Not Another Rebuild Thread....

[piratexpress1369a]

do you have good clearance with the glass and tracks? love the speaker location

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Like the door speaker modification.
You got some great ideas. Hope some day I get to see them in person.
Great Job

With any luck that will be this Summer sir!
We hope to be paroled from our confinement in Alaska by July-August.
And the first person to whine about Summer being too hot gets slapped !!

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Raising the bar again!!! Gotta agree with Bomp, really like the door speaker mod. Awesome foresight!

Thanks Don, I have been trying to think 3-4 moves ahead on this build. Soon it will all come together....
....I hope !

Originally Posted by piratexpress1369a

do you have good clearance with the glass and tracks? love the speaker location

I rolled the window all the way down before I started this, mostly to protect the glass, but in the end it confirmed (albeit by default) there were no conflicts in design or placement.
More than likely, I just got lucky Hahahahahah !

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Here we have the d-side door in paint, looking good enough so far !


A few days later I set it up for some mock-up photos, I only regret I forgot to prop the arm rest on there too for a more "complete" look!


Just a glamor shot here, sorry everything is so dusty, it drives me nuts !!
The center areas of the door panel and the speaker panel are Metallic Charcoal as is the "Coulter Trim", with the rings Smoke Gray, and Flat Black the rest of the way.
With the sun shining these days I should lug it outside for some real photos so the black will look the way it is supposed to.


This should show you the tilt I was looking for in my speaker. As much as my ankles enjoy the music, I usually prefer it gets up to my ears. So that is the primary why for the tilt, secondary is to be different.


Just an oblique shot for perspective.


Started on the p-side door as soon as I finished this, but had a melt down when my paint started doing the orange skin thing on me. After trying to compromise with it for a couple of days, my solution was to just totally strip the bottom half of the door and start again, to include my bondo job.

I dont know what causes the paint to do that, but man it is insanely frustrating!!

Anyways, thanks for taking a look, and for all the kind comments, I will have to show you what I did with my radiator support while I was waiting for paint to dry...

[Jmorales3181]

Wow that looks really nice! Great execution
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[MisterC]

Pure genius on the speaker tilt! Such a common sense solution, but I never would have thought of it.

[mark 66]

cool idea on the tilted speaker. does it still allow the window to go all the way down?

[Modges'66]

Nice work Murph!
I really like the speaker tilt mod, it turned out pretty cool!

[CRGRS 66]

Looking good Murph, yours will be one of the most unique trucks rollin when you are done!

[clemdaddy]

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Nice work Murph!
I really like the speaker tilt mod, it turned out pretty cool!

x2... thats some good noodling.

[Ta2Don]

I am not a painter, so I can't speak to the Orange Peel issue, but that is another SOLID mod!!!!

[flips72]

totally awesome.

[rmvlt1100]

Just caught up on some of the last couple of pages. Very nice work as always Sgt. !!!!!! Have a great day.

[McMurphy]

Well I have mentioned that I have been getting other stuff done, as I was waiting for the paint to dry.
I also felt it was time for a new video offering.

So, here is both !!

http://youtu.be/olxPUPikMSw

Waiting for paint Movie - YouTube

[clemdaddy]

cool vid murph...

[Ta2Don]

Awesome video...
The Northern Exposure Theme Music was Spot-On, and the Knife...
Now that I have a working Welder... The gussets are inspiring, I see another idea theft in progress...
Stay Warm Murph!!!

[Bomp]

Nice work Sir!
Nice save on the BBQ.
Dig the gussets on the core support.
Sharp lookin knife you made. lol
I thought having stray cats running around was bad,,,,,...,, Moose on the loose,,,egads,.,.,.... wifey would be freakin' out.

[Low Elco]

Lookin' great, Murph! Got a ballpark ETA for roadability?

[flips72]

neat vid murph, now shoot the moose and send me some meat

[aggie91]

Cool idea on the door speaker. is your organe peel like little spots where the paint just "avoids" sticking to?? I had a similar issue once before where someone had used WD40 around a part I was getting ready to paint. The stuff in WD40 got airborne and settled on my part. I had to strip it off and wash it down with laquer thinner before I started again....

