67 cheby's Dropmember build thread (CLOUD 9)

[watahyahknow]

it could be hes already finished with the inside

[67cheby]

2nd prime

[Low Elco]

I wrestled with this myself. Ended up doing the interior first, then all the exterior cut ins, then well assemble and paint like a new car.
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[Low Elco]

Are you gonna manage to work Slosh Tubs into your SEMA deal in any meaningful way? Awesome that you're going. SEMA Thrash for you!
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[Str8-6-68]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

At a 9 yr build ..........it still leaves me at #5667

Whoa, are you serious? Maybe i should consider my 5 year project a 10 year plan

[Str8-6-68]

Ooh that cab is looking good now, I cant wait to see it painted! good job man. Good luck on the completion and SEMA!

[Slick67]

Wow Mike! That firewall looks outstanding in primer! This is absolutely a magazine cover truck! I do hope that SloshTubz gets huge attention at SEMA, sure wish I could make the show.

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by longbed67

Looking good! I'm really hoping I'm where your at on the cab next week!

sweet , cant wait to see your pics !

Originally Posted by nibs

But wouldnt painting the exterior before even priming the interior be a risk of overspray when you get to the inside? I would think that you would prime the whole thing, block it, then seal and then paint all together(since it is all going to end up the same color).
it will be all primed and blocked first
It just seems that there is a chance for error in the masking of the completed exterior to prime, block, seal and paint the inside. Right?

agreed

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

it could be hes already finished with the inside

i wish !

Originally Posted by Low Elco

I wrestled with this myself. Ended up doing the interior first, then all the exterior cut ins, then well assemble and paint like a new car.
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more then one way to skin a cat !! LOL

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Are you gonna manage to work Slosh Tubs into your SEMA deal in any meaningful way? Awesome that you're going. SEMA Thrash for you!
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i cant affor a booth, but you can bet i will be glued to my truck in case anyone wants to know !!

Originally Posted by Str8-6-68

Whoa, are you serious? Maybe i should consider my 5 year project a 10 year plan

LOL....dont do it !

Originally Posted by Str8-6-68

Ooh that cab is looking good now, I cant wait to see it painted! good job man. Good luck on the completion and SEMA!

Thanks i appreciate that !

Originally Posted by Slick67

Wow Mike! That firewall looks outstanding in primer! This is absolutely a magazine cover truck! I do hope that SloshTubz gets huge attention at SEMA, sure wish I could make the show.

Thank you, i sure hope that i can make the "right connection" while at SEMA ?? and i hope you find a way to come !

[David67]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

Thank you, i sure hope that i can make the "right connection" while at SEMA ??

Your truck should help make those connections!

[67cheby]

I hope so !!

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Hey mike where do we get shirts I must have missed the boat..

[67cheby]

i am trying to get a count to see how many to order ?

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Ill take at least 2..

[67cheby]

i have to order 72, so i am trying to figure out if i can sell enough of them up front to at least re-coup some of my truck money i will have to steal to buy them !

[ajgriffin]

Saw your post about not being able to afford a booth a SEMA. Think you could make a mobile setup with your truck? You could get a flat screen from Craigslist for little of nothing, make your own stand (wall mounts from monoprice are $25) and make a short video and put it on loop. You could do some funny stuff based on your "cover your treads man" slogan. Or you could make a "trailer" from a front clip with no hood and TUBZ right there on display. Maybe some of the vendors here would let you borrow the product to make it happen if you stamp their logo on? I don't know, just throwing ideas around. Would like to hear wild success stories about the TUBZ.
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[watahyahknow]

the idea of the trailer is good , maibe he can cut down the middle and make one half the old style and the other half the squarebody
he could make the enginebay a spot for info and litterature with the video equipment underneath a double bottom and the tv/monitor where the window should be and able to fold over on top of the litterature , or use one of those plastic mockup engines to demonstrate the room around the tubs
if you use a pin on hood everything should be protected during transport
if he makes the towbar either removable or foldable on the windowside of the frontclip (tow the clip in reverse ) he could put the trailerlights in the grille openings for the indicatorlights
when you put the trailer inside at the show you drop the trailer on the rear/frontbumper (maibe you need a leg on the towbar to keep it up on that side) fold up the towbar , take off the hood , lift up the flatscreen monitor and hook up the power for the monitor and video , if you make the video an mp4 file like on youtube you can prolly play it of a cheap laptop
there plenty of windows based video players that you can use to loop the video onto a 24 inch computermonitor
build some car speakers in the double bottom and use an old amp for audio
if you do it that way you might be able to run the setup outside in a field on 12 volt as whell

