64 StepSide - Let's the games begin

[wayno]

Frame is off to get sand blasted and powder coated - matte black for the frame and a chrome alloy for the cross members - trailing arms and bridge assembly - hoping the front cross member and control arms are here soon from porterbuilt - would love to get to a rolling chassis state by the end of the month but not looking good right now.

[Slammed66]

Another slammed stepside !! I'm in!!!
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[66C06]

Sweet! Just got mine to the media blaster a couple days ago. I have some patching to do in the floor, one door and at the bottom of both fenders...
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[wayno]

Frame has been sand blasted - hopefully in the oven today being powder coated - matte black on the frame itself.

[wayno]

Originally Posted by 66C06

Sweet! Just got mine to the media blaster a couple days ago. I have some patching to do in the floor, one door and at the bottom of both fenders...
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he offered off to media blast everything but the cab for $300 - seems like a pretty good deal (left the cab out because I'm just done - have half the roof inside the cab to do - everything else is already done). My doors are in good shape after picking a couple off craigslist - but not sure what I'll find the rest of the way around this thing.

[jamesrussell26]

i found a saw mill with several seasoned walnut logs laying around and i had them rough cut a dozen board for me cost me 65 bucks then took those to the local high school wood shop and had them planed and milled to match the originals.

[wayno]

Seasoned walnut - I bet those look great. Do you have a build thread - I would love to see how those turned out.

[wayno]

the porterbuilt front stuff showed up today - excited but know that I'm opening boxes and turning around and dropping everything at powder - ready for a rolling chasis - hung the driver's side door that I have been working on - finally got it to line up the way I want - going to drill some so I can repeat again later and hopefully if the weather plays along this weekend I can get some primer down on the cab and doors - need to get some progress pics up of the frame powder coated and the porterbuilt rear all mocked up.

[Dinos63]

Nice work!

[wayno]

Here we go - some pictures of the rear mocked up.

[aggie91]

Looks great!

[Jmorales3181]

Looking good!
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[CRGRS 66]

X3

[wayno]

Alright..quite a bit done since my last update - frame back from powder coating - starting to put it back together. Got the disk brakes on as well.

[wayno]

Some new pictures to add - been working on body stuff lately but did sit the motor in place.

[Jimbabwe]

Coming along nice! Who doesn't like a bagged stepside?!

[Bennett68C10]

Looks to be a great build, nice job on the Porterbuilt install. Happy to see another Jersey guy on here. I'm subscribed to see how it turns out.
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[wayno]

Thanks guys - starting to get some things primed - two front fenders are done - passenger side door - have a little more paint to strip on the drivers door - but very happy with how the passenger one turned out.

Definitely not a lot of us NJ guys on here but there's a guy with a 65 stepside - I've seen him everywhere this summer 3 car shows in the 4th of july parade - he's keeping me motivated

[Bennett68C10]

Looks great, what are you using to prime your metal with
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[wayno]

Went down to bare metal - so I'm coming back up with a self etching primer by martin senor - and then I'll use some high build primer after that and block. I can't decide on a color to save my life - change my mind just about daily at this point.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by wayno

Went down to bare metal - so I'm coming back up with a self etching primer by martin senor - and then I'll use some high build primer after that and block. I can't decide on a color to save my life - change my mind just about daily at this point.

you sound like me, my build thread is over 40 pages worth of me changing my mind, especially with paint. I have quite a while before I need paint so I'm sure I will change it 100 more times. Thanks for the info on the primer.
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[wayno]

Alright - so adding my new wheels and tires to the build - I also started bending new brake lines for the front - also realized that I'm going to need new brake hoses with this thing being bagged - I can get enough play in the hose going up and down but not if it's all the way up or down and the wheel needs to turn left or right... just when you feel like you are closing in on it something new pops up - oh and found a place that can shorten and balance my drive shaft - the couple places folks had recommended had gone out of business - hard economy I guess.

[Bomp]

Got my attention.
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[wayno]

Got the cab high build primed - - working to get the interior and firewall painted so I can get it picked up and set back on the frame.

[Bennett68C10]

Looks good
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