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Yeah, i guess i have to change the siggy, after finding out ive had 4 strokes, kinda made me think i need an attitude adjustment. The whole situation of health, just made me rethink things....im not as tough as i once was:lol:
Progress and build time are differant topics, seems to me your always doing something. Good luck in the booth, hope it all works out for you |
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WooooooHoooooooo! Time to load up and rock and roll, Boys! Good luck, and send us some in progress shots!
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Go Mike! I hope it all goes well.
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Sorry fellas. Not today. Maybe tomorrow. Probably tomorrow. They got a business to run and yesterday afternoon a customer wanted something done today that they need the booth for. Paying customers take priority.
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Its time to spray.
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Paint Flingers Unite!!
Its On Like Donkey Kong!! |
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YEEEEE-HAWWWW! Git it, son! And then, of course, show us the pics!
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Sweet
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sweet!!!
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Teaser shot. Color on. Clear next.
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Gold Member.
Looks Great Man |
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Niiiice!
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Looks too sparkly.
I mean, it looks sweet! :lol: |
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Awesome Mike!!!
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I'm typing this as 20 pics are uploading to photobucket to be attached here when complete. Been a long day, made even longer by spousal issues, 4 hours of sleep, then learning as I was finishing up the taping this morning that my best friend in high school died. We haven't been close since then, but we got in touch this winter, met for lunch one day and talked for a couple hours. He has had more than his fair share of struggles during his adulthood, but what ultimately claimed him was probably cancer. I haven't heard the cause of death yet, but he has been in treatment for that for quite awhile. He was 46.
May you rest in peace John. I wasn't gonna do something corny like dedicate my paint job to him, but he has been on my mind all day. And when I see my son with his friends, John is who I thought about. As for the paint job, it went well, but not without some adversity. Marv at the shop was absolutely a huge help. Lowell took the time to look at my progress and gave advice throughout the day also. A few years ago they had no idea who I was. I rode up on my bike and introduced myself, told them what I was working on and asked for help. They obliged and since then we have become pretty good friends. It didn't take me long to finish taping it up. Just needed to do the things that had to wait until after the drive over. I wiped it down with some paint prep solvent as a final degreaser. Tacked it, and sprayed the sealer. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps84b9f5fa.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psc18b0c85.jpg No real issues there. Then it was time for paint. I was past the point where my nerves were gonna bother me, so I just mixed it and started spraying. The first coat was uneven and striped a bit, which made me a little apprehensive, but I knew I had a long way to go. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps3499f413.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psd3e99d16.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps302a8e81.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps33bb8b51.jpg After 3 coats I had fairly good coverage but I had some stripes down the sides in certain light. So Lowell said to change direction of the next couple coats, which gave me some tiger stripes. Great. Five coats and I'm struggling to get it evened out. It's a yellow, it's transparent, it's got a ton of flake and I have no almost experience painting. I still had plenty of paint though. So Marv showed me how to do a mist coat, which basically means you paint like a monkey on cocaine. First mist coat made a pretty decent improvement. Second one took care of most of the rest, third mist coat was for good measure. So at least 8 coats of paint, might be 9, (I kinda lost count in the first grouping) and that left me at this point... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psa3d42b88.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps570fbb45.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psa58011e6.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse5a050d2.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psfd192572.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps50a3514e.jpg It looked good in the booth. So it was finally time to spray some clear. Biggest problem with clear is that you are spraying a lot of material for a good wet coat, which usually means runs. I sprayed real heavy on the hood cuz its flat, and not likely to run, and it was rough from all the misting coats. First coat of clear went fine. Actually all 4 of them went alright. I found one run on a fender as I was spraying the 3rd coat, and I might find more tomorrow when I pull off the tape and get it out in the sun. I have a lot of orange peel, which both Lowell and Marv said was no surprise given how many coats I had to spray and the type of paint used, etc, etc. Sanding and polishing it would smooth it out, but both of them said it would be acceptable as is. Pics after clear... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psdc2353dc.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psc419c147.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps9b1132b7.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps482ea766.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps44ebd452.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps8f1ec76f.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps22788912.jpg I won't judge it until its outside in the sun. It looks good in the booth though. I knew I did a good job when I asked Marv if he would let it go to a paying customer and it was his work and he said "oh yeah, no problem there." He even came back after work to check on me and see the final results. I was there til 6:30, he gets off at 5 and lives about 10 miles out of town. Everyone loves the color. They say its perfect for this style of truck and that it will definitely turn heads. On the downside, I may have to respray the windshield frame if the color doesn't match up. Not a big deal, but will see it in the morning. Enjoy the show everyone. Thank you all for your support, encouragement, teasing, razzing, tips, tricks, chains and whips. More pics tomorrow out in the bright sunshine. Have your sunglasses ready.:lol: |
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Awesome Awesome AWESOME!
