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Good job on the progress...looks good!

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JUST READ THE WHOLE THREAD(WOW), MAN NICE WORK AND A LOT OF IT! MAN IT SO GREEN IN KENTUCKEY:lol::lol:I DONT GET UP IN THIS PART OF THE FORUM MUCH BUT ENJOYED YOUR THREAD:metal:

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Thanks for the nice words fellas. Yep Kentucky is a nice place to live, I've been to about every state on this side of the U.S. and so far its my fav.

I didn't get to do any priming or painting today. Friggin' weather! Rained about all day so the humidity was high. Hopefully I'll be able to get some of that done this week. I did have time today to get some other little things done. Gas tank installed, tailgate ready for primer and paint, firewall ready, other little parts and pieces are ready, valve covers installed and breather fitted (had to see what it looked like on there, lol).
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For anyone wondering this is how I lift the tub. Chain and grade 8 bolts. 4 attach points and I use blocks of wood to balance/level it out. May not be the safest way but so far its not fallen on my head.:metal::lol: knock on wood....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...5/P1040387.jpg

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looks great there big j ,wow what a nice tailgate....

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Yeah, thanks for passin' on the find.:metal:

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Been a long day. Went to the garage, put the extention piece on the gas tank, primed the tailgate, firewall, and a couple other pieces. Came back home, mowed the yard and ate some lunch. Went back the garage, sanded then painted the primed pieces!!!! Now for some color!!!
First Grey, lol....
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...5/P1040393.jpg
http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/n...5/P1040398.jpg
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Then YELLOW!!!
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I've got the neck on the tank, I think I'm gonna try takin' a heat gun to heat the area around the neck to bend it over and down a little. Could work, we'll see, lol.....
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J, that is fn sweet. Great color choice, wish my wifey would let me paint in the kitchen:lol: I remember the day not to long ago you were welding...nice work



J, after rereading my post last night, it sounds like I'm knocking on your workshop, believe me I was not. Hope you didn't take it the wrong way, it's just with the cabinets, bathroom, TV and ceiling fan, it makes it look like a room outa my house. I know this is not your workshop, but a temporary stopgap. Again, nice progress, wish I could say the same of mine

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:lol:

But seriously...looks awesome!

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Must of missed the post where you told us about yellow, last I knew it was going to be black...:uhmk:

Betcha could pick it up on a satellite photo. :lol:

J/K, they look great in bright color.

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Absolutely none taken'. Its kinda nice havin' the cabinet space, lol.... I reckon the next step is going to be fitting it all together for fitment then a tear down for the finish body work and paint, yay..... Yeah that was a sarcastic yay, lol....

Yep, your right. It was gonna be black but I figured anything to help me prevent gettin' hit out on the road is worth doing, lol.... Wait till ya see the flashing lights, lol, just kiddin'.

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looking good!!!

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Took all the plastic off, tossed the mounts under it and dropped the tub down. Looks like I'm gettin' somewhere, lol... I had to toss the pushbar on to see what its gonna look like. Plus I have no where to store it :lol:.
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I've got some big ol' chrome lights for the pushbar too!!!

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Looks great Big J. :metal:

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Looks great, wish I could paint, would have saved me a bunch of $$$.

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Man body mounts suck, lol.... I think I have them in the right order. I guess we'll find out when I hang the fenders to check, haha.... I got the tub bolted down and the doors hung. Not aligned, just hung, had to save that fun for another night. Tossed on the lights on the push bar, broke one, grrrrrrr..... I guess for now it gives it character, lol.
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Did you use stock body mounts?

Here's a chart if you want to check location.

Lookin' close! :metal:

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Thats the order I followed. So if LMC has it right I should be good to go, lol. I used a poly set. Not sure of the brand.

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Did the poly set you used/installed have differing thickness bushings?
(cause 'yeah' it matters)

I installed a set (on someone else's blazer) once that was made by Energy Suspension and all the bushings were the same dimension, total crap IMO.

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Not sure on the brand, they've been without a box for a long time now, lol.... All the bed bushings were the same thickness, 3/8's or so thick. The floor pan and core support were thicker. The core support was a different diameter too. I'm pretty sure its right. Should find a minute to see this weekend forsure, lol....

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Well I've definitely got the bushings in correctly. The fenders are on and everything looks pretty good. I think with some more adjusting here and there it will come out even better. I just got to talk a certain family member into coming over maybe Sunday and workin' some stuff through with me. Two brains are better than one. Thats what I hear anyway, :lol::lol::lol: Heres what we got right now, it looks alot more like a Blazer, haha.
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Way to go Big J, nice progress.

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Nice work J, it looks alot more like a blazer then my Jimmy does. That YELLOW isn't looking so bright anymore

Gaps are looking real good

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Slowly but Surely, lol......

The gaps are what I've got another set of eyes comin' to look at. Its not gonna be a show truck but I do wanna get them as tight as possible. Without scrapin' paint too, lol.

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Not much progress. Had the spiritual advisor come out and check my work. It passed so on to more sandin' and whatnot.:lol::lol::lol: Took the tailgate outside, that yellow is BRIGHT, lol... Picked up something cool at Harbor Freight, a nice body shim set for 7 bucks. Couldn't pass it up, figured they'll come in handy here shortly.
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yep thats a bright tailgate..almost gave me weldflash..lol
those shims must be highly sought after,to be guarding with the ar..

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I must not have told ya, that AR is part of the theft prevention device that I've come up with for the
Blazer.:metal:

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Looking good. Looks like you have done something since my visit. Now to get something going on here.

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I'm tryin'. Stuff keeps goin' down and takin' time. Its ok though, its family stuff, gotta help out family.

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Had a great day yesterday. Went out and did some target shootin', ate a couple 89 cent grilled chicken burritos, then worked on the blazer...:metal: :lol:
Got the body scuffed and did some filler work. Still tons more leveling, dang dings.... Slow progress.
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If you haven't seen me mention it yet, "I really dislike sanding filler!":lol:

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stay at it j, looking good!!! you should have borrowed my da,i`m done with it for a while....:devil::devil:

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I got a DA, works pretty good. The long sander I borrowed works great with 80grit on leveling big spots.

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Nothing interesting, still sanding........ I've got several spots done, just takes some time and a few thin coats for me to get it where I want it.
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Way to go Big J...keep up the good work!!

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Big J Got a question; Is the white a epoxy primer? And are you doing filler over that?

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Yep, its epoxy. Roughing up the dings with 80 and filling over that. Once I get that done I'll seal it all up with another coat of epoxy then filler primer then finally, hopefully paint.... :lol:

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Awe yes...paint. :gi:

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Went to Louisville today, wished I had time to stop by and check it out in person.

Looks Great!!

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Anytime, ya got a open invite.

Still sanding. :waah::5150:
Gettin' closer though!!!
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Gotta luv mud work. :banghead:


I swear more of it ends up on the floor.