Junkyard Jimmy Super Low Buck Build Thread

[Bomp]

Love the single e-brake cable pic. Yes, under dash stuff is not fun.
Got a pic of you being a straightened pretzel?

Glad to hear things are smoothing out.
Doing good work Man!

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Got a pic of you being a straightened pretzel?

First I started out with some stretching exercises.

[hgs_notes]

Then I prepared myself for working under the dash from the driver side door with the seat and steering wheel in place. Its a 2 handed job to get the nut and bolt out and in again on the clamp holding the e-brake cable to the pedal assembly...

[turp mcspray]

Nothing ever fits the same twice!

[Bomp]

Maybe you were looking at it when you were a pretzel.

Diggin the hood. You'll get it.


Waiting for the paint!!!

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by turp mcspray

Nothing ever fits the same twice!

Thats a fact. I found part of the problem, pics to follow.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Maybe you were looking at it when you were a pretzel.
Diggin the hood. You'll get it. Waiting for the paint!!!

That could be it. I was experiencing extreme parallax vision.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallax

After the hood was on I realized I forgot to paint the hood latch part, and those bolts.


And I decided I wanted to get the inner fender tubs undercoated. I have one new one, one used one. Cleaned up the underside a bit with brake cleaner. The used one got etch primer on the bare metal areas. The old undercoat that is left there is solid. Sandblasting couldn't get it off.



A quick coat of paint...


While that was drying I remembered to drill the holes for the fender emblem on the driver side.


Then I worked on the hood some more. I got the latch parts on so it would pull down the front completely.


Worked on getting the back corner down on the driver side. I noticed that even if I pushed it wouldn't budge, and it should have. So I looked and found the back corner was hitting the mount tab of the fender. Follow the pencil point...


So I slid the hood forward a bit and it dropped down, but not quite all the way yet. I have the core support as far over to the passenger side as I can get it. But the gap on the passenger side is real tight. Probably need to shim it some more, but that makes the alignment with the door there worse than it is, and it's a domino effect. My truck panel alignment went much smoother than this. Gonna try the cowl fit tomorrow and see how that goes.

Here are pics of the current alignment of the hood.









Then after all of that I finally sprayed the undercoat on the inner fender tubs...


Tomorrow I will probably sand some more.

[hgs_notes]

Wanted to get the tailgate and cowl edged and installed. That didn't happen. But the hood is on and the driver side has been blocked with 220 grit.





Need to touch up a few spots, then hit it with 320. Tailgate and cowl soon.

Part of the reason I didn't get all I wanted done is that I wanted to celebrate having a full weekend off and some good weather with some outdoor cooking. The rest of the reason is a bit of laziness.

Notice the smoke rolling out? That is not burning food my friends.


That is pure goodness right there.

[swamp rat]

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

Wanted to get the tailgate and cowl edged and installed. That didn't happen. But the hood is on and the driver side has been blocked with 220 grit.





Need to touch up a few spots, then hit it with 320. Tailgate and cowl soon.

Part of the reason I didn't get all I wanted done is that I wanted to celebrate having a full weekend off and some good weather with some outdoor cooking. The rest of the reason is a bit of laziness.

Notice the smoke rolling out? That is not burning food my friends.


That is pure goodness right there.

Remington Wide Brute, I just replaced a set of the Remingtons today with a fresh set of BFG's, your are the first and only other set i have seen on a truck since i bought them way back about 1993.. Lasted forever. Oh, yea them ribs look great indeed!

[RatRod68]

yum! Those ribs look awesome

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by RatRod68

yum! Those ribs look awesome

They tasted better than they looked. I'm pretty good around fire

Hows the car hauler coming along?

[Bomp]

Nice to see some more progress. I admire your dedication to detail. Hard to keep on the "It's got to be perfect" mind set when your so close to the finish line.

I also took a lazy day today but it really sucks that you have all those ribs and didn't share with me.
I don't feel guilty not sharing my DQ Banana Split Blizard now.

