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You are pretty much right!

Brian

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Sawzall and beer!

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LOL, unless I get a bunch of energy I am done for the day with only detail blocking on the other door during a slow time at the shop today.

Brian

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Many extreme mods in my past have started that way!!!


My day other then having foot surgery has been to get my bed steps mounted, put in the last 18" piece of brake line with the rear brake adjustable valve installed, and getting the throttle linkage attached to the carburetor linkage. I'll cut it to length tomorrow.

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I didn't get out to the garage today for much of anything other than to just look at that hood to come up with my next step. But I went to a car show and this did me a LOT of good. I analyzed some trucks like mine just to see how I am doing on my body work. I am NOT going for perfect and I wanted to see if I was slacking off too much. There are a couple nice trucks in town and I was able to analyze them and I was blown away at the flaws I saw, real nice trucks, they aren't perfect and I feel much better now.

Brian

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I've made a little progress on the wiring lately, and did a little body work on the bed sides. I'm about 80% complete on the wiring. Once wiring and bed body work/paint is complete it will be on to final assembly !!!

But instead of truck work, today was a FULL day on our 3-acre wooded lot, complete with burning several TONS of underbrush and fallen trees (California, take note!). I told my wife that there must be a mistake on my birth certificate. A guy that is 71 years old shouldn't be able to haul and burn logs for 9 hours like I did today. (I also told her I'm taking 2 weeks off to work in the garage. We'll see how that goes.)

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Ok guys, what do you think? I have laid out 2 inches of tape from the center of the cowl cut where I sectioned it 2.5 inches (well it was a Z cut from the widest point between the hinges up to the center of the hood opening right below the hinge mounting points) over to the center above the front emblem holes. I am thinking cutting this out of the hood, then setting the two parts together and with the upper going behind the lower then scribe off the line for a perfect cut of 2.5 inches. I also thought I would bring the cut down to eliminate the side emblem mounting area that has a recessed area and a bunch of holes. Might as well get that out of the picture so I don't have to deal with it. What do you think?

I also got the inner brace on the left side mapped out for cutting. I was asleep on the couch at 7:30, I guess maybe shouldn't have had that cup of coffee to wake me up huh?

Brian

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Having me some Mother’s Day madness

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LOLOL, yep, hope you find time to take the wife out (if she is a mom) and or your mom.

Brian

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Brian: I found a good backup hood for you in case you ruin yours ;-)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/CHEVY-GM-OE....c100290.m3507

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Wouldn't you want to cut on the most vertical parts of the hood possible to minimize offset? I would have thought that would be at the bottom on the sides or as close to that as possible, and the cut wouldn't have to be a straight line, but the nose on the other hand, would be another story altogether. Would a curved line cut actually be stronger and potentially less visible when completed? Should be interesting to see how this plays out.

As for my build, nothing happening lately but a Lokar shifter and a brake pedal mount have both been ordered so I will be back at it soon.

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Havent touched mine in about a month i think. Ive been doing some work on the house and had time to think about anything else. Today i was thinking about how badly holly carbs sit and thought i should try and start it. Thats as far as i got. That will be my 5 minutes tomorrow. Letting it run in the drive way for 1/2 hour. I miss driving it. Need to get back to it.

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took the truck out for a run to the hardware store. got to the first stop sign, hit the brakes and the pedal went straight to the floor. Its got a mustang m/c & booster. turned around and got it home. jacked it up and found the right rear wheel cylinder had blown an inner seal & was leaking fluid. I thought a dual chamber m/c was designed to prevent total brake failure but I guess I was wrong. oh well back to Napa for a replacement w/c tomorrow.

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That is the most vertical area. I have starred and starred and starred at this looking for that perfect place to cut, I don't see any place better than this. It curves out at the bottom big time so that's out. The cut down the side is at the level the cowl was cut at, which was very vertical. And as it goes to the front there is just nothing that gets any better.

With your suggestion I will go take another look at it through your eyes and see what I see. I am open for suggestions believe me.

It's tough no doubt about it, it's a toughie.

Tonight I got out there and just ran the tape on the other side. Looked at it more, and I will again tomorrow before I cut it.

