72 K30 Build

[swamp rat]

Thanks much appreciated!

[7dee2]

No biggie, hope that helps Mike. As far as high build goes our painter has been using Keystone Key 3 n 1, it’s a fairly new 2-part product. It was recommended by a long-time paint supplier, my thoughts are it must be good because several of my painter friends are using it. 2nd link bottom of page 5 gives the specifics.

http://www.lkqcorp.com/en-us/Paint-B...ment/About-PBE
http://www.lkqcorp.com/Portals/1/PDF...%20Catalog.pdf


Ready to be picked up after a final wet sand and polish. Such a fuss over white paint!

[First c10]

Is that door leaning against a 55' Corvette?????
Love the Chevy Orange Unocal 76 antenna ball!!!

[7dee2]

It’s a 54 Scott, neat old car that got a recent Roadkill write up.
http://www.roadkill.com/1954-gasser-...-time-capsule/


Here’s all the stuff so far, staged in storage for now while the cab gets it’s turn.

[First c10]

That is neat Brett is this yours? that is pretty cool.

[Dieselwrencher]

Nice fresh paint and thanks for the link to the vette!

[7dee2]

Not mine, it belongs to a really good friend of mine. As a matter of fact, I just had to tease and told him his crusty old corvette was going to infect my nice truck parts!

Ha, here’s a pic of the headless painter with his 4-legged car wash mitt!

Also a few cab progress pics and more products used, reducer & kitty hair.

[rgunlock]

Ah, the kitty hair brings back such fond memories - so pleasant to work with and such a refreshing odor Looking good!

[7dee2]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Nice fresh paint and thanks for the link to the vette!

Love fresh paint! Showed some of my corvette buddies your drag car online a few months ago, very cool!

Originally Posted by rgunlock

Ah, the kitty hair brings back such fond memories - so pleasant to work with and such a refreshing odor Looking good!

Ha, yah right, thanks Rick!




The patches from the small hole are disappearing and the back of our cab is getting pretty flat.

[mjensen]

Man that thing is coming right along! Looks way nice.

[First c10]

Looks in good Brett. I wish when I assembled my core support it was for the last time!

[Dieselwrencher]

The cab is looking great! Nice work. That battery isolator looks nice too.

[flashed]

It is beginning to look like a truck .

[7dee2]

Originally Posted by First c10

Looks in good Brett. I wish when I assembled my core support it was for the last time!

Thank’s, Scott hoping it’s on there for good, should be.

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

The cab is looking great! Nice work. That battery isolator looks nice too.

Thank’s, Ryan. In doing some research I ran across this style of an isolator and liked this one particularly because of the push button to connect batteries feature.

Originally Posted by flashed

It is beginning to look like a truck .

Thank’s, flashed more and more every day.


Started working on door panels and dung out door glass and vent windows. Stuff is in amazing shape spent some quality time with the vent windows, the felts are in great shape and the rubbers are now reconditioned and ready to go again. In the last pics, you can see the condition of the felts, right side has some sun fade but a few minutes with a black sharpie and it looks just as good as the left.

[swamp rat]

The back of that pass thru is looking nice and straight!

[7dee2]

Thank's Mike, it's turning out better than expected!



More cab progress pics, it’s been moved into the main shop area closer to the heat source for now.

[First c10]

Hey Brett the cab is looking Spiffy! I cant wait for my cab to be dropped off for the same treatment!

[7dee2]

Ha, Spiffy it is, thanks Scott!


Some before and during cleanup pics, it’s a good thing Mrs. 7dee2 is not home when parts get cleaned in her kitchen!

[7dee2]

Who do you think the bone head was that put the dash pad away with something touching it? Very little heat and that dimple is gone like majack!

[swamp rat]

Nice tip on the dash pad!

[7dee2]

Used Mrs. 7dee2’s blow dryer on the lowest setting, could’ve used the shop heat gun but was concerned about too much heat on that old part, delamination etc.


Freshened up a nice set of correctly dated seat belts using the best buckle covers and buttons we have. Some 45-year-old crud right there and man you should have seen Mrs. 7dee2’s sink! Uh, Oh!

[rgunlock]

Looks like you have some very nice interior parts to work with. They're cleaning up great!

[7dee2]

Thank’s Rick, some soda pop, grease, hugger orange paint and 45 years of various yuck does make a great preservative! The red background just gives a wowza factor!

This stuff is mainly donated from our C10 project that’s slowly getting a red interior. Most of the RV’s interior except for the dash pad (same one pictured earlier) was sold and replaced before we’d acquired it. Previous forum member sharpie72 (Dennis) told me that it had a parchment (also on the SPID) interior that was in fantastic shape and sold shortly after he got the truck.


After a very thorough cleaning and really light coat of paint to match our console from earlier. Installed some trim and inserts, this stuff is now ready to join the rest of the interior.

[7dee2]

Decided we needed a set of these speaker brackets from forum member bigblock73 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=476976 they’ll be body color when done. Here’s a pic of a test fit with them just mounted up top, we’ll wait till we have the carpet and sound deadening to finish the install.

[swamp rat]

Cool! I also bought a set.