tilly to the rescue

[Ta2Don]

Well Said JMo!!!
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[Dinos63]

we need ya clem!

[coulter]

glad you got the picture problem figured out!!! flawless work as always man!!

[pdxhall]

Nice job on the underside of the cab. I did the exact thing today and just posted pics. Eerily familiar.

[da_bears_da1]

Nice job and great to see the pics again!

[clemdaddy]

thanks, and its great to be posting again...

some of you guys know that here we fix a few trucks for others. mainly metal and body work and as i get closer to retirement i want to up the level of what happens at the station. well, its starting to happen...

meet kim and bens 65 C20 farm truck. the plan is to fix the bad rust issues while keeping the original paint patina. reupholster the seat. remove the saddle tanks that weren't supposed to be there. drop in a v-8. convert to overdrive auto trans. brake job, lots of electrical and fix everything so the truck is safe to drive.

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

thanks, and its great to be posting again...

some of you guys know that here we fix a few trucks for others. mainly metal and body work and as i get closer to retirement i want to up the level of what happens at the station. well, its starting to happen...

meet kim and bens 65 C20 farm truck. the plan is to fix the bad rust issues while keeping the original paint patina. reupholster the seat. remove the saddle tanks that weren't supposed to be there. drop in a v-8. convert to overdrive auto trans. brake job, lots of electrical and fix everything so the truck is safe to drive.

Keeping The Patina...
Looks like fun just waiting to happen!!!

[Dinos63]

whoa!! on both trucks !! always to shelf work kat!

[chevyrestoguy]

That's awesome that the picture posting tutorial worked for you! I'm glad you're back to posting pictures, because I really enjoy this thread.

I really like Kim and Ben's C-20. With your magic touch, it'll be killer. I was wondering what the heck the things were above the rear wheel openings, and I figured that they were the fillers for the saddle tanks. Yeah, those have to go bye bye.

[chad64chevy]

i'm glad I wasn't the only one that couldn't get the picture thing figured out, the progress is looking great, i'm glad your not going to let this thread die! I don't get the pics to work on my so I just stopped trying to post the pics and kept worin on it lil by lil!!

[Jmorales3181]

Looking good man! Kind of wishing I he'd done the big back window before I painted the inside of my cab.well there is always version2.0
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[sigshooter]

Top notch work as always.... Let me know when the next gathering is at your place and we will drive old' blue over
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[clemdaddy]

thanks guys...

well things have been rolling along with the multi builds that are happening right now. i will post some pics of the most recent projects soon but for now...

bikes blues and bbq, is an annual event in my town and its advertised as the 3rd largest motorcycle rally in America. there will be over 300,000 harleys and 500,000 people in my little college town. its big.

i want to invite all you crossover guys who ride bikes and love trucks to come to the rally, give me a shout out and lets toss back a cold one. its really unbelievable fun. 479-442-9286. thats this week from wednesday through sunday... google it, bikes blues and bbq

and now to legitimize this post heres a pic of tilly...

[flips72]

tilley is lookin awesome, great work. glad you didn't have to kill the build.

[Jeff La]

Tilly definitely has something going on

[clemdaddy]

been a busy month. had a couple of different projects roll in, one was a 67 el camino for some paint and body work and the other was an airstream trailer that is being converted to a mobile store for a clothing outfitter. will post up pics of those later.

on tilly this month time was kinda light. did the driveshaft make and remake thing. moved the bed forward a bit to center up the wheels and test fitted the fenders. working now on the cowl corners and grill, the hood and steering column. that will be a pretty good month if i can get those things done.

pics are the bed after moving it forward and the second one shows the gaps between cab and bed as well as the fenders.

