Project Ru5tyNut5

[CHIZZLER]

saturday is usually my night to get kinda butt faced.

[Ru5tyNut5]

kinda?

[Ru5tyNut5]

you can come and go as you please so just don't stay late

[CHIZZLER]

i will keep that in mind.i will see if ory gun wants to roll down.he wants to check your air engine set up.

[Ru5tyNut5]

luckily I checked my rear license plate today, one of the little plastic things that clips in to the bumper that the plate screws screw into had pulled out and the other one was workin on it. if you're going to spend much time dragging your bumper down the street, make sure your plate is bolted on so you don't lose it.....

[Ru5tyNut5]

made a small change to the front, anybody know what it is?

[daverod]

I was thinking the same thing kinda. I'd show ya but then I would have to killya. Were talking about the extra rust hole in your hood right.

[Ru5tyNut5]

damn, I figured it would take forever for someone to notice.......

[daverod]

ok I give. "I still havent bought it yet. So you don't get it for long.

[Ru5tyNut5]

I think I saw one of those on ebay while I was looking for one, I've had mine since Feb. or so, just hadn't put it on yet. I was going to wait until I replaced the hood but now I'm thinking I might leave it as it is for awhile, or should I say my wallet is thinking I'll leave it how it is for awhile. I considered a lot of different ideas before I chose the one I did, I didn't think a square body truck should have so many curves on the front, that's why I didn't choose the one you did.

[Ru5tyNut5]

Oh yea, so my buddy and I were having a discussion last night about my rusted out front fenders. I was given 2 free fenders that aren't all rusted out like the ones on my truck, there are some small dents but nothing major. my buddy asked why I hadn't put them on yet since I've had them for like a month and I told him I want to wait until I have the doors and hood and everything so I can do it all at once and then at least get it in primer so it's all one color the whole time. he thinks I should throw the black fenders on the front and leave the rest red for now so that it's obvious that I'm making progress on it. my thing is I don't care if people think I'm making progress or not, I'm building it for me not them, and the rust just gives it character anyhow. what do you guys think, should I roll it with rust holes but all one color, or throw on the other fenders and have a red truck with black fenders that don't have rust holes? oh, and even if the fenders don't have rust holes, the hood and doors still will, at least now it all matches.. :-)

[irish1966]

Originally Posted by Ru5tyNut5

am I going backwards? the air cleaner cover was chrome and now it's flat black.

Awesome work man. Flat Black is way better looking in my humble opinion. I split the diff and went satin black. Before and after pics. Ignore the dirty air cleaner. That was just for the photo op. LOL

[daverod]

Surface rust is fine but real rust sucks. Down the road I'm sure your long term goal is to have a cherry truck. On my 64 I've been patching the rusted out spots but then repainting the spots, not to look new but to look kinda old. After I get all the rust taken care of then I'll paint it for real. Until then I just want it to look like a old truck,with some surface rust.

[Ru5tyNut5]

right, I don't plan to leave it rusty but can't afford to fix it right now so It's a battle of multi colored with a little less rust, or uniformly rusty. my rust is so bad it's going to take new fenders, hood, and doors, to patch it all would end up costing a lot more than getting all new panels.

[Ru5tyNut5]

Originally Posted by irish1966

Awesome work man. Flat Black is way better looking in my humble opinion. I split the diff and went satin black. Before and after pics. Ignore the dirty air cleaner. That was just for the photo op. LOL

I'm digging the after pic, even your before pic looks better than mine I need to do some stuff under the hood of mine as far as painting all the brackets and whatnot but everything under there scares the **** out of me. I can build stuff and whatnot but I don't know crap about engines. I need to take the A/C stuff off and get rid of the big A/C box so it doesn't sit on my tire when I put my spindles on. Anyhow, I'm sure you had so much fun painting up your engine that you want to do it again right? why don't we just trade and you can start over....

[irish1966]

I have to admit that I did like it. I'll give you a dig out if u want. My roomie is an OLD-school car dude and he knows these chevy motors inside out. He helped me with this one. Hence the old school look. I'll paint and you can weld. LOL

[Ru5tyNut5]

sounds like a plan

[CHIZZLER]

rust is your friend if you like the look. we painted my truck for about $300 bucks. duplicolor. you can find it at almost any parts store.$22 bucks a quart.

[daverod]

Originally Posted by Ru5tyNut5

right, I don't plan to leave it rusty but can't afford to fix it right now so It's a battle of multi colored with a little less rust, or uniformly rusty. my rust is so bad it's going to take new fenders, hood, and doors, to patch it all would end up costing a lot more than getting all new panels.

A lot of times it's just as good to buy a parts truck.

[Ru5tyNut5]

yea, I can't afford a parts truck either but if I can find a good one for really really cheap I might have to find a way. I want a second frame anyhow so I can build it just how I want it, I learned a lot the first time through and would do a few things different.

[CHIZZLER]

you can always just rattle can it all one color after you put the new front on.

[Ru5tyNut5]

yea, that's why I figured I'll just wait until I have all the body panels, so I only have to do it all once.

[CHIZZLER]

any progress on gettin that gas tank moved up.

[Ru5tyNut5]

nope

[Ru5tyNut5]

not the exhaust either, or the A/C crap....there's a bunch of crap in the way of putting those spindles on.