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MiraclePieCo · 09-07-2018, 10:14 PM

DID YOU SEE THE AMAZING VIDEOS of the forest fire on I-5 just south of me? Truckers and motorists abandoning their vehicles and running for their lives as the fire closed on the freeway and burned up several semi trucks. Interstate 5 has been closed for 24 hours. I am in the smoke from this right now.

All of this latest round of fires are human-caused, btw.

DransportGarage · 09-07-2018, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

<snip> I am in the smoke from this right now.

All of this latest round of fires are human-caused, btw.

Take care out there. Those monster fires are nothing to be played with!

mikebte · 09-08-2018, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

DID YOU SEE THE AMAZING VIDEOS of the forest fire on I-5 just south of me? Truckers and motorists abandoning their vehicles and running for their lives as the fire closed on the freeway and burned up several semi trucks. Interstate 5 has been closed for 24 hours. I am in the smoke from this right now.

All of this latest round of fires are human-caused, btw.

I wish you the best. I have experienced that first hand, it can be hard to breath and you start getting an evacuation plan ready. Fire ain't no joke.

MARTINSR · 09-08-2018, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

DID YOU SEE THE AMAZING VIDEOS of the forest fire on I-5 just south of me? Truckers and motorists abandoning their vehicles and running for their lives as the fire closed on the freeway and burned up several semi trucks. Interstate 5 has been closed for 24 hours. I am in the smoke from this right now.

All of this latest round of fires are human-caused, btw.

That's near the California/Oregon border taken that highway many times, I knew it looked familiar and just googled the fire, yep, I have driven through there many many many times.

Such beautiful country, hope it gets handled soon and hope you are ok.

Brian

Black_Sheep · 09-08-2018, 09:47 AM

Today I’m re-rebuilding the vent windows. I had the washers with the oval hole in the wrong location. While everything is apart new weatherstrip is going in. It was one of the few things that didn’t get replaced the first time around, it turns out the old rubber gasket had shrunk and hardened considerably.

nvrdone · 09-08-2018, 12:27 PM

we were thru there the 1st part of Aug when the Carr fire was burning west of Redding. Then got caught by a fire east of Sonora and had to evacuate. Had to go over Sonora pass to 395 to get out. That fire got with in 1/2 mile of our cabin but it survived. never want to be that close to a forest fire again.

my56chevytruck · 09-08-2018, 03:51 PM

I've decided to make my own console and I've been working on radio wiring and reception using the "hidden antenna" idea. That didn't work out well so I used the stock stick antenna cable and fixed it to the truck directly under the dash. Next will be upholstery!!

mikebte · 09-08-2018, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by my56chevytruck

I've decided to make my own console and I've been working on radio wiring and reception using the "hidden antenna" idea. That didn't work out well so I used the stock stick antenna cable and fixed it to the truck directly under the dash. Next will be upholstery!!

Looks good, I kind of like the rugs you have for carpets.

MARTINSR · 09-08-2018, 10:04 PM

Got the doors ready to prime, epoxy primer is induced, ready to go in the morning. I also watched my neighbor cut a tree down that fell on my house! Luckily damage is minimum, I helped him clear that up.

Brian

Black_Sheep · 09-09-2018, 03:04 PM

Rolling SEM bed liner on the wheel wells to protect from rocks, etc... I also did the step area to provide a scratch resistant coating.

my56chevytruck · 09-13-2018, 09:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

Rolling SEM bed liner on the wheel wells to protect from rocks, etc... I also did the step area to provide a scratch resistant coating.

I've been kicking around the idea of putting down the bed liner on the step area for a while, I like what I see. Very good idea and thanks

MARTINSR · 09-09-2018, 03:48 PM

Damn Mark that looks good! WOW

Got the doors primed up first thing this morning. It's so funny, I haven't painted regularly in so long, I have been a little uneasy as I do it. Mixing, getting things ready, I just have been fighting in my brain to do it right. I prime something and then don't do it again for months so I don't get "in it." Today I felt a big change, I knew by the weight of the gun as I was spraying that it was out of primer, that made me feel good. It's so funny, I have sprayed literally thousands of gallons of primer, paint, clear in my life and now after not doing it for 18 years regularly so much has been forgotten.

Brian

Black_Sheep · 09-09-2018, 07:33 PM

It will come back to you Brian.

I also got the horn installed and bolted on the upper filler panel...

my56chevytruck · 09-13-2018, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Damn Mark that looks good! WOW

Got the doors primed up first thing this morning. It's so funny, I haven't painted regularly in so long, I have been a little uneasy as I do it. Mixing, getting things ready, I just have been fighting in my brain to do it right. I prime something and then don't do it again for months so I don't get "in it." Today I felt a big change, I knew by the weight of the gun as I was spraying that it was out of primer, that made me feel good. It's so funny, I have sprayed literally thousands of gallons of primer, paint, clear in my life and now after not doing it for 18 years regularly so much has been forgotten.

Brian

The painting looks good Brian, nice and even. So what color/brand are you planning for the final??

MARTINSR · 09-13-2018, 10:02 AM

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The painting looks good Brian, nice and even. So what color/brand are you planning for the final??

