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Re: Restoring Rusty
well yes like a dummy The Greg piles this JB Weld on too thick, but hey first time for everything
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we might could take another shot at these with more sand paper once its primered
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time to wipe... in a mad Dash to get it done before the sun goes down
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in the spirit of Run what you Brong' we primered the belly with some left over primer over rust stuff, until we ran out of product
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Looking good .
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Those vent holes would make good storage pockets. Wonder what late model brand has some that would fit, something that you could find in a junkyard?
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the top got covered in some left over high temp engine primer, totally unnecessary but again that's what we had on hand, and I wasn't going to fork out any more $$$ (pronounced Duckets) on this "cheap" da$h board repair
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some touch ups required, but remember it aint got to be perfect I don't recon cause its going to get covered in textured paint which I hope will mask / hide some imperfections
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Holy Shiyat Greg. Good work. its taken me about 4 days on/off trying to read all of this. today i got off work being too cold out to work (Canadian Standards) so i bunkered down and read the last 50 pages of this. Gotta say, you've brought a truck up from the ground in every way possible. wish i had the time to work on something like you did but that sadly doesnt happen in canada working outside through the winter. Good luck with the project, i will definitely be reading!
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just want you all to know that I aint got that much free time on my hands, I literally steal time away from other events or squeeze in time in between other things, I work full time, like you all, I have a family, so the point is, do what you love, find the time, there will never be the right time for it, just do a little at a time, and do the best you can the garage will never be clean and organized the way you like it (I'm looking at you camping gear, kids bikes, and every ball imaginable), you will never have all the proper tools, but that's what makes it cool, just go for it |
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Mirror Mirror On The Floor
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so I returned the K-Source Car Mirror (pronounced Too Small) and bought two Truck Mirrors (pronounced Big Ones) site unseen
The new mirrors are well ahem bigger, I like them, but they do have that certain aftermarket je ne sais quoi about them, you know, cheap, light, flimzy, but we don't care about that (yet) they look good now having played the mirror replacement game in the past with my '97 Tahoe (R.I.P. SUV) having chosen to replace with aftermarket rather than OEM, I know that a mirror is not fully tested until you have driven (at speed mind you) with said mirror or mirrors when you drive with them you will look for two things: 1. The Wigglebility Factor - you want this as close to zero as possible 2. No Whistlin' Dixie - that's right some aftermarket mirrors tend to whislte or make noise, you don't want that either, or maybe you do, I'm just sayin' ~ This is me three years in the future (9/22/2018) giving you an update, don't buy these mirrors, they are plastic garbage and they literally fell off on Father's Day while driving home, one on a street the other on the freeway when I pasded a Grayhound bus, lol, these are cheap plastic garbage that vibrated so bad you could hardly see anything out of them in the first place, save your money! ~ Last edited by Gregski; 09-22-2018 at 10:19 AM. |
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a little shot of them holding hands side by side for sizeability comparison
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a huge plus of these handsum devils is the fact that we get to use the stock original holes and we need not drill new ones
so lets take a look at how they mounted I dunno man, I like 'em best, whacha all think? oh yeah, they only set me back $48 bucks for the pair |
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I did not think I would like them when I first saw them but installed they look great . What are we doing next ?
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Probbly the other side, you can't rush these things you know, lol |
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Well, well, well.
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not bad looking at all
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John those look really smart. For some reason I thought the dumbos stick out like three feet so I rulled them out. Are you saying you painted over chrome, I never had much luck with that, it would eventually peel off.
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They look nice Gregski, and I'll bet you can actually see out of them. Unlike the factory sport mirrors that you had installed and that are on my '79.
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