What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[dubie]

I'm motivated to have this thing running and driving this summer, so I need to haul some serious ass on it. I'll snap a picture of the wiring after I removed it, I've never seen such a hacked up amount of wires.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by dubie

...I've never seen such a hacked up amount of wires.

I admit to having occasionally done work on a car that I wasn't very proud of, for various reasons. But for the life of me, I've never understood how guys will do work that is not only lame, but DANGEROUS!

I like myself too much to take a chance on burning myself or my ride to the ground!
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[dubie]

the steel wool works like a hot damn on the chrome, just don't use it on stainless. It doesn't work so well hahahha I used the 000 steel wool and some NevrDull on the few chrome pieces on my 56 and it shined right up

[Dan in Pasadena]

Unfortunately nothing I know of fixes chrome zits except money, great amounts of money. Lol.
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[waybad]

pulled out the heater core,, 180.00 bucks just to keep warm...................

[buggy5872]

My oldest son turned 10 the other day and tonight he helped me disassemble the carb off my 59. He was so excited. I loosened the screws and then let him take them all out. I'm not sure if he was more amused with the tools, carb or the magnetic tray that he made every screw stand up in. Probably the magnetic tray. It's soaking over night and tomorrow he will get to help put it back together. I'm glad he is finally old enough to help out. He did do some welding last winter on Big Bertha. Mom was not amused though. She worries too much.

[1-ton of fun]

Originally Posted by buggy5872

My oldest son turned 10 the other day and tonight he helped me disassemble the carb off my 59. He was so excited. I loosened the screws and then let him take them all out. I'm not sure if he was more amused with the tools, carb or the magnetic tray that he made every screw stand up in. Probably the magnetic tray. It's soaking over night and tomorrow he will get to help put it back together. I'm glad he is finally old enough to help out. He did do some welding last winter on Big Bertha. Mom was not amused though. She worries too much.

i offered my parts truck (a '55 2nd) to my 13 year old son if he helped me finish up the '59. he's motivated after i showed him pictures of some finished ones, and he's going to be driving in a couple years. Mom says no big blocks for teenagers, so a small block v8 it is!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Better YOU teach him and teach him how to take proper precautions than for him to learn it elsewhere. No one will EVER be more careful with him than his own father.

Some of my very earliest memories are "helping" my dad swap a 283 into his '59 long Fleetside. And later swapping that out for a 348.

Good on you!
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[G&R's57GMC]

My '56 needed something to set it off, give it a theme.

So I added the Texaco logos to the doors and aged them to the patina.

[Dan in Pasadena]

How'd you do it? You're not a pro painter are you?
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[G&R's57GMC]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

How'd you do it? You're not a pro painter are you?
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Whoops! Did I say I did that ?

Well I created the concept for the design, conveyed that to my sign guy and $200 and a few hours today and voila.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ahhhh, the all important secret ingredient: $200!

[hsdropout]

Hotrod1 & Dan, the paint booth is just a 10 x 10 EZ-up on a tarp, with plastic sheeting walls, then a simple 2x frame to support the lights, a rain tarp over top. One small box fan and a filter opening opposite side....fairly simple but works. ZipperWalls from HD work good for opening in plastic...stick on, cut and instant zippered opening
I had no previous experience, just did a lot of reading. Trick is to get gun adjusted properly. HF HVLP $7 gun, used 1 for primer and 1 for finish,.1.3 tip., inexpensive paint $100 +/- per gal kit. Gal kit makes about 1.5 gal. Lots of sand paper (80 to 600 grit) some filler (most ended up on floor).
Like they say it's all in the prep & an incredible amount of moving parts around. Cab, bed, tailgate, steppers, 2 rear fenders, 2 front fenders, hood, cowl, facsia.......what did I miss?
It is an incredible pain in the a$$, in case you are thinking of doing it......
I now know why they charge so much.

[hotrod1]

Originally Posted by hsdropout

Hotrod1 & Dan, the paint booth is just a 10 x 10 EZ-up on a tarp, with plastic sheeting walls, then a simple 2x frame to support the lights, a rain tarp over top. One small box fan and a filter opening opposite side....fairly simple but works. ZipperWalls from HD work good for opening in plastic...stick on, cut and instant zippered opening
I had no previous experience, just did a lot of reading. Trick is to get gun adjusted properly. HF HVLP $7 gun, used 1 for primer and 1 for finish,.1.3 tip., inexpensive paint $100 +/- per gal kit. Gal kit makes about 1.5 gal. Lots of sand paper (80 to 600 grit) some filler (most ended up on floor).
Like they say it's all in the prep & an incredible amount of moving parts around. Cab, bed, tailgate, steppers, 2 rear fenders, 2 front fenders, hood, cowl, facsia.......what did I miss?
It is an incredible pain in the a$$, in case you are thinking of doing it......
I now know why they charge so much.

HSDROPOUT: That looks great! Is there any one site that you can remember that goes over this in detail? I am impressed!

[Amorget]

Not 47-59 related directly, but pulled the 1996 Chevy 2500 w/ a 350 Vortec motor out of the garage for the first time under its own power and drove it around the private road we live on. Truck is amazingly quiet, hard to even tell it is running. We replaced the motor with one from the junk yard and overall it went amazingly well.

Frees up a bay (and time) to get back to work on the 57.

[Highsider]

Cool way to do a booth!
Thanks for the photo, too.

[hsdropout]

Hotrod, autobody101 forums has alot of good info and helpful people for bodywork, painting, etc.
I want to eventually do some old school flames on front and multi colored pinstripes,
Flames: fade from white, yellow orange to red
Pinstripes red, gold & lime green, not particularily in that order.





I did get straight "A"s in art and auto shop.

[crossfire84]

My new booster and master cylinder came today.

[G&R's57GMC]

Engine & Trans cross members came today from Brothers.

[hsdropout]

I flipped my "nitro slammer" shocks over the way they are supposed to be.....
Thanks to Dubie, Sqrints and all who pointed out that I had them installed upside down. DOH!

[waybad]

replaced the heater core,, installed led taillights, new inside wiper arm, licenses plate light..

[lazypineapple]

Weighed my truck , 1952 Chevy 350SBC/700r4
3170 lb
I think its a little Lite, only have a 1/2 plywood for the bed, no a/c

[broey]

techincally didnt do anything yet. but I got these from a friend for my fleet. not sure about them yet. they look good on delmos truck though.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Continued from posts #1782, 87 and 1801:

BEFORE (as a reminder):


AFTER today's shopping at The Truck Shop in Orange, CA:

[NEWFISHER]

Your fuax chrome grille looks good mounted!