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Re: Boppa's old yeller truck
Everyone seems to! Odd, it was kind of an afterthought, it was just lying there on the motor and we were gonna shoot a bunch of small stuff anyway. I like it too.
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Painted mine today !! used ppg dcu2002 1st time , but it looks Great an the stuff flows out increadable !! will post pic;s soon
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Looking good
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Hope it came out well!
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Small update-After the mad thrash to get to paint, took a few days off. Plus, it's been 105+ ambient for several days now. Cooled off on Friday, sanded and rubbed the whole top of the cab (solvent pop and a craze), the tailgate (small run), the cowl (solvent pop), and the front fender (solvent pop, small craze and dry spot) Painting in the heat gave us some issues, but nothing a little tennis elbow cant fix! Modded my processes a bit, the stuff looks great after finish polish.
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Looks awesome
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Re: Boppa's old yeller truck
Looking good, do many people font line up body lines , nice job working on getting them lined
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Thanks, but I had to. It didn't look right, and it was bugging the red hell out of neighbor Jay and I. Hoping to get the spacers ordered today. Gonna be another hot week, but I gots stuff to do!
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So, we were presented with the gift of a low 90's day today. So, I took advantage of it. I called the local metal supplier and had them cut 2 1/2" round alum. bar stock 1/2" thick. Then I drilled 'em out here at the house. Many thanks to the lovely Wife, who picked them up on her way home. Then, we loosened up the cab and core suppport bolts, picked the whole shebang up one side at a time with a floorjack and voila! Instant bodylift! Lined up just great. We also squared up the body on the frame a tad and bolted 'er down for hopefully the last time. Looked so good, we didn't like the passenger fender fit, so we added some shims. Much better now. Really wish the core support was a good bit further forward, but we'll see how it comes out. Crapped out for tonight. Here's the pics-
Drilling the spacers- Main mount fit- Back mount fit- Final alignment- Mai the Wonderdog sez- It's good! Supposedly hot as blazes tomorrow. Checking stuff off of the looooong list, but hey, this was a biggie, and I'm glad it came out as well as it did. Thanks for playin' along! ![]()
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2nd times a charm !!! 1st time when I painted it was 95dgrees in the shop an had alot of solvent pop in haze in the clear . re did it last thrusday an it was 78 dgrees wooooo alot better ...
finished the cut an buff on the cab yesterday looks like Glass . used ppg dcu2002 High solid clear , this is great stuff an flows out like a river ![]() |
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Ummm, sandwiched between the urethane body mounts and the body. Post 210, pg. 9. Posted via Mobile Device
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I know, I saw the pictures. Metal on metal (frame/spacer) instead of metal on rubber, or rather, harder urethane. It's just a guess.
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Hmmmm... Ok, so I got out in the shop this morning intending to pop the rotors back together and change brake hoses. Admittedly, I had just whipped the brakes apart and run for it, it's been a busy week. So, I had just left everything dirty and gone.
So, today I get meticulous. I get started cleaning the spuds on the spindle up and find a lot of wear on the passenger side. Now, there's a bit of wear that you can kinda feel on the driver's side, but the passenger's has a step in it. By rough caliper measurement, it's .008 smaller top to bottom and .oo4 side to side than the rest of the shaft at the outer bearing surface. Hrmmm... Gonna have to hit the yard, methinks. The new bearing goes right on the used drop spindles I have on the shelf, nice and tight, no rock. Pretty sloppy on this one, a little wiggle on the driver's. So, we'll see. At least I found something funky. Maybe one of these funky things I fix will be the one! Wide shot-you can see the wear area. Tried to get a close up of the underside- that's where the step is. Sorry it's bit fuzzy, but you can see the step in the shaft. We'll have to find a good'un!
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Looks good!
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Thanks . it's been a long road as I am doing it all alone , but not to sound like a wine ass , lol yours looks great !! an your progress has been pretty quick , today I got a new windshield installed an my new front bumper & grill , did the pre fit on the grill before paint an glad I did as it needed alot of tweaking here an there . the old Chevy has a face an new Head lights ..
tomorrow the rest of the glass will go in an it's on the the back body to get it ready for paint , should be a hell of alot easier than the cab as it has all new panels .. ![]() Last edited by c10327; 07-31-2012 at 06:07 PM. Reason: error |
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Looks good! Wish mine was moving that fast.
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Old Yeller is looking sweet man - nice work!
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Thanks, I'm tryin'- got the ebrake and speedo cable hooked up last night and got some wiring cleaned up and researched the wiring diagram. Knocking stuff off the list.
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Just got in- fixed gas door, fabbed up new mounting solution for it, stripped and etch primed it, fabbed alum bed spacers, picked up chrome steel grille surround, 72 insert, bow tie, 72 bumper, and 72 grille center support. Guess its a 68/70/72 now! Also wired up the lockup in the trans and the electric choke, which appears to be dead. progress!
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Boppa came out last night- tightened drivers door gap, routed out holes and got core support down and squared up front clip dead on. Uncle Matt took Boppa to a salvage he does bidness with and got a seat from an 06 Silverado, a better third brake light, and the pigtails for the efans. Time to fire up the welder!
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Think Boppa will lay a fat patch in front of the house for the Youtube when you're all done!? That'd be classic man!
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Ha, he says if he won't The Kid will! Last night got fuel gauge wired and bed reset, Boppa got seats out of an 06 Silverado, (they fit awesome) and got bed set shimmed and squared. Boppa came out today and we got a bunch of parts ready for paint in the morning, got carpet dye and a fan control kit ordered, and scrubbed and pressure washed the carpet. Quitting early to go to dinner and see Ted with momma. Have a good night!
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Ok, an update - Ted was hilarious! Boppa came out today and sorted out all the taillight mess, we now have bed grounds, wiring, a trailer harness and LIGHTS! I also repainted the tailgate and cowl, and a lot of assorted hardware. Should be doin some assembly this week!
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I forgot-got the gas filler permanently installed and the radio packed up to be hi-tech reworked in NJ.
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