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I got the whole bottom of the cab scuffed up tonight ready for the last top coat of semi gloss black paint. I think im going to pressure wash my frame tomorrow and then friday if it gets into the mid 60s like they are saying it will, I hope to paint it with some chassis black and also paint the bottom of the cab. If I have time tomorrow Im going to trim the roof channel out in white so I can put the seam sealer in.

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Looking good man!
Like niterider65 I am hoping to get a ton of stuff done on mine this weekend. I have a nice 4.5 day weekend ahead of me!

I am really happy for you that your roof turned out so well !! Congrats :metal:

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Yes I got it today :) I thought it's lost somewhere but it finally arrived! :) Hope you got it too!


And great project homie! Doing an awesome progress! Keep it up and good luck with your vision!!!! :) You will get there for sure! Cabine looks bad ass!

http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/...te/Photo17.jpg

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I got my roof cab channel trimmed out in white today. Its ready for the seam sealer now when the paint drys good. I then washed the frame with some purple stuff cleaner/degreaser and a scuff pad. Its pretty clean and has small amout of rust here and there. Im not building a show truck nor have the time or money to do my frame up like a lot of you guys on here. The more I thought about the frame and looked at it I guess its probally cleaner right now than alot of newer cars and trucks on the road right now. So tomorrow im going to paint it with chassis black and then it will be ready for the cab.

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The truck on the cover is right down the road from me.My friend helped with the restoration.It was at a little show not long ago and is bad a$$!

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Thats exactly what I want my truck to look like. I love the stance of it too. Not to low to drive but sits nice and low. I love that color combo ever since I first saw these trucks when I was real little.

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I have been watching your build, coming along nicely, sure a lot of work over a long time, but will be worth it. Liking the shortbox frame idea.

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the temp got into the mid 60s today so I painted the frame with some chassis gloss black. It looks better than it did. Just needs a cab and bed on it now, lol, coming soon I hope.

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I kept looking at the frame and those rear springs I didnt paint And I just had to get them out of there. So the top 2 bolts came out good but I broke both the bottom bolts and the one holder thing that holds the spring down was rusted and it tore up. I sat the new 4 inch drop springs in to see what they looked like but those rear helper leaf springs bottomed out on the bump stops so they will be coming off.

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went back down to the shop after supper. Im tired of this rust hole looking at me everytime I walk into the shop, or me looking at it, LOL. I finally went ahead and fixed it tonight.

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Man you are looking good there.
I really like your wheels! the color and the style of them really zings to me.

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the cab and frame are coming together nicely! it might not be a show truck but i think it will be a really clean driver! keep at it you'll be done in no time! mines not going to be a show truck either, i'm thinking of getting all the stuff done but the outside body and start driving it so i can enjoy it!!

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frame looks good to me, i hope mine turns out that good. are you planning on red with a white top on your truck, i knew you said red but wasnt sure about the top.

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thanks guys on the comments!! Hey flips, im painting the top all white and white inside the trim on the side. I finally took that odd ball rim off the driver rear side. had to heat the lug nuts up to get them loose. I went ahead and pulled the drum off and it looked pretty good inside. didnt see anything that would pose a problem. I also jacked the rear end up and I beleive I have a limited slip and not a posi unless the posi unit is worn out. I tryed to rotate both rear tires at the same time 1 full turn and the pinion turned 2 3/4 turns so im guessing I have a 2.73 rear end gear. This frame im using was a factory 327 and 3 on the tree, (thats what I was told anyways). Well I flipped the cab over again and put the pass side door on and started fitting the cab corner. The last patch panel on the cab I have to do.

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well ran into another road block today. I tryed fitting the new cab corner and it fits good at the bottom. At the top its about 1/2 an inch to wide. I held it up staight and it even looks bent crooked where it welds to the door jam. I guess ill have to split it down and take some metal out of it to get it to fit up against the back of the cab. Any suggestions from the pros before I cut this thing up??

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LoL sorry fuzzy pics....
I cannot comment on the metal working so I have to knock your photos....
I know I should be ashamed of myself ;)

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LOL sorry about fuzzy pics. Hard to hold the cab corner with one hand and take pic with the other. My phone has to be perfectly still to get a good pic. Its like the cab corner replacement peice is oversized at the top. guess ill hack it up and make it fit like I had to do all the other replacement peices.

