Project - '69 4x4 named "Patches"

[my67chevytruck]

looking good Shannon!

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by 4dranch

As always Shannon, Nice clean work. you guys do super work..

Thanks David. I appreciate the kind words.

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

looking good Shannon!

Thanks Heath. Like everyone that ever started a frame off, I wish I was further along than I am, but it'll get there...hopefully. If you and your son want to come and lend a hand feel free to. Lord knows I need all the help I can get.

[my67chevytruck]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Thanks David. I appreciate the kind words.




Thanks Heath. Like everyone that ever started a frame off, I wish I was further along than I am, but it'll get there...hopefully. If you and your son want to come and lend a hand feel free to. Lord knows I need all the help I can get.

wish you were closer bro! we could help each other out for sure! summer is coming quickly, i can send my son down, just FYI , he eats alot!!!!

[silver7]

Great progress and please keep those pics coming. I plan to use a few of your well placed shots when I get around to putting mine back together very soon.

I am close to purchasing my brake lines very soon and I plan on buying the offroaddesign.com set you have. But if you had it to do all over again would you still buy the Inline tube set or go with someone else?

Thanks,
Shawn

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

wish you were closer bro! we could help each other out for sure! summer is coming quickly, i can send my son down, just FYI , he eats alot!!!!

Yeah we could probably do some major damage.

Originally Posted by silver7

Great progress and please keep those pics coming. I plan to use a few of your well placed shots when I get around to putting mine back together very soon.

I am close to purchasing my brake lines very soon and I plan on buying the offroaddesign.com set you have. But if you had it to do all over again would you still buy the Inline tube set or go with someone else?

Thanks,
Shawn

Shawn if I can help you with anything let me know.

Overall I'm happy with the Inline Tube lines. There are a few areas that needed tweaking, but nothing too bad. The only thing left that I'm "concerned" with now is the lines that mount to the prop valve on the master cylinder. I won't know if they mount up properly for a while, being that I don't have my cab ready yet.

[sdailey]

Well I turned a major corner in my build this weekend. The blaster called me first thing Saturday morning to tell me that my cab was finished. When we originally dropped it off to the blaster Alan and I had discussed hauling it to his work to prime it in their paint booth. Due to prior obligations Alan and I both couldn't get away until late Saturday afternoon. We got everything loaded up and headed out about 6pm. After chewing the fat with the blaster and stopping for a quick bite to eat we got to Alan's shop around 8pm. We got everything unloaded and immediately went to work.

I started by stripping the seam sealer off the cab that the blaster couldn't get off.



Alan jumped in when I was done with that and started blowing the sand out of the cab.



We then rolled the cab into the booth and setup stands for my hood, tranny cover, and cowl.



Alan setup his paint gun and he turned me loose shooting primer.





This was not fun



We finally finished up around 12:30 or so. Alan then turned on the heat for a little while to make sure everything was good and dry before we loaded it all back up and hauled it home.



We finally rolled in about 1:15 Sunday morning. We rolled the cab into basement and called it a night. Of course, Sunday morning when we woke up my wife said do you smell paint? Oh well what do you do.

Many thanks goes out to Alan for helping me get to this stage of my build and for hanging in there with me until 1am Sunday morning.

Stay tuned progress should start picking up.

[greg65]

Great looking progress. Nothing quite like friends helping friends. I'll see you Saturday.

[tiggamonsta]

Originally Posted by sdailey

...Sunday morning when woke up my wife said do you smell paint? ...

That is why I opted for a detached garage when we built our current house. Congrats on primer. It must feel good to see the cab back home and know where all the problem spots are.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by sdailey

We finally rolled in about 1:15 Sunday morning. We rolled the cab into basement and called it a night. Of course, Sunday morning when woke up my wife said do you smell paint? Oh well what do you do.

Many thanks goes out to Alan for helping me get to this stage of my build and for hanging in there with me until 1am Sunday morning.

What did I tellyou about the smell of paint in the house? Been there.

Your welcome.

[wancosc356]

Great progress man! Moving right along! Your cab looks pretty clean. Pop some new rockers, cab corners and the cowl on and your ready to go.

[my67chevytruck]

nice progress Shannon....

