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Dash in.....lovin it! Worth all the work:ito:

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Got the day off work yesterday, so I spent some time In the shop cleaning up the fuel tank area,reworked the mounts and built some stainless straps to hold it in place.

Spent an hour or so polishing them up to a mirror finish...looking cool:ito:

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You really are hitting this build hard.

Straps are lovely.

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Thanks,its the little details that pay off in the end!:ito:

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Worked up a bit of a sweat Wed night...,I decided to make my own exhaust hangers after finding out what it would cost to have them cut on a water jet.

Anyway they look cool cant wait to polish them.6061 aluminum drilled then cut with a zip cutter and hacksaw.......:ito:

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Exhaust hangers ....finally finished and polished tonight !:ito:

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thats some handy and ingenious work! no one would know by looking at it that it was handmade.


this is one of the best ideas I have seen in this thread too:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1426357461

is it just an angle grinder with the guard removed and a polishing wheel chucked up in it? I have a 6" metabo and it never occured to me to use it like this, but that would be brilliant, my wheels need polished. is it that simple?

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Yes,just a grinder works like a hot dam !

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Getting to the small things lately,braided speedo cable in,my exhaust hangers,kick panels,stereo and final choice on mirrors...., all in place,my good buddy Chopper makin sure its all done right ! :ito:

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Under Hood finally finished less the wet sand and polish.Looks pretty fantastic ! Cant wait to bolt it on..:ito:

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Saturday was the big day....,finally the Truck off to the paint shop!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbnxCDPYybs

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Last Saturday was the big day....,finally the Truck off to the paint shop,my painter Darren and good bud Wade who has been there at the drop of a dime to help throughout my build...good friend.:ito:

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Moe Saturday off to the paint shop pics,away on the flatbed !

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Picture #1 the Bedwood sample.....7 coats of clear over white oak and looking fantastic...so now the Bedwood is getting the icing!

Darren let me get a few seconds in on the gun..haven't picked up one in 20 plus years !


Burned through 1 gallon of clear already...2 coats on the underside 3 on top.One more gallon to go (I hope) clear is dam expensive these days at $350.00 a gallon:cuss:

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Looks like glass nice work..

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Thanks,soon to have it back !:ito:

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Flat boarding underway ,soon to see it in paint ! Cant wait for the Kelowna Fathers day show...(June 21st) My first one showing..:ito:

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Are you putting it in the Penticton show also ?

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No,just Kelowna show only this year.:ito:

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Nice build looks great!

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stumbled on to your build last night and flipped through enough pages to figure out that you are building one fine truck. glad to be part of the family...

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Loving this build and scanning back some pages. Good to see it's getting paint and rolling around now!

That said, get some jack stands man. Why bet your life on cinder blocks? They just don't really have the support capacity of stands, even cheap ones. They have no reinforcement internally. Hell, people can punch through them.

All that money in the truck, shell out for some quality stands and live a little longer :). Your jack is made in Taiwan I believe, so not everything from overseas is bad!

Cheers buddy.

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At the body shop again a few days back,checking the status...,Darren,Jonny and I ended up taking the box off for the next step.....,remove the divets in the wheel tubs and smooth......,and YES.......PAINT ..!!!!!!!:ito:

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Some finals on the cab an box,spot prime,gapping and fine sanding,wheel tub divets now removed and smoothed painting cab tonight !!!!:metal:

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Just curious ED, which Bodyshop is that ?

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I was asked to not advertise.Cant say.:ito:

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Special thanks To Darren and Jonny....Finally some paint ! 3 coats paint 3 coats clear..,waterborne nice stuff! No time to polish before the show so its entered as is,wet sand and polish later......

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Thanks bud,finally getting to the end!:ito:

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That's ok, I see a sign...

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As I said earlier,not advertising.there is no sign.:buh:

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At the paint shop after work today checking out my fenders and doors.I installed door seals ,locking lugs and new wheel plates...burnin the late night oil!:ito:

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Paint laid out reeeal smooooth.

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Looking awesome!

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Looking at where you are, it is amazing where you started and where you got to.

Looks great.

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A 2:00am completion success the night /morning before brought me to the Fathers day car show.Been a long time since I busted my ass to make a deadline this significant.

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More car show pics...complete with a little eye candy! 25 thousand attended here today,around 500 cars,trucks and bikes registered.Was a great day for me !!!:ito:

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Congrats on Making the deadline...:metal:

As for the finished product…:jdp:

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nice job! gorgeous results

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LOOKS GREAT
job well done

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congrats!!!!!!



so now you are looking for a 65 retro trailer to restore to match the truck?? HA HA