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been working hard the last week and going to work hard this coming week also. cleaned up the engine got the new perma star valve covers one and my new shorty headers,new doors, painted inside and outside of the cab and walkoff base and clear, then cut and buffed. Dont have any pics of it buffed yet didnt have time tonite. will get some more pics this week and weekend, going to recover my dash and doors and custom center consoleAttachment 547836

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Man that's sick! :metal:

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I will be watching for more (less blurry) pics once you get it all buffed and out of the shop. But it looks good from what I can see. :thumbs:

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Looks really good.

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yeah sorry about the pics guys all I have been using is my cell phone but I will swipe my step daughters cam and get some good pics this weekend, Im hoping to have the bed painted and all buffed, and then wait for the 3 feet + of snow + what we are getting hit with right now to get it out on the road

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Cool. I look forward to that. Did you spray that in the shop or you have a booth? How did you like Chromabase? Decent paint for sure, and smells good too.:smoke:

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no paint booth, thats the main reason for the cut and buff. Its good stuff it covers really well. I use ppg paint most of the time but went with the dupont cause I was hoping to get the whole truck shoot with one gal. and since it is a long bed and I did under the hood the inside of the fenders and the inside of the cab I will get it all done. Price wise I think it was like 150. between the base, clear, hardner, reducer, got some sealer for the new doors.....it was around 400 bucks........it looks real good, and it looks better to me since it only cost me 400 bucks and when its all said and done 40 hours of prep,paint,sanding,buffing...........but my god do I love doing this S**T.

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Looks good! Like mentioned above can't wait to see better pics.

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Looks great! So um wanna do mine? lol

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looks great! lets see some more pics!

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old rusty.....you do the body work, by the paint and drive down to the botom of PA and I'll shoot it...........but I will get more pics up here prob wont be till sunday nite.....I'm gonna try and vinyl everything this week and shoot my bed this weekend...so i should have a lot to show

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here are some more pics to keep your mouth watering, soon as I can figure out how to get more light inside the truck I'll take some better pics. Its just to dark in there since every thing is black, and let me know what ya think of that 7.5" tv.Attachment 549080

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Look-n-good there OS :metal:

I bought two gallons of Dupont's Nazon for my 74 and have been worried about having enough for a full color change like you did, Do you feel good about the coverage you got with one gallon ?

Just trying to put my mind at ease since I had a stock color altered to suit me.....

Keep the pics comin !!!

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I love black trucks but man are they hard to keep clean. I have a lot of appreciation for the effort you guys put in just to make these look as good as they can.

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ROB.........if your changing color i would of got two gallons two, I dont paint every day. I got a few trucks and cars under my belt, but I always get more paint than what I need. and i put alot of coats on, just incase I zing it or something I can wetsand and buff and not have to worrie about anythiing

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Here's mine. I love black too. I did this in color coat, clear coat with a bunch of metal flake in it and perl with more clear. I still have to wet sand and buff out, but that will have to wait for money. I have to add here that I personally didn't paint any of the stuff you can see, only the interiour. The guy who painted it did let me do the frame prep and finishing with POR. The rest of it he did. All factory sheetmetal used for replacement except hood (origional) cab ( origional) and front box wall (origional) box floor and inner fenders are LMC. The running boards are on now and the winch is tucked up under the back end. Enjoy, jim:chevy:

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Thanks for the assurance OS !




James, I just have to say..... Every time I see a pic of your rig I get all fuzzy inside....

That flake job is SWEEET !!! :metal:

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I'd like to see more pics if you have any.

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rob.....is that two gal. you bought mixed or not, cause if it is not mixed then you would have 4 gal. mixed and that should be enough to paint your truck and your neighbors.

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No OS, It's not mixed, I've got one can reducer and one can of hardner per gallon of paint.....

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Rob I think you got plenty of paint,,, and I got the sewingmachine out tonite and made some new sun visors and my armrest for my center consoleAttachment 549463

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Rob, TY very much for the compliment. Slick, I do have more photos but they are pretty much the same as you see here. I have a bunch of pics of the work in progress but they are all to big to put here. Suffice it to say, and Bob will back me up on this, I live smack-dab in the middle of the rust belt, so resturation was a major project. I figured it will be the last vehicle I will own, and it treated me real good over the years, I was going to do right by her. jim

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heres how u take a bed off a truck......and left to right 67 elcamino....87 camero...86 montecarlo cl

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Hahaha, That's the hard way. I backed up under a tree, put a couple blocks under the back then com-a-longed the front up and drove from under it !

Don't have a fancy lift.... :waah:

Also OS, You done went and opened a huge can of worms.... You CAN'T talk about ANY vehicles on this board without postin pics. Sooo, Get those covers off and get to postin um up !!!

You don't want JohnC the "Picture Police" to chime in here.... :lol:

BTW, Trucks lookin good ! ;)