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Don't you love it when you're all geared up to face the demon and walk into the fire.... And at that exact moment everything else in your life goes berserk? REALLY? Interestingly, you wind up walking in the door, flipping the demon the bird, and taking care of business. Sorry about your friend, at least his suffering has ended. Truck looks terrific! The biggest challenge is getting it on, you got all the time in the world to cut and buff. Congratulations, it's a big deal and definitely a life box to check off.
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Ps- Like a monkey on cocaine- That's just about right! Lol!
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Hot Damn, that's nice! Now ya gotta polish the slots! Are you happy with it in the light?
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The truck looks spectacular! The paint job is very well done,you could paint mine anytime.Great choice of colour.
Will be awesome once the chrome goes on. Chris |
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Blazer Looks amazing love the color.
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Very good!!
Now the fun part, remembering where all the hardware goes(or where you placed it) :lol: |
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Finally got out there to look it over in the bright sunshine. Freaking awesome is all I can say. No big mistakes I didn't already know about. I've had lots of people stop by to look. One guy pulled up just after I got it home this morning and said he's been watching my progress for years when he would grade the alley and worked for the city. He just wanted to stop and tell me how great it looked. I tried to take some good pics to see if I could capture how much it glows in the sun. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps4639053f.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps0056cf47.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psae78d789.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps10a5277e.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps5a02b40f.jpg Sun sparkle... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps0ca350e7.jpg And parked next to my C-10 (guess I have a thing for different colors)... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps15e02785.jpg |
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That looks awesome Mike, great job!!!
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I may have said this before, but I'm gonna say it again: I am IMPRESSED with this build. I look at it in this state, look at the shiney paint, and I remember hey, this is his first, maybe second paint job ever?. And that hood, didn't he cut apart a 67 hood and graft it onto a 71-72 frame cause he just liked the look better? The front fenders, IIRC he cut off the front lower part cause he plans to build a super-duper whooptedoo bumper and all that old rust was just gonna be in the way anyhoo? The windshield frame, he went thru a couple and still didn't have a good one, so he spent a lotta hours building a basically new one. That rear passenger quarter, wasn't that crushed beyond recognition at one point?I could go on and on, but I hope that helps get my point across. Saved a couple demolished Jimmys literally from the scrap yard, and built that shiney, beautiful truck outa them, and all for way. way less than than any restorer would have in it, even before the markup. Wow, Wow, Wow, Wow, repeat that a couple hundred more times and you'll be getting kinda close.
Great job Mike, you've showed us all how it can and should be done. |
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Mike,my truck & I have been very patient,whats another 4-5 years lol!! :lol:
This Jimmy has been my favorite build on this site,has been very inspirational.You have a lot to be proud of!! Chris |
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If I inspired anyone, or just got anyone at all to go out and work on their junk and try to do new things, got them out of their comfort zone, it makes the time/effort keeping this build and thread moving worth while. Because honestly, that's what a lot of the other builds/projects and people on this board have done for me. Still a long ways to go on this project though. For now, it's time to slap some glass in it, throw lights at it, fix what still needs fixing and beat it around town while I can still enjoy the weather in my fresh convertible. :metal: |
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I've been waiting for months to see how my grill is gonna look with this gold paint.
