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[gdavis]

NGK shorties spark plugs are 6.79 each. 48.00 for a set of 8 guys does that sound right to you. They come from acrose the pond. I guess that is the reason they are so high. Got the mother-in-law cottage all fixed up for my brother-in-law to stay in while he is doing the body work this week end. I am so glad to have it started at last. I am just going to do the front clip and cab this week end. I don't want to kill Ed. with all the work and traveling he has to do.

[cubber]

Set of 8 for 33 bucks, delivered. I have seen them even cheaper if you look around on ebay or Amazon. I think they are about the same at the local parts houses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NGK-UR5-V-Po...94af55&vxp=mtr

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by cubber

Set of 8 for 33 bucks, delivered. I have seen them even cheaper if you look around on ebay or Amazon. I think they are about the same at the local parts houses.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NGK-UR5-V-Po...94af55&vxp=mtr

thanks

[gdavis]

Well, I started the body work today. I thought I had it new perfect. But boy was I wrong. Ed, he went over my work and found my work not up to par. So as you can see by the pictures he is doing it right.







we still got tomorrow to finish the body work. I like the way it is turning out. He is a pro of finding my mistakes. But I let him be the judge and I will be his labor. We worked untill 6:00 and called it a day. I am glad we had the canophy cause boy was it hot. I had a big fan and still was ringing wet with sweat.
Going to shoot some primer tomorrow on the whole truck. maybe. I still have to block and sand the truck.
I will post more pictures tomorrow.

[Xeen]

Did he bring a stud gun and a slide hammer with him to remove dents, dings and low spots or is he just filling everything in with bondo?

[cubber]

Looks good!

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by Xeen

Did he bring a stud gun and a slide hammer with him to remove dents, dings and low spots or is he just filling everything in with bondo?

Yea he brought a lot of his tools with him. and yes he pulled a lot of the dents out and filled the rest with a skim coat of bondo. It came out real nice. Primed it with rust preventive white primer. I still got to do the box on the back. and block everything and sand again and shoot it with K2 primer. But that is another week end. Guys I am really tired. It was hardner than I thought. But the end results are what I look at.








Also you can see the way I wrapped the engine up before I started to do any on the body work.. A lot of sanding and more sanding and more sanding. Then a good coat of white primer.

[gdavis]

He did a bang of a job. But there is still a little more work to do with the body work. At least now I can see where it has to have work done.
The old hood is making the truck look bad. I guess I will get a hood next.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by cubber

Looks good!

Thanks a lot Matt.

[Xeen]

It looks super slick, that Orange is going to lay down really nice.
Soon it will be time to put on the Superman suit and shoot the Cadillac of paint jobs.

[gdavis]

Today me and my son age 9 took apart the bed box. I am starting to fix all the spots where my Brother-In-Law showed me. How I know what he looks for when he does the body work. I know there will be some that he will have to work out this next month.
I started with the steps They needed nothing but sanding and primed white. I also painted the orange. They came out real nice. as you can see.

[gdavis]

Tomorrow I am going to put another coat on the steps. This way they will have a lot of paint to protect them.

[kowboy63]

Looks great, I've been enjoying this thread.

[gdavis]

Today, I sanded and primed and painted the front bed pannel orange. It looked ok untill I painted it gloss orange. there is a couple spots that has a small little dent. about the size od a pencil end.





I am going to leave the bed pannel just like it is. I will try and do one piece at a time. Tomorrow i will work on one of the bed sides.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by kowboy63

Looks great, I've been enjoying this thread.

thanks for the good word on encouragement. I do try. sometimes I fail, but I try again.

[Xeen]

The front bed panel looks nice George I wouldn't worry about it being perfect it's the bed after all, plus it's a driver not a show truck.

[mcbassin]

You are knocking out the body work. Keep the pictures coming.

[Bhelton]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

You are knocking out the body work. Keep the pictures coming.

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[gdavis]

Originally Posted by Xeen

The front bed panel looks nice George I wouldn't worry about it being perfect it's the bed after all, plus it's a driver not a show truck.

I know it is only a driver and not a show truck. But I guess my wife is rubbing off on me. She is a perfectionist.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

You are knocking out the body work. Keep the pictures coming.

thanks I took the day off almost. I said almost.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

You are knocking out the body work. Keep the pictures coming.

thanks a lot guy. I was going to do another part of the bed today. But, instead I removed the sway bar and bushings that I installed a few months agao.

[gdavis]

Today I rested almost. I was going to repaint the front bed pannel. It was not as shinny has everything else. I did not have enough of paint thinner. I thought I did. But today I looked at it and compaired it to the steps and there was and is a difference. So tomorrow I am going to repaint it.
I removied the front sway bar and bushings. I had new one's on the truck. But when I installed the blue poly bushings a few months back. I did not like them so I ordered a new set of red poly to match the tie rod ends boots. The new one's has a grease fitting already installed. So I cleaned them up and posted the on the parts board with brackets. Here is a picture of the ones on the parts board that I posted.

[gdavis]

Today I repainted the front pannel on the bed box. I light sanded to skuff the paint so the new paint would stick. This time it came out sweet. Then I started to sand one of the bed sides. Had a few small holes that I welded up.Then I applied some bondo. It fixed it up real nice. Sanded with 80 grit and then used 180 and shoot some more primmer on the bed side. There is a few small places where I will need somemore bondo. around the bed stake holes. I thought I had it looking good. But the white primer shows all the places I missed. about the size of a pencil point. I wouldn't mess with it but it is on the top rail. so tomorrow I will finish it up and paint it orange.






I put it in the sun and bakes it dry. 94 in the shade. In the back ground you can see where I am drying more sand blasting sand. I will be using it in the future maybe.

[gdavis]

today I worked on my ceiling in the shop. Installed some 2''x4x8 sheets of insulation. maybe it want be so hot and cold in the shop when I finish.

[gdavis]

Originally Posted by Xeen

It looks super slick, that Orange is going to lay down really nice.
Soon it will be time to put on the Superman suit and shoot the Cadillac of paint jobs.

I don't know about cadillac paint job, but it will be orange anyway