Silver Dollar

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

I feel the same way... I really need to keep one of these things some time to use around the house and for my family to borrow

But as soon as they're done or at least driving reliably I want to sell them too. My fun is in fixing them and maybe showing them once or twice. After that it's std maintenance and polishing which I don't enjoy. I'd rather tear a truck apart and put it back together than polish up the engine bay

Amen! People say thats to much work to just up and to sell it, but I say its to much work to see it get scratched or dented. That would be more heartbreaking for me than to see someone else with a big @ss smile driving away with it.

ready to see some color!

[mrhino]

After spraying color I was cleaning my gun. Not sure how but I had apparently splashed thinner on my tailgate. that pissed me off. fixed that and then shot 2 coats of clear, sanded that flat and shot two more coats



I then wet sanded for the last time, up to 2500 grit. Got my wife involved







Then Buffed,








couldn't resist putting in my gauges, or the chrome handle.

[mrhino]

Well what do you guys think?

[brossow]

Originally Posted by mrhino

Well what do you guys think?

Super nice! That silver has me rethinking my color choice for my own project. Great work!

Are you doing all the painting out in the open right there in your garage?

[nasqar]

I'm not sure you will like it, I heard the color is hard to match if it gets scratched.....I am only 4 hours from you....I can come up and take it off your hands and leave you with my primer ride and you can start all over!!!! Honestly, looks pretty darn sweet!

[menace121978]

DAMN!!! that is beautiful!!! nice job buddy

[VA72C10]

Awesome work!!!! Beautiful!!!

[tantrumpipeline]

Looks great, what size of compressor and setup are you using to do this?

[butternut1972]

Great work. Love the color.

[spike38]

Very sweet, It's going to be a knockout!!

And that was real nice of your wife to help out.

Spike

[chevytruckluver]

I like the color too, do you have a name and a color code?

[1LOW4X4]

WOW. Seems like you are learning as you go. Awesome project. Cool that youve done most all of it, including body work and paint. subscribed for sure.

[eagleuh1]

Beautiful truck. You do great work. It's really cool that your wifes in there helping out. Both of you will be grinning bigger than snot when you get that first ride I bet. I'm glad I'm not the only one that has those little screw ups like your paint thinner splat. Makes me feel normal I have company. LOL. Nice truck.

[67cheby]

nice .......

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by brossow

Super nice! That silver has me rethinking my color choice for my own project. Great work!

Are you doing all the painting out in the open right there in your garage?

I love the color too, i think it looks better once I sprayed it then it did on test panels. Unfortuantly I did Paint it right there in the garage. I did all my primmer work with the doors open. i shut the doors to do the color and clear, but couldnt see a damn thing it was too dark, so I opened the doors. surprisingly I had very little trash in the primmer, color or clear.

Originally Posted by nasqar

I'm not sure you will like it, I heard the color is hard to match if it gets scratched.....I am only 4 hours from you....I can come up and take it off your hands and leave you with my primer ride and you can start all over!!!! Honestly, looks pretty darn sweet!

luckly I still have a little color left over just such catastrophy. we can make that deal, just bring some money with your truck.

Originally Posted by tantrumpipeline

Looks great, what size of compressor and setup are you using to do this?

the compressor is Kobalt (lowes) 5.5hp 60gal. 2stage 13.3 scfm@ 90psi. and I used Harbor freight " purple gun" and a knockoff Iwata lph400 gun.

Originally Posted by spike38

Very sweet, It's going to be a knockout!!
And that was real nice of your wife to help out.
Spike

Yea and she was so happy to do it. shes help me out on a few other things as well. mainly holding things

Originally Posted by chevytruckluver

I like the color too, do you have a name and a color code?

The Name: I named it "Orion's galaxy" since it is a custom mix of House of kolor's Orion silver, and Galaxy Gray it just seamed fitting.

Originally Posted by 1LOW4X4

WOW. Seems like you are learning as you go. Awesome project. Cool that youve done most all of it, including body work and paint. subscribed for sure.

Iv done my own mechnical work myself for years, but body worked always seamed to have some kind of voodoo to it, and nobody I knew would teach me and every painter does it diffrently. so I said screw it and just decided to do it myself. I can say this there is no voodoo involved, just patience, experience, and Technic. I believe anybody can do it. What you put into it is what you get out. I do have a new appreciation for good Body men and painters.

Originally Posted by eagleuh1

Beautiful truck. You do great work. It's really cool that your wifes in there helping out. Both of you will be grinning bigger than snot when you get that first ride I bet. I'm glad I'm not the only one that has those little screw ups like your paint thinner splat. Makes me feel normal I have company. LOL. Nice truck.

She is almost done. we're hoping to get that first ride this thanksgiving.

[brossow]

Originally Posted by mrhino

I love the color too, i think it looks better once I sprayed it then it did on test panels. Unfortuantly I did Paint it right there in the garage. I did all my primmer work with the doors open. i shut the doors to do the color and clear, but couldnt see a damn thing it was too dark, so I opened the doors. surprisingly I had very little trash in the primmer, color or clear.

That's good to hear, because I'm in essentially the same boat -- probably going to be doing my own paint in my garage. Again, impressive work!

[STOCKISH]

Looks amazing! Great job!

[mrhino]

Random picks before the cab and bed go back on the chassis.

[mrhino]

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[jb1016]

Great build! Subscribed.

[brossow]

What did you do for power steering hoses? That's something I have to figure out with the LS1 swap in my '72 (someday).

[mcbassin]

Awesome progress! Glad to see your past the paint portion of your build. As far as painting in your garage goes, I have painted several cars on a dirt floor barn. Yep, you will get some dust in your paint, nothing that won't buff out pretty easy. I only painted one in an actual paint booth, man was that nice! The last one I did I used my buddies portable home made booth, it worked pretty good too, just had trouble with my feet sticking to the plastic on the floor. check it out. LINK HERE

[smokinstang70]

Question... while looking through your pictures, I noticed your front brake lines exit on the rear side of your front crossmember... I just disassembled my chassis and I know mine exiting on the front... what gives? I think it makes more sense to exit in the rear... just curious why mine may be different.

Thanks... great build... can't wait to see the final product!!!

[brossow]

Have you done anything to correct the engine angle? Like you, I'm using the CPP tubular tranny crossmember and it seems to drop the tranny down way too low. This just doesn't look right, either on mine or on yours.