67 SWB First Build

[cornerstone]

Originally Posted by Scurry67

Right now I'm leaning towards centennial blue. Chevy's 50th anniversary truck just looks so awesome in that color. Still on the edge about whether to two tone it or not. I go back and forth all the time!

That would be a great color to go with! If you do go with that I think the solid color would be best.

[Scurry67]

Originally Posted by cornerstone

That would be a great color to go with! If you do go with that I think the solid color would be best.

That's what I'm leaning towards. Paint is probably still a little ways down the road, but it's still fun to think about.

Al

[Scurry67]

Small update. I'm still waiting on the mobile sand blaster to show up next week to get the misc panels/pieces. In the mean time I sand blasted some smaller pieces in my dad's blasting cabinet and shot them with primer.

Also been killing the time by ordering parts... More to come on those items later 👌🏽

Slash guards, bumper brackets, core support brackets and hood latch all primed

Have the exterior cab ready for feather fill. Just waiting on the hood and core support so I can piece it all together to get it all at once.



Old seat cover was trashed. A couple broken springs that I'll look into replacing and also get it blasted next week.

[Scurry67]

One of the purchases I recently made was for a new steel bed floor... It's actually two halves of one. I took the idea from Camaroguy, as it made it a bit cheaper to have it shipped in 2 pieces. Thanks for that!

Spent the last couple of evenings drilling out spot welds on the bed cross sills. Only the rear cross sill is left. In total I drilled out about 120+ spot welds

Need to get it done before Wednesday so I can have the mobile sand blaster get it while he's here.

[TA_C10]

Digging the updates man. You have a lot going on right now, plenty to keep you busy there. I'm working on bed as well.

[Scurry67]

Originally Posted by TA_C10

Digging the updates man. You have a lot going on right now, plenty to keep you busy there. I'm working on bed as well.

That is for sure... Still waiting to see that light at the end of the tunnel!

I'm so ready to get everything in paint... Seems light years away

[Scurry67]

Small update:
Mobile blaster came by this week to blast a few parts. It was a pretty sweet set up, wished I had gotten a picture. It was a dustless blaster that used cool water to keep the panel temperature down. The kid did a pretty good job. The hood has a little bit of oil canning, but that was there before he blasted it. I'll continue with the body work on both hoods. Leaning towards cowl at this point.

The sandblast finish really brings a panel back to life. I shot everything with some epoxy primer quickly to prevent that clean metal from flash rust.





Also, like TA mentioned earlier, started to shave front bumper. It takes a bit of time to cut those heads off!


The front tubs were really the only things that required a few minor patches. I'll also have to clean up the core support below the battery tray. There are a few pin holes.