I wasn't disappointed.:metal: http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psdec05408.jpg http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...pse4da585a.jpg I started installing lights too. Didn't get far and I will be chasing down electrical issues for a while I think. Had to do the same thing with my C-10. Mainly fixing and adding ground wires to light fixtures. I might rebuild the carb tomorrow. Doesn't do me much good to have working lights when it runs kinda crappy. I was adjusting the idle mixture screws the other day and 1 of them had zero effect on the idle. So there's part of my problem right there. I bought the carb used and never did a thing to it. I have done holleys plenty of times and a couple rochesters, this will be the first edelbrock for me. Wish me luck. |
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looks alot better then mine!
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Yes Sir, Jimmy looks awesome! Great job man!
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Today I just rebuilt the edelbrock carb. This was a first for me. Did plenty of holleys and a couple rochesters before. It wasn't bad. Only had to take it back apart once because I realized there was a new rubber piston part and spring in the kit that I hadn't used. The float bowls were a little gunky. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps0a1943b8.jpg There was some corrosion on the venturis... http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps2a22d735.jpg Got all the bits and pieces cleaned up, hmmm, not what? It's easy pulling stuff apart right? Don't you just love instructions that say "reassemble in reverse order as the disassembly"? "Except for the following notes..." of course. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...psa5c8dee4.jpg No problems though. http://i108.photobucket.com/albums/n...ps28b4e819.jpg Way easier than a rochester. Anyway, I got it installed, got it running, set the idle and thats about it. Ran out of time. It already idles better, which was the main problem before. I think I have a miss, probably my crappy re-used plug wires. I think I have most of a new set sitting on the floor. So maybe do that soon and see if I can get her running nice smooth and strong, while I keep working on lights and windows and bumpers. I need to do some sandblasting. I need another weeks vacation is what I really need.:waah: |
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Paint turned out great, got to be a huge relief to get that done. Like cresting the mountain I suppose!
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Okay,,,, I finally got home. Went to the GoodGuys show in Spokane.
I've been checkin' in the whole weekend but my stupid smart phone would lose connection or drop signal every time I spent 20 or 30 minutes using my fat fingers to tap out a message. You totally Killed it on flingin' that paint. TOTALLY!!!!!!!:jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp::jdp: You IS daMAN and then rebuilt a carb too. snap |
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The mountain analogy is about the closest I've heard. Glad it's going well.
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Mostly had to work my paying job today, but I got it out of the garage. Played with the timing a bit, set the idle again, timing some more, etc. All seat of the pants tuning. Its getting better. It's a total blast to drive. I had it up to 55 for a few seconds but I'm one of those people that gets watery eyes in if theres a slight breeze, and with no windshield the wind is blasting over the hood pretty good. So I pulled off and turned back into town, grinning like the cheshire cat on speed. Oh and I threw an old rear bumper on so I had a place to mount the license plate, and got the seat belts all bolted in. The front lights all work, but I need a couple new headlights. If I can get the tail lights to work, get the windshield in and a front bumper bolted on, I think it will be all legal. Or as legal as it needs to be for beating around. The windshield isn't required by law, but for comfort, so I can see where I'm going without the tear ducts working overtime. But if I do have the windshield in I'm required to have working wipers, so I gotta get that stupid part I can't find. Have to look in the attic again. Man this thing is fun. :metal: |
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First off I'm sorry to hear about your friend. Cancer isn't anything to mess with. Second, I hope your marital issues don't drain you too much, and finally, like everyone else has said, you knocked out this paint job! It looks amazing! I love that color and your grill looks perfect on it. The dark chrome and black you're going with it will look amazing together. Are you still planning on a black stripe or something on the hood and down the sides? If you do that, you may be able to do the windshield frame too if you're not happy with the color matching there. Congrats on a job well done!!!!
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