[Modges'66]

Originally Posted by aggie91

Cool idea on the door speaker. is your organe peel like little spots where the paint just "avoids" sticking to?? I had a similar issue once before where someone had used WD40 around a part I was getting ready to paint. The stuff in WD40 got airborne and settled on my part. I had to strip it off and wash it down with laquer thinner before I started again....

Just to clarify, what you are talking about is a "fisheye" caused from oil, or silicone residue on the surface, and what I think Murph is talking about could be caused by two things.
If it is truly "orange-peel" it could be caused by spraying the paint on too dry, thus not allowing it to flow-out before drying.
But often this is misdiagnosed, and is actually "lifting" caused by using a lacquer product over an enamel paint or primer....What happens is the lacquer solvents bite in to the enamel causing it to lift, and look wrinkled...
Moral to the story is, never use a lacquer product over an enamel, unless you use a good sealer, but you can always use enamel over lacquer...

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Jmorales3181

Wow that looks really nice! Great execution
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Thanks for looking at it Jmo, I am glad you like it.

Originally Posted by MisterC

Pure genius on the speaker tilt! Such a common sense solution, but I never would have thought of it.

Well, I am not so sure about pure genius....
I tell people that I am not a genius, but I will do till one comes around I guess.

Originally Posted by mark 66

cool idea on the tilted speaker. does it still allow the window to go all the way down?

Yes sir, I have zero conflict with window operation.

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Nice work Murph!
I really like the speaker tilt mod, it turned out pretty cool!

Thanks Modges, if I were going to do it again, I think I would go less boxy with the inset, and more of an arch or contoured to the shpae of the 6x9" speakers....

Originally Posted by CRGRS 66

Looking good Murph, yours will be one of the most unique trucks rollin when you are done!

That is just about exactly what I am shooting for CRGRS !!
But really, my most radical mods are still on the way....

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

x2... thats some good noodling.

Hehehehe Clem, like I already told you, I envision the poor dude sitting alone in his living room from those Bose Speaker displays; and that is where I get my stereo ideas from.

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

I am not a painter, so I can't speak to the Orange Peel issue, but that is another SOLID mod!!!!

Glad you like it Don, rock on !!

Originally Posted by flips72

totally awesome.

Congrats on your new shineys from Modges, you lucky bastich !!
They are going to really set your interior off like a firework !

Originally Posted by rmvlt1100

Just caught up on some of the last couple of pages. Very nice work as always Sgt. !!!!!! Have a great day.

Just glad you take the time to look rmvlt, I have been keeping up on your build too !


As far as the doors are concerned, the mods are about done, and I am prepping to re-hang them. I am only holding off waiting on my deadner and carpet to arrive so I can install those unrestricted by the doors.
All I have left on the doors is to mount the side views and arm rests. If anyone has a pair of the arm rest nuts sitting in a spare door, please let me know if I can sway them from you!

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by clemdaddy

cool vid murph...

Thanks Clem, I just threw it together.
When I got the vid of the moose last week, I knew what I wanted to do because the TV Show theme was totally stuck in my head as I was filming the beast !!
(Wife and I stopped in Roslyn, WA and posed in front of the old Oasis Cafe from the show too... good times!)

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Awesome video...
The Northern Exposure Theme Music was Spot-On, and the Knife...
Now that I have a working Welder... The gussets are inspiring, I see another idea theft in progress...
Stay Warm Murph!!!

Hey like I said in the video, I "borrowed" the idea from Oklahomaduner and RockTonka. I just wish I had their dimple dies and press as well, for I surely would have mirrored their work even more on those.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Nice work Sir!
Nice save on the BBQ.
Dig the gussets on the core support.
Sharp lookin knife you made. lol
I thought having stray cats running around was bad,,,,,...,, Moose on the loose,,,egads,.,.,.... wifey would be freakin' out.

The knife has been insanely therapeautic.... If I start getting frustrated, or I need to let something sit for a while I just start dinking around with the knife and after a few minutes life is good again...
I still need to temper it, and it still needs more shaving, but it is cool.

