Re: Project "Popeye"
 

And what kind of shop rates/hr. in Mo.?

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

$98/hr and going up soon. It's high-average but competitive.

I should mention, this venture is pretty much the entire reason that Popeye is not done yet. :lol:

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Love the shop! Looks super clean

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Leevon, nice looking shop, hope everything continues to meet your goals...Jim

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Looks great, hope it works out well for you. Congratulations!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

good luck with the new shop, I did the same thing 4 years ago after working 33 years for a dealer. never look back but take time to enjoy your hobby. super clean shop.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Congrats on the new business!
Love the shop!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

x2... congrats!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Shop looks awesome! Congrats!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

shop is unreal, too bad it couldn't be all hotrod and customs in there!! 98 an hour aint bad, sux for consumers but for a biz owner, overhead and payroll that 98 and hour goes by fast. Congrats, and get popeye in there ehhh!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Thanks all!

I'm hoping to do a small meet here this summer...maybe Popeye will come out of hiding.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

shop looks awesome.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Life keeps happening to Popeye. He's gone through another move. :waah:

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

I wish my garage had that kind of space :cool:

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Looks like the new digs have plenty of room for Popeye. Good to hear from you again, with the new business I'm sure it doesn't leave you a lot of time for the site....Jim

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

so close we can taste it. ahhhh yeah wish I had a clean garage like that!!!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Time to get this over with...cab was dropped off at the custom shop today...

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Good for you!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Maybe someday the cab and front clip will meet again...until then...we make engine noises and play with the airbags.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Looks like the new shop lets you have a nice clean place to park...Jim

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Glad your back at it. I will be in Nixa this week dropping off my truck at the sandblasters.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Does this mean the shop is affording you more time to yourself, and your projects?

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

We've been waiting to see this thing on the road, one step closer. Whats lined up for your cab?

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Yes, only problem is when we get busy I get kicked out for cars that make money, not burn it. :lol:

Rex, please stop by if you have time!

No more time, maybe better access though. I moved it to the shop so I would have it right under my nose...either get sick of seeing it or get finished.

The cab is getting all of the rust repaired, and coated (bedliner-type stuff) underneath and inside. They might paint the interior too, but the main purpose for being at a shop is the rust. It's a friend's custom shop, they do a steady stream of high end restorations, and fill in with some driver-quality stuff and a bit of collision but all hot rods and customs. They have a Jesse James truck build there now which is going to SEMA this year.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Sorry but I was already back before I saw your post. I will be going back to pick it up in a few weeks, what you addy for the shop I would love to see it!

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Any updates?

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Me and Popeye are still here...get ready...picking up the cab tomorrow! Rust is fixed, firewall filled and painted, floor pans are bedlined top and bottom. Can't wait.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Allright, glad to have you back and working on the beauty...Jim :uhmk::metal:

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

cheaaaaaaahhhhh :metal:

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

^This^

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

I am so glad to have to have the support of this forum and my fellow truck people. It doesn't feel like its been almost 5 years since I started this but sadly it has and would probably be longer without the motivation I get here. It's all downhill from here though!

All the rust in the cab was fixed by my friend Jason Brewer at Redline Finishes in Ozark, MO. http://www.redlinefinishes.com/ They installed new floor boards, floor supports, lower A pillars, cab corners, repaired a spot in the middle back of the cab, repaired the middle cab brace and some other misc. metal work. I had them fill all of the holes in the toe board. I had the firewall painted satin black and bed liner sprayed on the top and bottom of the floor and up the inside of the firewall. They still have the doors, which need minor repair on the inside bottom.

Since I put the cab back on I discovered that I need to move the battery box I welded on (dangit) and clearance the top of the trailing arm cross member which is hitting the bottom of the cab. After that its married to the frame for good.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

consolidating parts :metal:

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Leevon, that is looking so sweeeeeet...Jim

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

its amazing how good these trucks look coming back together. the long journey has an end in sight, congrats.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

I used the cab dolly to hold the front sheet metal for power washing, and painting the inner fenders and hood latch area. I probably could have spent more time prepping some of the rust scale but it looks much better than it did. The underside of the fenders had about 20-30 lbs of ancient mud and wasp nests in them.

Just waiting on a package with cab mounts/hardware and radiator support mounts and the clip will be going on for good.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Glad to hear it's going on for the final time, looks good...Jim

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

you can "always" spend more time on these things. are you gonna coat under the fenders? if it were me I would just so you don't have to go back later down the road. even if you ever painted it (hope you don't) the undersides would be done. Id toss some rust inhibitor like por15 or chassis saver and then coat with the bedliner. looking real good though, you got a great patina on your hands.

Re: Project "Popeye"
 

Progress is a good sign...I did not look back, do you have the frame plumbed for fuel and brakes? a lot easier with the cab off..