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Thanks for the compliment.

Yeah, these trucks needed some "scratching behind the ears" every once in awhile.:lol

I can't wait to get the Lokar in. I had one in my old '46 and it worked SO nice. The shifter I have now - whatever it is; maybe an old Hurst or maybe a Pep Boys special, has definitely seen better days. Plus the transmission cover is all jury rigged.

I have a new one and ran a bead of silicone around the underside to act as a seal for it. I MAY get time to install the whole thing tomorrow.

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The grille looks good in there.
Kim

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your doin a great job dan keep up he good work !

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damn dude, that cheap chrome paint looks pretty damn good!! I just might have to try it on some pieces. Was that Tremclad paint?

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Tremclad? What's that?:lol: Seriously, I've heard a lot about it but we don't have it in SoCal...that I know of. It was Rustoleum - which I've HEARD (?) is the same thing??

They used to have a "Brite Metallic - Aluminum" which was REALLY nice. It wouldn't make anyone think it's chrome but still it was nice. I haven't found it in awhile. This is their metallic called "Chrome". FYI, after its dry and cured if you almost touch it, it leaves a mark. Just a head's up.

I've also noticed Rusto has different colors in different retailers. Home Cheapo and OSH don't carry their Semi Gloss Black - which I love. They also don't carry satin Oregano - the color I'm using on the truck. But Walmart does. Go figure

More to come dubie.

P.S. A big thanks for cluing me into The-Syndicate (Rob's) '55 on the HAMB. SUCH a nice (& friggin fast!) build. I will go with a Sid's 3" axle, drag link, yada, yada, and Super Sliders - the ones with multi leaves. I'm figuring about $1500 I have to set aside for all that. Sounds about right? Shooting for 5"-6" drop.

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yep that sounds about right. Because of shipping costs, mine was a bit higher, around 2 grand all in but, I got exactly what I wanted.

Rustoleum and Tremclad are damn near the same product. I've used a lot of Rustoleum products in the past and they are great to work with. My new found favorite is the Krylon 2 in 1 primer and paint. It has a limited color pallet but their satin black is a PERFECT match for factory satin. And all it takes is 2 coats and the adhesion is amazing, especially for a rattle can

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I like it!!!!

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dubie - Good to know. I notice there aren't a lot of places that have much Krylon near me. Seems Rustoleum has a much bigger market share here.

Thanks waybad!

So I did some painting today:

http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...psa0bc67f6.jpg

http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps38bf8fe5.jpg

Also got the hood latch & latch panel in today...and it WORKS! :lol:
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps78e790ae.jpg

I wish I could say the same for my doors. I'm gonna do a search and start a separate thread on it. But my passenger door won't open (WTF!) and the driver's won't latch! I did something wrong - obviously.

I also took her on a shake down run, 7 miles each way. On surface streets & back on the freeway. It pulls left if I have to brake hard and it jumps to neutral if I step on the gas hard....and of course there's plenty of hot air coming in through the assortment of holes in the firewall and floor.

But I have a "new" Lokar floor shifter and transmission cover in the garage I'll be installing (hopefully) this week. I think I'm gonna go ahead and pull the seat, wire wheel and "treat" the surface rust then put down Peel 'n Seal - except near where I have to fix the cancer later.

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looks good brother! keep going, keep going......

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Thanks Doob. My buddy with a nice '66 short fleet keeps buggin me to get going and now that I am he's my cheerleader!

Tomorrow is painting the doors and roof IF I can find more paint. I started with 3 cans and found 3 more at OSH - all they had. Neither my Home Depot or Lowe's carries the color.

Now....on to those friggin latches!

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Hey Dan,
It's looking Great!
Real slick, now that the "face" is back on.
I'm sorry to hear that the paint wasn't the greatest. Albeit I didn't cover quite as much area with mine, I did the speaker grill/glove box door in my AD.
Do you know what's up with the steering?
-Nick

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Thanks for the encouragement!

WHAT about the steering? Whose steering, mine or yours?:lol:

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You were saying yours pulls left?
Right now mine doesn't pull at all! ha ha
My motor is locked up, I'm going to try to free it up tomorrow.

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Oh, ha ha. Now I get you.

It probably pulls because the front drum brakes may not be adjusted the same.
I pulled the drums awhile ago to make sure the wheel cylinders weren't leaking. They not only weren't leaking they looked new. Everything in there did, including white lithium grease on the rub points between the shoes and backing plate. New rubber adjuster hole covers. All-in-all it looked like a very pro brake job SOMEONE paid for in the recent past.

I have a CPP disc brake kit for it but haven't installed it cause I THOUGHT I had to have a booster and can't due to a lack of vacuum with my cam. Now I'm gonna just run manual disc brakes up front.

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Lowe's for oregano satin.

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Thanks, but nope. Mine doesn't have it. Only OSH and I bought out their last 3 cans today. But there's another one about 5 miles away.

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Looking good.
Being able to drive it is great. Hope you get the doors figured out.
Kim

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Dan, I can give you a hand if you like with the doors. I had a similar problem earlier with my 55 burban. Heck I might even have a couple extra hinges and doors laying around
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C'mon down man, c'mon down! ALL assistance will be great fully rewarded...with beer. I'll drop you a PM
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3.25.13: (She's now a weekend "20 footer")
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps36443e95.jpg

A Closer View
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps45656325.jpg

...and because I am (apparently) the King of Mickey Mouse painting:
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...psecd8be95.jpg
I sprayed the chains in the phony chrome paint. Yeah, I know it looks phony. I'll pick up polished stainless ones eventually.

