Build: I've never done bodywork...but I can change if I have to! (bagged '67 SWB BBC)

[shawno72]

Nice progress. Looks like you got a big ole shop to work in, that's cool.
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[smoknbarrels]

Originally Posted by shawno72

Nice progress. Looks like you got a big ole shop to work in, that's cool.
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Haha, yea, you don't know the half of it! I just spent the last 9 months building my own shop (just finished it 2 weeks ago) I'll have to take some photos of it for ya tomorrow, it is super sweet! a nice heated 40'X32' but it has no air compressor in it yet and my tools are still in storage, so I am using my dads for now... his is great as it has a 16' celing, so I can lift the cab up with the tractor indoors!

[JRBECK64]

Your doing great on getting the patch panels in. Trust me that if you take a little more time and get everything to fit right now that the Bodywork and paint will come out much better. I have a 67 GTO setting on the other side of my shop just wispering to me everytime I go in the shop and thats whats making me want to get this one finished other than I just want to drive this truck and enjoy it. Great to hear you have a shop now that you can work in. I was restoring trucks in my attached garage and when I saw the overspray on the end of the house where I shot my paint that was when my Wife and I decided it was time to build our shop. Keep the pictures coming.

JRBECK64

[duallyjams]

What is a roloc disc and what is it used for ?

[smoknbarrels]

Originally Posted by duallyjams

What is a roloc disc and what is it used for ?

It's a 3M Product which works really good to clean surfaces, grind metal...you name it!




Well didn't get too much done today, as the girlfriend needs time too, so just spent a few hours, so I got the doors all skined and welded up, I forgot to put the handle backing plate on before attaching the skin on one door, so it was a bugger to weld it after the fact.






And here is my pride and joy or blood, sweat, and tears (depending how you look at it) which I have been working on the last 9 months! She's a 40x32 and did everything myself for the most part. everything from the concrete to the gas fitting. I even installed a drain and the entire floor slopes to it, the only flaw this building has is that I didn't slope the little areas in front of the overhead doors..so when it rains against the doors the water runs down and still leaks into the shop under the doors and goes into the drain.

10' celing and tons of lighting, this will be the new home for all my future projects! My very own work space...I never thought this day would ever come!