Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[mongocanfly]

Well the plan for today was to paint interior,firewall,hood underside, inside doors,and all jams....and of course it decided to rain today....so that will have to wait...
So back to the radio box....I wanted to do some louvers on the bottomside...so I made me a louver maker (sorta)...i tried it in the press but that didnt work out so well....so after a practice run on a scrap piece i decided to just make some slits with a cutoff disc and just tap them in with a hammer...turned out decent for my 1st ever homemade louvers....and a pic of the front panel.....I'll sandblast it and do a little filler work and primer....I think it'll be a decent replica of a original...

[Advanced Design]

Good work Greg....finding an alternate solution.

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Doug....nothing like a challenge...

[mongocanfly]

Got a little more "motorvation" this morn....picked up a low mileage 5.3 this morn....2003 model with 79k miles....

[NONHOG]

Love this build.
Louvers look great!

[mongocanfly]

Thanks hog!!

[mongocanfly]

Yeeeeeeee-haaaaaaaaaaw!!!!!
After months of hiccups and setbacks I finally got some color showing....
I used a flattner in this stage to bring the color to a satin finish...
I didn't want the inside cab to be so shiny it hurt your eyes when the sun hits it....hope this works out ok..
Got inside cab and all the jams , under hood,firewall and inside doors painted....now I can get the cab back on the frame and start putting things back on and setting gaps and such....then on to final paint....

[67ChevyRedneck]

That came out great!

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Jesse...
Considering it's a driveway paint job I thought so to....got a run inside cab I'll have to deal with...trying to get paint to go up in the headliner groove and i thought it was ok but when I turned around there it was...I think it'll sand out though...

[mongocanfly]

Got my radio box squared away...fits the roof contour good...test fit the retro sound...right now it's in etching primer..had to do some filler work...Looks similar to the factory one.....Will spray it with high build just to smooth it out a little more...then put some color on it..
1st pic is factory
2nd pic is one I made

[Advanced Design]

Looks good Greg. Nice to have some paint! Is the 5.3 for Columbus?

Great looking home place you have around there too. Folks suspicious yet?

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Doug...
Yeah it's good to have some color...
The place in the pics is my buddies house and shop...he does have a nice place...
And yep...the ol boy is getting the 5,3...
I don't think they have a clue..time will tell...

[67ChevyRedneck]

That came out super cool!

[Scott2]

Great work, love the paint! Awesome job on the radio. Can't wait to see how this looks when done.

[mongocanfly]

thanks Jesse and Scott...

[Nut Case]

Mongo

Strong Work!

NC

[mongocanfly]

Thanks nutcase...

[mongocanfly]

Just what I needed...another setback....when I went to pickup the engine, the guy was hauling it about 10ft in the air on a 90k forklift....when I saw how he had it hooked i was shocked...all he had was a seatbelt tied to the exhaust manifolds...i mentioned he had a lot of faith in a seatbelt...he said thats all we use and i aint never lost one yet...well ok....
So i get it home and what the heck..he used the seatbelt I guess I can to..
(You can start filling in the blank here)...
Moving it with my tractor I make it all the way into the shop with it when.....you guessed it...the seatbelt broke...so here goes my motor....it only fell about a foot but that's all it took..
Broke the a.c. tensioner off and busted the oil pan...amazing how far 6qts of oil will spread before you can get the oil dry...luckily i found a new pan ...but im gonna hold off buying one till i make sure it will clear everything...
(wound up having to use C6 vett oil pan)

[Nut Case]

mongo, I feel your pain I once poured 10-15 gallons through a Cat D8K. Forgot to put the drain plug back in. Boy my dad was hopping mad.... looks like your looking for a master Alumin welder. 3hit happens and then ya live!


Nut Case

[jjzepplin]

Doh! I hope its ok!

[mongocanfly]

Luckily all it did was bust the pan...wasn't gonna use the a.c. anyway...

[Russell Ashley]

I feel your pain. I guess if you want to find something good out of this you could be glad it didn't fall when it was ten feet high up.

[mongocanfly]

Yeah....no kidding....

[Advanced Design]

Well shoot...at least no one was under it. Were you going to use the truck pan?

[mongocanfly]

Gladly there were no injuries...except my pride ....and no-one was within earshot of me so nobodies ears got hurt either....if the truck pan clears everything the plan was to use it...just looking at it I think it'll clear...