Project Vitamin C-10

[chevy_man5]

WOW, way to go Alan!!

[Jeff La]

Well it took a while but I read the complete build. Really great work and after seeing the appraisal, it really is motivational to do things right. Your talents are exceptional.
What I have figured out is I'm gonna get the 65 running and driving and then start a complete build on the 66, Being able to enjoy one while working on the other is grea therapy

[65Custom]

That is great Alan!! something for the rest of us to try to shoot for

[66ChevyMax]

That's awesome, congrats! Did you tell him that wouldn't cover the LABOR!

[Palf70Step]

Good news. I guess you'll never go to Walmart in it now.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Good news. I guess you'll never go to Walmart in it now.

Congrats on the appraisal...now make sure your insurance is up to par ASAP!!! And what a great calling card this truck will be....

[daverod]

Does that mean the bank will loan you 80% of that.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by likaroc13

Cha-ching!!! congrats buddy

Thanks Man!!

Originally Posted by Strodder

Your going to donate it????

Did you get that from FB what my preacher said?

Originally Posted by chevy_man5

WOW, way to go Alan!!

Originally Posted by Jeff La

Well it took a while but I read the complete build. Really great work and after seeing the appraisal, it really is motivational to do things right. Your talents are exceptional.
What I have figured out is I'm gonna get the 65 running and driving and then start a complete build on the 66, Being able to enjoy one while working on the other is grea therapy

Thanks Jeff, glad you took the time to read my story. Hope you learned at least one thing from it. Looks like you have a solid plan of driving one and restoring one. If money is an issue start buying your parts now.

Originally Posted by 65Custom

That is great Alan!! something for the rest of us to try to shoot for

I'm very pleased with his appraisal. There is a lot of talent here on the forum. Y'all can do it as well.

Originally Posted by 66ChevyMax

That's awesome, congrats! Did you tell him that wouldn't cover the LABOR!

He's been in the body business 35 years and knows what it takes to restore one.

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Good news. I guess you'll never go to Walmart in it now.

Not unless I'm sitting in it. Of course there is a Hooters in our Walmart parking lot. I have to get the girls around it.

Originally Posted by VA72C10

Congrats on the appraisal...now make sure your insurance is up to par ASAP!!! And what a great calling card this truck will be....

Working on that as well. BTW thanks

Originally Posted by daverod

Does that mean the bank will loan you 80% of that.

That's funny right there.

We all know appraisals are personal opinions. At least I have a number for it and it was someone elses opinion and not my own.

It's a long story about my valve covers, but want y'alls opinion of my valve covers. I'm not gonna say what I think right now, so it doesn't influence others.

[57truckguy]

I love your covers.. I think they go with the theme of your build.. very classiy retro..
But you are asking what I would use it would be either a solid alumiun cast maybe ball milled, or retro finned with red painted between the fins or orange to match the truck.

Just my 2 cents.

[chad64chevy]

Congrats on the appraisal!! hows the hood coming along?? did you get your light problem fixed?? valve covers look good, i dont like alot of shiny chrome stuff anyways! but thats just me, lol!!

[chevy_man5]

I like the valve covers. They kind of match the engine to the truck. Orange on the bottom, and silver on top.

[aggie91]

Congrats on the appraisal!

As far as the valve covers, I don't think the gray/silver paint looks right given that the headers are coated in a bright shinny silver and the air cleaner is chrome. Too much going on there...JMHO...I would have stayed with the polished covers. If your going to paint them, then do the air cleaner cover and the accesory brakets too.

Can't wait to see it with the hood and moldings on!

[57truckguy]

I now drive a 2006 Uplander.. Tell me thats not your DD

[4dranch]

Alan,
The valve covers look slick the way they are..Only thing I would do is fill in the logo and verbage with orange. just my 2 pennies.
David

[66farmer]

I like your valve covers. I think I would want to find someone with a steady hand and paint the recessed areas orange.

[Jeff La]

Originally Posted by 66farmer

I like your valve covers. I think I would want to find someone with a steady hand and paint the recessed areas orange.

My exact thought. I think that really goes with the theme of the truck.

[likaroc13]

Originally Posted by 66farmer

I like your valve covers. I think I would want to find someone with a steady hand and paint the recessed areas orange.

Originally Posted by 4dranch

Alan,
The valve covers look slick the way they are..Only thing I would do is fill in the logo and verbage with orange. just my 2 pennies.
David

^^^ this might do the trick...but are they painted the same silver as the truck? looks lighter in the pics

Originally Posted by aggie91

Congrats on the appraisal!

As far as the valve covers, I don't think the gray/silver paint looks right given that the headers are coated in a bright shinny silver and the air cleaner is chrome. Too much going on there...JMHO...I would have stayed with the polished covers. If your going to paint them, then do the air cleaner cover and the accesory brakets too.

Can't wait to see it with the hood and moldings on!

i agree that something isn't quite clicking for me...i agree that polished would probably look better unless some of the other accessories/brackets are painted too

[McMurphy]

Alan,
I was going to try and tell you what I thought.
I would do a two color fill on this valve cover. The lettering all in black and the heartbeat wavelength with a black back and orange inner.

But since I dont express myself too well sometimes, I figured I would show you instead. Please forgive my poor photoshop skills!

I saved the image in stages so you could see different aspects and maybe help you envision something you like better!!

Best regards and good luck!

