Father/Son/Friend 63 C10 Build

[SpudWrench]

Lots of great work here. Like the exhaust. Gives me a goal on how I will have mine routed

[cla5675]

Originally Posted by SpudWrench

Lots of great work here. Like the exhaust. Gives me a goal on how I will have mine routed

Thanks, Spud. Good luck with your build.

[cla5675]

Got the bed and hood in place for final mock up. So far so good. A few more items to fabricate in the cab then time for body work and some paint.

[cla5675]

Got the firewall done and first round of epoxy on the cab interior.

[Braunschweiger]

You are doing a great job and don't let setbacks discourage you,
it will be a great truck.

[cla5675]

Originally Posted by Braunschweiger

You are doing a great job and don't let setbacks discourage you,
it will be a great truck.

Thanks!

[cla5675]

Got a little more filler work done on the interior this week.

[cla5675]

Interior is ready for color and sound deadener.

[cla5675]

Did spray out test of the flat gray single stage. Looks good. Gonna paint the rest of the interior and inner side of the doors this week.

[rbruno68]

When you sprayed your interior, it looks like epoxy went on all surfaces. After that, did you spray the floor/ front of cab under the dash and the dash/back of cab/roof in different paints? Meaning, did you spray something different on areas that would not be seen or covered vs areas that you will see? Hope that question makes sense.

[cla5675]

Originally Posted by rbruno68

When you sprayed your interior, it looks like epoxy went on all surfaces. After that, did you spray the floor/ front of cab under the dash and the dash/back of cab/roof in different paints? Meaning, did you spray something different on areas that would not be seen or covered vs areas that you will see? Hope that question makes sense.

Good eye, bruno. We used SPI gray epoxy "from the dash up" on the areas that will get single stage paint and U-Pol Raptor epoxy "from the dash down" which will all be covered in Dynamat or a similar sound deadener.

Only reason for the two primers is U-Pol takes less time for substrate prep and my buddy wanted to try out the Raptor epoxy. Used the good stuff in areas that will be painted.

Hope that helps.

Troy.

[rbruno68]

Originally Posted by cla5675

Good eye, bruno. We used SPI gray epoxy "from the dash up" on the areas that will get single stage paint and U-Pol Raptor epoxy "from the dash down" which will all be covered in Dynamat or a similar sound deadener.

Only reason for the two primers is U-Pol takes less time for substrate prep and my buddy wanted to try out the Raptor epoxy. Used the good stuff in areas that will be painted.

Hope that helps.

Troy.

That definitely helps. I will be working on may cab hopefully soon and was thinking about how much work needs to be done. Not that I want to take short cuts, but for areas that will be covered by carpet/mat or tucked up under the dash, I was wondering if there were different ways of doing it verses the way the dash and other places that will be seen will be done. Thanks for the info.
Rob

[cla5675]

Fauxtina paint work is coming along nicely. Interior paint work is done.

[cla5675]

Some comparison pics on the cab repair. Not too bad if I do say so myself.

[cla5675]

Firewall repair went well too.

[cla5675]

Lastly, some pics of cab interior repair work.

[Braunschweiger]

You did a great job, it turned out very nice.

[rbruno68]

Looks great. Hoping to get close to this in a month or so on my 63 cab. I am planning on going back to Fawn with mine, but the grey is a nice contrast.

[cla5675]

Originally Posted by Braunschweiger

You did a great job, it turned out very nice.

Originally Posted by rbruno68

Looks great. Hoping to get close to this in a month or so on my 63 cab. I am planning on going back to Fawn with mine, but the grey is a nice contrast.

Thanks for the kind words, fellas!!


Troy.

[cla5675]

Few more pics of the fauxtina work. This time in the daylight.

[rbruno68]

Got another question. How did you color match your blue? my plan is to fix patches like you did but not paint the entire cab this go around. Mine is a factory red truck and the colors range from very orange to still close to red. If I want to put color on my repairs, I would like to see if I can blend it like you did. But, if I got to the paint store and give them my paint code, I would image the red they sell me wouldn't match the faded red on my truck.

[cla5675]

Originally Posted by rbruno68

Got another question. How did you color match your blue? my plan is to fix patches like you did but not paint the entire cab this go around. Mine is a factory red truck and the colors range from very orange to still close to red. If I want to put color on my repairs, I would like to see if I can blend it like you did. But, if I got to the paint store and give them my paint code, I would image the red they sell me wouldn't match the faded red on my truck.

At my local paint shop they use a "gun" to determine the paint match. I guess it sort of takes a pic and breaks down the pigments. I never use paint codes any more. They just aren't as accurate as the "gun" method in my experience.


Troy.

[rbruno68]

Originally Posted by cla5675

At my local paint shop they use a "gun" to determine the paint match. I guess it sort of takes a pic and breaks down the pigments. I never use paint codes any more. They just aren't as accurate as the "gun" method in my experience.


Troy.

I stopped in a local PPG supplier and they mentioned the same thing. I could bring them a panel and they have some way of determining all the pigments that would need to go in the paint to duplicate what I have. I think that is what I will end up doing. Now just need to figure out what shade of red of the variety of faded shades on my truck to take to PPG.

Rob

[floormonkey]

Originally Posted by rbruno68

I stopped in a local PPG supplier and they mentioned the same thing. I could bring them a panel and they have some way of determining all the pigments that would need to go in the paint to duplicate what I have. I think that is what I will end up doing. Now just need to figure out what shade of red of the variety of faded shades on my truck to take to PPG.

Rob

I was watching a car show with a dude trying to match old lacquer paint. Once he got the color, he made a sample cup, added a drop of white. He sprayed a sample, added another and sprayed, until he had a few. That helped him match the exact fade of the paint.

He was starting from a paint code though, something about there were only a couple suppliers.

[cla5675]

A few updates. Cab is now mounted to the frame foe the indefinite future. Started assembling front sheet metal and also started on the patina work for the inside of the bed panels. Lastly, we picked up some 4/4 cherry to mill for the bed wood. All that's left is EVERYTHING!!