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Old 05-01-2024, 10:28 AM   #251
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There's a guy on You tube, Carter Auto Restyling, man, he's a metal work'n fool. His work is crazy good. He teaches as he works. I've learned a lot for his channel.
I'll have to check him out. Always interested in new ways to get things done.
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Old 05-22-2024, 10:53 AM   #252
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Been a while since an update.. Any progress?
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Old 05-22-2024, 08:45 PM   #253
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Old 05-23-2024, 09:38 AM   #254
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Been a while since an update.. Any progress?
Well, not much. Spent a couple weeks in Florida and got back a few days ago. Tilled up the garden and cleaned the gutters (also put in gutter guards).

I have the bed floor in decent shape but am going over it to get all the pinholes. I haven't been posting pics of it because they all look the same!
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Old 05-23-2024, 02:25 PM   #255
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Id say you got your gutters cleaned right on time... The amount of rain we have been getting has been crazy..
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Old 05-23-2024, 06:19 PM   #256
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Id say you got your gutters cleaned right on time... The amount of rain we have been getting has been crazy..
I should have done it 3 months ago, but you are right about the rain, looks like more to come.
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Old 06-23-2024, 12:42 PM   #257
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Not much on this lately as other things have occupied my time! More to come soon.

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Old 06-25-2024, 05:45 PM   #258
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I was also surprised to hear about the Wu-Tang Clan. I'm not familiar, so I'll have to give them a listen. Great work on those sun visors. I'm a huge fan of fixing what you have, rather than buying reproduction. No criticism on those who do. I can put up with repairs if I have the good old originals. Did you take new thread and stitch your way through all that with a needle? It turned out well. That bed floor work looks tough. The thing is that when you get all of the big bumps and dents out of it, the medium sized ones get bigger. And when you get the medium ones out, then the small ones get bigger.
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Old 06-25-2024, 07:53 PM   #259
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I was also surprised to hear about the Wu-Tang Clan. I'm not familiar, so I'll have to give them a listen. Great work on those sun visors. I'm a huge fan of fixing what you have, rather than buying reproduction. No criticism on those who do. I can put up with repairs if I have the good old originals. Did you take new thread and stitch your way through all that with a needle? It turned out well. That bed floor work looks tough. The thing is that when you get all of the big bumps and dents out of it, the medium sized ones get bigger. And when you get the medium ones out, then the small ones get bigger.
Wu Tang is not for everybody! I used nylon upholstery thread and hand stitched them with a needle so I could use the existing holes in the welting. You are right about the bed floor. The better it gets the more I think "Well, I've taken it this far, I may as well make it as good as I can". I would regret it if I stopped before it was truly ready to paint.
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Old 07-20-2024, 06:48 PM   #260
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It's been so hot here I haven't been working much on the truck but it finally cooled down yesterday so, one more sand and prime...
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Old 07-20-2024, 06:52 PM   #261
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Then a first spray out. Not perfect on the bodywork or the spray out but it will make a good start. I wet sanded it and will try to hit it once more with a slower reducer, had some dry spray at first.
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Old 07-20-2024, 06:56 PM   #262
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And I finally got the never-ending steering wheel rework to a point that I'm saying is done!

It was more like work than a hobby... Need to find a Chevy horn button that will fit, I'm looking for an El Camino one but haven't found one yet.
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Old 07-20-2024, 07:32 PM   #263
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all looking good ...same here with the heat
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Old 07-21-2024, 03:48 PM   #264
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Has been very hot this year, I like spring and fall! No painting today, hopefully next week.
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Old 07-22-2024, 02:23 PM   #265
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It was 505 dark green. This truck had a government property tag inside of the glove box where a spid usually is and no spid. Not sure if a previous previous owner did that or what.
This was a previous Government owned (Army) truck. The Air Force trucks were painted Strata Blue.
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The bed pan and steering wheel are looking great!
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And I finally got the never-ending steering wheel rework to a point that I'm saying is done!

It was more like work than a hobby... Need to find a Chevy horn button that will fit, I'm looking for an El Camino one but haven't found one yet.
RaggedJim, the 1965 El Camino wheel is what I went with. Funny you and I picked the almost the same colors...except I used Old English White.
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I was wondering when you was going to post an update... Looks like we got some weather in the 80's around here for the next few days... You better hit it hard while you can lol
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Thanks guys. The temp may be cooler but the rain is a drag. This past weekend my house was hit by lightning and it tripped 6 breakers, knocked out my hvac and router. Finally back to normal today!

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RaggedJim, the 1965 El Camino wheel is what I went with. Funny you and I picked the almost the same colors...except I used Old English White.
How does that center cap fit the horn ring? Mine is 2.5" in diameter including chrome part. The center emblem is 1.8" diameter.
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Old 07-27-2024, 04:34 PM   #270
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I've not had much luck finding a horn button, the El Camino horn button was different from the Pontiac button so I popped out the Pontiac horn button.
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My wife had some 2 part epoxy resin she uses to make earrings and other womanly stuff so I thought I'd try to make my own horn emblem. She also had some air dry dough, not sure what it is but it sounds promising...

I apologize for the cheap asss\ croc knock-offs I'm wearing. My son gave them to me and I wanted to hate them but they are convenient and comfortable except for the fact that they will try to kill you from time to time.
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I wanted a nice chevrolet emblem or something to go behind the emblem but I know my artistic efforts are amateurish at best. So I looked through my my old truck magazines and found this which I like but have to ask, is it to gaudy or does it work in a weird sort of way???

You can give me all of the advice you want, but I'll probably end up doing it the way I want anyway.
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No, it's not gaudy? No, you don't like?

Actually I'm still looking for a suitable Chevy emblem but I also keep thinking about the old steering knob on my granddad's tractor that had a pic of a naked lady on red velvet... I think it was Marilyn Monroe, but I know I used to like to play on that tractor a lot.
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No, it's not gaudy? No, you don't like?

Actually I'm still looking for a suitable Chevy emblem but I also keep thinking about the old steering knob on my granddad's tractor that had a pic of a naked lady on red velvet... I think it was Marilyn Monroe, but I know I used to like to play on that tractor a lot.
LOL This has my vote
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