Fade to Black 71

[mcbassin]

Very nice progress! I was thinking your cab was rust free. I guess it turned out to be just like the rest of our cabs? Looks like you did a good job fixing it. Looking forward to paint.

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very nice progress! I was thinking your cab was rust free. I guess it turned out to be just like the rest of our cabs? Looks like you did a good job fixing it. Looking forward to paint.

Yeah it didn't look bad in the beginning but once we started getting into things it showed its true colors. Now I've seen a ton worse on here so we were pretty fortunate on what we started with.

[trent_44]

Well the painter got the doors jammed, hopefully by the end of this next week the cab will be ready. The old man is taking over fenders, cowl, bumper and other smaller pieces today. Things are moving along quite nicely. These pictures aren't the best but at least it shows there is color being sprayed. Needless to say the old man is rather happy.

[trent_44]

It's been some time since we last posted, not much has happened on the frame considering it was -8 degree's here this morning...brrrr, the old man did get the headers bolted on, now we just need to get the brake lines finished up, as well as the fuel line. Everything is painted except the bed and the doors, but due to the weather he hasn't been able to make it to the body shop to pick everything up. These aren't the greatest pics in the world but you get the idea. Just a few pictures of the grill and it needs a little cleaning. Hopefully here soon this will start to look like a truck again.

[mcbassin]

Very nice progress! Digging the black paint.

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very nice progress! Digging the black paint.

Thank you, hopefully more progress will happen here shortly once the weather starts to warm up a bit. I haven't actually seen any of the paint in person yet, however my dad is digging it as well, said it's black and shiny and that's all that matters to him.

[trent_44]

Got a couple more pictures from the old man tonight, nothing special or crazy.

[Milo's 72]

I love the raptor bed liner I just used it on the bottom of a 71 ford Torino.I'm going to. Use it on my truck also.my projects are a 71 chevy and a 72 gmc.both half ton long beds.

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by Milo's 72

I love the raptor bed liner I just used it on the bottom of a 71 ford Torino.I'm going to. Use it on my truck also.my projects are a 71 chevy and a 72 gmc.both half ton long beds.

Yes we agree as well, we loved the ease of use for the product as well as the end results. Good luck with both your trucks, sounds like you have quite the collection of vehicles.

[Milo's 72]

I have just got done with a 69 super bee for the boss he has a huge collection of cars. Besides my two trucks my other project is a 67 Buick skylark two door hardtop.i see your from great bend I have family from theredo you know Chris or Shaun Elmore they are my nephews.

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by Milo's 72

I have just got done with a 69 super bee for the boss he has a huge collection of cars. Besides my two trucks my other project is a 67 Buick skylark two door hardtop.i see your from great bend I have family from theredo you know Chris or Shaun Elmore they are my nephews.

No the names don't ring a bell, my parents still live there, I actually live in the Kansas City area.

[trent_44]

Finally making a little progress, not the greatest pictures in the world which are coming from the 72 year old painter but it's as good as we could get in the paint shop. We also had a little hiccup with the motor being a little tall, so the old man decided to cut a whole in the hood to allow it to stick through rather than finding a different intake.



These are new little brackets a guy made for my dad to use when he's hauling the truck on a trailer, instead of using axle straps around the axle where the brake lines run you can use these as attachment points.









They mounted the switches where the heater controls went, however we weren't a big fan of the bedliner material they used behind the switches, so they'll be redoing that.






















All in all things are moving forward and it's starting to look like a truck again!! Should hopefully have the rolling chassis back in the home shop in the next couple of weeks.

[Hardesty454]

Lookin good bud! Keep it up and you'll be there in no time!

[trent_44]

Few more pictures of the truck still getting color sanded and started running the wiring. Still not the greatest pictures but they work. We also discovered we won't be able to cut a hole in the hood because it would interfere with the bracing in the back of the hood not giving it enough structural support. So it's off to plan B now, new intake and sell this one.

[BigDaddyV]

Wow this truck is looking Great! Keep up the awesome work!

[trent_44]

Christmas in August!! The old man was pretty excited these showed up today. Classic Instruments Auto Cross Series, and man they look awesome! One step closer to getting this baby fired up!!

[BigDaddyV]

Man those guages are Sharp!!!

[trent_44]

Originally Posted by BigDaddyV

Man those guages are Sharp!!!

Thank you, we think they'll work quite nicely!! Now time to get them installed.

[trent_44]

I know this isn't quite up to the gauges that just got delivered this week but still the FedEx man showed up.

[trent_44]

Making progress, the old man sent these pics today while he was dropping off some parts. The grille gives it some good attitude we think, and the fill cap in the bed turned out pretty good as well. Once we get it back we'll get the inside of the bed all sanded down and spray in some Raptor liner. Can't wait to see this thing fully put together.

[BigDaddyV]

Nice progress!

[bguild]

Looking great!!!!!

[trent_44]

So today was the day we finally got to bring her home. Granted it's not completely buffed out yet, but it still allows the old man to get a few things done to it while the painter is busy with other projects. We are extremely excited to get it back into the shop and get working on it. So let the long list of tedious projects begin. Enjoy.









Here are a few pictures of the new wheel and column, I forgot to get pictures of everything before they were installed. The wheel is installed correctly, it's just turned a tad bit when they parked it.

[BigDaddyV]

Looks Awesome! Can't wait to see it buffed out!

[bguild]

I like the painted black grill. Looking good