Brian

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I've always tried to start my hobby vehicles every couple of weeks. Doing lots of cold startup and idling however, can occasionally foul plugs.

Yikes! Glad you made it home!

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I agree. Go any lower and you'll be into the reverse curve near the lip. You may have to slit the upper part and pie-cut the lower part near the sides of the nose, but you'll be OK.

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I've already put in my five minutes today, anything else I do will be a bonus. Figured this would be a good way to get the rear fenders bondo work done. Bolted them together and put them on a rack, right on!

Brian

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Thats a great idea.

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Yeah I had the one here and was going to start on it but then thought about how hard it's going to be blocking on it with it moving all over. Then it hit me, just bring the other down and bolt them together, looks like a plan!

Brian

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You can't fool us. You're converting it to a dually.

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roflmao

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LOL, nope, a motorcycle!

Got my doors READY for the final coat of primer, done deal, WHOO HOOO! I'll get them primed tomorrow and get a start on the rear fenders bondo work.

Brian

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I could see that, with saddle bags and a "WIDE LOAD" sign on the back!

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Frenched a Jag fuel filler door.

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It's so funny one of those fenders I am doing, I welded up the fuel door that I put right where yours is 40 years ago. LOL

Brian

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Dang, that's NICE!

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BIG NEWS! Today I WASHED MY TRUCK! First time ever since I've owned it!

Truck is painted with DP90 and the sun is already starting to eat it. Can I paint clear over this to preserve it?

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I posted your question on the Southern Polyurethanes (SPI) forum. There are a bunch of pro painters on there:

http://www.spiuserforum.com/index.ph...ver-dp-90.6385

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I hate to tell you but that is not good. It has no UV protection so it's breaking down. Put clear over it and it's like spraying clear over dirt (not that bad of course but to give you an idea) so the clear will be sticking to the top layer of dirt, and you can lift it off right? Depending on how bad that has failed, it is similar to that.

Sanding down into it far and apply new primer over it then paint and clear is the very limit of what can be done. Removing it is of course the sure way to correct it, but the "bestest" way would be to sand down into it and apply new primer over it.

Sorry

Brian

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Brian and the SPI guys are in agreement. Sorry from me too...

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Thank you gentlemen. The previous owner put DP90 on to protect the metal while the truck languished outside for years. I guess I'm stuck with it.

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Maybe just give it a good sand and apply SPI primer over it. They ship to your house done deal.

Brian

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Got the final primer on the doors, they are no ready to prep for paint WHOOO HOOOO! Only 95% of the truck left! I also got some bondo on the rear fenders while I was waiting for coats to flash.

I have a lot to get back up to speed with spraying though, wow. I have sprayed THOUSANDS of gallons of primer, paint and clear, thousands of gallons. But having not done it in 18 years regularly I have some catching up to do.

Brian

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Got some bondo work done on the rear fenders after the shop, then came home and laid on the couch falling asleep watching the Sharks game. So I BARELY got my five minutes in but I did it.

Brian

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I love puttering. Once the monumental task of building a car is done it's fun to do little, inexpensive tasks that make a subtle difference without a big investment in time or money.

The long studs protruding from the back of my outside mirrors bothered me every time I walked by. Today I scrounged through my hardware drawers and located a couple of acorn nuts, then I cut off the excess stud length and installed the nuts. This gives a much more finished appearance.

Ha ha, forgive the bug guts splattered on the mirror - that's from driving it!

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Right on!

Brian:metal:

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Got my five minutes in putting some more epoxy primer inside the doors. I had forgotten when I did the first priming to drill the water holes in the bottom of the skin. Being the skin was shortened when sectioning them there was no hole down there for water to get out. So before I epoxy primed it for the last time I drilled holes and I figured I would apply more inside just to be sure it was protected. So that's done.

I may get out to the garage tonight, we will see, got home late, may not.

Brian

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Not the greatest pic, but I made a 80+ mile round trip in the truck after work. I need an overdrive...

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LOLOL, your drive looks a little different than mine today in the Rambler. I drove about 20 miles and a lot of it was in first gear!


Brian

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It was almost 9pm when I took the pic, during rush hour it would look a lot like your shot Brian