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Thanks TJ, obviously the days of hauling wood are behind my truck, unlike your worker! I appreciate your taking a look though
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Re: Not Another Rebuild Thread....
Lookin good Murph!!!!! And remember, we ain't buildin Ridlers!!!! Do the best you can.
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I feel your pain. My bedsides are kicking my butt. I'm no doctor but I'm running out of patience. It's gonna look great on the truck Murph!
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Looking Good Murph...
And as Grizz said, I also dig the contrast of the underside and supports...
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Today just sanded out the junk that got in my wet paint yesterday in the grey with some 400 and 1000 grit, then resprayed in the grey. As soon as that was dry, (it was a light coat) I masked it off, and laid down the first pass of the black on the hood. Saturday I will sand and respray the black as I did the grey today. So no new photos until this weekend fellas, sorry !!
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This is my turn signal assembly, I decided I needed new and uncracked lenses and since the gaskets were inexpensive, I got those too. These are fitted with 2057A bulbs (amber of course) in the turnsignal sockets from the 85 Sierra. I had to have these sockets in order for my side markers to work, evidently they act as a grounded relay for the turnsignal system and the side markers won't work without these.
So some adaptation was needed. It only entailed using a small visegrip to bend one side of the socket hole out, and the other side in, to create a semblance of a spiral for the socket to twist up into. I added a rubber grommet to the socket to add some firmness to the seating, and the weather seal seems to seat perfectly well, so I am going to run with this set up: Here is a view of the "cowl" mod I did, you can see it did not come out exactly level, but ..... I am going to force myself to live with it, or else I am going to have to buy a house here in Alaska and retire here to finish it, and that has a zero likelihood of being approved by the wife.... LoL This opening is going to get a strip of mesh as well, to match the rest of the build. A glam shot from the front: And a couple more of the grey for you photo junkies out there: Headed down now to get some more done on this, so more later I hope
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that is a hell of a job on the hood ..are you going to take a closer pic of the raised section ..from what i see it looks great ..how much height were you looking for on the cowl
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Easier to post this ? Versus digging through here.., yep I be a bit lazy at times... Where did you pick up the extra hood support?
Hood is Looking Great!
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If you want one I can toss it in the mail for you ..... ******************************************************************************************* Finished my paint on the hood today, mostly. Just like the rest of the rig, the smoke grey is seperated from the flat black by a pinstripe of charcoal metallic fleck. At the bottom of the air intake the pinstripe splits direction and follows along the body line around the sides of the hood. There is also an "eyebrow" above the turn signals. The intent is for these to be more noticible in the sunlight.... Here is how I did the cowl section... Personally I like the hell out of it. And again with the screen mesh in place. And with the mesh in the turn signal wells... I got started on wiring it up for the lights tonight but the dinner bell rang.... So hopefully the hood will get mounted tomorow, wont that be fun ?? LOL thanks for looking guys !!!
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Nice work on the striping! The shop was here when we moved in but it was more of a "barn". Half the back wall was cut open and there were animal stalls inside. I've put quite a bit into it to get it where it is now.
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looks cool
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So if any of you Spokane area guys know a good GC please shoot me his contact, I would be eternally grateful !!! Thanks ; please see below !! ************************************************************************************* Ok as some of you may remember, wayyyyyyyy back in October of 2011 I did up a little drawing of what I envisioned my truck to look like. It has been hanging in the garage ever since, but here it is again: On Sunday I put the hood on, and started taking pics for you guys, so to compare please consider these offerings. On the arrow head I decided to just do the metallic flake pinstripe, and not fill in the center of it, here is a bit of close up on how that turned out. I think I like it better than I would have the filled in look: A turtles-eye view: You can tell I still have some tweaking to do with the grill to get it to align with the head light doors, but it will get there. Opps!! Tire needs some air ...... Starting to look like the drawing !! Am off to the garage to dink around with it some more, going to air up that tire, start the old boy up and let the oil circulate some, and decide what to do next.... That rear sway bar is really bugging me now, so that may be the next job on the list. Thanks for looking guys !!
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Looking more and more like your concept sketch!!!
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so cool ...stripe works ..i say
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Murph!
