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Man your first set of hammers and dollys are Martins? Nope I want to be like you when I grow up.lol You have hammers and dollys that you can leave to your grand kids. I have Martins myself but they sure were not my first set.

I agree. I thought I could tig before, but I'm light years better since I got my own and I still have a long way to go before I call myself a tig welder.lol

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Yea I am kind of (ok totally) a tool junkie. I spend WAAAAAAAY too much on them :) But I learned a long ago that cheap tools sure do not help you do anything right. After a lot of research and reading I was convinced that in body tools (and ratchets) especially it was worth spending money and getting good ones the first time. Haha yea I am sure that that TIG is a PITA to learn. I would probably do like I did with an arc welder when I learned. My dad didn't know how to weld but had a Miller Dial-arc in the garage. When I was 13 I decided that I wanted to learn how to weld so I got a book at the library about it and then spent the next month worth of afternoons, every afternoon, teaching myself how. Burned through I don't know how many pounds of rods!!! Hmmm but now I have a job so I guess that wouldn't work :( darn this growing up thing!!! My friend who has the TIG is good with it, I could have him help me with it. Will probably just do it all MIG though. Ok back to the project at hand, we need more pictures!!!

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You got that right, good tools make a hard job way easier and cheap tools make an easy job way more difficult. I hate cheap tools its just frustrating working with cheap tools.

Actually its a lot of fun.

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19 ga on exterior panels minus the bedsides.
But with that said, modern day 18 ga is on the lower end of the tolerances and closely matches the original thickness scale of 19 ga typically measuring around .042...Eric

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I just found your thread and read through. Wow, nice work. You're getting closer to having those twins :). Can't wait to see a picture of them both, side by side.

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Thanks man I will get a pic of them side by side when I finally finish the truck but the car will be torn down and rebuilt right after the pictures are snapped.lol

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there you go no time to rest

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What are you going to do with the car!!!

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Oh I'm just in the planning/wishing stage right now so things may change once I actually start the work. The current plan is a triangular 4 link and vette front suspension, and remove the 454 and replace it with an LS motor.

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Then your going to need a project to sit the 454 in. :metal:

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Well there is always someone that wants a big block. So it may just be for sale.lol

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yes the ls will be a great upgrade. reliabilty and gas mileage

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Kabwe i know i a little late but when i was checking up on your build i couldn't agree more with the rim choice.....Not only because i got the same rims but i think they will look nice....I might have you on the bling bling contest and everyone knows everything is bigger in TEXAS!!!!! 20x8's and 22x12's

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Yeah I would say you have more bling than me thats for sure.lol Man I really wanted 18x12's. But hey as the Stones said "You can't always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you just might find, you get what you need".

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another STONE's fan... KEWL.

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So if i was interested in that big block, would I get the Kabwe is a good friend of mine discount? :lol:

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Kabwe, what thickness wire are you using for welding sheet?

And as always, ur doing a killer job
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When mig welding sheetmetal I use .23 wire. and thanks for the compliment I really appreciate it. Thanks

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maybe that is why i am having a little bit of a hard time i've been using .35 wire. I know my welding we never be as nice as yours, but maybe if i use the right stuff it would help! lol Thanks for the help even if you didn't know you were doing it .


Thanks Ray

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yeah 023 is industry standard for sheetmetal;)

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Well went to the LA Roaster Show this weekend and saw Kim57 and got to met his brother. I also got to meet Parkwood. They are all really nice guys, its nice meeting people from the forum and they turn out to be really nice guys.

Anyway I thought I would share this truck with you. Its pretty sweet.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5348/7...953e6f37b7.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7093/7...14a03d7f66.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7104/7...48b6b1771d.jpg


CAL58GMC,
This is for you I know you are busy with your new chevelle project and thought you would like to see this.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8005/7...ffb50e6518.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5337/7...3272702288.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5071/7...14caf5b142.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7212/7...84a9b508c0.jpg

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Those are beautiful pics. Where there a lot of trucks (tri5) there or mostly roadsters?