[clemdaddy]

heres an update on the green c-20 truck of sam & kim.

took the saddle tanks out and scrapped them, also removed the homemade filler tubes and pulled the front fenders to get at the rust. the paint will have to be blended to match the patina everywhere the repairs are done and that will be a new challenge for us. never tried matching old paint but the first thing to do is compound off all the dead paint and get back to the color underneath.

first pic is dead paint and the second shows the tired 6 cylinder coming out. the original plan was a v-8 and overdrive install but things changed to a power glide and overhaul the original 6.

third pic is the bed boards which will be filled a little and blackwashed. also the wheel tubs are out and heading to scrap, i think the cows were very nervous riding when gramps was driving. this pic also shows the big holes where the side tank fillers stuck out, more patchwork and blending on this too.

[Dinos63]

always cool stuff going on at your shop, tilly looks killer

[Jmorales3181]

Looks great man! Loving all the Chevys in the background too!

I'm in the process of figuring out my driveshaft situation. By the way I thought of you and the Vette in the background I may have a tank for ya

[Ta2Don]

Originally Posted by Jmorales3181

Looks great man! Loving all the Chevys in the background too!



I'm in the process of figuring out my driveshaft situation. By the way I thought of you and the Vette in the background I may have a tank for ya

Chevys Rule!!! Looking forward to the 19th

[Low Elco]

Tillie's lookin' good!

[Bomp]

Tillys lookin straight as a pin, green c-20 not too shabby either.
That is one lucky cat you have there. Lounging around all those classics.


Whats with the little Vet in the bay.
Wish I could be at the get together, Lots of pics. LOTS

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

The closer you get to retirement means more time to post pics.

took a while to figure out how to do the pics thing , but, now retirement, i'm so looking forward...

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

i'm glad I wasn't the only one that couldn't get the picture thing figured out, the progress is looking great, i'm glad your not going to let this thread die! I don't get the pics to work on my so I just stopped trying to post the pics and kept worin on it lil by lil!!

never wanted to kill it... just frustrated for awhile. ya know...

[quote=Jmorales3181;6252334]Looking good man! Kind of wishing I he'd done the big back window before I painted the inside of my cab.well there is always version2.0

thanks and i hear ya, i've been liking the small window lately, maybe we should trade?

[QUOTE=sigshooter;6258964]Top notch work as always.... Let me know when the next gathering is at your place and we will drive old' blue over

saturday the 19th... this month

[QUOTE=flips72;6272860]tilley is lookin awesome, great work. glad you didn't have to kill the build.

thanks bro, appreciate you hanging in there.

[QUOTE=Jeff La;6272969]Tilly definitely has something going on.

i hope so... we'll see soon, hopefully.

[QUOTE=Jmorales3181;6307578]Looks great man! Loving all the Chevys in the background too!

I'm in the process of figuring out my driveshaft situation. By the way I thought of you and the Vette in the background I may have a tank for ya

tell me about the tank... though i've thought it would be a good truck tank, with the straight-up spout and skinny design. you better hang on to that buddy (for a future build)... but if you want to let it go, i may be your guy.

[QUOTE=Ta2Don;6307602]Chevys Rule!!! Looking forward to the 19th

me too dude...

Originally Posted by Dinos63

always cool stuff going on at your shop, tilly looks killer

thanks bro, you motivate us... and the appreciation is big.

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Tillie's lookin' good!

thanks man.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Tillys lookin straight as a pin, green c-20 not too shabby either.
That is one lucky cat you have there. Lounging around all those classics.


Whats with the little Vet in the bay.
Wish I could be at the get together, Lots of pics. LOTS

thanks bud, too many projects, each pulling at me pretty hard... must choose and focus.
the cat is 'todd' 23 lb siamese (spell check) and a bad ass to boot. you don't want to be on his bad side...
the vette is heading towards the paint booth and then off to the blocks.
and i wish you could be here too...

[clemdaddy]

one last thing...
and i got to throw props to my stitcher friend, scottybob, for another great seat. he had a bolt of old fabric and i don't know from what or where but i like it and it looks pretty dang original. thanks dude... and i'll take the rest of that bolt please..

[duallyjams]

Scottybob did a assume job on the seat.