Blake's 67 GMC stepside build

[reaper71]

Pic#1. Inner fender needs some TLC

Pic#2. 2nd view

Pic#3. After the repairs were done.

Pic#4. backside will need to be cleaned up from the undercoating.

[reaper71]

Pic #1. All ready foe Epoxy and High build primers.

Pic #2. Ready for blocking.

Pic #3. This is my makeshift booth so I could wire wheel and sandblast.

Pic #4. Hood is in pretty nice condition, A dent in the front peak will need some attention and some rot on the backside as well.

Pic #5. The underside of hood after paint stripper was used and will need to be blasted and wheeled.

Mark...

[Advanced Design]

Nice repair on the inner fender Mark. That spray booth has to be handy.

[yj4000]

That's a good idea to use the garage door rails. I will have the same amount of work on both my inner fenders.

Ryan.

[reaper71]

Thanks guys...
The booth came in really handy for keeping the Nasty stuff from flying around the shop and the sand as well.

[reaper71]

Pic #1. Is the backside inner structure of the hood. This was removed so I could fix a dent in the peak in the lower portion that you can't get to.

Pic #2. This was after Hammer/Dolly,welding and metal finish.

Pic#3. This is what was found after I used the wire wheel.

Pic#4. The spot welds drilled out and the top section will be re used.

Pic#5. The bad section removed.

Mark...

[reaper71]

Pic #1. This is the new patch I made up.

Pic #2. Jumping forward, all welded in place.

Pic #3. The stock piece ready to be welded back in.

Pic #4. Welded and metal finished.

Pic #5. This was after the hood was blasted and is now ready for Epoxy and High Build primers.

Mark...

[RockinKees]

Very nice work Mark!
That's how you save original parts

[Advanced Design]

Nice save Mark. Has the owner been suprised by the needed rust repairs?

[reaper71]

Thank's Guys..

Yes and no, he lives out of town so I send E-mails with pics. There have been several times he was a bit shocked but has taken it pretty well.

[reaper71]

Pic #1. More hood updates...some spot filler

Pic #2. The backside of hood was shot with rust encapsulator.

Pic #3. Then the entire hood shot with Epoxy primer.

Pic #4. Then followed by High Build primer..

Pic #5. Guide coat applied and ready for blocking.

[reaper71]

Pic #1. As you can see here the front lip needs some love.

Pic #2. A thin coat of filler was applied.

Pic #3. Shot some more H.B. ready for blocking.

Pic #4. The hood had a couple spots I was not happy with so some filler was applied to smooth them out. Will spray more H.B. and block again and be ready for final primer.

Mark...

[yj4000]

Lots of flat surface on a hood. Lookin' good.

Ryan.

[reaper71]

Yes there is! and it tends to "tin can" sometimes

[reaper71]

Pic #1. Masking off the back of hood so it can be sprayed with satin black.

Pic #2. This was just after shooting so didn't flatten yet.

Pic #3. The Inner fenders were shot as well as will the core support so it all matches.

Mark...

[RockinKees]

Looks nice Mark!

[Advanced Design]

Mark, really like the look of the inners. What did you shoot them with?

[reaper71]

Kees, Doug Thanks again guys..

The paint was a shopline satin black. Lays down really nice and flashes in about 30 min.

[zicc1835]

wow ...just went thru it all remarkable

[reaper71]

zicc1835 Thank You!!

[reaper71]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"]Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!

Onto the next project...The Core support

Pic #1. The core support before blasting.

Pic #2. A closer look of the rot found that will need to be fixed.

Pic #3. This was taken after blasting, alot of swiss cheese!!

Pic #4. 2nd view.

So as you can see this will take a fair amount of work and planning to fix all this but I'm up for the task in saving yet another piece!

Mark.../FONT]

[RockinKees]

That's a lot of work....

[reaper71]

Yes it is, but I like doing this kinda stuff!
It's in my wheelhouse..

[reaper71]

Pic #1. This was after I cut things apart to see what I was dealing with.

Pic #2. This was the mock up of the new lower section that was removed.

Pic #3. Then transferred to steel.

Pic #4. Drilled holes and now ready to make the bends.

Mark...

[RockinKees]

That's gonna be better than new!
You're not afraid of anything, a true craftsman!