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all i have to say is wow awesome build

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Looks good J, would love to see it when finished. I've heard that single stage with several coats of clear looks pretty good.

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Dude...I check back almost 4 months later and your still sanding!!! LMAO!!

Sooo kidding, looking awesome J. :metal:

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Yeah Yeah, I know:lol:
Its almost there! Guide coat is on, block it, prime it, block it, shoot it! Bolting the hood and doors back on fall in there some where.
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What size lift/tires are you running?

Looking AWESOME!!! Great work!

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35 12.50 15

The lift is whatever we had laying around, guessing 3"-4".


I keep forgetting to take the camera over to the body shop...... However I won't forget this weekend. We hung the tailgate, doors, and hood tonight. All the blocking is done. It should be in paint on Sunday!

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SWEET!!! :cong:

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Cool, don't forget your camera on Sunday :)
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Need to finish it, still have the cut-n-buff to go. Looks good though. Going to pic up a buffer, compound, and paper later today. Wish me luck. :metal:
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Very nice!!!

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Looks Awesome :5150:
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Nice...

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very sharp!

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Nice J, but from where I sit, it doesn't look any differant than what you did...

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Thanks for the compliment but before it was a 50 foot truck:lol:. From 50 foot away it was sweet. When ya got up next too it you could see all the dips, waves, dings, and whatnots I missed, which was a bunch. Not to mention it was two different color yellows, hard to tell on a computer pic but in person at any distance it was very apparent. I will admit it, great at metal work, not that great at finishing it off.
:5150:
Tonights fun will include dropping in a cam and hydraulic lifters, along with new valve covers and air cleaner. It will thump nicely. Weather permitting I will take it home this weekend:chevy:

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Turned out great. I'm thinking of letting the local shop finish my C-10 from where I'm at now. I've learned a lot, but I have too much time invested into it now to settle for an amatuer paint job from me.

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Looks great J, Did you go with the above plan?

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Thats why I did what I did.

Nope, its shiney and I figure leave well enough alone. I may go that route later. Now I just want it on the road:metal:.

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Say it with me boys....YELLOW



Awesome J, love it!!! :barn:

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Sweet build! Love the color. Finish it up and have fun with it.

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OK... Dropped a cam in, now it sounds the part, just gotta have an exhaust put on. Running straight pipes with turn downs at the moment. It even shakes the truck, gotta love it. The body is very straight, he did a great job on it, the paint is layin flatter every day, still not cured out, I reckon this will take a bit. On to the pics, and VIDEO! The last one is the vid, click it for your viewing and listening pleasure.
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you win, ya beat me!! It looks fantastic...well done

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That sounds AWESOME! Let me drive it!

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Nice job, the blazer looks & sounds great.

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I've got it home and been pluggin away at gettin it done. Got the undercoating done, 3M is the shiz, I highly recommend it. Glued the door rubber in, used 3M there too. Got the inner fenders in. Installed the steering stabilizer. Cleaned up the wheels and tires while they were off. Got the windshield rubber in today, so in the next week or two I'll have a windshield put in.
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lookin good man!

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:agree: very nice!!!

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Looks really good. Nicely done.
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Got the windshield in today. I'm going to have to order new rubber for the vent wings, they aren't in as good of shape as I remembered. Oh well. Its getting there.
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Outstanding in its field:lol:
(Nice Job)

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well done my friend, looks fantastic. do you have a spotlight to fill the holes in the w/s post?

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Very nice!

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Noticed that did ya, lol. Best place to take a pic thats close

I do, had it powder coated when the roll bar was done. Looks like crap though. The aluminum is old and oxidized, when the heat hit the paint it the oxidation popped through. It will work for now though. 250.00 for a new one from Unity. mo money mo money mo money:metal:

It killin me not to drive it, but.... It has no tags, no insurance, no taillights and its not even in my name yet:lol:. Here shortly jamie72 and I will be making a trip to the court house. I get thanked all the time for building him and her a nice new blazer, lol.

On a side note, I was worried that the I had got the windshield frame out of wack when I welded in the new header. I didn't!!!!! The window man had it in in like 5 minutes. Fits perfect

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how about just buying the housing from Unity, bought a good Unity spotlite off our boards for like 80

great color choice...YELLOW

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Well, it's that time to harass you about bringing it down to the show this year. July 16th, check my sig :)

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Its possible, gotta whole bunch of irons in the fire at the moment so I can't commit, sure gonna try though.

Gotta secret project brewin', I will post pics when complete.

The sand-n-buff is almost complete, got the drivers door and bedside to go. jamie72 came over this afternoon and helped me put on the grill and bumpers. Its sure lookin' like a Blazer. Wet sanding and buffing is way easier then I thought it would be. Its just very tiresome and takes forever. On to the pics.
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Looks Awesome
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Get the lights in there and make it the daily driver. Looks great.

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Thats what I said to my wife, make it the daily driver, and sell the dodge. Her reply was "hell no", lol. She said its way to nice to be a DD, gotta love that.

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:lol:..seriously my friend, well done on the build, you've come along way