Can we please have a lot more pics of the black truck? I know that you took them.

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Sorry I did not take any more pics of the black truck I just thought the removal of the eye brow above the windshield was interesting. I also saw it at the Grand Nationals


When you go to the roadster show the place to hang is the parking lot thats were all the different cars are. I always do one walk through to look at the roadster then I head to the parking lot thats a show within itself. There were some trucks but too many cars to look at in one day. But here is a taste of what is in the parking lot.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7...03ffef4cf4.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5466/7...5bdc9d3df5.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5451/7...5ca7904254.jpg
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8024/7...8b376877ae.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5234/7...489a2065aa.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7102/7...def7d1bbe8.jpg
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5444/7...05f8d9763b.jpg

This was not in the parking lot area but I thought it was just too sick not to share. Isn't this thing just sick. I know its a Ford but its sick. Some people have money man, and thats the truth.lol My buddy asked him if he could fire it up and he did and my that thing ran perfect.
http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5454/7...6fc5504825.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7078/7...7d05daf06a.jpg
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7079/7...11f54808c0.jpg

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Thanks for the pics. WOW.

Did not notice the brow above the windshield being gone. Looks good buy what a lot of work.

Any idea what kind of door handles they used on the black truck?

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I don't know for sure but I had a 1993 Honda Civc that door handles looked alot like those.
http://www.automotix.net/images/prod...7113_1ftbk.jpg

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Holy crap those are all awesome pics. Thanks for sharing!

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BAM:

Thanks for the door handles. You are amazing with knowing this stuff. I would have searched a long time and probably would have never found them.

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Hush, Its a sickness and I don't want everyone to know, its just not normal.lol Its a sickness man, I'm a caroholic.lol

If you guys want to see more pics of the LA Roadster Show I have some on my flickr page. Its not all the pics I took its only the ones I had time to upload. Here is the link http://www.flickr.com/photos/bam55/s...7630169003042/

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i started a thread with lots if pix of the roadster show. it got moved to the california section. thanks for the pix bam. the c10 club was there ,we had like 7-8 trucks representing
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Yeah I know. You guys roll deep, especially at the Brothers Truck Show. I seen Johnoro (has the sweet red blazer) there Saturday. I see him at all the local shows and he is always very friendly and goes out his way to say hello if he sees me. He is a really cool guy.

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Some beautiful rides, thanks for showing....Jim

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It was neat seeing you and Parkwood at the show Bam.
I liked the black truck also and didn't notice the brow gone from the roof.
Kim

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Thanks for the pics, Bam. The black TF looks great. The brow and the interior is very nice.

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Kabwe i was wondering what was different on that black truck,i thought it was chopped but then the doors looked normal.Did it look good in person or did it look strange with out the eye brow?

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The truck is chopped, the roof is sectioned, drip rails removed, and the eye brow removed. Pretty interesting stuff and the work is incredible top notched work. Personally I did not care for the look of it but I was completely impressed with the quality of the work. With the roof being section it gave the roof a flat look they took the radius out of it. They also beautifully sectioned the hood and tucked the bumpers beautifully. I hated the door mirrors but the work was second to none and you don't throw a benz away because it has a busted tail light.lol There will always be things that not everyone will like about a car or truck but the work on that thing was sensational.

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Bam you hangout at all the cool spots!! :metal:

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Don't even try to go there. I've asked you the last couple of times if you wanted to go, but you rather go to the Vegas cat houses.lol

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LMAO!! Cat Houses!! LOL

Actually missed them this trip, but a lot of cognac was to be had.

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Cognac is a good thing better than the 10 dollar cup of beer at the car shows but dang that beer taste good on a hot day.lol

Sorry you missed the meow houses this time out, I know they missed you and your money.lol They must have been sitting there thinking "No Vdog there must be a recession".lol

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[QUOTE=Sorry you missed the meow houses this time out, I know they missed you and your money.lol They must have been sitting there thinking "No Vdog there must be a recession".lol[/QUOTE]

That cracked me up:haha:....Jim