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by ajgriffin

Saw your post about not being able to afford a booth a SEMA. Think you could make a mobile setup with your truck? You could get a flat screen from Craigslist for little of nothing, make your own stand (wall mounts from monoprice are $25) and make a short video and put it on loop. You could do some funny stuff based on your "cover your treads man" slogan. Or you could make a "trailer" from a front clip with no hood and TUBZ right there on display. Maybe some of the vendors here would let you borrow the product to make it happen if you stamp their logo on? I don't know, just throwing ideas around. Would like to hear wild success stories about the TUBZ.
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The actual problem isnt the booth it it the $4000 that SEMA wants for you to set up a 10x10 area ! I figure between transport /hotel/ and expenses i will be spending about 2500 already !

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by watahyahknow

the idea of the trailer is good , maibe he can cut down the middle and make one half the old style and the other half the squarebody
he could make the enginebay a spot for info and litterature with the video equipment underneath a double bottom and the tv/monitor where the window should be and able to fold over on top of the litterature , or use one of those plastic mockup engines to demonstrate the room around the tubs
if you use a pin on hood everything should be protected during transport
if he makes the towbar either removable or foldable on the windowside of the frontclip (tow the clip in reverse ) he could put the trailerlights in the grille openings for the indicatorlights
when you put the trailer inside at the show you drop the trailer on the rear/frontbumper (maibe you need a leg on the towbar to keep it up on that side) fold up the towbar , take off the hood , lift up the flatscreen monitor and hook up the power for the monitor and video , if you make the video an mp4 file like on youtube you can prolly play it of a cheap laptop
there plenty of windows based video players that you can use to loop the video onto a 24 inch computermonitor
build some car speakers in the double bottom and use an old amp for audio
if you do it that way you might be able to run the setup outside in a field on 12 volt as whell

i actually have started this similar process with a square body front clip !

[ajgriffin]

Originally Posted by 67cheby

The actual problem isnt the booth it it the $4000 that SEMA wants for you to set up a 10x10 area ! I figure between transport /hotel/ and expenses i will be spending about 2500 already !

I figured as much. I was just thinking of something you could put with the truck without them saying something to you wherever you park the truck. Don't get me wrong your truck is awesome, but because it is so heavily modified folks won't be drown just to the TUBZ. That's why I think something to point them right at it in addition to a SWEET truck would be helpful.
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[67cheby]

that is a very valid point, i hope the POP of the orange against all of the baby blue will draw the attention to the engine compartment and then linger to check out all of the other mods in the engine compartment !

[funkytechmonkey]

Why don't you start a fundraising auction for an unlimited amount of tickets for a set of squares and another for the regular tubs... That would get you really far. Id actually buy tickets for both and I don't have a squared. I'd love to help you go to sema.
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[watahyahknow]

you could put the truck in the stand with the hood up and set only the laptop next to it running the video , that doesnt take as mush space as the trailer setup i was talking about , or maibe set a monitor up in front of the grille and the laptop under the truck maibe the sponsors doesnt give you a hard time about that , maibe there willing to sell them trough there website and dealers even making it even eazier to advertize for the tubs in their stand

[67cheby]

Originally Posted by funkytechmonkey

Why don't you start a fundraising auction for an unlimited amount of tickets for a set of squares and another for the regular tubs... That would get you really far. Id actually buy tickets for both and I don't have a squared. I'd love to help you go to sema.
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hmmmmmmmm......i like that ! Leave the auction open for 1 week and just sell as many as i can sell in a week ?????

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Id buy some tickets for sure...

[67c10rustbuket]

Done yet? I would buy some auction tickets for some '67 SLOSH TUBZ BTW hows the daughters trip going? haven't seen any pics is she back yet? must be worried over her, I know I would be sick without my baby even if she is a diva.
Really though I think if you had a nice display of the SLOSH TUBZ at SEMA your business would sky rocket. Just getting to showcase your product would be huge as far as people who don't get on here to see what you have to offer. An excellent product that I WILL own someday