That looks so cool! The fit & finish adjustments should be no problems given your ambition & determination. Now forge ahead....to the ahhhh, rear anti-sway bar?...just kiddin around!!! I am pretty sure that you got it covered. Dude, my interaction on that subject was truly an effort to try to help you. I still feel guilty the I didn't PM you with my thoughts/opinions... That thing looks great!
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Yeah, nice to see the reality come off the paper. I hope you get with Jay soon, he is waiting on info from you! I saw what he has for you so far, what an awesome looking emblem, I really hope to see it come to life as well !!!!
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Your frigid fingers have been busy!
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I don’t remember seeing the concept drawing before, but I really like the creativity. As Don mentioned reality is getting closer and closer!
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looking good murph. liking the grill and the hood paint. i don't think i saw the sketch before either but the truck looks spot-on to your concept.
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I had forgotten about that sketch you made and looking back you've stuck with the plan! Looks great Murph!
On your shop size... Don't skimp on depth from the roll-ups. My space is 40' deep and with any kind of *hit laying around I can hardly get the Crummy in there. Leave enough room so that you always have space to easily roll something in, even when you weren't expecting to need to. I'd like 60' deep!
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Thank you sir, the clock is ticking, and this build has already gone 17 months longer than initially expected.
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Firstly I cannot help but consider it a luxury addition, as in I am building a shop instead of putting in a swimming pool. To me it is an equal context. Second, I have spent a large percentage of my adult life working in Operating Rooms, so I am particularly used to my work space being small and efficient. I long to settle down so I can also get it organized (think Markb's garage and you will know what I am envisioning) Third, I cannot break the bank with building the shop... I still have to build something to put the wife in, and she is four-square against a quaint cabin, or kennel.... but you didnt hear that last part from me.... *************************************************************************************** Even before I decided on the turn signal mod, I knew that these trucks suffered from lack of a turn signal that could be clearly seen from the side of the vehicle. I did not however want to go over the top on it, something subtle but effective was in order for me. I always liked the 1969 GTO side markers (front and back) and got these last July just for this build: I was not going to mess with the fenders until I was done with the bed, but I just could not help myself, so I pulled them off the wall today and pulled the trigger on getting them ready to mount on. Here I have drilled the install holes for the GTO signals, man I love those slugger bits, they just make the most beautifullly round holes !! A little bit of dremmel tool work and file action and the alignment/retainer tab holes are done !! The initial install done! The rest of the day today was spent on filling the seam on the front of the fenders, and cleaning up some of the old fender parts to go on the new ones. Thanks for looking guys !! I appreciate all the comments and encouragements, keeps me motivated to finish this bad boy
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very cool .where on the back fenders are you going to place the lights
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As yet, I have nothing definate on placement for them... ************************************************************************************* I am currently pouring through catalogs looking for a couple things. If anyone has suggestions please add them!! I am looking for replacement FRONT fender parts like the one shown, as well as the clips that hold them on. I have the fender to body seals, but the part they mount to is shot and pretty much unuseable. Here is a photo of both the metal panel (with the rear fender seal still on it) and the retainer clips (the wisdom tooth looking thing on the white card) Here are the ones that are about 6" forward of the firewall... though rust rotted, they are still useable but I would like new ones if I could find them. Lower one has the original seal still on it, the other I am ready to put new seal on the top one pictured: This is as far as I am now with shaving the seam in my front fenders... still some sanding to do, but this is the progress at this point: Thats it for now... if you know where I can get those inner fender parts please let me know, I will be your best friend for ever !!
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Funny that you should ask Murph!
This is what I have been kinda stalled-out on at the moment. You won't find the sheet metal NEW anywhere, but I did a search and found the parts at Aspenautoaz.com and just got them Friday. They were really pretty nice!....after I sandblasted them! I got the rubber & clips from Classic Parts. I used Loctite weatherstrip adhesive & stainless safety wire to attach them thru the same holes where the original staples were. Just put them on tonight!! I'm gonna hi-jack your thread with some pics right now...BFF!!!! This is how I received them. And sandblasted! A few pics of them painted, assembled & installed! Have a great evening BFF! Ha-Ha-Ha!
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I like the white and gold! Here's a great swaybar link-
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...507111&page=12
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