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Man your project is coming along very nicely! Good work!
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Thanks, Mike slow but steady! :lol:
Some parts are ready to go but some had a date in the glass bead cabinet. Was very pleased to find both our high & low note horns do work. |
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Lot of time to clean and paint all the small parts, but it all adds up to a nice finished look. I've discovered that this attention is needed even for brand new parts. Got a new brake booster and master cylinder for my truck. Assumed they were coated, and they looked coated but are now covered in surface rust.
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Very true and it kind of depends what you are after. My old C30 blue, is lucky to get any new parts, a patined MC would fit right in! :lol:
Time to get some new belts ordered so made sure the old ones (now emergency spares) do fit properly. Borrowed this old gas station belt measuring tool from a friend to try and make sure we nail this first try. |
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making great progress.
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Thank’s, deejaaa1!
Cab parts have been outside soaking up the UV light, some stuff is getting really close to paint. The hood is the first to get to 400 grit, cab also ended up outside after these pics were taken. My friend’s guard dog (Ozzy) is thinking about peeing on Mrs. 7dee2’s clean car, but decided not too after I yelled at him! :sumo: |
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Nice looking Brett. Keep up the hard work.
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Thank’s, Scott! I really can’t take any cred as I’m still banned from the painting process. When I asked to help again, it was like do us both a favor and leave it alone! :josh: :lol:
Mocked up the S6 compressor to see if the original brackets would fit OK, I’ve read some people had issues. The only modification that we needed was adding a thick washer on the rear lower pivot point. |
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Not too excited about the cheapo metric hardware that came with the compressor. Replaced it all with, you guessed it flange bolts! :lol:
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Very nice!
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Thank’s Ryan!
This ECP/Entropy radiator showed up and I’ve been on the fence about it? :confused: I like the factory style look of the tanks, it was a great price and the quality is pretty good also. We’ve had really good success with aluminum radiators in the past but I don’t like painting them if possible. Thought we needed it but I seem to be changing my mind and will probably stick with the 4-core copper and brass we have been using. Time will tell if that is the right decision or not. The good news is we can use this aluminum one for our half ton project later and probably won't paint it. |
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The engine is looking pretty nice with the air conditioner stuff on it! I'd go stock radiator as long as it's good.
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That radiator does look pretty nice. Why not use it? Other than the stock appearing route you have going on.
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Ha, the cooling jets are mounted as well as the last pieces of the brake line to the master cylinder area. You know if the truck breaks down I can just turn on the fans to get us were we are going! :lol: |
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looking good as usual... Brett did you paint or powder coat the radiator support? Battery trays etc?
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That’s nice of you to say, Scott thanks. Core support is some heavy coats of that Zero-Rust paint over sand blasted metal just like the frame. Only difference is I sanded (prior) and cleared (after) a little on the frame and didn’t on the core support. Radiator is high heat VHT satin paint like the engine block and pulleys, etc. Battery trays and horns are also painted, Rust-oleum Canyon Black satin. Pretty sure the new fan shroud is powder, I believe.
While on the paint topic, we’ve got some white paint starting! |
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I know you must feel great about seeing final color!
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Oh, nice!
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Nice!!
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Hi I'm new here but have been following your build great job by the way. But I was curious about the zero rust paint. I am thinking about using it on my frame. Does it seem to be very durable as far as scratching and chiping? Did you use there Crystal clear clear coat on the frame?
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Looking good, Brett! I really need to get my butt back in gear on my projects, you guys are making me look bad :lol:
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Here’s the hood a couple of days later after a cut and buff. It’s on its way to storage for now so we won’t be tripping over it! :lol: |
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The hood looks like it came out beautiful. I know there is a lot of work in that! I just spent the better part of a day doing just the color sanding on my hood repaint. Still have to buff it out. Your progress is amazing!
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The paint is a dual stage color coat then clear coat?
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We’ve had really good luck with this paint on past projects so I'm a fan. Had the supplier bring in more base and did aquire a second gallon as it is slowly being phased out in favor of other products. |
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Ok, I would like to know how to cut and buff the single stage, I was under the impression it couldn't be done. I also need to get some high build primer in something other than a spray can, slick sand?
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Oh how exciting! It's coming right along! I'm hoping to be able to fire mine up here in a few weeks so that I can get some momentum on my side.
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Here’s another round of paint! :D |
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Thanks much appreciated!
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No biggie, hope that helps Mike. As far as high build goes our painter has been using Keystone Key 3 n 1, it’s a fairly new 2-part product. It was recommended by a long-time paint supplier, my thoughts are it must be good because several of my painter friends are using it. 2nd link bottom of page 5 gives the specifics.
http://www.lkqcorp.com/en-us/Paint-B...ment/About-PBE http://www.lkqcorp.com/Portals/1/PDF...%20Catalog.pdf Ready to be picked up after a final wet sand and polish. Such a fuss over white paint! :lol: |
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Is that door leaning against a 55' Corvette?????
Love the Chevy Orange Unocal 76 antenna ball!!! |
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It’s a 54 Scott, neat old car that got a recent Roadkill write up. :metal:
http://www.roadkill.com/1954-gasser-...-time-capsule/ Here’s all the stuff so far, staged in storage for now while the cab gets it’s turn. |
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That is neat Brett is this yours? that is pretty cool.
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Nice fresh paint and thanks for the link to the vette!
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Not mine, it belongs to a really good friend of mine. As a matter of fact, I just had to tease and told him his crusty old corvette was going to infect my nice truck parts! :lol:
Ha, here’s a pic of the headless painter with his 4-legged car wash mitt! :lol: Also a few cab progress pics and more products used, reducer & kitty hair. |
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Ah, the kitty hair brings back such fond memories - so pleasant to work with and such a refreshing odor :lol: :lol: Looking good!
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The patches from the small hole are disappearing and the back of our cab is getting pretty flat. :ito: |
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Man that thing is coming right along! Looks way nice.
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I’m very pleased, he is just killing it! Thanks, Mike. :D That round of pics is from early last week and when we spoke yesterday he told me it’s gone through 2 more rounds of guide coat & primer. Headed over later today to check it out.
Core support is back on the frame for the last time (I hope), it’s starting to get heavy. Picked up this VSR style battery isolator. Wanted to try one of these rather than the factory style relay and Ford solenoid setup the donor RV came with. The plan is to make the cables a little long just in case this thing is totally el crap-po. :thud: |
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The AC condenser kit mounted up really easy and added this large trans cooler from the K35 donor after a thorough flush and a little fin straightening.
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