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All in all, pretty happy! Need to fill 3 dings in the hood, and one in each fender then pretty much on to high build primer and block sanding. Oh boy am I excited about that phase - not!
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Looking good Rick!
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Was the drivers fender a tri-plus fender? I remember you saying they were two different brands. Looks like you are almost ready for some of that shiny stuff!
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Thanks Mike! Yes, the driver side fender was Tri-plus. At least on my truck, with this pair of fenders as examples, I'd be much more likely to go with Key Parts for future projects.
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Yeah body work can be hell but is worth it in the end.
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Well at least it wasn't a total waste! Looks good from here! You probably mentioned before, but what color are you painting this truck?
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Gotcha. It's tough. If I might just suggest something, whatever color you pick, time will be more friendly to it if you pick a factory color. Even if you two tone it. As long as you pick factory colors, the truck will remain timeless. Custom colors make a truck look custom and is rarely a timeless look. So what happens is after 5-10 years or so, the truck starts looking like an old, washed up, once nice, has been truck. While that's not true in every occasion, in my mind, it's not worth the risk of going custom colors. Just something to ponder on.
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but of the shimrin base coat as apposed to the true candy's http://www.kolorhouse.com/hoc-kbc07-q01.html There's some really nice browns that are on the Acura's and Audi's as well. Good luck, I think I changed color choices about 4 or 5 times. Truck is looking good by the way. Chris |
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This is the fun part. I look forward to seeing it all painted up. Chris |
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That HOC brown is pretty sweet though.
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Yes, THis one is texasjeff. It looks incredible in pics.
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Looks good! :metal: I think you are on the downhill run now. Pretty soon you'll be driving it!
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Thanks Greenlee. I'm just hoping to be driving it before the end of the year since there is still a lot to do on it.
Made a little more progress this weekend working on getting door edges to match, fender-to-door, door-to-rocker, etc. Been under the weather though, so haven't finished. We have President's Day off Monday so hopefully a better update then. |
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Ok, I seriously hate it when my "selective OCD" kicks in. Or maybe it was growing up hearing "if a jobs worth doing, it's worth doing right" about 39 gazillion times :lol: Any case, I couldn't live with the gap on the front of the driver's side door. This job made me really nervous, but I ground the edge of the door to create a gap. Since I went through the fold on the edge of the door, I had to weld it back up. Came out pretty good, but there is one low spot that's still bugging me, and a couple that could use just a bit more grinding. Door may have to come back off for the 15th time for just a little more tweaking. One lesson learned - get the doors to fit to satisfaction before doing the filler work. Now I'm going to have to redo along the front and bottom edges (I beat the bottom flat to match the rocker's profile).
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Also I'd mentioned before that I noticed stress cracking around the upper hinge on this door when I first hung it after getting it into primer. Dealt with that since I had the door back off. It was worse than I expected. The drilled holes are my attempt to "terminate" the cracks, although in the pictures it looks like I didn't quite hit the tips of the cracks. I also needed them to get a pick in behind and pull the metal back out flush. The finish grinds don't look that good. This is a tough spot to get to with the grinder and I was worried about thinning the metal any more than necessary. If anyone knows of anything I should do to reinforce this area, please chime in.
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Two things. First, i have never seen a square with cracks in that area. Second, If im honest, you are inspiring me to NOT be a perfectionist on my 78. (If i ever get back to it... This new house has proven that it will be insanely time consuming and expensive!)
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I am beat from taking doors on and off all day, but I'm pretty sure I can live with the gaps now. Here's the before & after on passenger door. Just had to build up the edge a bit in about a 6" spot. Never mind the ding in the fender - despite how handy those bent screwdriver things for backing off drum brakes look, they should NOT be used for prying up the edge of a door! If you see no difference between the before and after, please don't say so - let me think I made a difference :lol:
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Looks great! Good for you for going all out!
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Thanks! You made my day.
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There is nothing wrong with doing it the "right" way if you have the patience
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One thing is for certain. Upon completion, you will not have any defects that stare back at you and bug you. Fixing a problem now might take a day or two vs a problem staring back at you every day for years. Its just hard not to be short sighted some times. So its nice to see someone like yourself take time to do it right.
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Got a question, are you taking the doors off by yourself? how are you supporting the door when unbolting it? Thanks! Truck is looking great!
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