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

They tasted better than they looked. I'm pretty good around fire

Hows the car hauler coming along?

No clue. Had to sell it to pay for a class. I have a 68 C20 I am going to do up once I finish working on the c10.

[hgs_notes]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Nice to see some more progress. I admire your dedication to detail. Hard to keep on the "It's got to be perfect" mind set when your so close to the finish line.

I also took a lazy day today but it really sucks that you have all those ribs and didn't share with me.
I don't feel guilty not sharing my DQ Banana Split Blizard now.

I have plenty of ribs leftover. You should have stopped by. I even have good cold beer to go with it. Modelo Negra, if you haven't had it, you should. Then later we could have walked over to the DQ, it's just 50 yards from my house.

Originally Posted by RatRod68

No clue. Had to sell it to pay for a class. I have a 68 C20 I am going to do up once I finish working on the c10.

That explains the lack of updates. Too bad, I was hoping to buy that ramp bed from you in the future.

[RatRod68]

Originally Posted by hgs_notes

That explains the lack of updates. Too bad, I was hoping to buy that ramp bed from you in the future.

Yea, it was one of those decisions that I hate to make. School is more important right now, and I can buy another one later. The guy that bought it plans to keep it a ramp truck and haul his gasser on it to the local car shows.

[hgs_notes]

Godsmack show was great!

[hgs_notes]

Not much time to work on stuff this week. My in-laws are visiting from Idaho to see us. Mostly to see the grand kids of course. I did take a little time to spray some rattle can hi-build primer on my low spots though. Figured I would try it out. It's cheap and I don't have to mix it and clean spray guns. Looks ok, but has runs cause I put it on heavy. Most will get sanded back off. Will sand with 320 when I get the time. Should be the end of body work.

[hgs_notes]

I have the day to do what I want, so it's cowl and tailgate time I think.

On thursday we upgraded my sons ride from this...


To this...


Same year, a few more miles actually, but it's in much better shape and is a better vehicle all around than his first beater. It was owned by a local mechanic the past 4 years and he did a lot of the maintenance you would expect of a high mileage car. New ball joints, CV boot, head gaskets, water pump, starter, alternator, both wiper motors, heater core, heater fan, other misc stuff. Good tires, full tank of gas, nice clean interior. And it only cost $300 more than he's selling his pickup for. He loves it and I'm happy for him.

[hgs_notes]

How come it seems like spraying a few ounces of paint is a significant progress but the dozens of hours of prep it takes to get there seems almost insignificant?

Drilled holes for the tailgate seal trim piece (don't know what to call it).


Cleaned up and etch primed said seal trim piece...


Sprayed some primer after some wet sanding. Only pictured this part, but most of the other pieces were ready...



Then I sprayed some white sealer and then some color...







Gonna let this stuff cure until tomorrow at least before I mess with it. My son already put a scratch in the stuff I sprayed on the back end of the bedside. Its on the inside corner and will be covered in bed liner so I didn't freak out.

He scratched it when we were moving the chopped up half top into position...


That is there so I can start marking the holes for the single wall top. This was a 71 tub and set up for a double wall top. I will mark the front hole from this top, then use the chrome bed rail strips to mark the rest. Wanted to do that before paint was sprayed. I have some ideas for that half top for later. If I ever get that far.

So maybe tomorrow I can mount up these painted parts and work on panel fit and alignment some more. Then a wee bit more sanding and it'll be time to plunge into the exterior paint with both feet.

[VA72C10]

Looking good! Most don't realize the work it takes to get to that point. Congrats!

[Bomp]

Nice progress going on there.

Thats what I like. Jump on it with both feet and don't look back. Throw a hand in if you need too.

[hgs_notes]

Yesterday I did get the tailgate and cowl installed. They fit fine, but still have issues. First on the tailgate. The right side bracket support thingy was real stiff after painting. It was a like new part. It also was a tad to the outside, so when I closed the gate, it rubbed paint on the edge where that pivot pin is. But the gate fit good.

This is the paint from when I first tried it out on the gray primer. It will be sprayed with white sealer and repainted again with the rest of the truck.


