Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

[Nut Case]

Big D

Fandamtastic, so close. I'm so envious I wish I was as far along as you, my shed is moving all be it slower that a snail on his way to his next meal,
My sweet heart had emergency surgery in January for two blocked arteries, then urgent surgery to remove a calcified disk, on May 27. two horse shoe brackets one above and one below with two stabilizing rods torqued to 14 foot lbs on the set screw. All is going well. The shed is on perma-hold. But I gona get her done.

Keep on keepin on

NC

[Dan in Pasadena]

UGH, so sorry to hear about all the health related issues. Fingers crossed - my health holds out long enough to enjoy this truck. I had been wanting one since my 20's, had a false start with a '57 small window about 20 years ago I had to sell because of my divorce.

But now the road SEEMS "clear" to have and enjoy this for as many years as the Lord gives me.

[G&R's57GMC]

Dan how about a 10 day update .... Whaaatttsssuuppp ?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Well, your timing is impeccable Glen.

I stopped by the paint shop a couple hours ago: Hood has been final fitted, rear fenders were being color sanded for polishing tomorrow and Marcos had re-painted the strip immediately below the doors because there was a very slight difference in color.

I have to get new wiper escutcheons so he can install the cowl delete panel, rear fenders w/welt & tailgate. There is also the damage I did to the interior paint putting the window in (GRRRR!), and tiny chips in the passenger step area and passenger exterior door that need repair. Once this is done he'll install the windshield and rear window.

MODERATOR:
If you can rotate these pics 90* I'd really appreciate it,.

[G&R's57GMC]

Thanks for the update .

Last month my Dart was getting color sanded and polished and the pin stripping put on . I brought it home just to park it this month. It goes back for paint on the under side of the hood next month.

[joedoh]

its very hard for me to imagine your truck as non metallic, because in the pictures it looks metallic! I like solid non metallic reds too, I had a cinnabar red 535is for 12 years, think of a cinnamon heart red.

truck looks outstanding! invest in some bubble wrap for daily driving haha

[Dan in Pasadena]

Glen, She's looking good. Somewhere online I saw a picture of a REALLY nicely detailed slant six - is that what's under the hood? I should have kept the picture. I was truly impressed with how great it looked.

Joe, Yeah, it's truly non-metallic. It's the same red you see on Hondas all the time. It's their very dark red. No poop on the bubble wrap comment. I took this build WAAY too far. My bank account is shrieking in protest.

Status:
I picked up wiper escutcheons, gaskets & squirters today along w/chrome tail light brackets, wire harness covers & poly tailgate trunions from The Car and Truck Shop. Dropped off the wiper stuff and the rear fenders were being masked to have undercoat sprayed on them. (I thought it had already been done) Marcos wanted to do it before final polish and mounting. I'm going back tomorrow to keep the pressure on and to take pictures.

[oldman3]

Dan, keep on 'em. Can't wait to see it all together...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thursday, July 19, 2018

My beloved granddaughter Isla’s 4th birthday. What REALLY matters in life.

One fender installed with welt. I think the match is pretty good. Happy with it even though it came from a Ford parts provider, Bob Drake lol.

I think 1/4” spacers aren’t quite enough. Will probably need 1/2”.

I won’t be posting after next week for awhile but I’ll be back early in August.

[oldman3]

Dan, fender and welting look good, enjoy the family...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks Jim.

I really wasn't certain about using welt at all and then concerned that if I did the color would be a little "off" - which to me is worse than just using another color all together like black. happy so far. Wish the pics would load with the right orientation. Oh well.

[Kim57]

Cute granddaughter.
Welt looks good.
Kim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Has anyone else used welt between their rear fender and their side step?

I ask because I stopped by the shop today and that's what the painter told me he was doing. I asked why and he said to protect the paint at the joint from rubbing each other and creating a place for future rust. I said as long as he aligns the welt so it look good I was ok with it.

Anyone else?

[oldman3]

Dan I run the welt on both my front and rear fenders on my 50. I just went to the garage and took pics of the rear fenders. Front is apart for paint...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks Jim. Yours looks great too. Did you have it custom made to match?

What I meant was not only between the bedside & fender, but welt in the joint between the bottom of the fender and the side step. That's where he's putting some welt on mine. If he does it right I think it'll kinda look cool. If not? It'll just be weird and I'll remove it.

[oldman3]

Thanks Dan, I bought mine from a vendor at one of the NSRA events, he had alot of different colors. I don't have welt between the fender and board, but I do have rubber I cut to keep them from rubbing together...Jim

[G&R's57GMC]

Happy Birthday Isla !

Looking Good .
Let's see if this worked, I cropped and rotated the rear fender pic for you.

[G&R's57GMC]

OK that worked so I did 12 more

[G&R's57GMC]

Next 5

[G&R's57GMC]

last 2

[oldman3]

Nice job flipping the pics...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Very thoughtful and helpful of you, Glen. Thanks so much!

Is it just a matter of editing the photos to be square so the forum loads them the same way I see them?

[G&R's57GMC]

No need to crop them just rotate them.

I cropped some of them to make the subject the main item instead of the the surroundings like the floor or sky or the background that contribute nothing to the subject.
This also makes the subject larger.

I just dragged you photos into iPhoto and worked them there and then dragged them to my desktop where I renamed them and then using this web site I retrieved them 5 at time and posted them.

Real simple and no 3rd party photo service to hold your photos for ransom like photo bucket.

Yes iPhoto is available for windows also.

[G&R's57GMC]

Here I just rotated the original and cropped it and the 2nd is the rotated original

[lower50's]

Looking Very nice!!