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I got the 1st round of priming done this morning, 3 coats of high solids primer...I'm happy with it so far...time to start blocking!!

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More pics...

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and a couple more...

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Looks great.....Jim

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Looks good! I hope mine looks the same in a few weeks but in black primer.

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First round of blocking and priming done on the cab. I hope to go in early Monday and reprime. Maybe ready for jamming the cab next weekend.

Did a little more clean up/ painting on my 327. Still need to clean up and paint the valve covers.

Re: 51 Chevy 1/2 ton, My S10 swap
 

looks amazing, wish I had access to a spray booth like that.

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Yeah, I am very fortunate that my work lets me do some things there. It's hard not to take advantage of their generosity. I wish I could keep the whole truck there, but that would be too much to ask!!

I got the final priming done on the cab, and I'm hoping to jam it this week.

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I finished priming the cab monday morning, and finished sanding the door jams and firewall and dash. Ready for jamming. I'm not sure if I will have time this week, for sure no time on saturday.

I also got some mid-eighties Camaro aluminum wheels. Spent some time this week stripping off a couple of layers of old paint. I think I'll paint them when I jam the cab.

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Cab is seam sealed and ready for jamming. This week for sure!!

Also started painting the wheels. Epoxy primed, sealed and first color of base coat on. Hopefully I'll have time to two tone and clear them on sunday.

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looking good
i took about 50 pictures of my cab getting painted :D
something about first paint that means your project is getting there :D:D:D

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Painted my wheels this weekend. I'm very happy with how they turned out!

The orange on the spokes will be the color of the truck. I'll add chrome center caps and chrome lug nuts.

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man those look great !!!!!!!!! keep up the great work !

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Everything is looking great!!!

Cant wait to see the cab in color!

Brian
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Atommik, looks great. It is always nice to see everything one color in primer. Wheels look good and I like the color too. It is coming along great.

Shannon

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Daze57, drive55, xpickup,
Thanks for your kind words. It is exciting to see progress!!
I was going to paint my truck red but my kids said that was boring...so ORANGE it will be!!! They love the color I picked!

I started masking off the cab to jam, and paint the firewall and inside of the cab. That should get done this week.

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what is jamming

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Painting the door jams (door openings on cab) and the back side of the doors. Basically jamming is painting the areas not directly visible, when the vehicle is assembled. (Inside edges of fenders etc...

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Down with the flu Tuesday-Friday, Mercedes Benz training next week, probably won't touch the truck for the next week or so.

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Back at it Saturday AM. I got the doors and cab jammed, dash and firewall painted too!!

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Here's a couple more...

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...and the doors...

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doin great work !!!!!!!!!!

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looking good.

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Looks good, love the orange....Jim