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Very cool Dan, I think it really looks outstanding, and you don't have to worry about thousand dollar paint job getting hit by a door at the grocery market.:metal:

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Ha ha, yup I definitely will not be worrying about THIS "paint job"

I'm almost embarassed to post about it since most of you guys are doing frame-off jobs. I'd LOVE to do that too but I just don't have the space to have an unmovable derelict in the driveway. And honestly? I wanna drive the thing!

I'll keep improving her in little AND larger ($$) ways until it's "done" to suit me mechanically. Then when I retire, I'll blow it all apart for REAL paint.

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looks really good !

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Dan head down to your local bicycle shop and ask for an old Mt. Bike tube.
Cut a couple of pieces and slip them over the chains then take a paper punch and make a drain hole at the bottom of the loop.

This will save the paint and not make a bunch of noise.

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Congrats. I think it is really neat that you're going to be able to enjoy it while still working on it.
Kim

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Thanks guys.

I was planning to go to Pep Boys looking for some kind of thin tubing. DUH, I never thought of a giveaway inner tube. Excellent idea!

Kim,
Yes, it'll be nice to use it on the weekends. I'm going to want to drive it to work on the occasional Friday too but I've got a few things to accomplish before I can do that safely:

Seat belts
Get the CPP disc brake kit in (I already have it)
Install a manual dual master cylinder & proportioning valve
Emergency brake connected
Move gas tank out of the cab!

Obviously, a couple of those are higher dollar items or the tools to accomplish them right are - flaring tool and tube bender. But I want to do these things myself.

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Looks good; period correct; I like the ivory around the window.
Don't think of it as Mickey Mouse painting.........think more in terms of a "utilitarian protective coating".
Good job.
The little tools, nuts & bolts, parts & pieces and rattle cans add up. I believe I could cover my truck inside and out with 100 dollar bills and it would not equal what I have in it so far (only slightly exaggerated).........and I'm not close to done yet.
Funny that I consider it to be a "budget" project.

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Man have you got the expense part right.

These trucks will "$40-you-to-death" at Home Depot, Lowe's or OSH. When I go to The Truck Shop (and im going again today mostly cause I'll be somewhat near it) its $100-$200 easy.

I actually WAS gonna use Ivory as the contrast but finally used "Almond" - which looks like a very light yellow against this green. But I like it so far.

I know im probably gonna score new mirrors and just price (yeah, right!) side window & vent wing glass.
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Ok, so today I took "G&R's 57 GMC"'s suggestion in post #384 above, stopped at the local bicycle shop to ask for an inner tube out of their trash. They said, "Take as many as you want!" I only took one and did THIS with it:
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps8dbdaf2f.jpg
Yeah, kind of meh.... But the ones the shops sell don't look much different. It is what it is I suppose.

I also finally got my Craigslist-find front bumper painted on the reverse side and mounted. Thereby finishing the recent front end work:
http://i832.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps6ecf3abf.jpg
Hell of an improvement to me.

In preparation for installing door weatherstripping, tomorrow I clean out the door interiors (loaded with crap), Ospho overnight then paint with KBS...maybe Rust Reformer; depends how bad it looks after treatment.

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It's lookin great!!
I wish I could see this cruisin in my neighborhood....hell I wish I was cruisin in it in my neighborhood =D

You could chome paint the inner tubes too
ha ha ha

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Now THERE's an idea!:lol:

The inner tubes will work but I wish there were something like those "crinkle up" garden hoses I could cut up that would be neater, more "tidy". I don't like how loose the inner tube looks.

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The crinkle up hoses. are you talking about the bendy part of a bendy straw? =D
I've seen automotive filler....tubes? I don't know what to call them. The things that screw on to a bottle of oil, so you don't spill any. I don't know if they're long enough, but it's worth a shot.
I can't find a picture of one, but it's like that, except it screws on to the bottle.
http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...ord=oil+funnel

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Dan you need a smaller diameter tube, one that just fits the chain

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The front looks real nice.
Kim

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Yup, you're right. I need tubes off a "roadie" and not a mountain bike.

RE-VISIT the bike shop!:lol:

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Thanks Kim. It's looks better in a photo than in person but the old one was pretty cloudy. I'm just happy I finished the front and can move onto something new....cause there's ALWAYS something new!

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Saw a guy use large dia shrink tube. Looked good. Great work, but the acrophobia must be killing you!
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Man, I've never seen shrink tube THAT big. I think I'm gonna take another run to the local bike shop instead for a smaller diameter "roadie" bike inner tube.

Ha ha, yeah she IS kind up on her tippy toes huh? And those are 75 series tires too! But if you go back and look it needed EVERYTHING when I got her so F150 takeoffs super cheap takeoffs from Craigslist were the way to go.

I'm still considering if I'm going dropped axle & springs, or IFS. Either way, she's getting much lower though nothing like some guys do. I still want to use her.

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dan

when ya get to the vent windows and need some help - holla - ive done a few of them - not difficult - a bit time consuming but not bad . also ya may want to throw some sound deading stuff in from home despot or lowes

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truck is lookin real good !!!!