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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
Getting ready to weld up the bag plates !
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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
If you weld that bag plate on it going to be a real pita to get to the upper bag bolts and air fitting..
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Plates welded up, and had to do some repairs to the frame prior to getting it over to the powder coater. I was trying so hard to get all the parts grinded up and ready to go I forgot to take photos, oh and the fact that my camera is still missing http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/i...cons/icon8.gif
I got everything loaded up Sat afternoon and dropped it off @ the powder coater. Supposed to have it back in 7-10 business days. I decided to go with a satin black on the frame and charcoal metallic on the bolt on's. |
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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
It's one of those "if it were easy ... everyone would do it" things...
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When I did my first build I completed the bagged chassis with the plates....after they were installed I really wished I'd welded them vs bolted...but at that point all the paint was done...
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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
Is that a custom or factory blue?
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Looking good. I never have the money for powder---expensive around here
![]() I do two tone silver and black paint a lot on frames though....think it looks clean and nicely detailed.
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Yeah I just done know if one is lighter or darker than the other, and or if one is more metallic. I bet it really doesn't matter, he will have to order either one in anyhow.
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Just got home from the shop, tore down the rear end finally, I had to torch out the center pin holding the spiders, all that's left is to remove the side bearing and pinion gear.
The diff was WASTED, I bet I would have got a few hundred miles before it had some real issues, so in retrospect I am glad I decided to get it powdered. |
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Man, what is it with people these days! I work in a body shop, hell I have even managed body shops, but these people out there that do very similar work, the way they conduct business is just friggin outrageous. This is now two damn times I have been burnt when it comes to subletting some work on this damn truck! I must have a kick me sign on my back.
First it was the media blasting of the body, my ass still hurts on that one, now I waste 3 hrs saturday bringing my parts to a powdering company that I felt was reputable enough to handle my work, and the price was fair. Now two days later, he emails me, oh the blasting took longer. so first estimate over email with very descriptive photos and list of parts goes from 450-500, to max 600 when I left based on booth heat time for the frame rails to today 800-900 depending on color. Hell we havent even started powdering, by friday it could be 1100-1200. WTF!!!!!!!! Ok rant over, I just done get this ****, how is it even legal? |
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Got my Posi today, hoping the rear will be ready at the powderer later this week
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Motive bearing kit showed up today
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Finally! Resized
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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
More!
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contract with origina quote/price? any more and u walk out?
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For sure Im going to walk, I will let him get me a price on the now RAW frame, let him powder it, and take my work elsewhere. Even if it costs me more time and money, you dont treat people like this. If I where rich I would say screw it and thats what he is counting on, but I will call his bluff, and I know ppl in the biz, I could have sent him referral work too. I guess not now |
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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
alright !! we are ready to see the results of your 25hrs of assembly !!
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resize them to 640x480 that usually works for me
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oh man that looks like the best puzzle ever !!
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man that really looks great !!
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Re: Project: "Home Grown"
Thanks! I really like how it turned out, too bad about 30 minutes ago I put the tires on and moved it, rolled on top of one of them low lying floor hoists, smoked the trailing arm x member into the hydraulic cylinder, took the powder right off
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