[McMurphy]

Oh yeah... Congrats on the high appraisal, hope you got it in writing!

[Alan's Classic]

OK, here's the story. The valve covers weren't in the best of shape and I thought about sanding with 1000 and clearing after I sprayed the engraving with orange. I heard from a couple different people that clear will not bond good to aluminum. Not sure if that is true or not. Then I thought about powder coating them the same as the radiator. Which I thought was Bengal silver. The coater told me it was mirror silver on the radiator. Mirror silver is a two coat process he says and cost extra. Then I was going to have the air cleaner done the same as the valve covers. The cost got to $110 and it was more than I wanted to spend. I text him when i got home to tell him I would just paint them myself. He didn't know his brother already started sand blasting them. The color it is now is blasted aluminum with clear. I thought it would be close to the gray on the roof. I was wrong. They did look good off the truck. Once I installed them i didn't care for it. Now I could go back to my original plan, but at this point I would paint them the gray on the roof with orange engraving. I believe the paint will adhere to the powder coat better.

Originally Posted by 57truckguy

I love your covers.. I think they go with the theme of your build.. very classiy retro..
But you are asking what I would use it would be either a solid alumiun cast maybe ball milled, or retro finned with red painted between the fins or orange to match the truck.

Just my 2 cents.

Thanks, i will be using theses covers. I just need to decide what looks best.

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

Congrats on the appraisal!! hows the hood coming along?? did you get your light problem fixed?? valve covers look good, i dont like alot of shiny chrome stuff anyways! but thats just me, lol!!

I'm still working on the hood when I get the chance. Turn signals are fixed. I agree I don't like much chrome either.

Originally Posted by chevy_man5

I like the valve covers. They kind of match the engine to the truck. Orange on the bottom, and silver on top.

Just need to get the correct silver

Originally Posted by aggie91

Congrats on the appraisal!

As far as the valve covers, I don't think the gray/silver paint looks right given that the headers are coated in a bright shinny silver and the air cleaner is chrome. Too much going on there...JMHO...I would have stayed with the polished covers. If your going to paint them, then do the air cleaner cover and the accesory brakets too.

Can't wait to see it with the hood and moldings on!

Thanks for your honest opinion, and i have to agree. I might spray the covers first and go from there.

Originally Posted by 57truckguy

I now drive a 2006 Uplander.. Tell me thats not your DD

Originally Posted by 4dranch

Alan,
The valve covers look slick the way they are..Only thing I would do is fill in the logo and verbage with orange. just my 2 pennies.
David

Thanks David.

Originally Posted by 66farmer

I like your valve covers. I think I would want to find someone with a steady hand and paint the recessed areas orange.

There is a guy in town that does hand lettering. I sent him a pic, but haven't heard back.

Originally Posted by Jeff La

My exact thought. I think that really goes with the theme of the truck.

In a way I do like them, but it's not the look I'm after. I want the first response from people to be "wow" not "oh". Thanks for the input.

Originally Posted by likaroc13

^^^ this might do the trick...but are they painted the same silver as the truck? looks lighter in the pics

No, not the same color. It was a practice run.

i agree that something isn't quite clicking for me...i agree that polished would probably look better unless some of the other accessories/brackets are painted too

I agree,I'm past the polished look stage. Too much work to get them back.

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Alan,
I was going to try and tell you what I thought.
I would do a two color fill on this valve cover. The lettering all in black and the heartbeat wavelength with a black back and orange inner.

But since I dont express myself too well sometimes, I figured I would show you instead. Please forgive my poor photoshop skills!

I saved the image in stages so you could see different aspects and maybe help you envision something you like better!!

Best regards and good luck!

Thank you so much for the pics. You did a great job. My wife told me to do that and see what it looked like. I would have to use paint software. That wouldn't be good.

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Oh yeah... Congrats on the high appraisal, hope you got it in writing!

Thanks, and I did get it in writing.

Thanks again folks, I knew I could count on your honest opinions.

[flips72]

i like the valve covers, but i have to agree with some of the others, either chrome or ploished aluminum would look good with the headers and breather.congrats on the 60k thats awesome.

[VA72C10]

I'd vote either orange to match the block (and a stock upgraded look) and keep the chrome air cleaner...

...or paint it the roof color w/ or w/out the orange filling the recess area (more subtle without) I'd recommend to paint the air cleaner the same roof color if you paint them that color. If not, as others have said, there will be too many colors/finishes going on...

I'd even paint the brake booster the same color at that point...but that's just me being ocd...

[McMurphy]

If they were mine to do, it would be the second one I colored for you.
To me the simple black lettering, with the 2 color wavelength looks classy, pops, but does not go over board.
My wife liked the last 2, but to me the lettering with the orange in it was over the top, looked too busy to me.

I wanted you to see them before I voted on which one I liked.

Good luck on whatever you decide to do, versus what you end up doing of course LOL !!!

[aggie91]

Originally Posted by 57truckguy

I now drive a 2006 Uplander.. Tell me thats not your DD

Ok, I won't tell you...it does get good gas mileage and hauls the boy's baseball equipment nicely...

Alan, I know that you will make the right choice on what to do about the valve covers. You have done such a good job with every thing else on this build. Another thought would be to the valve covers and air cleaner in gloss black with the orange detailing in the lettering. Just another idea to toss around.

[57truckguy]

Well Alan you ask and you received... got more answers then questions.. LOL