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That hydro-dipping stuff looks pretty cool! I'd like to see what it looks like in a bed. Wht did you use for chassis paint?

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I used a RustOleum spray paint (http://www.rustoleum.com/CBGProduct.asp?pid=29) works really well and has some great texture to it once it dries out, seems pretty hard too as I haven't really been able to scratch it.

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upper a pillers fitted to roof, and a pillers pie'd to meet the roof line width

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as you can see, there is quite a bit of extra material over lapping the windshield frame, we cut some out of the upper roof to see what needed to be done, and decided to start with the inside, using cleco's, we held the inner roof in place, and marked it for a rough cut, after the cut, we replaced cleco's with small self tapping screws to hold it tight

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with the inner held in place, we moved to the outer, the remaining steel above window frame didn't have quite the right angle, so we heated it up and bent it down with a pair of channel locks, finished the rough cut of the upper roof, and began the cleco process from the middle out, pie cutting the corner to get it to fit properly

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had to cut the corner some more to work it together, replaced some clecos with self tapping screws, ground the extra material down to window frame, tack weld together, stopped for some lunch, then back to work the driver side

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drivers side relief cut, self tapping screws in, tack welded down

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working on finishing the inner roof to windshield frame

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front and side profiles now that it is all tacked together

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beginning to fab new dash into place

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I see you got a lot of work done and a lot of work ahead of you. But, If you are like me you are enjoying yourself.

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oh yeah, I love doing this, unfortunately with school I have only been getting about a month a year to work on it, but its moving along nicely in my opinion. a large majority of the major custom work has been done thankfully, only major things left to do after the dash is to section the hood, and suicide doors

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WOW..lots of metal work ! Looking Good !

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what are you planing on the dash. r u going to put a special door for the glove box on the r

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I don't have it all planned out exactly yet, kind of a do it as I go and make sure it looks alright, but I do plan on keeping the glove box door and just stretching it to match the new opening.

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THAT dash is sweet looking.
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thank you! gonna work on it more tonight and see if I can start to get it looking more like a "complete" dash

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so went out tonight with the goal of building the middle section of the dash, took some time to tack weld some reinforcements in, starting making the upper middle dash section, didn't like it how I was doing it, so cut it apart to do it a different way, got that tack welded in, and then took a bunch more measurements to realize that when I tacked the reinforcements in, I accidentally bumped one side of the dash up and over, ended up cutting a bunch of the tack welds, and re-tacking it back into place, what a surprise, it looks a lot more square now lol, gotta work on more patches tomorrow, as well as stretching the glove box door. Need to buy some steel conduit to start shaping how the out sections will meet the cab

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most of the center patched up, and starting to map out the transition from dash to door area

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passenger side dash to door fab, not done, but wanted to take a short break

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passenger side done...

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that is sweet so far . i like to see it when u r done.

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thank you, got some 22 gauge steel as it is easier to bend around the sides, so it went much faster, and the top is redone in 16 gauge, won't be body worked for quite some time, trying to get everything roughed in so that I can get the doors remounted so I can replace rockers and some of the floor that has some rust, and i only have another 4 days left in texas, so that means I need to hurry lol

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workin on the drivers side dash extension

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dash roughed in completely

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today got the doors rough fit, flushing them with the body, so have to do some more work on fitting the bottom of window frame to body, but that will be tomorrow, enjoy

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Wow! looking good. With that chop she's gonna always look like she's moving even when parked. The dash tie in to the A-pillar is shaping up nice as well.

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I wanted to shave my rain gutters off, but I was a little afraid of my experence. Maye later in another build. I am slso building a 67 out of my 72 frame.

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thanks, it looks pretty amazing in person, gives it the right amount of aggressive appearance, and the dash actually worked out a lot better than I had invisioned, one piece kinda sucked to make, as I think I threw away 5 pieces that I didn't like, but turned out nicely, I'm gonna take an 1 1/4" out of the hood to match the slope of the roof, which turns out to be 7 degrees down from stock

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it was actually a pretty pleasant experience, if you want some more info on it, look up the custom classics truck "get shorty" and they have a write up of them going through it step by step, I followed that as I was going, but still needed to do a lot of extra with the chop

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Well back at school, so no more work for awhile, but did manage to sell my old engine/tranny as well as the stock radiator this last weekend

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Looks good! Subscribed!
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Interested to see how this turns out! Definately a unique build you have going on here!

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Well, back for another summer. I recently graduated from Cornell University, and I will be attending the University of Michigan in the fall going for a Ph.D. in Communications. Not too long ago my father commented that he was bored at home, and I jokingly suggested he replace some of the rust on the floorboard of the truck. To my surprise, he actually began the process. Here are some pics as to where the truck is currently. This upcoming weekend we will be picking up some clean front sheet metal at the swapmeet in Conroe, Tx. The plans for the summer are to clean up the rest of the cab, weld and grind everything that is not currently finished. Sandblast the entire cab, and get it in primer/sealer. I will also sandblast and primer/seal my model a while I am at it. The work begins!

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more...

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some more...

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and up to date...

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Good day at the Conroe swap meet yesterday, picked up a new driver side outer and inner fender, along with a core support, 2 hood hinge springs, and some urethane primer for after I finish sand blasting, the fun will soon begin :)

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Great build!
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Thanks! Your projects are always awesome.