Originally Posted by Low Elco

Lookin' great, Murph! Got a ballpark ETA for roadability?

As soon as the interior cab is done, moving under own power is next goal.
That entails:
Radiator purchase and install
Power Steering Pump bracket mods
Fan shroud mod/install
Drive line install
Rear Sway bar install
Fuel Lines purchased, bent, and installed (main and return)
All fluids put in (coolant, brake fluid, powersteering fluid, and oil topped off)

off the top of my head, that should about do it.
As for a date, I am still shooting to have it completely done by 4th of July weekend-ish.

Originally Posted by flips72

neat vid murph, now shoot the moose and send me some meat

Ahhhh he was too little to mess with.
I know that sounds funny, but really, he was a little-un.

Originally Posted by aggie91

Cool idea on the door speaker. is your organe peel like little spots where the paint just "avoids" sticking to?? I had a similar issue once before where someone had used WD40 around a part I was getting ready to paint. The stuff in WD40 got airborne and settled on my part. I had to strip it off and wash it down with laquer thinner before I started again....

Wow Aggie, always a treat when you stop by!
I have seen what you are talking about, but that has not been my issue.
I think it is more what Modges is saying below....

Originally Posted by Modges'66

Just to clarify, what you are talking about is a "fisheye" caused from oil, or silicone residue on the surface, and what I think Murph is talking about could be caused by two things.
If it is truly "orange-peel" it could be caused by spraying the paint on too dry, thus not allowing it to flow-out before drying.
But often this is misdiagnosed, and is actually "lifting" caused by using a lacquer product over an enamel paint or primer....What happens is the lacquer solvents bite in to the enamel causing it to lift, and look wrinkled...
Moral to the story is, never use a lacquer product over an enamel, unless you use a good sealer, but you can always use enamel over lacquer...

Thanks Modges.
It starts off looking like Mojave mud flats, with the cracking and peeling, only wet. It turns all the paint, no matter how many layers there are into goo. Even if I let it dry, sand it out, and reshoot it, then other areas adjacent to the first spot will do this.
So far the only remedy I have found is to strip it all down to bare metal, and use the oil and wax remover that I have. Then while it is still wet with the remover, I wipe it down with clean rags until the area is both dry and the rag is clean.
Only then can I re-shoot my paint without strings of cuss words attached.

The next time (as if I want that to happen again...) I will be sure to shoot some pics and maybe video.

Well until next time.... Rock On Dudes and thanks (always) for looking at my junk.

Heheehhehehe (no Bomp, not THAT junk)

[Ta2Don]

Hey Murph, Keep Rockin' in the Frozen Garage!!!
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[Bomp]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Heheehhehehe (no Bomp, not THAT junk)

Dude

[aggie91]

What Modges said was my next direction without seeing it. I had that happen too on a pumper I did for a friend. i was using a cheap enamel over a laquer primer that was sealed, but I had sanded thru a few small spots and thought it would be OK, it wasn't. I had to strip it all down and start over like you mentioned.

Anyways, I always like looking at other's projects and learning from their troubles and helping out when I can.

[McMurphy]

Originally Posted by Ta2Don

Hey Murph, Keep Rockin' in the Frozen Garage!!!
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Not so frozen today, finally!
It was 47* and sunny, the snow is melting like mad out there .... mosquito season is next though.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Dude

Yo, Bomp....
Your sparkplug issue is like the story of my life.
I aways say, "Irony is Fates way of flipping you the finger, while Karma looks on, laughing"

Originally Posted by aggie91

What Modges said was my next direction without seeing it. I had that happen too on a pumper I did for a friend. i was using a cheap enamel over a laquer primer that was sealed, but I had sanded thru a few small spots and thought it would be OK, it wasn't. I had to strip it all down and start over like you mentioned.

Anyways, I always like looking at other's projects and learning from their troubles and helping out when I can.

I am going to mess around with the paints I am using, see if I can recreate this effect on purpose.
Thanks for the imput, as always !!


This is just something my wife found, and I just had to share with you all !!
Enjoy