Thelonerifes 72 stepper

[5150]

I'm blind!!!!

Looks good Chuck, nice and bright

[thelonerife]

yeah man and those are just the park lights. brakes are much brighter. I'll get a better pic later after I get the fenders back on

[Bob 68327]

Trucks comming along nicely the engine and taillights look Great !!

[thelonerife]

Thanks Bob. I cleaned the inside of the rear fenders and painted them. They really weren't that bad. The po of the bed must have primed or sealed them good. When I took the wire brush on the drill to them I got to see the primer/sealer real good. I will try to put some undercoating on them and get them back on this weekend. Busy day tomorrow doing the inlaws yard.

[thelonerife]

My son helped me bolt on the fenders. I also patched the square holes on the sides of the tailgate where the old hardware was. Mudded it but haven't sanded any off yet.

[Cyclone44]

It sure is coming together great Chuck.....

[thelonerife]

very slowly George. The weather isn't cooperating any. I'm ready to move further south. I also started welding the patch in on the hood but it started raining again.

[thelonerife]

I sanded down the ends of the tailgate and primed them.

[thelonerife]

Got the rear done. heres a before and after.

[gcburdic]

That's a great looking mod Chuck...nice job!

[thelonerife]

Thanks Geoff. I couldn't get the hood outside and work on it since we had some bad weather again. maybe sometime this weekend I'll get it out and get something done to it. Thinking about a cowl hood. any pros or cons that you guys know of ??

[thelonerife]

I went to pulla part and got me another cowl panel. Mine had two small holes on both sides from dealer plaques and I thought while I was there I would see if there was one and bingo. I started the hood again. Got the patch welded up and spotted some pinholes and took care of them. Ground it all down skimmed it with filler.

[tdave00]

Looks good. The rear looks much better like you have it now. They have anything worth picking up for our trucks at Pull A Part?

[thelonerife]

not really much.
its picked over pretty good

[5150]

yea, they don't have as much as they used to. There used to be a good 4-6 trucks there at a time. Now you're lucky it there's one or two.

[thelonerife]

I think Rons bought all of them in middle TN lol.

[gcburdic]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

Thanks Geoff. I couldn't get the hood outside and work on it since we had some bad weather again. maybe sometime this weekend I'll get it out and get something done to it. Thinking about a cowl hood. any pros or cons that you guys know of ??

Hey Chuck....my cowl hood was repop, so we had to do some massagin' to get it to work...if you know what I mean!!!

Originally Posted by 5150

yea, they don't have as much as they used to. There used to be a good 4-6 trucks there at a time. Now you're lucky it there's one or two.

Yeah....the same around here too....but I think with scrap prices WAY lower....not as many are finding their way to the junkyard....which is good...I think....at least they have a chance to survive if one of us see them....BUT, you gotta beat Ron to them first!!!!!!

[thelonerife]

Yeah I know what you mean. I'll just use this one till I find one.

[thelonerife]

I finally got the 454block that will eventually go in this truck.

[allen123]

Awesome build really inspiring makes me want to go work on mine but its at vo tech

[gcburdic]

Originally Posted by thelonerife

I finally got the 454block that will eventually go in this truck.

Nice Chuck....how soon before the swap??....Me likey the Cheyenne 10 in the background too......hopefully someday that'll be my next project

[thelonerife]

thanks. i don't have a timeline on the motor as I need so much of the big block stuff to get and I try to sell parts to pay for stuff for my project. the cheyenne super is my truck I did back in 02. painted it in the basement and it turned out okay but I'm picky.

[thelonerife]

Originally Posted by allen123

Awesome build really inspiring makes me want to go work on mine but its at vo tech

I painted cars in vo tech twenty yrs. ago

[allen123]

Not sure if it was said earlier but what kind of paint are you using

[5150]

Duplicolor




















just kidding Chuck, you are doing an awesome job.