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Looks like someone is about to have some fun :metal::metal:


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well I went down to the shop and did some panel massaging. I kept pushing and pressing on the back of the cab corner panel and used some butt connecters to pull it into place. I think the panel was made ok but just got distorted out of shape some how. It seems to fit ok now. Im not happy with the door gap at the top of where the panel will meet up but it was not right even with the old cab corner on there. Its to wide. I know the truck must have got hit in that spot because of a previous repair I found and the inner support was bent some. Even if I have to weld a bead on the edge of the door gap and grind it into shape, I will make it right and nobody will ever be able to tell.

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Good job. Glad you fixed it. :metal:

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I remember asking Alan on his thread what "massaging" was... and my mind set was "to hell with that, I am no way skilled enough to do stuff like that" now I am like ..... yanno .... whatever.... LOL

Cant tell from these pics that you ever had a concern with them !! Good job

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got the cab corner welded on tonight. still got to go back and tack up some pin holes and finish grinding down the welds and also weld the inside at the door jam. It think it turned out ok.

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Looks cleaner than mine man !! Good job :cong:

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looks like you did a nice job!! :metal:

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nice work on the patch panels looking good!

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lookin good . good gap too . :metal:

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Back to working 6 and 7 days a week so not much time to work on the truck. Almost done with the cab corner. This side must have got hit at one point, lots of dents and bad patch of rust that I sandblasted a while back but has pits in the metal. Almost ready for some filler, few more dents to pull out. I took a break on the truck and modified my sandblast cabinet again. I made the arm holes bigger so my arms are not being squeezed as much.

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cab corner looks great, i should have brought my cab to you and let you do my patch panels, love the blasting cabinet by the way, american ingenuity or however you spell that word) at its finest.

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I finish the back of the cab corner tonight where the cab corner didnt reach far enough over where it was rusted out. I forgot to snap a finished pic but Im done with the metal work on the cab now. Its on to the bodywork now.

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nice work!

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Hey Chevelles, a while back in my thread you asked about closing up the door gaps.
I just ran across the page in Alan's build where they talked about using the welding rods.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=248460&page=5

jwart and jonzcustomshop are the specific comments that originated my comments.
I had to echo jwarts idea, because jonz was too far out of my scope of skills !!

LOL

How is it coming by the way ??

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Thanks McMurpy, thats was what I was looking for. I didnt know alan had to do the filler rod thing. I actually took my pass side drip rail off the other night. I have to cab on its back so I could weld the bottom of the cab corner to the inner support. So I havent been able to put my door on to check my door gap where I removed the drip rail. Im back working 6 and 7 days a week so not much time spent on the truck. Im kinda waiting for the weather to cooperate with me. Im ready to finish paint the bottom of the cab and prime the roof again. Only place I have to paint is outside and it seems to either rain or be in the 30s or 40s when I have the time to do something.

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good to see ya back, sorry to here about the six and seven days but think of all that toy money:lol: cant wait to see the door mounted, hopefully your gaps will be perfect.

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If you go to that page I linked, near the bottom you will see what Alan did.
He took jonz suggestion and made a cut between the wing window and the door frame and pushed out the edge of the door then filled in the cut he had made.
I posted to you before I had gone much further in the thread.
Sorry but I found it as I was looking for something else Alan did for Flips72 thread about thinning Slick Sand actually LOL....

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Nice patch job :metal:

Keep the pics coming ;)



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Thanks McMurphy. I started stripping the inside of the roof tonight. What fun that is<LOL. I also went by carquest today while in town and picked up some slick sand. 29.99 a quart with harder. What did yall guys find out about thinning this stuff down. I have a 1.7 tip on one of my guns, hope thats enough.

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I didn't use filler ord on the door gap at the A post. I split the door skin and slid it out per jonzcustoms advice. I like how that worked.

I did thin down the slick sand by 10%. I don't recall that in the instructions on the can. A paint guy told me that. I don't see where it will hurt, the reducer evaporates leaving the product behind. A 1.7 tip will try your patience. Give it a try and see.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1219201162

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got home from work today and the weather was so nice at 68 degrees so I pushed the truck out. I finished stripping the paint on the inside of the roof. I had to get some more sandpaper so I snapped a pic while taking a quick break. I didnt get one after I finished stripping it, I was in a hurry to beat the daylight and get some etching primer on it. Does anyone know what size tips are normally in the old type siphon paint guns. I have one of them but I couldnt find a tip size on it.

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cabs looking great, not sure about the tip size, wont be long you will be spraying some paint.

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Dude,
if it was 68 degress outside, I would be out welding in shorts and flip flops !!