What did you do to your truck today? Chapter II

[texjake]

I sandblasted the wheels then sprayed them with primer then painted the backs & centers with semi-gloss black enamel & then painted the front of the wheels with Rust-Oleum Professional High Performance enamel Aluminum. I also included a before pic to show how bad they were before I sandblasted & painted them. Tomorrow new tires get mounted onto the freshly painted wheels.

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by texjake

I sandblasted the wheels then sprayed them with primer then painted the backs & centers with semi-gloss black enamel & then painted the front of the wheels with Rust-Oleum Professional High Performance enamel Aluminum. I also included a before pic to show how bad they were before I sandblasted & painted them. Tomorrow new tires get mounted onto the freshly painted wheels.

Nice work..

[texjake]

Originally Posted by Elliot949

Nice work..

Thanks Dan. This is one of those things that was needed to be done for a long time.

[casper1969]

After14 years of ownership she finally has paint. I picked her up from the shop today

[texjake]

And it's finally done. New tires & freshly painted wheels & the truck is back down on the ground. All for the grand total of $481. Tires [235/75/R15] were on sale at Amazon for $319 delivered, sandblasting was $53 & dismounting, mounting, balancing & new valve stems were $84 & paint/primer was $25 on sale at Lowes. It's my budget build with money left over to get the wood bed done next - after the carpet & sound deadener is installed & the seat is reupholstered.

[wreckedchevy]

those turned out nice!

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by casper1969

After14 years of ownership she finally has paint. I picked her up from the shop today

Nice.

Flip!

[casper1969]

Originally Posted by magwakeenercew2jh

Nice.

Flip!

Haha thank you I like gettin sideways but not that way

[texjake]

Originally Posted by wreckedchevy

those turned out nice!

Thanks! And it rides great too!

[BugzC10]

Inventoried all of parts for my Vintage Air install.

[Elliot949]

Sweet!!!!

[ole dollor]

Originally Posted by texjake

And it's finally done. New tires & freshly painted wheels & the truck is back down on the ground. All for the grand total of $481. Tires [235/75/R15] were on sale at Amazon for $319 delivered, sandblasting was $53 & dismounting, mounting, balancing & new valve stems were $84 & paint/primer was $25 on sale at Lowes. It's my budget build with money left over to get the wood bed done next - after the carpet & sound deadener is installed & the seat is reupholstered.

looking good , its it ready to drive yet ...street legal ? ready for a cruise night when you are. Don

[slowcpe]

Tired of seeing the truck sitting in the garage and not being driven. Snapped a couple wheel studs a month or so ago so tonight I'm fixing that. 5 new wheel studs and an exhaust patch where I ripped a hole in it backing it off the trailer.

[Tango59]

New shocks, springs and tank relocated.... ran into a few glitches but parts are on the way.

[texjake]

Originally Posted by ole dollor

looking good , its it ready to drive yet ...street legal ? ready for a cruise night when you are. Don

Hey Don, not yet I've still got an issue to work out with the rear tail lights & turn signals, replace the front brakes & adjust the e-brake. I still want to finish out the interior (carpet, seat & door seals) & replace the float & sending unit in the gas tank while I have the seat out to fix that damn annoying fuel gauge....lol

[wreckedchevy]

Took her out to the weekly cruise, usually I hide in back but this time I found this big beauty to hide behind! don't know who's it is but it is one really nice truck! now if Daman would have been there he could blocked me from the other side! there was also I really nice 67/68 patina truck but he took off before I got a pic.

[NovaBrad]

Yesterday I popped out 2 lower ball joints and one upper ball joint. Today Im finishing the other one and then to get the A arms prepped for sandblasting!

[88fordf150]

Worked on the inner & outer roof.

[Aussie Ol' Blue]

Wow! 3.59 a gallon?

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by Aussie Ol' Blue

Wow! 3.59 a gallon?

Wow... glad I don't live there... gas here is 3.19

[Econman]

Cleaned, primed, painted and bolted on my flexplate. Cleaning, painting and mounting the starter tomorrow am..

[Tree-50]

My first try on this

[hardwaycooke]

Got my block back from the machine shop. Started prepping for clearancing. Also got some porting done.

[Red Tractors]

Today I gave up on my cab on the '71 Cheyenne, I went to pull it off to replace the floor supports and discovered the entire top of the A-pillar was rusted out and gooped/filled. Bondo can hide a lot of evil work.

With the entire floor gone, inner and outer rockers and all four supports shot, the cowl rusted and now a big chunk of a-pillar/window frame/drip rail trashed I am moving to plan B. I have a '70 Cab we patched up I was saving for a future project.

[colgad]

Originally Posted by Red Tractors

Today I gave up on my cab on the '71 Cheyenne, I went to pull it off to replace the floor supports and discovered the entire top of the A-pillar was rusted out and gooped/filled. Bondo can hide a lot of evil work.

With the entire floor gone, inner and outer rockers and all four supports shot, the cowl rusted and now a big chunk of a-pillar/window frame/drip rail trashed I am moving to plan B. I have a '70 Cab we patched up I was saving for a future project.

Sounds like a good plan~