Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Yes....I do my own sewing....LOL

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

................

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

...............

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

See! That's not bad at ALL!! At least you have something to start with! :lol: I'm about to deplete the kid's truck account to order rockers, floor panels, cab corners, etc!

(And that chick in the 3rd pic looks like me....standing with hands on the hips!;))

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

That is my sis-in-law.....(TUFF-CHICK)

The good thing about it is my max limit. 3000 dollars is all I get to spend on it period... (good thing the motor is already built) That is why you see me recovering the seat with a pop-up canopy cover and doing the stitchwork myself. My brother made a smt.az. remark about me doing the sewing. I told him "Unlike you paying someone, I can do it myself and save that money for something more important".......LOLOLOL.......
He looked like I just slapped him.....

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Drew's account had $2500 starting out. That's what he got for the El Camino. After that's gone, he's got to earn the rest of the $$$. I told him I'd meet him dollar for dollar since it's tough for a 13 year old to find a job. (We live in the woods and there are no yards to mow around us). He'll work in his dad's cabinet shop this summer to earn the $$$ for the truck. I figure it'll make him appreciate it more since he's working FOR it and ON it. He wants a nice daily driver and his dad is figuring $15000 for the budget. They way they are talking, it'll be a show truck and run about $30000!!! :no:

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

not a bad looking truck you got there, and theres nothing wrong with a guy sewing, i do it to and enjoy it at that

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Welcome! :)

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Welcome being here is like pulling up to the parts store and seeing someone with a truck kinda like yours, you know ya got something to talk about with em'. good luck.

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Thanks for the response everyone. I busted my tail this weekend, disassembled the whole truck (for the most part and painted it) I shot it with a top coat, single stage paint (flatner added) and I'm not sure if it was a lack of painting ability on my part or the use of a cheap top feed spray gun, but the end result looks like a matte black finish. (man I love it) I will post pics hopefully tommorrow. I also accented the door panels and grill.

Now all I need to do is get the wood to finish the bed. (that might be a headache)

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

What type of wood? Husband owns a cabinet shop. He might could get it a little cheaper. When the time comes, he's gonna do the bed for the K10.

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

My dad and his boss are supposed to be milling me some 1x8x8 planks of White oak. If it all pans out, that will be a beautiful bed. I have to replace all the runners and ALL the hardware but really can't do it all at one time. If the wood situation falls through I will most definately let you know.

Thanks for a heads up on that. Does your husband do all kinds of cabinet work?

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Yep! Commercial and residential both. His passion is off shore fishing, so my kitchen has BOAT CLEATS as the pulls!!! Unstained mahogany. He was thinking of putting mahogany in the truck. I'm trying to talk him out of it if the truck is gonna be used by a teenager!!

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

LooseScrews,
I may need to see where your husband has his shop at. When I get the wood, I'm not sure I can the bed myself. Not sure of any measurements or anything. I will send a PM if I can't figure it out. Thanks a lot....

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

OK,
This is where I'm at as of right now....

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Here are some more

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

I still got more comeing.....

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

OK, I found the rest...

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Uh-oh....what uh-oh?

And the shop is in Calera/Montevallo/Jemison area. LOL!! It has a Calera phone exchange, Montevallo zip, but it's within the county jurisdiction, so that makes it Jemison, too. We actually live about 6 miles from the shop.

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

More...

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

The uh-oh was I had pics in diff. location.

Here come some more

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

..............

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

,,,,,

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Let me see if I can find the rest

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Last two...

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

Color me pea green 'cuz I'm envious!! It looks great!

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

I haven't posted on this thread in a while, and this is where I posted most of my pics at. Thought I would post a few updated pics as it set in the driveway right now.

Feedback always welcome...

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

:welcome2: from CT!

Frank

Re: New guy from BAMA
 

:welcome2: to the board from Mid-MO!!!

You've been here a while, but I never welcomed you earlier. The truck turned out great!