75 Dually build

[COS399]

I used to have that magazine with Low Voltage in it.

I sent you a PM.

[Dieselwrencher]

I have something that might fit your needs half way. A Lund razerback for these. (Not exactly a sleeper though)

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

I have something that might fit your needs half way. A Lund razerback for these. (Not exactly a sleeper though)

There is just something not right about that... LOL!!!

[75Dually]

So tonight I finished up shaving the stake pockets. I put a coat of primer over them before I left the shop, and I should be able to put a skim coat of filler on them tomorrow or Thursday.

I want this thing in paint before LST!

[75Dually]

So I got the bed rails almost perfect. I still have a couple of minor imperfections to clean up, but they are 99% completed. I know OCD...

Sorry for the sideways shot it was the only way the system would allow that picture to be downloaded.

So I started on the body work for the drivers door and the drivers side front fender last night. I should have that smoothed out in the next couple of days. I've got a little bit of smoothing on the passenger side too, but then I get to start on the dreaded roof. All those hail dents... Not looking forward to that, but them's the breaks!

After that I need to finalize the body gaps. Remember I pulled the front clip off my donor 89' burb, and naturally it is going to take some serious patience to get this as close as possible. I think I'm actually going to enjoy that part. I am very patient when it comes to matter like this. Let's hope so at least!

Stay tuned!

[Dieselwrencher]

That is looking very nice!

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

That is looking very nice!

Thanks! I'm just glad for the warmer weather right now. Maybe I can get this thing in paint fairly soon!

[75Dually]

Worked a lot more on the drivers door and the drivers front fender tonight. Basically I smoothed out the skim coat of body filler I put on the lower portion of the drivers door. There was some past slight damage and it needed some help. I also ground out yesterday some really crappy body work done on the drivers side front fender. It was only a small bit on the edge by the driver door, but with a little bit of work it is much better. I may not be the best body guy but I do have standards...

Stay tuned!

[75Dually]

OK today was a semi serious work day on the truck. Got up late, the wife and I went and got donuts, then I got on the truck...

So my main area of work today was a small spot on the hood, and then it was off to the races with the roof and all those darn hail dings. I think I got all of them. Tomorrow I will take the drip rails off, take off the marker lights, and finish sand the balance of the roof. I have a couple of trim holes to weld up and body work. After that I will spray the primer and make this truck finally one color, if grey is really a color...

The nice thing is the FM station I was listening to all day was playing some great music! I just had to keep pace with the jams!!

[travlinman]

What happened to your ig acct? Did I get blocked or u take it down? Lol.

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by travlinman

What happened to your ig acct? Did I get blocked or u take it down? Lol.

Your going to have to help me here IG account? Sorry if I'm being dense...

[travlinman]

Instagram account? I thought I was a follower of you and posting pictures of your truck

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by travlinman

Instagram account? I thought I was a follower of you and posting pictures of your truck

So sorry! Duh!! My IG account got hacked and I just shut it down. I really rarely used it so it was no great loss. I might go back someday and fix it all, but man that is a pain in the neck. We'll see...

Thanks for helping out my lack of lingo!

[75Dually]

Today I decided to take one of my junky and rather beat up tail gate panels and see if I could resurrect it. I took some body filler glaze because it is very dense and is much harder than the other body fillers to fill in all the dents and scratches. After I sanded it down smooth I shot several coats of primer on it. Right now it is drying over night and tomorrow I will block it and then give it a silver paint job with a black accent edge.

I also cleaned up the GMC badge and shot it in silver. I will add some red paint to the letters once it is fully dried.

I saw a truck displayed at SEMA on Facebook that had all it's trim painted, and I thought it looked amazing. I will be doing the same treatment to the wrap around rear cab trim too. I thought it was going to be super hard to remove, but all you have to do is remove the 2 nuts that hold the corner trim pieces and then push the center piece out to one side. Lucky for me I did not break any of those ancient plastic mounting tabs. That would have been a disaster! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut on occasion...

[daddyjeep]

I like the thought of painting the trim. I have been thinking about that with my interior trim. I want something different and as an added bonus, it is cheaper than buying new.

[LT7A]

Hey 75, not sure I have much of a legitimate voice here, since I haven't been a part of your thread comment - wise until now. Although yours is one of the first threads that I read when I joined at the beginning of the year. The right word would be amazement at your fabrication abilities, and that you tackle suspension work and modifications yourself. I really like the truck as it sits. With the sleeper, I think there is a difficulty inherent in combining in the two body styles from different eras. Have you considered letting it look like an accessory? Let the contrast be the contrast? You could paint it the secondary of the two colors you choose. Put the ss trim on it. Not worry about the rain gutters. And let it be recognizable as a piece of a cab from the early sixties? I think trying to integrate that sleeper whether it's gutters, roof lines, C pillars etc, would be a lot of work and net a unit that may lose the coolness of its origin. So for what it's worth, I was just racking my brain about a way to have it be a part of your build, without the difficulty of grafting it on to your truck.

