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Kabwe, It is always good to see it in primer rather than all those different shades of the metal and it also feels the same all over when you run your hand over it. Keep up the great work.

Shannon

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Hey troublemaker you have nice things to say this time? Thanks for the comments man and believe it or not I will drive it one day (inside joke).lol

Thanks man and it great to have primer on this thing. I still have some body work to do but its nice to have that epoxy primer on that bare metal. I do filler work over epoxy primer so its all going as planned.

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LOL!! Im sure your going to drive it, at least once. LOL
Naw it looks like its coming along great. That dash is going to kill.

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You think? Well let's hope so because I worked hard on it to make it nice, hopefully I succeeded. Thanks for the compliment troublemaker.lol

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Looking good Bam.
Kim

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Hey thats a happy day when its all one color, even if its primer. Good job. So what color are you going to paint it?

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Thanks kim,

I really leaning towards green, but I also like this very soft yellow I've seen. I've bought a quart of a couple of greens (one metallic and one solid) that I can spray on some panels to see if I like it.

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Man your truck is really coming along. Like the way it looks with primer. Keep up the great work.

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Hey Fat Mike,

Where the heck have you been? You use to post all the time and now nothing. How is your truck coming along?

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Haven't done anything in awhile because I have been working a couple jobs. It just for the summer until my girlfriend and kids gets back to school. Just been working on small project, practicing my welding, and hopefully getting back to the truck in the next week or so!

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It's got to be a great feeling when you lay down primer. It's that transitional step from fabrication to bodywork. The dash looks like came that way from the factory, and it'll look great when it's in color. Are you going to try to use all the cool dash trim that the '55 cars had, like the flat pieces with all the little bow-ties in it? If you could pull that off, it'll look awesome.

So you're thinking green, huh? Nice choice. I have been seeing a lot of very off-the wall solid colors lately like browns, tans, and greens that I really like. I like metallics and candys, but there's something about a solid color that when it's done right, it looks like the car was dipped. So deep and rich that it looks like it was molded in that color.

That tan Suburban and the pale green delivery at the Brothers show had that look.

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Chevyrestoguy,

You are correct the dash will be fully dress like a belair dash, but not the one with the little bow ties. It will be more like this
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/...218cccd348.jpg

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Ok just stop, now i hate my stock dash....:)

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Man if I were you I would not hate anything about your truck its coming along really nice. You are doing a great job as far as I can see.

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Well thank you, that means a lot coming from another real car guy. Hey is the pic of the 55 dash your car?

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Nope that is a buddy's car. Here is a pic of his car
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/...f4446a8101.jpg
His Dash
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/...218cccd348.jpg
My buddy Donny's 55
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/...4e2bb26a0b.jpg
Interior
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3643/...4ac779df27.jpg
My buddy Walt's 56
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3638/...b57f4dc5cc.jpg
His Interior
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3596/...5f684e993e.jpg
My car
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/...6201f97f94.jpg
My Dash
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/...03e3e1e91f.jpg

I have a bunch of buddy's with tri5's so I have a lot of inspiration to pull from.lol

The buddy's getting together having breakfast at M&M Soul Food. This was a while ago we need to do this again soon.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5138/...50236dc9ee.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/...a28a8f9cab.jpg

As you can see I love pics and sharing them.lol

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Kabwe

Anyway you can remove your dash and send it to me for my truck,I figured since you got that new welder that you would be able to fab another one up for yourself in no time at all.

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Oh do you have jokes lately.lol How about you send me that frame you just built and build another for yourself? You did it once it should be easier the second time around.lol

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Kabwe, got any leads on other dashes? Just starting to work on my 57 again and really like the way the 55 dash changes it up. Thanks, Jim

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The Belair's are beautiful!

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Swapmeets and ebay are a good place to start. I got mine on ebay and a friend mine found one in much better condition at a local swapmeet.

Yeah I love them. Especially 55 and 56. But I know someone with a beautiful 57 check this one out. I'm really not a 57 fan but I have to admit his is really sweet.
Lonnie's 57
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/4...815c7074e4.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/...2997362a59.jpg

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Your definitely right about it being easier the second time around you learn all the things not to do that you did the first time,lol.But think how good your dash would look it my truck,and i would naturally give you all the credit for it.

