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10-27-2013, 10:35 AM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
so primer shot almost ready for paint
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10-27-2013, 10:44 AM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
paint time i decide i wanted to two tone it go easy on me ive only painted a few bike tanks and my fleetline i had a few problems when i first started but had a ton of help for guys on this sight thanx guys
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10-27-2013, 10:53 AM
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almost caught up and current and shot the next color
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10-27-2013, 12:02 PM
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Looks real nice.
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10-27-2013, 12:23 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
thanx Kim57 i'm almost out of pix but i'm hitting it again tomorrow so hopefully i'll have more to share
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10-27-2013, 12:37 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
nice color
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10-27-2013, 03:02 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
so currently ive been working on the back of the truck posted a few threads about suggestions on the bed.im raising the bed to clear the notch and was planning to run the wood flush against the bedside till I realized my bedisdes were bowed so here's what I did.........
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10-27-2013, 03:03 PM
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for some reason my computer only lets me do one pic and a time
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10-27-2013, 03:04 PM
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the solution and still be able to add a raised floor bed if I wanted to
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10-27-2013, 02:07 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
diggin the 2 tone
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10-28-2013, 12:03 AM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
What color green is that?
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10-28-2013, 01:00 PM
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10-28-2013, 01:23 PM
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holy crap this is one cool build.
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10-29-2013, 05:10 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
What steps did you do for sanding the body and interior for paint. Very nice truck. I cant wait to get mine going
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10-29-2013, 05:22 PM
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10-29-2013, 05:49 PM
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Awesome work. Give me a text and ill get some info from you.
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12-05-2013, 03:49 PM
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Sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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12-10-2013, 12:11 AM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
thanx I wish I had more to show but this cold weather is to much plus x-mas and I just put a system in my blazer/k5. but hopefully by end of January I will be shooting the body.
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12-12-2013, 09:11 AM
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Nice looking truck...
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12-13-2013, 12:13 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
Awesome looking truck man !!
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01-12-2014, 03:51 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
ok after a long 2 month holiday at work its time to get back on her. so after searching and searching I scored a tailgate on ebay not cheap but I got one and after stripping her down she its cleaner then what ive seen
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01-12-2014, 03:54 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
I picked up some hinges off a 70's chevy truck at the junkyard for cheap and came up with something still a work in progress
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01-12-2014, 04:00 PM
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Re: 1957 chevy family truck
if you cant tell yet I'm all about stripping it down to bare metal. always afraid of what's hiding underneath LOL so I jump the gun and bought my bed strips. I also ordered a outside visor but those things are on back ordered order from like 4 places so I guess i'll wait
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