"BUILD: 1970 C10 LWB--->SWB “Jumping Cholla”

[zicc1835]

I felt your pain brother, when I saw that first picture.... been there done that .....
now and WOW they look real good Merry Christmas to you and your Family

[loudchevy]

Originally Posted by Chaparralman1974

Nice work Scott!! Now you need to wrap that door up in bubble wrap so you don't scratch it again! LOL!!
Clay

No kidding!

Originally Posted by zicc1835

I felt your pain brother, when I saw that first picture.... been there done that .....
now and WOW they look real good Merry Christmas to you and your Family

Thanks! Merry Xmas to you and yours as well.

[loudchevy]

We have a finished short bed I let all the painted pieces sit for a few days in the garage during the holidays to fully cure. I got to work getting them bolted together on Friday. Everything came together great. I did have to clearance some of the square holes in the floor with a square shaped file I got from Harbor freight, which worked perfect. Once I got the tailgate hung (All the letters will be a white sticker, I didn't even want to try and tape off and paint them in) I had to get this bed in the sun and check it out. It looks great in the sun. You can definitely see some waves from my rookie body filler work, but I don't care. I learned so much during that whole process and I'm sure it will come in handy for the next build.....

The next day I scuffed up all the panels on the inside of the bed to get ready for a few coats of Raptorliner. Once I got everything prep'd, cleaned up, and taped off, I went ahead and seam sealed all the joints. It took (3) cans of Raptor to get everything coated and (2) cans for the second final coat. The seam sealer really made it all come together in the end.

Overall, I'm very happy how the whole bed came out. I was super temped to drop it on the frame now, but I still have a few things to finish up before the bed is covering access to it. For now, it got pushed back to the back patio to sit out of the way until I'm ready for it to meet the rest of the truck. Plus the wife gets her garage parking spot back, only been hogging that space since the beginning of November

I think the next thing to tackle is bleeding the brakes and now that the drivers door is repainted, I can install the front fenders and start the painful process for setting gaps on the front clip.

Thanks for following along so far.

[loudchevy]

Here are a few pics of the bed with the Raptor sprayed.

[zicc1835]

looking so good .......

[Scurry67]

Paint looks great! Nice work.

[Chaparralman1974]

That looks great Scott! I think we have both learned a ton about body work during our restoration projects. I have waves in my bed panels as well, but it looks better than when I started. Someone once told me that the only way to perfect body work is with $100 bills....lot's of them.

I can't wait to see your truck all put together.

Clay

[raggedjim]

I think it looks great. Nice work, Rg