Re: Finally starting my Longhorn 4x4 conversion
Body works and doors look great! nice job
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I can't wait till I'm at this point! I love the look of wet primer! It's the color of progress!
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This primer is really irritating me! It doesn't seem to want to fully dry for 2-3 days. I'm about ready to dump it on the junk pile! :lol: That's what I get for buying it off clist.
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haha gotta love iowa don't you :D we cut some waterways to make hay and 3 days later it still wasn't dry. i've been painting some tractor wheels for a guy and it's definately taking a while to get hard
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make a room / plastic tent thats pretty mush closed off from outside air , get an old but working window aircounit and put that on a chair inside the room with a big bucket underneat and leave it to run , it will pull all the moist out of the air condences it and drops it in the bucket , dont be suprized if it draws 3 full buckets of water out of the room
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I'd do that if I had the room inside or the extra time. I'm going to be switching to filler primer now that the real body work needs to start. We'll see how this week goes for progress. It's got to get done.
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Looking good Ryan!
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I got the doors on the cab now! Of course the great primer I used is taking for ever to dry. Due to my lack of space, they couldn't sit where I had them to dry for a week. So when my brother placed them against the wall, what ever they were touching eventually smeared the primer. Nice huh? When I flipped the RH door to edge it, the boxes I sat the door on stuck to the out side skin. So now I've decided I will be completing some body work and just painting the truck. Fun fun. I did purchase new filler primer too. This old stuff is not for Iowa.
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0263.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0264.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0269.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0266.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0268.jpg The other day Mathew (Brothers69C10) and I took my radiator support and inner fenders to get blasted. The guy called the other night and said he had them done. I had Mathew go pick them up since it was supposed to rain. They turned out nice. I have some rust to repair on the inner fenders, but not too bad. http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0265.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0267.jpg |
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two things for ya
#1 I work part time at advanced auto parts and was talking to this guy about a 05 powerjoke that need injetors and gave him your phone number (not sure if you do anything with fords) so im sure he will be calling #2 who does ur sand blasting |
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Call 967-4125 and ask for Bob. It is Pinkerton sand blasting in Altoona. He only charged me $40 for the support and two inner fenders. |
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I hung the LH fender the other night. Let me know what you think of the rear of the wheel well opening. It looks to me like the fender needs twisted to be in line with the body. What do you think?
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just a question as my truck is too rotted to tell, did the rocker panels always sit in much further than the door and fender or is it just the angle of the picture.
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I think I need to adjust the door some more. I hung the doors my self the other night. :lol: Plus this cab has had rockers installed on it so who knows how good of a job they did installing them.
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I gotta say, I am picking up A LOT of body work tips from following your build! These are some things I need to watch when its time for re-assembly!
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Awesome progress!
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I tried adjusting the door in, and I moved the fender forward so I could pull the bottom out some. I think it looks a little better now.
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Tonight I finally got the courage to install my head liner and new trim. I was nervous because I didn't want to break the trim, and I didn't want my head liner falling down. I used some heavy duty spray adhesive, sprayed the inner roof panel and the back side of the head liner, then let it set for about 10 minutes. I honestly think letting it sit was the key. I pushed the head liner to the cab and it stuck pretty much right now. The last time I tried it, the headliner barely stuck to the cab. But last time I only sprayed the head liner and allowed no curing time. I also installed my sun visors. Progress is progress right? :lol:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0289.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0290.jpg http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0291.jpg I also dug out my best cowl panel and set it on to see how things were lining up. So far so good, I think. :lol: http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x...n/IMG_0288.jpg |
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Are you gonna start a build thread on your 76 CC? I looked for one but couldn't find it.
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I might re-start one. I'll find the original one. I'm hoping to start the rework in about 2 months. If the lift and wheels and tires sell, it might be sooner. We'll see.
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Nice! Can't wait to see that thing get family sized ;)
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Some more progress. I put the radiator support back on and bolted the fender back on so it would be solid while pulling the dents out. I'm using my Matco stud gun and body hammers to pull these dents. I try to use a hammer and dollie when I can get one in there. Here's some progress pics.
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I just found this build.. man you got some skillss. I love this truckk Reminds me of a ford highboy on steroids.
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I went to my local 67-72 parts guy to purchase a new RH fender to save me some body work time. However, when we pulled the only one he had in stock out of the box, it was not right. On the lower portion of the fender where the body line comes off the wheel arch and goes to the door , the line was crooked and the body line was off and it had some dings in it. He had some repairable OE fenders so I got the best one he had that I could see for sure was an OE fender. I have to fix some rust from the normal battery acid drip on the lower cup, but it's better than the RH fender I currently have. Dang, no cutting time on this one!
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No real progress, but I did score some 99 up 8 lug chevy wheels off of the local CL. I'm going to take them and get them polished next week, then put them on. I also forgot, a few weeks back I met Eric, Toomuchstuff, in Mn and picked up some sweet Longhorn upper mouldings. Thanks again Eric!
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Progress is good!
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This weekend I was busy working on customer trucks so I had a couple guys start removing the bed sides from my donor bed. They almost got it torn apart and only a few bolts are left. Yee haw!
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:metal::metal:
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Yesterday I did go pick up a new fender and more goodies for the truck. Parts keep piling up, but there just isn't any time for it. I highly doubt it'll be making the All Truck Nats next weekend.
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wow thats a lot looks good get-er-done:lol:
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No real progress on the truck. Just more dust build up on it. I have 2 more customer trucks to get out of the way and then I need to get on this thing. Poor truck is a big azz parts bin now!
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Looks nice. Did you find a couple donor steel floors to make a long floor yet?
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Jud, I got a floor and I'm going to cut it in between the two front cross members. I purchased a bed floor patch and I'm going to use it to add in the missing 6". We'll see how it works. :lol:
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No progress yet, but I did purchase an older Meyers 7' snow blade for it. It didn't come with the pump or mounting brackets. That's okay because I want to build a mount with removable pump and head lights. I hate how the old plow mounts have the front bumper pushed out and the pump and stuff hangs on all year. No thanks. :lol:
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Ryan, Do they use road salt in your area? Seems like too nice of a truck to salt up and dissolve by driving in the winter. Looking forward to seeing the custom floor.
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Nice plow. So the snow is what, two maybe three weeks away, are you going to have this ready for it??
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