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He has a few different brand guns. I think one gun is a 'high-dollar' one from Mac Tools or Snap On, but the one he likes the best is a Campbell Hausfeld he bought from WalMart. He picked it up a while back in a set for $60 that came with a regular size gun and a detail gun. I'm a 'Rattle Can Master' myself. I recently bought myself a cheapy gun from Harbor Freight. I'm going to try my first gun paint job soon on my '73. As Fred says: "Go for it...the worst you can do is 'f' it up"... :lol:

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I bought a Harbor Frieght gun myself. That's my thought...what's the worst that can happen. I can always sand it back off if it looks horrible.

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I have the Harbor Freight HLVP gun. Works OK for the money.

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Well it's been a while since the last post. Update:

We took the truck to our good friend and body man, Abe Flores in Moriarty, NM. He's going to tackle those door skin patches for us, finish up the fender patches and fix a few dents for us. I'll be out there to help him when I can. He's an awesome body man so I know the work will be "cherry".. :) Thanks Abe! I'll try to take some pics of the progress and post them as the work gets done. We can't wait!

Later... JC :ito:

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Sorry I didn't have the time to help you guys out. Work has had me so busy. Haven't had to even work on my own.

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It's all good, Jose. With the band and everything we hardly have the time neither. We still need to get together and try some of you imported tequila soon. Maybe on a 'football Sunday'. I hope all is well...

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Just to reiterate.............thanks for even offering!!!! That was cool of you!

Hope you had a great trip.....

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You guys keep us posted.....can't wait. are you staying with the same color blue?

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I'll let her answer that. She can't decide on colors yet. :)

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:lol:

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why am i not subsribed to this yet
great build

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Because your on the internet looking for sexy girls, and don't have any time? :haha:

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good point dennis
now back to what you said :uhmk:
:haha:

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I think I contributed to the delinquency of a minor. :haha:

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:mm:Glad to see you checking in, Hoser. We all enjoy the updates.

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I went to Moriarty this past Friday to help my buddy Abe with the door patches. We got the doors off (that really hurt because the doors open and shut so perfect, I didn't want to remove them), cut out the rust and fitted the panels. Everything is mocked up and lined up. Still needs to be welded. He also began working on the dents in the bed. Looking good! Sorry, no pics yet...

JC

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Here's a few pics of the action. My buddy Greg snapped them with his phone...:ito::chevy:

Me grinding, Abe cutting and fitting, then the test fit on the truck...:metal:

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Nice work Joe...

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Did a little more work to the door patches this past Friday. Some welding and grinding... Getting closer...

Here are some pics of Abraham in action...

Notice Abe's '59 Apache in the background. His prostreet project. Awesome truck that he's building...:metal::chevy:

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A couple more pics...:chevy:

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Nice progress!!:metal:

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looking nice...i was just looking at a couple of the pics of the whole truck, realizing (again) how cool these things look...can't wait to get my '66 in progress....keep up the great work

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Saweeeeet!!!!

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Nice work Joe,
Can you get me a close up of the seat? I'm Still looking for ideas, and that one looks nice,

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Here you go David. Not much of a close up, but here's a pic that I had on file...

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Nice progress there. That's a great welding job. Getting closer to a paint job. I get a little jealous seeing that 59 in the background. Haven't touched mine in close to a year.

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Thanks Joe, That Looks really slick..:metal:

And I was like dang Joe you didn't have to take it out of the truck to take a close up...Then I read your post..:dohh:

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Funny. The truck was still in pieces when that photo was taken.

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my question is who's is that? that looks like a very nice truck...:metal:

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That's my buddy Abe's. Says so in the post. Very nice truck...

Notice Abe's '59 Apache in the background. His prostreet project. Awesome truck that he's building...

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Man yea I just saw that "I never claimed to be smart":dum:

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Got some update pics from the body man. It's looking good!

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Nice...... Are you gonna paint this one to? I can't to see it all painted up.

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Eventually. We are not sure of a color yet.

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Thanks for the update Joe. Truck is looking good..

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It's cool your painting your own now.

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I'm hoping she'll let me. :lol:

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thats going to be a slick! ride kat

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Almost ready to paint? Do you have the sail panel custom cab trim for it? I decided to buy new ones for my truck, I have the used ones I had bought. Give me a call if interested.

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It's not ready for paint yet. Still waiting on my buddy to finish the door skins. Hopefully soon.