What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[rollenhard]

Painted frame and all the front end components with kbs-coatings that stuff works great.

[AD51]

That looks Awesome

[rollenhard]

Thanks AD51
It looks better in person

[AD51]

I made a couple of pieces and boxed the frame on the front...

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by rollenhard

Painted frame and all the front end components with kbs-coatings that stuff works great.

Rollenhard,

That looks great. I have already bought some KBS but haven't used it yet. I'm wondering what your level of prep was? I plan on scraping the truly heavy grease off, then using my angle die grinder and a fiber type small wheel to get the rest off, final wipe down with acetone and then paint. WIll that be enough or did you sandblast or sand with a rought grit to give the metal a "tooth"? Did yours dry quickly? Did the brush strokes level out nicely?

[Rude Dude]

Finish welding lower fender and body worked it and finished the rear cab see my build

[OrrieG]

Pulled the oil bed strips out of the attic rafters and punched out the cutoff carriage studs. Looks like with a little tlc they will work just fine. Channeled by great grandfather Buxton, who was a blacksmith in Casper WY around 1900, and started straightening, etc. on them.

[FFredo]

I received the custom made rear fenders for the flatbed in the mail. Thats when I discovered I'm a bone head and gave them the wrong mesurments.
So I spent all of Sat and part of sunday re-arching the fenders. Had to change the opening from 39 1/2 in to 29 1/2 in.
I still need to grind down all of the welds where I pie cut the fenders. About 100 @ 2 inch welds in total..
AGAIN, my fault not theirs. The quality of the fenders are top notch and would not hesitate to use "fenders n' more" again.

[Kabwe]

Walked by the truck and kicked the tires to see if they had enough air in them and decided that was enough work for today.

[Daze57]

orrieG

You using stuff made by your grandfather ? very very cool !!!!!!!!!!!!

[OrrieG]

Originally Posted by Daze57

orrieG

You using stuff made by your grandfather ? very very cool !!!!!!!!!!!!

A lot of the basic tools I use have been passed down the generations. I have carpentry and wood working tools that I am at least the fourth generation to use. What I met in the post was channeling his energy and memories that is I think is a part of our inherited DNA. A lot of people believe that when you use a tool, or build something a part of you stays with that tool or object, kind of a Zen thing. Also might be the reason some tools just feel more comfortable or a "part" of us when we use them.

[FFredo]

Completely ruined my new custom flatbed fenders trying to "massage" them to fit perfectly. Then I whined and moaned until the wife let me order new ones.Then I went to the garage and hit myself in the head with a hammer 'till I felt better.

[OrrieG]

I thought a lot about my tank filler and did some on-line research for a solution. This week end going to attack the tailgate latch install. FFredo, I feel your pain. I once got an stock 59 fender in what I thought was bad condition to use for parts and welding practice. I practices a lot. when I stripped down my fender I found out the "bad" one, which now has hundreds of holes, cuts and weld beads, was in better shape and would have worked.

[Daze57]

i once tried to hit myself in the head with a hammer and missed -- ahhhhh the good old days

orrieG
I too am useing v . old tools and your right - feel the spirit of my dad and granddad in them -- doesnt get any better than that !

[rollinrooster]

Worked on the disc brake setup for my '49

[Barney Rubble]

new oil and filter for the ol girl today, tried to get spark plugs, but will have to pull one to find model number for the local shops. Strangely don't list 1969 327SBC, nor 59 Apache in their reference material.......

[yossarian19]

I got the I-6 engine ready to pull out (previous owner spun #2 crank bearing) and the transmission almost out.
Starting to think about going smallblock, since the machine shop is talking more than 2K to rebuild her.

[OrrieG]

Turned the garage upside down looking for 1 missing wiper bezel and the radio delete knob buttons. No luck, must have put them in a safe place so I wouldn't loose them.

[55metalmonkey]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Turned the garage upside down looking for 1 missing wiper bezel and the radio delete knob buttons. No luck, must have put them in a safe place so I wouldn't loose them.

I hate it when that happens,
I had the same thing a few weeks ago looking for the inner fender mount for the fire wall. Took me 4 days of looking to find the "safe place" I put them. on the plus side all my junk and parts are organized now
Hope they turn up

[waybad]

I went looking for something the other day,, didn't find it... but found other
treasures that I had hid from myself....that is when I started to label all the boxes
that had something in them.. now I just look at the labels.. still have things hid from myself.. DOH!!!!

[handyhands]

put the pressure washer to work and blow off the dirt some rust and some paint.I have both bumpers and rear fenders off the 53 chevy. The hood latch and radiator. Took some more pictures to help put everything back together.

[OrrieG]

Welded up the tailgate and installed latches, details in the build thread.

[RivRat]

Took our family picture with the truck for our christmas cards. I'll post them when we get them back.
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[Purec4]

Spent the afternoon stripping the cab roof.. The previous owner had used epoxy primer OVER the rust. So stripped off so I can sand it down somewhat smooth then primer and fill it correctly.
Got a call and have someone coming to look at the truck this coming weekend. Keeping my fingers crossed.

[memo43]

Finally finished converting to power windows. Hopefully that does the trick. next rewire it, or finally stop driveing it to tear it down an redo the body. or just drive it.

memo