1969 Short Wide

[nuke1]

Nothing boring about rust, in the end it is all shiney anyway, just like the things my wife likes!!! SHINEY!!! too bad me and her do not have the same taste. ANyways the doors have come out great, good job Mike. Glad to see that you are still working away at the truck, wish I could say the same about mine, but it is all good. keeping busy with other projects, now a honey do list!! argh. anyways later

[tantrumpipeline]

Looking great, beauty job on the repair panels
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[68 TT]

Nice to see you back at it Mike. Not looking forward to the rust repair on my projects.

[chevy88]

Hey mike, it sure is going to be nice someday to cruise around in these trucks someday all Finished with a nice shinny paint job, I'm sure you'll really appreciate it with all the work you have put in.
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[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by hydrojunkie

Dude your gonna have a super killer truck. Clean ass fire wall.youve got a lot of time into it bro. I have to get ready for work tomm, gonna read more tomm. Great build bud.
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Thanks for the kind words. I do have a bunch of time in it for sure.

Originally Posted by nuke1

Nothing boring about rust, in the end it is all shiney anyway, just like the things my wife likes!!! SHINEY!!! too bad me and her do not have the same taste. ANyways the doors have come out great, good job Mike. Glad to see that you are still working away at the truck, wish I could say the same about mine, but it is all good. keeping busy with other projects, now a honey do list!! argh. anyways later

Thanks James, I am plugging away at the bodywork. I think I'm going to win this war eventually, sometimes I lose little battles along the way that help me learn.

Originally Posted by tantrumpipeline

Looking great, beauty job on the repair panels
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Thanks

Originally Posted by 68 TT

Nice to see you back at it Mike. Not looking forward to the rust repair on my projects.

Thanks Mike

Originally Posted by chevy88

Hey mike, it sure is going to be nice someday to cruise around in these trucks someday all Finished with a nice shinny paint job, I'm sure you'll really appreciate it with all the work you have put in.
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Thanks, there will be some color on this thruck this year.

[screaminchevypickup]

If you've been doing bodywork we need pics!
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[Crash_OK]

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

If you've been doing bodywork we need pics!
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I went out to Mike's last night and he has done an awesome job on the doors. He replaced a bunch of metal in both doors and they look perfect. I wish I had his attention to detail and his patience. His build my take longer than some, but it will be worth the wait.

[mcbassin]

Hey guys, just wanted to say thanks to everyone on here and my friends that checked on us. I want to thank you for offers to help. It means a lot to me. It has been a very rough week for us here. I just wanted to share some pictures of what we have been deal with.

I know you guys have all seen the damage in Moore so you know what these things are capable of. My thoughts go out to the people that lost family members and friends.

In the pictures, My Mother and Father-in law had their roof nearly taken off and a huge pecan tree fell on their house. My Sister in-law lost her mobile home and the other pics are of trees in my drive way.
We sustained a lot of hail damage and approxemately 15 trees were either broken off or blown over.

These pictures are from damage from Sunday the 19th

[Crash_OK]

Wow... Glad your home was spared from the worst of it. It is really unbelievable what a tornado can do... Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

[truckzilla]

Hey Mike,
I'm so glad that you didn't get the worst of it! My family up in OKC faired pretty well with just a lot of rain and some hail. My heart still goes out to those in Moore where it hit them pretty hard!
Last week, we had a group of tornados go through North Texas and lightning hit a tree next to the house and took out the big screen and most of the other electonic stuff!

[68GMCCustom]

sorry for your in-laws, particularly loosing an entire home. That must be frightening at times to live in a trailer in tornado alley. glad to see you weathered the storm fairly well.

my heart goes out to the families that didn't.

[Dieselwrencher]

Mike, I'm glad you guys are alright. Sorry to see the destruction. Good thing no one was home at the trailer. That wouldn't be good at all.

[raull]

i feel for everyone that had to deel with that , my prayers go out , we deal with hurricanes here in south fl but at least we see them coming , you guys have no chance once its on top of you !!!!!!

[Bennett68C10]

Glad to hear you guys are ok Mike. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that was affected by this tornado.
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[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by screaminchevypickup

If you've been doing bodywork we need pics!

I'll get some progress pics up soon hopefully. you know I'm the worlds slowest body man.

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

I went out to Mike's last night and he has done an awesome job on the doors. He replaced a bunch of metal in both doors and they look perfect. I wish I had his attention to detail and his patience. His build my take longer than some, but it will be worth the wait.

Thanks Mark for the kind words.

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Wow... Glad your home was spared from the worst of it. It is really unbelievable what a tornado can do... Let me know if there is anything I can do to help.

Thanks, It is truly hard to believe the forces produced by these twisters. I have seen some crazy things.

Originally Posted by truckzilla

Hey Mike,
I'm so glad that you didn't get the worst of it! My family up in OKC faired pretty well with just a lot of rain and some hail. My heart still goes out to those in Moore where it hit them pretty hard!
Last week, we had a group of tornados go through North Texas and lightning hit a tree next to the house and took out the big screen and most of the other electonic stuff!

Thanks and glad to hear your family is safe. Sorry to hear about the Texas tornados and the damage you sustained.

Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

sorry for your in-laws, particularly loosing an entire home. That must be frightening at times to live in a trailer in tornado alley. glad to see you weathered the storm fairly well.

my heart goes out to the families that didn't.

Thanks Kurt. This site is just another family, we all look out for each other.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Mike, I'm glad you guys are alright. Sorry to see the destruction. Good thing no one was home at the trailer. That wouldn't be good at all.

Thanks Ryan, yes we all evacuated. I personally waited a little too long but I did beat the twister by seconds. We will have our own cellar soon.

Originally Posted by raull

i feel for everyone that had to deel with that , my prayers go out , we deal with hurricanes here in south fl but at least we see them coming , you guys have no chance once its on top of you !!!!!!

Thanks Raul. We did have a few minutes to get out. We cut it close but are happy to have missed it. Unfortunately, this isn't our first rodeo. Our bother and sister in-law lost everything they had in the 2010 twister. It tracked 1 mile north from my house. This one came 1/2 mile south of my house. Just a matter of when and not if.

Originally Posted by Bennett--G4L

Glad to hear you guys are ok Mike. My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone that was affected by this tornado.
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Thanks Keith. there are some great people on here. It's very rewarding to go out and help folks that have their lives turned upside down.

[RocketKing]

I got a spare shovel, just let me know when you want to start that hole!

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by RocketKing

I got a spare shovel, just let me know when you want to start that hole!

Thanks Rex for the offer. The better part of the cleanup done. It's time to get back on the truck.

[mcbassin]

Here are some pics of the door before filler and primer. I forgot to take pictures so these are kinda old.
Just an FYI, I have exactly 21 doors and the two I used were the best ones.

[mcbassin]

I then started on the fenders, sanded the outside, sand blasted the inside, fixed all the dents, then epoxy primered, they just lack high build and blocking:

[Crash_OK]

Wow.. Great Progress Mike.. You got busy after the cleanup...

[mcbassin]

This will get us up to date. I started blasting the bedsides last night. I will be straightening all the dents and doing bodywork on these next.

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Crash_OK

Wow.. Great Progress Mike.. You got busy after the cleanup...

Thanks Mark, I have been plugging along on the bodywork for a few months when I get time. I'm pretty focused on getting it done now. I'm tired of seeing all my friends finishing their projects

[screaminchevypickup]

Looking good mike!! If you need any help let me know..
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[Crash_OK]

If you are working Thursday evening in the shop I will plan on coming out and helping... You are getting close now...

[Bennett68C10]

Looks great Mike, I'm dreading doing the body work on mine
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