Project "Jezebel"

[67cheby]

WOW, looking great ! Firewall looks top notch !

[sgaylord]

sourkraut
Re: Project "Jezebel"
Looking good

Thanks Sourkraut

gdavis
Re: Project "Jezebel"
Your fire wall looks real smootheeeee and the dash is what you make it. Someone cut mine up and I replaced the whole dash. It looked like they used a chain saw. Didn't have a choice.

Thanks, I have been following your build as well. Good work on that suspension. You will be driving that thing in no time....

67cheby
Re: Project "Jezebel"
WOW, looking great ! Firewall looks top notch !

Thanks Cheby

Steve

[sgaylord]

UPDATE......

Still blocking....... Shouldnt be long now I hope. The cab, hood, fenders and bed floor are all about done. I'm currently working the doors, the remaining parts are all new so I'm hoping there is minimal bodywork and their blocking will go quickly. I have set a goal to be painting on weekend of the Feb 23rd. Wish me luck!

In the meanwhile I have been ordering lots of parts. UPS and FedEx are here almost every day lol. I'll start adding pics of the more interesting parts when the assembly starts.

On another note I dropped off my interior at the upholstery shop Saturday. It's going to be all custom vinyl, suede, and ostrich

Progress is moving along but I'm very nervous because I have a show in Dayton Beach I plan to make 22-24 March. Then two more in early April. I see lots of late nights in the shop for the next 5 weeks and I will still be working on the truck the night before I leave for the show. If I make it!

[bgood70]

and I'll do what I can to help ya meet your goal... Just let me know!

[mcbassin]

Pictures.....
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[sgaylord]

Still blocking but getting closer. So far so good on getting the paint done on 2-23/24 as long as nothing bad does not happen.

Got this in last week. Vintage Air gen IV. I had purchased the older version of VA but decided to move to the electronic version and use the Dakota Digital controller.


Dropped off the doors at the upholstery shop so he can make the backer and drill the holes for the fasteners. At this rate I will have an interior before I have paint lol. Here are some pics of a 67 my upholstery guy is working on now. NOT MY TRUCK but looks awesome!

[67cheby]

nice panels !

[sgaylord]

Still on track for paint this weekend. It's been a long process when you are doing this by yourself. I hope the outcome is a good one

At this point the entire truck, all 20 panels are in final primer and sanded to 320 grit. One more sanding is in order with 600 wet and I will be ready to shoot paint. I plan to start on Saturday morning early, hopefully before the bugs wake up.

Here are some pics of where I am and my dust filled shop. I will be painting in my garage because it's much cleaner than the shop. I guess while the paint is drying I will be doing some shop cleaning.

[mcbassin]

Congrats on getting so far along on your bodywork Steve! Question for ya, did you already set your gaps on your doors? Did you drill the hinges for pins? I'm in the process of trying to set my gaps and it's a real pain, I was thinking I may want to just leave them on once I'm happy with the gaps. But that will make it hard to get them fully painted.
Keep up all the hard work, I know how much time you have in it by yourself.

[OTIS HURTS]

Looks great, its gonna be a real sweet ride when its done.

[sgaylord]

mcbassin
Re: Project "Jezebel"
Congrats on getting so far along on your bodywork Steve! Question for ya, did you already set your gaps on your doors? Did you drill the hinges for pins? I'm in the process of trying to set my gaps and it's a real pain, I was thinking I may want to just leave them on once I'm happy with the gaps. But that will make it hard to get them fully painted.
Keep up all the hard work, I know how much time you have in it by yourself.

Hi Mike

Thanks, take a look at post 244, it shows where I set the gaps. After figuring out that nothing I did made them fit the way I wanted I actually formed the edges of the doors with a flap wheel to get good gaps. Of course in some places you will have to weld the skin back to the door where you have to be more aggressive and it splits but it will be worth it in the end. FYI the doors never fit right on this from the beginning. Add that I replaced the Dr door with aftermarket and it really sucked.

I don't have pics I don't think but I did drill a .125 hole in the hinges so I can set the door back into the same spot. You are right it is a pain but you get better at it after you set the doors for the 50th time.

Steve

[sgaylord]

OTIS HURTS
Re: Project "Jezebel"
Looks great, its gonna be a real sweet ride when its done.

Thanks Otis

[67cheby]

looking good !

[sourkraut]

Cant wait to see pics sunday night!

[sgaylord]

67cheby
Re: Project "Jezebel"
looking good !

Thanks Cheby

sourkraut
Re: Project "Jezebel"
Cant wait to see pics sunday night!

I'll get pics up as soon as possible. Thanks

Steve

[sgaylord]

Jezebel has a new dress!

Painted the cab and bed floor in the shop and everything else in the garage where I added quite a few lights to convert it to a paint booth. 38 lights total! I'm sure the power company liked me this weekend.

[bigguy69]

Looking good!
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[Crash_OK]

Nice job...I like the color..

[mjensen]

That is looking awesome! I like the color as well!

[sduckworth13]

Beautiful color, its really going to make your razor sharp lines stand out.

[Low Elco]

Looks Fantastic! Goes pretty quick after this, luckily! Great work!

[67cheby]

looks great, love the color !

[sourkraut]

Looking good like the color

[mcbassin]

Congratulations on the paint Steve! It looks great.

[knomadd]

I'm late to the party, but I'm just in time for the good stuff. Paint looks great. I must say you do some awesome work. I can't wait to see it together, but probably not as much as you.