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Old 07-19-2014, 08:16 PM   #1
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In the paint shop now!

Well guys it been a long time coming but Project 65 Daily Driver in finally in the paint shop. When I started this project back in 2010 I know it would take a while but honestly I thought, two years at the most, but the more I did to the truck the more I found I wanted to do, and this forum didn’t help. Because this was to be my daily driver I first decided to not worry too much about body work or paint so I just fix the rust and painted it in my garage and didn’t worry about the bugs in the paint or the wavy body panels. But then can the 5.3L Vortec swap and that turned out much better than I had ever hoped. The truck was defiantly a 20 footer or maybe even a 30 footer, when people would walk up to get a closer look , I found myself explaining way I hadn’t done a better job on the body. So last year I decide to bite the bullet and finish the job. So this is what I did;

First I blow it all apart again and started on the hood. First I welded up the seam around the front then I sandblasted everything down to bare metal sprayed it with a spray on body filler and started sanding.





Then came the front finders, same as the hood, weld up seam and sand.




The bed was next, this took the most time because I wanted to get all of the waves out. Instead of welding up the seam though I used seam sealer and you guessed it more sanding



It’s kind of hard to see in this photo but I also filled in the slots in the vent cowl



Finally I shaved off the vertical drip rail



Well it’s in the paint shop now and if all goes well I’ll have it back the middle of Aug. Sometimes I ask myself if this is really the end and I’m finally done. The answer --- Hell no!


In case you’re wondering what I started with here’s my first post.

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Old 07-19-2014, 09:56 PM   #2
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Re: In the paint shop now!

you are doing some nice work ,that hood looks awesome,how many hours do you have in the hood by its self.
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Old 07-20-2014, 12:18 AM   #3
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Re: In the paint shop now!

Man can't wait to see it done! What color you going? Looks like someone has a lot of sanding to do!!
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Old 07-20-2014, 08:32 AM   #4
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Re: In the paint shop now!

Looks great!
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Old 09-07-2014, 02:29 PM   #5
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It's Back

Got it back from the paint shop last week and it went together with out a problem!







My daughter put this together for me.

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Old 09-07-2014, 03:21 PM   #6
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Re: In the paint shop now!

great job
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Old 09-07-2014, 05:06 PM   #7
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Looks fantastic.
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Old 09-07-2014, 05:16 PM   #8
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Looks super good!
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Old 09-07-2014, 05:41 PM   #9
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It’s kind of hard to see in this photo but I also filled in the slots in the vent cowl
Nice work! From where do you get your fresh air now ...or do you?
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Old 09-07-2014, 07:10 PM   #10
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Nice work! From where do you get your fresh air now ...or do you?
I have a VintageAir ac for temp control.
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Old 09-07-2014, 07:22 PM   #11
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Nice!!!!!!!
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Old 09-07-2014, 11:04 PM   #12
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Truck looks really nice
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Old 09-08-2014, 08:10 AM   #13
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You did a great job!
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Old 09-08-2014, 08:21 AM   #14
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Great job on the body work. Truck looks great!!!!
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Old 09-08-2014, 10:06 AM   #15
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Man she looks gorgeous - nice work
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Old 09-08-2014, 10:44 AM   #16
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Man, that looks great.
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