"The Ayatollah of Rusty Hole'a 1987 SWB 6.0 4L80E

[grayharville]

Looks good! come paint mine next!

[Devillusion]

Very nice............should look deadly.

[noonzor]

looks killer dude!! im busy with work and housestuff for a bit, ill come by in june!

[Gordonr1973]

Sprayed the pearl this morning, four coats (light).

Sprayed the clear tonight, 5 coats (wet).

Overall, seems it is laying out okay, a bit of orange peel on the one rear fender...a bit of contamination I think.

A few dust spots but not too bad for painting it in my garage! Will wet sand it out once it is reassembled.

[squaredaway]

Wow... great job!

[grayharville]

Would it be okay if I came to canada and drooled on that paint? looks great

[Gordonr1973]

Thanks guys! I'm dead tired but still jacked up that it is finally painted!

[y5mgisi]

Man that looks beautiful!

[noonzor]

that looks awesome dude!

[Gordonr1973]

Thanks guys! Painting was certainly a process in itself!

Here are a few pics of small things I did today, put on wheels, the gas caps and test fit the motor covers...

[mooseknuckles]

the painted covers look awesome man...gas filler looks good too...where did you get the hose for the brake booster?

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles

the painted covers look awesome man...gas filler looks good too...where did you get the hose for the brake booster?

Thanks! I get all that sort of stuff at NAPA. If you have CAA you get a discount on most things.

[butch86]

i was wrong the painted covers look awsome under there. awsome job

[Gordonr1973]

I am going to paint the cover...just not sure how to go about it. Was thinking about using touch-up paint to paint the lettering and getting some pinstriping tape from the autobody supply shop to mark the stripes. I'm just scared that my hand is too shakey to do it freehanded.

[grayharville]

The gas filler looks tits. Very slick job gordon
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[rs72z]

Truck is looking awsome.

[Jonboy]

The gas caps look great. How did you end up running the filler hoses?

[96twodoor]

looks killer ! love the color you went with

[Gordonr1973]

Originally Posted by grayharville

The gas filler looks tits. Very slick job gordon
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Thanks! I hope I don't regret putting them on the top

Originally Posted by rs72z

Truck is looking awsome.

Thank you sir!

Originally Posted by Jonboy

The gas caps look great. How did you end up running the filler hoses?

I haven't yet...but going to pick up the new hose pieces tomorrow. I want to keep the vent hose so will need to figure it all out. Am thinking about coming through the box floor with the hoses.

Originally Posted by 96twodoor

looks killer ! love the color you went with

Thanks! Diamond white is a pain to spray, but I wanted something unique and I haven't seen another square painted DW anywhere.

[73gmc454]

Looks great , Very clean !

[cletis]

This is really coming together, and looks great.

[Gordonr1973]

Thanks guys!

Not much to show although I've been working alot on it....swapped in the new column that I painted last week & had to do some mods on it as it was out of a '90. Will need to modify the shift linkage once again as it is on the otherside of the column but I'm going to sleep on that b/c I'm tired now.

Did some more wiring, drilled in the billit pedals, bled the brake lines & master cylinder, figured out how to bolt on the hood supports, and ran longer vent hoses for the gas tanks so they vent further back under the bed instead of under the cab = less gas fumes to smell!

To do's this week: fininsh some more wiring, work on the shift linkage, look at a tranny pan leak (needs a better gasket), fix the right signal flasher as it works but doesn't flash on the cluster, put the windshield in, put in the carpet and dash and rear speakers and tire jack tool holder....but progress is coming slowly.

I booked it in for the exhaust on June 15th so I have a definite deadline now to work towards.

[Gordonr1973]

The muffler fell off while I was taking pics...will put it back on later!

[hick]

Who is doing your exhaust work?

[Greenlee]

Nice work Gordon! I used to be a little further along than you on my truck, but now you are passing me up. I like those billet peddles. Are those from NAPA also?
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