razorback red... buildup

[redledsled]

That's looking nice! I've got similar plans for my baby, so it's nice to see yours looking so good.

[Hogsophist]

Looking great man. I drive by your place daily. Always wanted to just stop and gawk!
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[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by Hogsophist

Looking great man. I drive by your place daily. Always wanted to just stop and gawk!
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stop by anytime. do you drive your old chevy when you come by?
like to see it....

clem

[clemdaddy]

heres the seat frame on the way to the upholstery shop. going to do a version of the factory red seat. replace the black fabric with a black textured vinyl.

[clemdaddy]

heres another shot of a pile of red parts. they're everywhere around here. all the painted stuff gets wet sanded with 600 and another trip to paint. always some dust and a few bugs doing their death dance in new paint. sand it out, smooth away orange peel and re-coat. i usually do a 3 coat walk around and let it cure.

also a close up of the wheel... i like to paint after mounting and balancing so the lead weights get color too. before mounting tires i sandblast the wheels, then fill rust pits, sand and prime.

[clemdaddy]

next challenge... shroud.
not sure how to get the mottled look of original fiberglass. this shroud is in great shape for an original. no cracks or deep scuffs but a lot of oil stains and fan belt etching. tried sanding and buffing, not much help. don't want to but i might have to paint...

[Hogsophist]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

stop by anytime. do you drive your old chevy when you come by?
like to see it....

clem

I do. spray can red 57. I think my buddy that i bought it from actually stopped by one day. His name is Chris.

I live off of hwy 16. it looks like you have a really cool set up where you are at.

[clemdaddy]

its just about the end of may and the memorial day weekend is upon us. always a good time to give a shout out to all those who served or are serving our country. thanks! thanks a lot!

the weather has been very agreeable this may and some good progress was made on red. after putting color on the firewall i realized that the brown dash wouldn't work. too many color elements trying to work together and the brown dash, while it looked good with the gold or fawn interior, it didn't work with the red. and then throw in the black roof and stripe... the brown had to go.

so i repainted the dash and all the dash pieces a metallic or sable black. to accent the fawn metallic interior color i dumped a bunch of gold flake in the sable black.

[clemdaddy]

today i rolled red out of the garage to color sand the cab. it was a good opportunity to take some pics of assembly. maybe the best part of the project is when you get to attach painted and detailed parts together. probably goes back to childhood days spent building models, but there's something satisfying about the assembly phase.

[coulter]

great work man!! looks like ur many hours of bodywork paid off!! that paint turned out great

btw do you have some more of the spare spring peices to the seat??? im bout to redo my seat and i need some of those.
If you do i will buy them if you are willing to ship them

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by coulter

great work man!! looks like ur many hours of bodywork paid off!! that paint turned out great

btw do you have some more of the spare spring peices to the seat??? im bout to redo my seat and i need some of those.
If you do i will buy them if you are willing to ship them

yeah, i've got a few seats for parts. just let me know what you need, maybe e-mail a pic of your damaged area. the part that is always bad is the outside kick-up and supports. i made them from other seat bottom springs. cut and did the basic shape with 4 different pieces. welded the pieces together with clothes hanger rod. the hanger rod is to help keep the spring steel tension. don't know why, just heard thats what to use. plus hit the pieces with cold wet rag while hot.

[clemdaddy]

just noticed where you're from... my home town.
i'm over that way occasionally to see friends and family. give you a shout out and maybe, delivery on the springs.
clem

Originally Posted by coulter

great work man!! looks like ur many hours of bodywork paid off!! that paint turned out great

btw do you have some more of the spare spring peices to the seat??? im bout to redo my seat and i need some of those.
If you do i will buy them if you are willing to ship them

[coulter]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

just noticed where you're from... my home town.
i'm over that way occasionally to see friends and family. give you a shout out and maybe, delivery on the springs.
clem

aight cool sounds good!! ive still gotta take the cover off of the seat to really find out what all springs im gonna need. Ill hit you up when i figure out what i need. thanx!!!!

[scum1]

nice build looking forward to the final product! Paint looks awesome

[y5mgisi]

Damn thats looking good!

[1963c-10]

The work is coming along great. Its going to be one sharp truck when your done.

[faribran]

wow!!

[62 Barnfind]

Looking good! love the color!

[Mad Rods]

I dig the detail you put into this build. Keep up the good work
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[NotNuRodz]

Love your build up so far. I have a lot of friends that are going to school in fayetteville. I may just have to come visit them and do some tailgating next football season just to check out your truck. Hope it's ready!

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by NotNuRodz

Love your build up so far. I have a lot of friends that are going to school in fayetteville. I may just have to come visit them and do some tailgating next football season just to check out your truck. Hope it's ready!

come on down!!! i tell you what. nobody tailgate parties like hog fans. food, drink and big screens. most people don't even have tickets to the game, just there for the party. hey notnurodz... love your model A. you must be a hamber.

also i appreciate the comments from you guys on this truck... its part of what makes me want to go back out in the garage after i'm tired and through for the day.

[markeb01]

What an incredible and impressive level of detail everywhere in your build. I particularly like the new dash finish. I know it seems like a simple thing, but I'm really inspired by the wheels as well. I've always had a passion for stock steel wheels, and bright gloss paint with new lugs is just as impressive as expensive custom rims in my book.

[hugger6933]

I noticed in one of your posts the you called bodywork bodyfun. It is tedious and sometimes boring ,sometimes mind numbing but you sir are doing a very fine job on the build

[clemdaddy]

ok, any who would like to are invited to come by our place the evening of june 23rd. thats a saturday night and we're having a gearhead pot-luck party. my wife kim and i will provide a bbq brisket and some ribs and some beer and soft drinks. we do this nearly every june and its a blast. if you drive in and want to stay over, we have space for a few and camping for many. i will post an invite in the next day or so but to those following this build thread... i hope you can make it.

come and meet us, we're not that weird, well, maybe a little.

rsvp... let us know...

[LEEVON]

I wish I had stopped by your place when we still lived in Pea Ridge. I have driven by on a couple of occassions in the past and would have stopped if somebody was there for sure! I like your creations, especially the yellow 'burb. Can't wait to see how this one looks all together, even though I have an idea it will be REAL NICE CLARK (in my Cousin Eddy voice).