Raymond

[Low Elco]

OOOOOooooWeeeeee that's purdy! Great Job all!

[Elliot949]

Ok Gang... Over the weekend we started the paint work on some of the parts... I am stoked to get rolling on this... I picked the Truck up for the last time before paint from Chris Carlson's Hot Rods getting a few little thing done and discovered that I hadn't welded the roof seams above the windshield so I dropped it off to a friends Body Shop to have him weld that up... I should be able to get the truck picked up by Friday... I won't be able to work on it this weekend but hopefully next weekend I will be able to start blocking the body for final paint...

It has been a long hard road getting to this point but WAY down the road we can at least now see the end of the tunnel...

Here are a couple pictures of the painted parts...

[Cash3481]

Looking great Dan!

[Elliot949]

Thanks Mike... I would like to hook up with you maybe Saturday Morningish to get the molding piece... Also I need a complete Turbo 400 linkage set up if you have one...

[Low Elco]

Nice stuff Dan!

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Nice stuff Dan!

Thanks buddy

[flashed]

Looking good ,cant wait to see more of it in paint and then assembly .It seems like it takes forever ,at least mine does .

[Elliot949]

We have been 3 1/2 years on this one... and probably at least 1 more year...

[69short]

Nice build! Can't wait to see the finished truck. I'm actually working in Winfield, KS this week.

[Elliot949]

Great you are welcome to come by and see it...

[69short]

Originally Posted by Elliot949

Great you are welcome to come by and see it...

Thank you. If i free up some time I may take you up on that offer. It'll give me motivation for my build

[Oregon 1967 GMC]

There's a color like that on a 67 Chevy on cover of Classic Truck Magazine April 2016. I haven't had time to crack it open and read any of it yet. Looks like yours is coming along, slow but sure.

[Elliot949]

LOL. I understand needing motivation...

[69short]

Originally Posted by Elliot949

LOL. I understand needing motivation...

Sorry I was pretty busy last week when I was in town. However I will be back in a few weeks. I'll try to stop by. Keep up the good work!

[Elliot949]

As soon as the weather warms up it will go fairly quick... that is when the paint will flow and once it is on it is assembly time... YEA!!!!... I predict by the end of March it will be either painted and ready to assemble or real freaking close...

[mcbassin]

Very nice work on the painted parts!

[Elliot949]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very nice work on the painted parts!

Thanks Mike... I am really stoked and excited for the weather to warm up so I can get color on the rest of the truck...

[jeh]

Looking good Dan, I just read through your build.

[Elliot949]

Thanks Jason... I really appreciate that...

[Elliot949]

Sounds good Justin. .

[Elliot949]

Ok Gang... it has been a little while since I have done any updates... over the last 2 months we have been dealing with alot of personal things so it is said that sometimes life gets in the way of what "we" want but also sometimes death does... My Mother n Law came down very ill the first of February and we lost her the end of February so we have been running back and forth to Colorado... Mostly me doing the back and forth my wife spent the entire month of February in Colorado so I was having to spend more time working so I was working for two then on the weekends running to Colorado to take my wife the things she needed and to support her and her family... We are having the funeral this Saturday and then hopefully we can move on with life...

The Truck has basically not had anything done to it outside of the Front Fenders, an Hood have for the most part been final block sanded and paint ready... I did get a call From Chris Carlson's Hot Rods and My Vintage Air Unit came in today so I went over and picked it up...

That was for the most part the final piece to the puzzle outside of obviously the small stuff... I also have the Drive Shaft and to find someone to actually rebuild the transmission... I also have to decide on who to use on the interior...


I am sure that I will stumble on another road block but I can at least see that light waaaaay down there at the end of the tunnel...

[Advanced Design]

Dan, sorry to hear of your Mother in law passing. Projects sure take a low priority when the serious issues of life hit us. Prayers for the family.

[Elliot949]

Thanks Doug but it is God's blessing that he took her home...

[jeh]

Prayers for you and your family Dan, after everything settles a little you can get back in the groove on the ole truck!!!

[Elliot949]

Thanks Jason... I need to have this to a presentable state by the 1st of June... this is the feature truck on the T-shirts for the Local Lake Afton Car show so it really needs 5o be their looking good...