The scratch...


I will probably touch it up when the rest of the truck gets painted. I pulled on the support to get it to settle more inboard and doesn't rub now.

Then I got the cowl panel in. Don't sweat the over spray. It's getting wet sanded again anyway. It will have to come off again to install the wiper/washer stuff, but I need it there for hood/fender alignment.


And that alignment is all kinds of screwed up BTW. I can't close the hood now because it hits the cowl on the driver side. If I adjust the hood to the cowl it wont fit between the fenders. And they are as far over as I can go. That leaves me with pulling the tub to one side so the fenders will align with the hood. Not really hard to do (I hope) as long as I have enough give in the holes to get it where it needs to be. If not, I will have to clearance some holes. But I have to get this right before any more paint goes on.

[Low Elco]

Best of luck, the puzzle is the fun part, and the cowls are a pain. Hope it smooths out!
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[Bomp]

Music, lots of breaks, fan if needed, lots to drink.
Slow and easy wins the race on this part.


Looking good

[warbucket]

I've been aligning my blazer for the last 2 months and learned a lot. Can you move the cowl back more towards the door, I had to make the bolt hole a little larger to move mine back. Also moving the radiator support side to side to dial in the hood to fender gap and even up and down if needed. Do you have pics of the hood gaps and does the fender have a good gap near the door and rocker?

[TennesseeZ]

Wow! Wow, wow, wow!!!! Took me like 6 days to read this whole thing, but once I got started I just couldn't stop. About 1/3 of the way thru, I figured you'd be done in another third, and the last third would be minor mods and a bunch of driving shots. Then 2/3 thru I was sure you'd be thru at the end, and realized you should have named this thing TENACITY X 100! You've really impressed me with your junkyarding/ parts trading/ deal waiting on skills, how far you've come on such a relatively small outlay of cash for what you've got, learn as you go with the welding, patch making, rust repair and bodywork, double especially on the sanding, sanding, sanding, ...........

And then you throw in a custom hood. I was sure you'd give up on it and it would go to the scrapper, but you kept after it and made it look great, I mean absolutely stunning! the factory could learn some stuff from you. You taught yourself to paint, not just how to spray something, but how to adjust the gun, and to figure out what's wrong when it's not working right. Whether you know it or not, your windshield frame repair/rebuild is right up there with the Coddingtons, Fooses, all the real custom fabricators. And you just jumped in there and did it, and got it right the first time, not the 21st like it would have taken me. Yeah, I'm impressed. And subscribed.

But it's been like 5-6 summers that the furthest you've driven it is around the block, (and I'm not sure that was even the same truck, maybe the frame), time to jump back in there and get it painted and drive it some, reward yourself and finish it up over the winter. Then you can decide who to give it to, wife or one of the kids. They all will be wanting it.Personally I think you should keep it and tell 'em like Bobby Allison told Davey when he said he wanted a racecar when he was around 16: You know where the garage is, right? Get out there and build yourself one. Which he did. You've done an absolutely stunning, inspiring job all around, and BTW did I mention that I'm real impressed with the color, and the price you're paying for it, and also your ability to go thru all the hassle selling parts on ebay and I assume CL? I finally gave up on that, (for now) because of all the hassle packing and shipping. I'll have to get back to it eventually, kicking too much stuff out of the way now just to get around in my modest little shop.

But back to your build, I'm just really, really impressed with the whole thing, and (not so) patiently waiting to see it all in color. Just hope you don't make it too nice where you're afraid to drive it, after all, it was supposed to be just one step above a beater, more like a low level driver that you carry tools in to fix what breaks on the road, right? Kinda like my DD. That light at the end of the tunnel has got to be pretty bright now, it should be pulling you towards it now. kinda like a moth to the porch light. Can't wait to see you driving it, you won't be able to get the grin off with a jackhammer! Outstanding build Mike, and I haven't even mentioned your writing, photographic, and record keeping skills. You've got me hooked, now give some more, man, more!