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My dash would look horrible in your truck, if I have to take it out of mine.lol

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Last week end at the Emmett Idaho show I talked at length with a guy who had a 56 Nomad survivor he purchased at age 17 in 1961. It was his dd for years, he told stories of 4 kids in the back on blankets and towing a camping trailer all over the west. It was black and white with b/w interior. Only changes over the years where front seat upolstrey to match existing and a good exterior repaint in the late 80's.

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OrrigG,

My buddy that owns this car purchased it for 25 dollars in 1965. He was 17 and it was his first car. Its went through many changes throughout the years. He told me when he was in Nam he use to have the car moved to different family members houses to make sure no one got tired of it and sold it.lol Imagine being in war and worried about a car.lol He has a lot of rods, but this one he will never sale. That car is not going anywhere it survived Nam, and a marriage and its still here.lol He is my Tri5 guru and is a very talented builder. He should be, he's had the car for 45 years.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/...f4446a8101.jpg

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That's a cool story. "Uncle Bam tell me another bed time story,,,"

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LOL
That's just mean I guess I will put you in the trouble maker category also.

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No no I am serious, its my favorite bedtime story, hotrods with a happy ending.

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Well I have many more for you but your woman has to be the one that tucks you in I wont go that far.lol

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Oh goody, I will have to tell her, Bam said you have to...:lol:

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Bam
could it be that we are twins separated at birth ??? love the 55-56 bel airs... but not a big fan of the 57 (except maybe that project X popular hot rodding did a bunch of years ago)..
your buddies 56 is killia... just the way mine would go except for maybe red and white... I know r&w is lameo and been done but I dig it.. both sit just right too....

my plan is to make all the mistakes building my truck and then get it right on the car ???

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Hey Bam, I thought about you Wednesday evening. I was coming from my parents home in western North Carolina back to South Carolina and a Blazer passed me with a license plate that said "MRS BAM". I know its a long way from you and had a NC plate.
You don't have a secret life in NC, if you do you can come down and work on my truck.
Steve

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Hey Bajabob,

Its okay if you like red and white, yes its been done to much for my taste, but so what its your car. Its a reason why people paint their cars red it looks great. I just don't want to be another red car or truck thats the only reason I will not paint anything red. Red looks great on almost anything.
So you like red? Here's another buddy of mine car just for you.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3648/...df7eefe571.jpg
Me and my two homies.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/...bf93bc4b3a.jpg

Yeah man I'm just not a 57 fan at all. I think the 55 is the most hotrod looking and the 56 is the prettiest and I'm just not a fan of the 57 at all. But hey that just me, I seen nice ones but I still prefer the 55 and 56. I know that this is rare because most people I know love the 57 the most.

Shhhhh man you shouldn't bust another man out like that, what happened to the code amongst us guys.lol

No man I can't afford two wives or to lose the one I have.lol

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The wheels on your 55 and the red one look the same. what are they? they look great on both your truck and the car.

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The wheels on the red car are Boyd Magnetos and the ones on my car are Coy's but you are right they are very similar but not the same price. The Boyd are more expensive.

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Bam
You are killing me..... those are sweet, how am I going to tell my baby girl she can not go to school cuz daddy spent her college fund on his car ??????

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Tell her to become a academic genius, develop tennis skills, a jump shot, softball skills and get an scholarship so she can help dad pay for college.lol

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I got a little more down this weekend.
I welded the seam is in this area. I then used Duraglass over the welds to smooth everything out.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/...62505a705e.jpg
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6018/...291b2c56c5.jpg

A little primer and I like it much better than that unfinished look that came from the factory.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/...db955632aa.jpg
Its getting there I guess I'll keep chipping away at it inch by inch.
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6003/...47902f636c.jpg

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It won't be long now that thing will be rolling on the show circut. It looks real, glad to see you have some time to spend on it.

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Looking good, and your right little by little and it gets done.....Jim