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

I like the thought of painting the trim. I have been thinking about that with my interior trim. I want something different and as an added bonus, it is cheaper than buying new.

Being cheaper than new is one of the main drivers for me, but I have seen folks get in brand new parts that are all dinged up. So hopefully you will like the below shots I took tonight after I shot it in silver. Once the paint dries I will take a shot of the emblem and the panel together. Check it out!

Originally Posted by LT7A

Hey 75, not sure I have much of a legitimate voice here, since I haven't been a part of your thread comment - wise until now. Although yours is one of the first threads that I read when I joined at the beginning of the year. The right word would be amazement at your fabrication abilities, and that you tackle suspension work and modifications yourself. I really like the truck as it sits. With the sleeper, I think there is a difficulty inherent in combining in the two body styles from different eras. Have you considered letting it look like an accessory? Let the contrast be the contrast? You could paint it the secondary of the two colors you choose. Put the ss trim on it. Not worry about the rain gutters. And let it be recognizable as a piece of a cab from the early sixties? I think trying to integrate that sleeper whether it's gutters, roof lines, C pillars etc, would be a lot of work and net a unit that may lose the coolness of its origin. So for what it's worth, I was just racking my brain about a way to have it be a part of your build, without the difficulty of grafting it on to your truck.

Just so you know I was really happy to read your post, and by the way you have a very legitimate voice as far as I am concerned. I think one thing that the sleeper did was wake up a lot of folks imaginations as to what is possible. Not that they have to like it. Quite the contrary, I hope that it gets them to think outside the box and create their own thing. I also agree with you that the contrast needs to be the contrast and let it be what it is. So well said.

[75Dually]

Some days I feel like I don't get anything done, others I make some head way. Tonight I made some head way. I got the tail gate panel finished sanded and shot the silver paint on it. I also got the emblem cleaned up yesterday and let the silver paint dry over night. Tonight I got the lettering painted red. I think it turned out ok. Once the panel dries I will bolt down the emblem and take a shot of both of them.

Next is the rear cab trim. I will have to do a lot of work on those pieces, they are not in the best of shape right now, but hey sweat equity is so much cheaper than just buying new pieces. Plus I really like the silver on the tail gate panel, so it should be a nice accent to the rest of the truck once it gets it's new shinny coat.

[75Dually]

I should have posted these the other day but I forgot that I took them. Halloween was a blast! I stuffed some jeans with some old shirts, and used some work boots to make this display. When the wife saw it with the legs sticking out by the passenger door she said I better change it because it looked too real. Not only was I going to scare the kids to much, but the neighbors might just call the cops! So I took this to heart and moved my fake legs to the front... It was a big hit with all the folks out trick or treating.

However the kids would not come near it! They would get on the ground and peer as far as they could to see the rest of the body, blood, and guts! It was too funny!! Now I know a lot of you have done this before because I stole the idea from others... The best part is the fathers that would come up and grab the leg and shake while yelling loudly, it making all the kids scatter!! I went horse from all the laughing.

One of my favorite moments was when this large family had to get a group picture by the body. Man there are just some morbid folks out there! Just could not let that trucker lie in peace!! LOL!!!

[DrppdBlazr]

Nice Dually man, first timer on your thread and it didn't disappoint.

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by DrppdBlazr

Nice Dually man, first timer on your thread and it didn't disappoint.

That just made my day! Thanks!!

[75Dually]

I think this turned out pretty well. The badge is in ok shape but not perfect. There is only so much you can do with old pot metal badges.

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice scare tactic! Oh, the body work is looking great too. That badge looks a lot better than most around here. i've been trying to find a decent gate trim piece for mine for a while. I thought I finally got one, and it is actually for a blazer gate. Dang it! Haha

[75Dually]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice scare tactic! Oh, the body work is looking great too. That badge looks a lot better than most around here. i've been trying to find a decent gate trim piece for mine for a while. I thought I finally got one, and it is actually for a blazer gate. Dang it! Haha

That tail gate trim was in bad shape when I fought the spiders for control of it. I thought I would just fill in the dents, shoot some paint on it, and see how it turns out. Well it actually came out fairly decent... I think that I'm going to paint it black in the end. I like this silver, but after talking with a couple of builder friends of mine I'm going to try it and see what it looks like. I bet with that badge it will look killer!

Hunting down one of these trim pieces that is not all torn up is like finding a unicorn. Even the new pieces can come to you all dented up if your UPS guy does not like you...

[75Dually]

Did some of the tedious stuff tonight. Got the body line on the drivers side lined up. Basically you have to take apart part of the interior to get to the door bolts. Worked my way from the rear to the front, and made 100 little adjustments. Next is the passenger side...