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Gotta bump this to see how the progress is going... :) He'll probably use some excuse like he's been in Siberia and hasn't had time. :)

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Doesn't everyone vacation there?
Actually moved it around in the shop last weekend. Going to pack the camping gear up for the winter, and clean out the rest of the garage so I can work on it again. As soon as I get back from Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, and South Carolina.
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Ok. It's time to get this thing done, and out of the shop. I'm tired of walking around it. I put the motor in a few years ago. It was a brand new crate motor from Chevy. We cleaned it up, and re-shot the block & heads. The last time I painted the Edelbrock intake orange, but this time I sand blasted it, and gave it a light coat of aluminum paint to help protect it.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...pse6e2ab67.jpg

The steering column was swapped a long time ago for one out of a buddies wrecked '69 Cutlass. It had seen better days. The turn signal thingy was broken, the starter switch worked most of the time, and the horn button was DOA. I took another column I had, and gutted it for the electrical. Sand blasted the 'original' column, and painted it to match the truck. Now I just have to get a steering wheel. I'm thinking of one of those old style chrome 3 spokes with a metalflake white grip. Just to add a little bling to it, I made a new turn signal lever. The old one was rusted, and ugly, so... cut the end of a Titanium NASCAR valve off, turned it down a bit, and stuck it into a carbon fiber arrow shaft. Cut that off, and stuck it over the original lever. Bet I got the only Titanium / Carbon Fiber turn signal lever out there :)

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psab0b9d5e.jpg

Rebuilt the Holley Carb that was on it (650 vac secondary). So last night I set it up on the bench, and hooked up an electric fuel pump to it. Good thing I did. The inlet needle on the primary side didn't want to seal. Swapped it out, and set the float levels. Tonight when I get home (if there isn't a puddle of gas under it) I will be putting it back in place.

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Wow, then you can get to work on your crew cab, airplane, corvairs, race car and bmw's. then you'll have some room in the shop.. :D

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Spent a little more time on the truck. Got the inner fenders and radiator support sand blasted, and welded up all the old holes everyone has put in them.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps1018bbad.jpg

Even fixed a little rust that was in the lower mounts for the radiator support.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psdc0de5ec.jpg

All sitting in epox primer now.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psc05de40c.jpg

This weekend hopefull it will get a skim coat of bondo, and some flat black.

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Nice work on the turn lever! The rest looks great too

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Looking perrty dang cool! nice work!

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:metal:This thing is coming together SWEET!!!:metal:

Love that bench seat!

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Thanks guys. It's finally starting to look like something. Just hope I can keep the motivation going.

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Got a little more done this weekend.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psc05de40c.jpg

I kinda like the shine :)
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psc0893e61.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps0cea90d5.jpg

Just gotta wait for them to dry now. Then I can put them on.

While I was waiting, I was playing around with the steering, and noticed that the Pitman Arm was shot. Couldn't believe it but NAPA had the best price in town for a new one. So, without even having to lay on my back to reach it, I was able to change it in 10 minutes. Now every wiggle of the steering wheel = a wiggle of the tires. Can't wait to drive her again.

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Nice work here!

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I think this needs a bump, just to hear the excuses. P)

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Ok. I'm back. Race car is together and running good, quit my job (of 20+ years), and started a new business, cleaned up and sheet rocked the garage (so much nicer working in a bright room, instead of the dungeon it was. So now its time to get back to the truck.

Just cleaned the cab, and started putting the engine compartment back together.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps912d7528.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps59546782.jpg

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It's good to see you back on your truck :thumbs:

What type of business did you start?

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Big change for the shop, where did you hide all the parts and goodies that were hanging on the wall? Looks like there is room to walk on the floor now too. :lol:

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A little more progress to post. I sent the last of the cab parts out to be sandblasted. Got them back 2 days later. Very nice to see there was not much rust. But why is it that the only holes I needed for the mirror were brazed shut.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps6a4e1fff.jpg

While none of the others were.... Now you see them.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps980213ab.jpg

Now you don't.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psff348802.jpg

A little grinding...

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...pscfcf234f.jpg

and they're all gone.

Everything got a nice coat of Epoxy Primer.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psf45f577b.jpg

In my makeshift paint booth.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps9ff63943.jpg

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Very nice! :metal:

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Looking good

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Got a little more done. Drivers door, and hood have been blasted, cut, welded, bondo'd, and primed. A little block sanding, and they are ready for color.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps51a4b467.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps26a9977e.jpg

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps22d2f9eb.jpg

No more extra holes.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps32b04b8a.jpg

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any updates?

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Everything is in primer, and ready for color. It just got too cold to paint, so we got on other projects. Now we have the boys Corvair stripped. As soon as it warms up we will have plenty to paint.

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Almost done painting the Cab.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psmoopm74k.jpg

That's the closest its been to being together since....2008... Gawd I didn't realize it had been that long.


When I started painting this, I read a lot of posts about paint guns. 30 years ago when I was painting my 1967 GTO, I bought a cheap gun. It was a GTO, but the tiger stripes didn't look good. Broke down, and bought a good DeVilbiss. Made all the difference in the world.
Well, this time around, I was convinced to buy a $49 Harbor Freight Purple gun.... and it was good. I would still recommend it to any home hobby painter. But I finally broke down, and bought an Iwata LHP400. OMG, it is awesome, not like the first time you had sex awsome, but better than after 28 years of the same sex awsome. Since I am still painting in the garage/spray booth, I still have to color sand and buff to get the dust out, but it will go a lot quicker than sanding the orange peel too. The $700 difference is going to take a lot of sandpaper to make it up though.

Harbor Freight right out of the gun:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psbwcbsj9r.jpg

After Color Sanding & Buffing:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c.../201201252.jpg

Iwata right out of the gun:
http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...ps15x4iiqw.jpg


Wow, all three of those are the same Blue. It looks the same in real life, but the lighting sure makes a difference.

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Glad to see some updates again. Looking great!!

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looking good!

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What a difference a good gun can make. I bought a SataJet 90 years ago (pre-HVLP) and I call it the "magic" gun. Anything coming out of it lays down perfectly. Your finish looks beautiful. Looking forward to seeing it all back together.

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hows this thing coming?

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Got this far before I got distracted. Hope to get back on it this summer. I really want to drive it again.

http://i212.photobucket.com/albums/c...psg918tuuc.jpg

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Help... I let it sit so long I don't remember how the door latch goes back together. There are two pieces about 1/2" x 3/4", 1/4" thick serrated that I vaguely remember. Where the heck do they belong? I think they have something to do with the striker on the doo jamb.

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Great Progress! Looks awesome! You used a 73-87 swb frame? I saw the cab was modded in the rear of the floor to account for the frame, did you have to do anything at the front cab mounts? Thanks.

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I used the '62 cab mounts. Bolted them to the cab, and welded them to the frame where they wanted to be. Mine was a 1/2 ton if that makes any difference.