I want to use SPI all the way through but I am not sure if they have the color I want. So I have color chips I am going to compare with the colors I am after, I think I will be going with 58 Corvette Signet red.

There is a LONG way to go as I have a million hours of body work, all the primer I have been spraying is over unfinished metal work, epoxy to get it protected so I could move on.

Brian

mikebte · 09-11-2018, 10:22 PM

Installed my OBD I port and mounted under dash, installed speedo program/selector button, installed the horn under the hood, test fitted glove box, worked on the courtesy door switches and I made a template to drill a hole for my check engine light.
Busy busy and still a lot to go.

DransportGarage · 09-11-2018, 11:50 PM

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Originally Posted by mikebte

Installed my OBD I port and mounted under dash, installed speedo program/selector button, installed the horn under the hood, test fitted glove box, worked on the courtesy door switches and I made a template to drill a hole for my check engine light.
Busy busy and still a lot to go.

...but you're a whole lot closer than you were a while ago!

MiraclePieCo · 09-12-2018, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebte

Installed my OBD I port and mounted under dash, installed speedo program/selector button, installed the horn under the hood, test fitted glove box, worked on the courtesy door switches and I made a template to drill a hole for my check engine light.
Busy busy and still a lot to go.

That's how I feel - an endless list of details.

MiraclePieCo · 09-12-2018, 12:27 AM

Big day today. First I mounted my taillights. They're old used trailer taillights I got for $5 at a swap meet, perfect for my truck's utilitarian theme.

But when I tried to test the lights they wouldn't work. After painstakingly tracing wires I discovered there was no power to the headlight switch. Whatever assembly-line worker assembled my fuse panel had put the headlight fuse in the wrong slot! I relocated the fuse to the proper slot and, presto, I had working lights. It was a deceptive problem because everything looked normal with a good headlight fuse in the panel, just in the adjacent slot, so I'm still congratulating myself for being able to find it.

I am mere days from being able to test drive this thing.

MARTINSR · 09-12-2018, 12:29 AM

I got the hood latch sandblasted and ready for primer, that's about it, but's something!

Brian

my56chevytruck · 09-13-2018, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I got the hood latch sandblasted and ready for primer, that's about it, but's something!

Brian

every step is one step closer, looks great

MARTINSR · 09-12-2018, 12:35 AM

Just a little Brian memory stuff. I love seeing things that fire memories. Today as I was working on my truck I grabbed this chisel out of my tool box. I made this chisel back when Russ was building his Roadster. It's made out of a piece of a windshield post from his car! We chopped the windshield post down shorter and this was the piece left over. I welded a little piece of flat stock to it and used it to shape something on the car, I forget what. But it's still in my tool box and I have used it over the years since. Today, I used it on my truck. So the Roadster may be sold but it lives on in my garage.

Brian

mikebte · 09-12-2018, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Big day today. First I mounted my taillights. They're old used trailer taillights I got for $5 at a swap meet, perfect for my truck's utilitarian theme.
I am mere days from being able to test drive this thing.

That’s great, I enjoy seeing items reused. New is always nice, but sometimes it’s nice to know people repurposed something. I guess in a way the whole truck has been repurposed.

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Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Just a little Brian memory stuff. I love seeing things that fire memories. Today as I was working on my truck I grabbed this chisel out of my tool box. I made this chisel back when Russ was building his Roadster. It's made out of a piece of a windshield post from his car! We chopped the windshield post down shorter and this was the piece left over. I welded a little piece of flat stock to it and used it to shape something on the car, I forget what. But it's still in my tool box and I have used it over the years since. Today, I used it on my truck. So the Roadster may be sold but it lives on in my garage.

Brian

Crazy how something so knurled can make something so beautiful, reminds me of the old guys growing up. They looked like life was terrible, but the hot rod was a thing of beauty.

MARTINSR · 09-12-2018, 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by mikebte

That’s great, I enjoy seeing items reused. New is always nice, but sometimes it’s nice to know people repurposed something. I guess in a way the whole truck has been repurposed.

Crazy how something so knurled can make something so beautiful, reminds me of the old guys growing up. They looked like life was terrible, but the hot rod was a thing of beauty.

Thanks, yeah, that car is beautiful my brother has a heck of an eye. I hate to see it go, he just sold it a few days ago, we built in in the early nineties. From pulling the 1922 Buick body out of a farmers field to rolling it into the Oakland Roadster show, my brother and I were side by side in the project. Wonderful memories. Our dad was a Buick salesman, so building an all Buick hotrod was a big deal to us.

Brian

DransportGarage · 09-12-2018, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Thanks, yeah, that car is beautiful my brother has a heck of an eye. I hate to see it go, he just sold it a few days ago, we built in in the early nineties. From pulling the 1922 Buick body out of a farmers field to rolling it into the Oakland Roadster show, my brother and I were side by side in the project. Wonderful memories. Our dad was a Buick salesman, so building an all Buick hotrod was a big deal to us.

Brian

VERY cool !!!

