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I got the rear end completely cleaned up and then I sprayed it with some rustoleum, turned out good enough considering its going to be under the truck. Today I spent a few hours on the firewall and it is pretty much ready to be sprayed, I should get it sprayed in the next few days depending on the weather.

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That is a big improvement on the rear...looks good!

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Thanks for tuning in Doug, it does look much more presentable, I could've made it look nicer but I didn't want to go overboard since I'm going to be taking the truck on lots of dirt roads.

Today is another beautiful day, looks like the firewall is going to get some paint after school today! :metal:

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It looks good there mate!

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Thanks bill.



Big step today, the temperature was decent today so I finished the prepping on the firewall and got it completely sprayed. It turned out really nice, almost flawless, tons of work is finally starting to pay off! :metal:

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A close up, the finish is nice and glossy!

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:metal:

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I also did some work at the metal shop in my school, I turned this piece of aluminum on the lathe and polished it up and it looks almost like Chrome! It's going to be part of the missing bracket that allows me to mount my unity spotlight to the window pillar

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nice work the firewall looks great

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Morning Mate

Been keeping an eye on you.

Great progress as always.

Also with being back at work and writing up my USA Road Trip report the last few weeks, I just did not reply to many threads.

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Your hard work is really paying off. Looking good!

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Your firewall looks great! That truck is going to look killer in that color. Good job!

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Thanks bill :metal:

Thanks Jim

Thanks rian, I've been pushing really hard to get it painted before it gets too cold out. I read all about your trip to Clem's, looked like a hell of a good time you guys had out there!

Thanks Matt

Thanks John, and yep it's sure going to look good

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Looks fabulous man. Wish my gun would behave and spray that nice. haha

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Thanks tj, this gun wasn't working very well either probably because of how cheap it was, but I sanded the firewall super smooth and then made sure it was clean of all contaminants, then sprayed and it turned out great. Thats how painting is unfortunately, sometimes it turns out great and sometimes it turns out terrible and you can't figure out why, can be very frustrating

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In my case extremely. haha Gun sprayed out primer wonderfully but when it came to paint it orange peeled like mad, had everything set to specs and paint mixed properly. Was a little cold and wet that day so that could have had a bad affect. Not sure. lol Gonna color sand and try again. :chevy:

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Well that progress was short lived, after I finished the painting on Friday I headed of to work to let it dry on the nice sunny day. When I was at work the weather started to change drastically and started to pour rain for 10 minutes. I just dried of all the water now and about 80% of the paint job got watermarks all over it. So I'm going to wait a while until the paint fully cures and try wet sanding it, I'm really hoping that it'll work and I don't have to redo it.

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Love seeing that fresh paint!

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Luckily it ended up that the watermarks were only on the very top surface, they came out easily

Thanks Craig




Made some more progress on the rear end today, I rebuilt the rear brakes with new shoes, wheel cylinders and springs, since I used the 78 backing plates and brakes I ordered the wider 2 3/4" shoes, so now its upgraded a bit better than stock

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A fresh coat of paint makes such an amazing transformation to things.

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Thanks man, it sure does

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Been making lots of little progress, just not much picture worthy... But I did get the heater all assembled and installed on the truck for good now. Tomorrow I'll be finishing a pushrod for the brake booster.

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Yesterday I finished up the brake pushrod and installed the booster for good. For the pushrod I welded part of the old one to part of the new one, it's threaded and has a locknut so I can adjust the length if needed

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I welded a nut on to the diff cover and put a short bolt through it with an o ring for making oil filling much easier.

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Clever Clever.