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Well I was hoping to dig in and get to cutting out rust in the rockers and doors, but instead helped my friends daughter move into her first apartment. about the time we finished up it started raining... No cutting and welding happened, so we hung out in the wood shop and polished off a bottle of JD Tennessee honey.

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Painted two more "panels" this morning.
Tailgate and pass bedside.

I finished those two panels at 12:30. It was 102.
It went to 107 here today.

Two more tomorrow (driver's bedside and driver's front fender)
if I'm not dead.

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man there is nothing wrong taking part of a day off with jack ever once in a while. good to hang out in the shop and have some fun.

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Installed my new dash cover and 5" Monster tach, gettin older need a big tach.:lol:
http://i1199.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3d613251.jpg

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DId you shorten anything to get bumper closer? It looks great man!

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You mean mine? If so no just the factory fit, note I have already corrected the tail lights as they were on the wrong side lol
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Finished painting the last of my body color parts! Now it's on to some minor work on the frame/exhaust before I remount the bed. Need to make some room to work. It's been rough painting in a closet :lol:

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SWEET ! I wish you'd paint my truck :metal: .

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What a PAIN!!! "I finished" painting my (now) $87 paint job. Turns out one gallon of Tractor Supply Matte Black, my cheesy
spray gun from Orchard supply, an anemic 1.5hp 110V compressor, about sixty pounds of rags, good yellow 3M tape, a few tack
cloths, and a half gallon of lacquer thinner for cleaning (I even thinned some of the enamel with it....tsk, tsk....)

$30 for the paint, $57 for other supplies.

About twenty hours of masking (very "fussily"), pulling off emblems, etc., and sanding with 120 on some rough spots.

This is what ya get.
Not pro. But not too bad.

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Bill I thought the last pic I saw of it you were getting some shine on. It was just wet I guess?

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I didn't stir the paint enough the first load. When I did, the stuff went on slow and lumpy with my set up. I ended up with too many shades of black. :lol:

So, I stirred it up really well and added some laquer thinner to get the goo thru the gun with the pressure I had.

The panels are actually more consistent in color and texture than they look in the pics.

And I think it looks more than $87 better than the rattle can primer job I had on The Rat as of last week....hahahaha.

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nice did u use their primer and are u going to spray clear on it .
ITS A BADASS PAINT JOB

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Thanks.....

No. I'm just gonna run it like this. I'm out of energy.

I still have another gallon of the paint.

Next time, I'll wash it, thin the matte black with some hardener, and re-shoot it all at once. Maybe it will be worth clearing then. Maybe not.

But this chore made my old bones (and muscles) too tired to even think about the next time. :waah:

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good lookin 68 Rat.

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Another very good home paint job ! :metal: .

I've been watching these for over a decade , it's not only do - able , it's fairly simple and if you take the time to prep it right ,you'll be well rewarded .

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Drove mine to the swap meet in Conroe, Texas.

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Got the fatmat sound deadening in

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps31807930.jpg
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We went out and took some pictures of mine at the local feed mill.

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Got my new aluminum radiator installed and cleaned up a bit of grease and grime buildup while I had the fan / shroud off. Turned out great and works like a charm! Gave it a good wash and took some pictures last night of the closer-to-finished product (slowly but surely...). I'll get a few posted this evening.

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more progress, note going with show deck later so the gas cap will have a closer fit..
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...pse1f828f8.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps59c8a71c.jpg
http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps67110f31.jpg

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installed headers today got her back up an running , will add mufflers tommorow:gmc2:
here is the link to the video
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v...33945653419836
if it looks like all white go to full screen on the video

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Headliner 75% in. It's in, but needs final adjustments and cuts (slots)
for the trim.

Thanks to two Forum Members and a friend of of a Member (Tony G).

And thanks to all for getting the parts to me fast. I really appreciate it.

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Magwakeenercrew I give you credit doing you own paint job, lots of work, it looks real good and you saved lots of coin.
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Finally got to the point of having to make a final decision on paint color!

Made my choice and left a substantial donation at the PPG store. Had to be mixed, matched and test sprayed for color, will get it tomorrow.

Now its time to pull my big boy shorts up and get busy!!!

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So what color did you go with?