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by greg65

Great looking progress. Nothing quite like friends helping friends. I'll see you Saturday.

Thanks Greg. There's nothing better than having a good neighbor. What did you ever decide on the rally's?

Originally Posted by wancosc356

Great progress man! Moving right along! Your cab looks pretty clean. Pop some new rockers, cab corners and the cowl on and your ready to go.

Thanks Michael. It gave me new hope seeing it all one color (bare metal) when I went and picked it up Saturday. It's a pretty solid cab for the most part. The only major problem areas are the wiring gutter and the area around the fresh air vents. There was a good bit of rust in the cowl in that area as well. We've talked about making new patches for those areas, but we won't know what direction to go in for sure until we start cutting metal. I even kicked around the idea about buying one of these, but I might just save that as a last resort.

Originally Posted by my67chevytruck

nice progress Shannon....

Thanks Heath. It'll get there one day.

[wancosc356]

Originally Posted by sdailey

Thanks Michael. It gave me new hope seeing it all one color (bare metal) when I went and picked it up Saturday. It's a pretty solid cab for the most part. The only major problem areas are the wiring gutter and the area around the fresh air vents. There was a good bit of rust in the cowl in that area as well. We've talked about making new patches for those areas, but we won't know what direction to go in for sure until we start cutting metal. I even kicked around the idea about buying one of these, but I might just save that as a last resort.

Haha. I hear ya man. I would be happy to start with a cab like that. Keep at it man!

[71blksuper4x4]

Hey Shannon, it's looking great man. When I looked and compared both brake setups that are on my two trucks, it looks as though it's hooked up different from my 71' with Discs and 70' with drums. My 71' is the one apart, and I don't think the 70' would have worked for ya for a pic. Trevor

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by msgross

nice paint booth...

Originally Posted by tiggamonsta

That is why I opted for a detached garage when we built our current house. Congrats on primer. It must feel good to see the cab back home and know where all the problem spots are.

I'll admit I was a little concerned about what I was actually getting back from the blaster. The cab looked pretty solid, but sandblasting can always change that pretty quick.

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

What did I tellyou about the smell of paint in the house? Been there.

Your welcome.

Originally Posted by jgh64pkup

wow your project is coming along nicely
what color areyou going with

Medium olive and white.

Like this.

Originally Posted by wancosc356

Haha. I hear ya man. I would be happy to start with a cab like that. Keep at it man!

Not too bad for $200 and the doors were included as well.

Originally Posted by 71blksuper4x4

Hey Shannon, it's looking great man. When I looked and compared both brake setups that are on my two trucks, it looks as though it's hooked up different from my 71' with Discs and 70' with drums. My 71' is the one apart, and I don't think the 70' would have worked for ya for a pic. Trevor

No problem Trevor. Thanks for looking anyway.

[msgross]

nice paint booth...

[greg65]

I will bring the wheel Saturday and let you check them out. I don't have anything that they will fit on. I'm sure we can work something out.

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by greg65

I will bring the wheel Saturday and let you check them out. I don't have anything that they will fit on. I'm sure we can work something out.

I'll be sure to throw the inners in the truck.

[jgh64pkup]

wow your project is coming along nicely
what color areyou going with

[my67chevytruck]

looking good Shannon

[silver7]

Hey Shannon, what kind of primer did you use?

[msgross]

looking good.. you should leave it purple!

do you already have the driveshafts? If not you could move the engine to the front position since you are running electric fans..

[my67chevytruck]

Shannon,,

I am buying sheetmetal parts for the k10 . i'll start on it after i button up my sons truck... it will be a slow build for certain....

[msgross]

I just picked up a set of green buddy bucket seat covers for $99 on Ebay... made by PUI. I was going with black (and still might) but couldn't beat the price...

[sdailey]

Originally Posted by msgross

I just picked up a set of green buddy bucket seat covers for $99 on Ebay... made by PUI. I was going with black (and still might) but couldn't beat the price...

That's a good deal on the covers. Too bad they weren't black, huh. My local upholstery shop told me that he could hand sew a set of covers for my seats for about the same price as a set of PUI covers, maybe even a little cheaper according to them. I've never used this shop before, but they have several good references. I'm still undecided at this point. Fortunately, I have plenty of time to decide still.