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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Painted the inside of passenger door.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Mounted the mirror.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Thanks LDO, we ought to hoop up one day, I may take a run up Tupelk this fall ( late November)
Jake
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Worked late and made up a couple pieces to mate my '63 Panhard Bar to a '65 rear axle. A 2" longer mounting stud, and changed the angle of the polyurethane rod end to 80 degrees. Will weld it today and see how it works.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Started out as Just Floor Pan.. Now whole floor pan inner and outer Rocker Cornor Front And Rear... Just Helping my Older Brother
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Keep telling Myself WHY ME!!! LOL
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
LOL GMC SHORTY...
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
I just posted my truck for sale on a site.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Painted my frame!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
wow, that looks really good.
a few questions if you don't mind. How did you go about cleaning and prepping? Did you use a rattle can or spray gun? I'm struggling between doing mine myself or just sending out to Powder Coat. thanks and Happy 4th!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Thanks! These pictures do alot of justice. This is my 1st paint job. haha. I used a spray gun. The prep took DAYS of sanding and hand sanding. I would Highly recommend having yours sand blasted. Much faster and alot easier. Powder coat would be the way to go as it won't crack from the twisting of your frame if you ever get in that situation. Cleaning the frame I washed it with water...dried it..then went over it with lacquer thinner then used tack cloth to try and get as much of the fine dust off as possible. After that it was a matter of setting the gun correctly and finding the sweet spot. Its hard for sure. lol
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
I painted mine white the other day.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Well, another Saturday gone, but a good day it was.
Martin and I jumped on our bikes, thankfully as the A2M2 was backed up from J5 to J3 and we ended up using the old A2 to get to Darren's place on the Isle of Sheppey. Martin wanted to go discuss V8 engines and gearboxes with Darren, and I always find his and all his gang who hang around at his workshop and factory hugely relaxing. Real people, no pretence or Horse Poop. Just Horse Power. Darren has a hugely interesting yard, with many treasures. Sadly, this is what remains of an 70-80's Show van. ![]() ![]() I managed to rob the steering wheel and boss from it, plan is to restore the steering wheel, just because I can. ![]() Also found this old Hazet tool box for my Imperial sockets inside the van. ![]() Today I also ordered a set of V8 exhaust hangers in laser cut Stainless steel from Darren for the truck. Not sure exactly how I will use them with the side exit pipes, but they are irresistible. ![]() Lastly, I managed to shove this down the front of my bike riding trousers..... Quite a difficult feat in this heat....... Then managed to convince Darren to sell it to me if it fits, for the truck, needs a boss that fits the column I previously bought. Not cheap in my book, but absolutely gorgeous, a highlight in the cab when it is done. A bit extravagant in my normal book, but as Nicola said to me, we work hard, I do not smoke or drink, (there is the odd rum or brandy from time to time) so why not a treat from time to time. Nicola and I love these Pinup type girls, and the detail on this job is rather pleasing. The White of the wheel will go with the Mercedes Benz off-White I am doing the roof and side flash. I may just take the steering wheel to bed with me tonight. ![]() ![]() Learned a few things from Darren, including the fact that I will need to make up a new rose jointed Panhard rod for the rear end as it was dropped 4" That's one of the nice things about this hobby, all the sharing that goes on.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
I reinstalled my cooling system, some wiring and all the misc parts of the frontend. Filled and bled it and did some last minute re torquing. Obviously I'm missing a piece hahaha, but I wanted to drive her on the 4th
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Now for the rear bump stops and maybe the trailing arm cross member.
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Hauled my first load with old country today. The family was glad we showed up!
Pappyx4!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Yes very, but its like pulling a tooth- you know you gonna get the needle but it can be finished ;p
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
sometimes it's the little things that make me smile.
the 'face' of my ps pump was starting to flash over a little so i figured since it wasn't installed yet, i would throw some paint on it to keep it looking nice. I wanted to plug up the 4 bolt holes but didn't want to use the bolts and get paint all over them. Came across these push pins the wife had that fit perfectly, keeps the primer/paint out of the threaded holes and are pretty cheap (free). just gotta be a little careful, these littler boogers are sharp! pics....
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
Broke out the sandblaster and cleaned a little of the frame. Shot a coat of rust stop primer on,now hoping the rain holds off till it completely dries. Just bought one of the HF portable carports. Should be here in a couple days. Bout to put this thing in the dry where it belongs.
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I've been real pleased with the old truck to this point. Put about 1,000 miles on it so far, seeing a few oil leaks that I'm gonna have to deal with, but I will probably try to wait them out until winter time when I do some clean up work. Thanks, Pappyx4!
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Re: What did you do to your truck today part III
re-tightened bed bolts and installed new NOS arm rest!
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