate this month’s TOTM winner and I give you March 2010’s TOTM winner, member #291, Chuck “Cayman150” Thompson and his 2003 HD F150 #9143.
Question # 1: What sparked your interests in the Harley trucks?
Specifically your HD Truck?
The supercharger baby! Love to hear the whine and the fact that it is a 4 door truck makes it the king of stealth.
Question # 2: Any interesting stories behind the history of vehicles
you've owned leading up to the HD truck or how you got it?
In September 2004 hurricane Ivan flooded my 2000 F150 Lariat 4x4 and I remembered seeing the two-tone paint scheme of the 2003 Harley trucks. I had drooled over them but they were a bit too expensive brand new so I decided I just had to get a good used one this time with my insurance money. I searched all over the internet and found my baby with 3475 miles. A Nascar doctor in Mooresville, NC owned it and had bought it for his wife to drive. She needed the steps to get into it hence I got it with step type running boards and no chrome nerf bars. I’m still looking for a decent set.
Question # 3: Give me a rough list of the mods that have been done to your truck. I know you've got a lot done, so you can just list your favorites if you'd like!
Check my NHTOC gallery as I have a lot of photos in there of the mod parts
Member Profile - NHTOC Gallery
Audio/Video
Head Deck = Kenwood DDX-7017 DVD/TV/Tuner with 7” indash display
Amplifier = Phoenix Gold Ti900.7
Subwoofer = JL Audio stealth box 12"
Front & rear door speakers = JL Audio xr570CXi coaxials with component tweeters
Rear camera
Engine/Exhaust
Diablo Sport Predator - programmable performance engine tuner
RWTD 19 degree custom dyno engine tune
L&S Oil Separator system
Chickenears polished billet engine dress up kit#1
Chickenears polished billet engine dress up kit#2
MotoBlue polished billet cold air intake with 9” cone filter
MAC 95mm polished billet MAF tube
C&L power intake elbow
Accufab polished billet single blade 1700cfm throttle body
C&L ported supercharger plenum
MotoBlue interchangeable 8 lb. crank pulley system
170 degree thermostat
Metco polished billet auxillary idler bracket & pulley’s
LFP electric fan
Factory Tech transmission valve body
MAC finned aluminum transmission pan
Trasko polished billet oil filter system
Optima yellow top D34 battery
Wieland polished billet Ford battery hold down tray
Tsunami LED voltage chrome battery terminals
Chrome jack handle
Lighting
Sylvania Xenarc HID headlights
APC clear corners
Sylvania chrome side marker lights
Sylvania Silver star fog light bulbs
Eurostar Black LED tail lights
Ford Lightning LED 3rd brake light
AMG Line of Fire LED light bar
Modified fog light switch to autosense on/off
Brakes/Suspension
RotorPros dimpled & slotted vented rotors
Hawk ceramic disc brake pads
BellTech 2” drop rear shackles
Hotchkis Total Vehicle System suspension
includes - (front coil springs, rear leaf springs, front and rear anti-sway bars)
Bilstein Lightning spec gas shocks
LFP 58” powder coated traction bars
*** pan hard bar
PML finned aluminum diff cover
Tires=295/45/VR20 BF Goodrich G-Force T/A KDW 2
Exterior
DeVries Customs Gel “Fast” overlays
Lincoln Navigator chrome antenna base
Lincoln Blackwood chrome window trim
Lincoln Blackwood chrome mirror backs
J - Jent lower grill
BedRug carpeted bed
SlimLine Hard tonneau
SlimLine painted running boards
Cervini’s Cobra R hood
Interior other
Chickenears polished billet tilt knob
Chickenears polished billet door sills
ShowMeChromeAndBillet chrome door lock strikers
SVT polished billet coat hangers
Chrome & rubber matching emergency brake pedal
Lotek dual gauge pillar pod
AutoMeter vacuum & boost gauge
DynoJet Wide Band Commander system with air-fuel ratio gauge
Still in the box waiting to be installed
Diablo MAFia
Walbro fuel pumps
60 lb injectors
Yukon 4.10 differential gears
*** tilt hood kit
Electric recirculation thru flow IC pump
Diablo MAF Xtender
Zex wet nitrous kit with bottle warmer, purge and led show light
Question # 4: Tell us a little about yourself. Your other hobbies, your job, your favorite past time, whatever!
I love speed and use to do amateur dirt bike racing and also raced autocross on dirt circuits with four cylinder cars. We would do engine swaps and suspension tricks to get them more competitive. I love playing pretty much all ball sports from basketball, football, soccer, tennis, softball, etc. I’ve been in the computer field for over 30 years now working my way up from operator, programmer, analyst and now manager.
Question # 5: You've been a member on the site for a while now, what is one of the best things you like about the site that keeps you around?
I definitely like the members and their knowledge and passion for the Harley trucks. What a great group of individuals who are just as caring to their fellow members as they are to their trucks. The camaraderie is inspiring and second to none.
Question # 6: What is one suggestion to help make the site a better place?
I really can’t think of anything except maybe improving the method for posting and hosting pictures. It seems that a lot of people insert links to other servers which host their pictures and when those companies go out of business the link breaks and we are without those all important parts of the how-to.
Question # 7:
This is where I normally ask about where you decided on your screen name and any specific reason for choosing it?
When I had my 2000 F150 4x4 I was a member of FTW and I thought Cayman150 would be unique and I wouldn’t have to haggle over a screen name.
Question # 8: Almost at the end, what is in the future for your truck?, so what’s the next plan of attack for your trucks future?!
Well I need to have a GTG here so I can get my “still in the box” parts in! I also want to get the Bassani exhaust with long tube headers and upgrade the heat exchanger to a larger size with dual fans. Eventually I’ll go with a built motor and upgrade to a whipple in the future.
Question 9: Last and final question, just an open end question for if you had anything else you wanted to mention that I didn't have a question for...here's the place to go at it! Your web site link, a plug for something, etc. etc. whatever you want to throw in!
Anybody that is coming for a visit to Grand Cayman give me a holler so we can hookup and I can show you around! I work right by where the cruise ships come in and I live right by the airport so either way it’s easy and quick to find you. PM me and I’ll give you my cell number.