What did you do to your truck today!

[sbell87]

Got my nova wheel on today! Love it

[shopking72]

Drove it over to my friends tire shop.

[VWNate1]

I just may have found a true rust free cab for my '69 .

Sadly they want BIG bucks for it and I have to pay someone to remove it .

I'll go take the glass out to - morrow and see if it's really and truly rust free .

[Lee H]

Nate, I can help you. Extra set of hands, trailer, just give me a shout out. I'll PM you my cell number. Lee

[VWNate1]

Thank you Sir .

PM Rec'd .

[bill marcum]

Yesterday, Took mine for a ride with my brother-inlaw Doug to see the new Indians motorcycles. Shop was closed. ran good. Nice day for a ride .

[magwakeenercew2jh]

It was yesterday....and it had nothing to do with RAT. Not, really.

I had the chance to behold the best '72 Blazer I've ever seen in my life.
Bar *none*.

Forum Member. Enthusiast. All around *incredible* truck builder.
And one of the best guys you'd ever want to meet.

Thanks, Tom Vogel.

[mud.man.rj]

OK Mag, where are pic's of the most awesome 72 Blazer you saw that we don't see..hmmm.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by mud.man.rj

OK Mag, where are pic's of the most awesome 72 Blazer you saw that we don't see..hmmm.

Well, I really didn't feel at liberty to take pics. If I had, I'd probably still be there.

Tom is humble. So, I'm not sure he's posted many pics. Also, there's a beautiful story that goes with this baby.

Let me put it this way, Mud. It'd be worth the trip down from your cold box to see it, no matter what the plane fare.
When Tom does choose to show it off, you'll see.

For now, all I can give you is a bad blow-up of what's on his avatar:

[Bomp]

[Mike_The_Grad]

Waiting for pay day to send out some parts for blasting and paint. So I guess its back to cleaning... Notice the empty tub in the first pic,then the last pic. And I'm still not finished with this side!

[Mike_The_Grad]

Got tired of cleaning after 6 hrs. Noticed last week that my valve covers started leaking after sitting so long without running, and a fresh oil change, (dried out cork). So I bought sum rubber ones for ten Bux to hold me over til I can order sum better ones. Figured I might as well clean up those valve covers,bad idea. Another 6 hrs. later and I'm still not satisfied with the way they look. When I originally bought them 5 yrs. Ago it was like looking in a mirror.

[quick60]

Painted my manifolds with VHt Very High Heat primer and paint. We will see how well it holds up.

[Andy4639]

Installed sound deadner on back cab wall and 2 new Phenix gold 2 way speakers in the dash and had the local music guy tune my amp's for me. Brooks & Dunn never sounded better!

[71K20chevy]

Originally Posted by Mike_The_Grad

Got tired of cleaning after 6 hrs. Noticed last week that my valve covers started leaking after sitting so long without running, and a fresh oil change, (dried out cork). So I bought sum rubber ones for ten Bux to hold me over til I can order sum better ones. Figured I might as well clean up those valve covers,bad idea. Another 6 hrs. later and I'm still not satisfied with the way they look. When I originally bought them 5 yrs. Ago it was like looking in a mirror.

I'd try wetsanding them until they're clean, then I'd use polish on them.

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Making tabs for the, beautiful new (Thanks, Tom) machined aluminum VA firewall plate. When they're welded on, off to the anodizer for polish and then gloss black....

[magwakeenercew2jh]

Originally Posted by magwakeenercew2jh

Making tabs for the, beautiful new (Thanks, Tom) machined aluminum VA firewall plate. When they're welded on, off to the anodizer for polish and then gloss black....

Tabs are cut, tapped and screwed "on" w/10/24's to the cover...Next step welder. Then, polish and anodize....

[Number98]

Something I do too often.... drank a beer and looked at it....

[In The Ten Ring]

I received the two door handles I bought off the forum. THANKS GUYS!

Both are very nice and exactly as advertized.

I'll have to get some rubber weatherstripping for those and one handle lacks the bolts but I might can use my old ones.

[draggin49]

Ordered a new gas tank, sending unit, cap, and adapter plate for my new edelbrock carb
Peeked inside my old tank which I hadn't opened since purchase of the truck( wasnt running when purchased), rusted out real bad.

Dropped off the 2 chamber flowmasters , now they can install the dual 2.5" exhaust once the tank is in

[Mike_The_Grad]

So heres the end result after ten hours of trying different compounds, rouges,polishes,and everything under the kitchen sink. Was about to give up when i found out about "blue magic", got more done in an hour with that than everything else combined. Could have saved my elbow grease for something else...lol. hindsight is always 20/20! Gotta give my good friend Aaron a shout out becauase he was with me the whole time. The proof is in finish.

[Palf70Step]

Nice!

[Palf70Step]

Nice!

[VWNate1]

When I was attached to L.A.P.D.'s Air Support , I discovered " Met All Metal Polish " ~ a pink creme in a can , it's mildly abrasive and wonderful on corroded old alloys , best of all : it works better the less you use .

Interstingly it is also great to bring back old Perspex canopies that are dead & yellow and obviously trash , pink taillight lenses etc.

Recently the druggies across the street sideswiped my old Mercedes leaving thick black crud ground into the original paint , rubbing compound etc. didn't touch it but Met All cleaned it right off and didn't damage my original paint .

Consider it the next time you're trying to salvage some nice alloy rockerboxes like those , or want to have a shiny alternator on your truck .

[JayB331]

Installed trim rings