09-07-2018, 10:14 PM	#1
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 DID YOU SEE THE AMAZING VIDEOS of the forest fire on I-5 just south of me? Truckers and motorists abandoning their vehicles and running for their lives as the fire closed on the freeway and burned up several semi trucks. Interstate 5 has been closed for 24 hours. I am in the smoke from this right now. All of this latest round of fires are human-caused, btw. Attached Images __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck Last edited by MiraclePieCo; 09-08-2018 at 01:06 AM.

09-08-2018, 09:47 AM	#5
Black_Sheep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: upper midwest Posts: 1,129	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Today I’m re-rebuilding the vent windows. I had the washers with the oval hole in the wrong location. While everything is apart new weatherstrip is going in. It was one of the few things that didn’t get replaced the first time around, it turns out the old rubber gasket had shrunk and hardened considerably. Attached Images __________________ Mark Brother's keeper - '58 Stepside build

09-08-2018, 12:27 PM	#6
nvrdone Registered User Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Moxee WA Posts: 1,479	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 we were thru there the 1st part of Aug when the Carr fire was burning west of Redding. Then got caught by a fire east of Sonora and had to evacuate. Had to go over Sonora pass to 395 to get out. That fire got with in 1/2 mile of our cabin but it survived. never want to be that close to a forest fire again.

09-08-2018, 03:51 PM	#7
my56chevytruck Registered User Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Hebron Posts: 1,150	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 I've decided to make my own console and I've been working on radio wiring and reception using the "hidden antenna" idea. That didn't work out well so I used the stock stick antenna cable and fixed it to the truck directly under the dash. Next will be upholstery!! Attached Images __________________ RUBBER DOWN AND HIT THE ROAD!!! 1940 Ford Dlx Coupe 1969 Mach1 Last edited by my56chevytruck; 09-08-2018 at 03:57 PM.

09-08-2018, 10:04 PM	#9
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Got the doors ready to prime, epoxy primer is induced, ready to go in the morning. I also watched my neighbor cut a tree down that fell on my house! Luckily damage is minimum, I helped him clear that up. Brian Attached Images __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

09-09-2018, 03:04 PM	#10
Black_Sheep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: upper midwest Posts: 1,129	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Rolling SEM bed liner on the wheel wells to protect from rocks, etc... I also did the step area to provide a scratch resistant coating. Attached Images __________________ Mark Brother's keeper - '58 Stepside build

09-09-2018, 03:48 PM	#12
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Damn Mark that looks good! WOW Got the doors primed up first thing this morning. It's so funny, I haven't painted regularly in so long, I have been a little uneasy as I do it. Mixing, getting things ready, I just have been fighting in my brain to do it right. I prime something and then don't do it again for months so I don't get "in it." Today I felt a big change, I knew by the weight of the gun as I was spraying that it was out of primer, that made me feel good. It's so funny, I have sprayed literally thousands of gallons of primer, paint, clear in my life and now after not doing it for 18 years regularly so much has been forgotten. Brian Attached Images __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

09-09-2018, 07:33 PM	#13
Black_Sheep Registered User Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: upper midwest Posts: 1,129	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 It will come back to you Brian. I also got the horn installed and bolted on the upper filler panel... Attached Images __________________ Mark Brother's keeper - '58 Stepside build

09-11-2018, 10:22 PM	#16
mikebte Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 639	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Installed my OBD I port and mounted under dash, installed speedo program/selector button, installed the horn under the hood, test fitted glove box, worked on the courtesy door switches and I made a template to drill a hole for my check engine light. Busy busy and still a lot to go.

09-12-2018, 12:27 AM	#19
MiraclePieCo Registered User Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: USA Posts: 2,249	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Big day today. First I mounted my taillights. They're old used trailer taillights I got for $5 at a swap meet, perfect for my truck's utilitarian theme. But when I tried to test the lights they wouldn't work. After painstakingly tracing wires I discovered there was no power to the headlight switch. Whatever assembly-line worker assembled my fuse panel had put the headlight fuse in the wrong slot! I relocated the fuse to the proper slot and, presto, I had working lights. It was a deceptive problem because everything looked normal with a good headlight fuse in the panel, just in the adjacent slot, so I'm still congratulating myself for being able to find it. I am mere days from being able to test drive this thing. Attached Images __________________ 1951 Chevy Panel Truck Last edited by MiraclePieCo; 09-12-2018 at 03:43 AM.

09-12-2018, 12:29 AM	#20
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 I got the hood latch sandblasted and ready for primer, that's about it, but's something! Brian Attached Images __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"

09-12-2018, 12:35 AM	#22
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,003	Re: What did you do with your truck today, Part 3 Just a little Brian memory stuff. I love seeing things that fire memories. Today as I was working on my truck I grabbed this chisel out of my tool box. I made this chisel back when Russ was building his Roadster. It's made out of a piece of a windshield post from his car! We chopped the windshield post down shorter and this was the piece left over. I welded a little piece of flat stock to it and used it to shape something on the car, I forget what. But it's still in my tool box and I have used it over the years since. Today, I used it on my truck. So the Roadster may be sold but it lives on in my garage. Brian Attached Images __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"



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