1957 Chevy truck re-rebuild

[Stepside Jim]

Originally Posted by iowaboynca

Love the paint scheme! Has a Hurst-Olds look to it from the early 80's. Loved those cars back in school.

You nailed it, I knew I've seen the scheme before, Hurst Olds is it.

FarmerSid, so true, my problem is that I might not paint again for a couple of years so it's difficult to commit to making the shop really set up for paint work. So as you mentioned, do the best with what you got.

I have had a set back on progress, I had the sun shine on the hood which exposed some silver sparkles in the black finish. This was unacceptable so I ended up sanding the hood with 1000 grit paper then 2 coats of black and some clear. I did the cut and buff and all is well. There wasn't much sparkle but it was right in the front of the hood. I can only figure it transferred from the tack cloth.

Otherwise I've been checking fits and making sure I have all the screws and pieces to assemble. I did assemble some of the truck the other night and spent a half hour just sitting back enjoying the view.

A couple of pics to see how things are looking together.