Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks everyone.

Still hoping an electrician can figure a way to make the fan work as On/Off via an ordinary wall switch at whatever speed. High would be best.

We are installing a large tv out here too. We were going to reuse the 40-something inch one we had in our prior house but it's ancient by today's standards - approaching 15 years and not a "smart" tv so we bought a big Samsung that will be mounted on the wall out there after the final stucco has been installed.

Oh and this pic. This is the final "bonding" coat - yeah, I don't know anything about this stuff either. Final house-matching color Friday. These guys did very exacting work, I'm pleased.

[G&R's57GMC]

Looking great !

[Dan in Pasadena]

And....it's done. For the most part anyway.





Gates next week (fingers crossed).

A little touch up of splashed stucco and dirty fingerprints on the new white paint. TV and the rest of the Sonos system on outside wall Monday.

Spent the day out there finishing the redo on the two tables. Girlfriend was hosing construction dust, wiping tables and vac'ing cushions. It'll look this way a few days before she'll want to move everything around again.

[G&R's57GMC]

Congrats It's looking great .

Now the Gate installed , TV up , BBQ going , and it's beer thirty !

Of course the Pool Party and Joey lounging on the couch waiting patently for his glamour photo shoot!

[Dan in Pasadena]

I read this somewhere else: We'll have to throw a Memorial St. Patrick de Mayo the 4th party once the quarantine is over!

[G&R's57GMC]

Agree !

It would be worth the 700 mile run

[ChuckDriver]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

JJ, Thought you'd fallen off the edge of the Earth! What's going on with your original '57? Any new pics of it? I THINK I remember you'd converted it into the GMC look and even found a Cameo bed for it. What's the latest?

Howdy Dan! I've been tinkering with the original '57 a little bit. Put some new rims and tires on it last year and just pulled all of the GMC grill off and put the original grill and hood ornament back on. Nothing else decides driving it more now that it sits in the garage under the house! Picked up a few Cameo trim pieces but not ready to put it all on yet!



Merry Christmas!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by ChuckDriver

Howdy Dan! I've been tinkering with the original '57 a little bit. Put some new rims and tires on it last year and just pulled all of the GMC grill off and put the original grill and hood ornament back on....

No pics? It never happened!

Man, I LOVED your orange Rallys. These better be some kickass new wheels. Are you driving it or another truck regularly?

What's the current plan for your assortment of project trucks?

Merry Christmas to you and yours and be careful out there. Hell, we all need to be careful. This damn virus is way the hell out of control in SoCal. Best, Dan

[G&R's57GMC]

Hope you had a merry Christmas ��

Now it’s 2021 have a great New Year !

How’s the project going ?

Looking forward to finished pic’s with Joey

[Dan in Pasadena]

Hi Glen,

The project - the patio? It's done except for a couple tiny punchiest items no one would notice but us. Contractor will be here this week to pick them up. The gates are apparently played til near the end of January - DOH! But once they're installed, that's a wrap.

Hope you had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too. Joey is doing fine as he approaches his 12th birthday - we'd never have known it because we adopted him and his littermate sister, Sugar when they were around 5 - but they were microchipped and it told us their birthdates in February. She passed of a brain tumor about 2 years ago and he has truly become my shadow ever since.

[G&R's57GMC]

Oh Dan I'm so sorry about Sugar . They are like your kids .

Happy birthday Joey

The project is looking good can't wait to see the finished pic's with Joey .

BTW take another look at '57 farm truck survivor thread ...

[G&R's57GMC]

Hay Dan is it done ?

Inquiring minds want to know .

Where are the pic's of Joey with the finished project in the background ?

[bosco]

Turned out fantastic. Now go enjoy while we still are locked down...

[layinrocker65]

Thats a good looking setup. What size are those beams and supports?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks for the kind words. We really like how it came out too.

All the wood is rough sawn. The posts are 6x6's. The horizontal beams are 6x12's and the rafters are 4x8's and the tails of those are cut to match the ones on the front porch. It is sheathed in 1x6 tongue & groove and that is covered in 4x8 OSB, a hot melt paper roof below lightweight concrete tile to match the house(which it ALMOST does!).

[oldman3]

For those of you who vote on truck of the month, Dan is in the running. He is doing go so far, so if you haven't voted do so for Dan #13 on vote sheet...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks so much, Jim! VERY nice of you to post this.

I've basically done nothing to my truck in over a year. I washed and waxed her a couple weeks ago, took her on her first real drive in the new neighborhood and got a few thumbs up, which is always nice to see.

I recently bought some 17x7 & 8 steelies via OfferUp that I will spray and try out with dog dish caps and beauty rings. Doubt I'll get to that before summer but it's on the list of things to do. We'll see how I like it and if I do the Boyds Smoothies may stick around as alternates.

[G&R's57GMC]

I voted for you

[bosco]

Got my vote. Beautiful truck.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks you guys!

[oldman3]

Congrats Dan on Truck of the Month. Beautiful truck, well deserved win...Jim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks Jim. I just went to the TOTM thread and thanked everyone. Some very generous comments. SO SO many nice trucks on this site.

[Dan in Pasadena]

As a follow up to all the patio project photos I posted above we FINALLY got the damn gates!

Pretty pleased with them. They match real good.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Back to our regularly scheduled program:

My nephew picked up some 17" steelies out of area for me. I haven't had time to test install them to see if the backspacing is going to work. But if they work I'm going to have them as alternates to my Boyd's Smoothies. I also have 3 ea. 1951-52 car caps from a full set I got years ago when my old '46 lost a cap. They're semi ok. I took 0000 steel wool to them and a couple polished up fairly well but inside they're rusty as hell. I've got one soaking in phosphoric acid overnight and will post how good it comes out. That stuff is miraculous but these ma be too far gone. Planning to paint them and use with 17" ribbed beaut rings.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Is this stuff freakin miraculous or what?! Overnight in phosphoric acid - Home Depot calls it Concrete and Paint Prep or something like that. It didn't get all the rust around the edge but only because I didn't have enough to submerge the hubcap. Stuff I used had been used many times before. I tossed it and went for a new gallon today. Putting another cap in it tonight and it'll likely come out even better. Certainly they're not like new but compared to the rusted-to-hell "Before" pictures I am very very happy. I'll just put Gibbs oil on the inside and call it good. No need for paint in there.