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I think I'm going to save my money and just buy n2billet, superfly, and Delmo left-overs from here on out. Hmm, I may need to find a second job!
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03-05-2014, 09:38 AM | #4 |
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Looks like some killer progress on the truck Keith. I love the rear disks and gas tank. Hope to do the same upgrades on mine one of these days.
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03-09-2014, 09:04 PM | #5 |
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No real progress this weekend, I got the bed bolted together on the floor before coming down with the flu. I have spent the rest of the weekend in bed
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03-09-2014, 09:15 PM | #6 |
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Glad your making progress on the bed, as far as the flu bug, that makes a rough few days!! If you were closer I could give you a quart jar with some WV cold medicine in it
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Thanks Jason, I'm feeling a lot better today. Snapped a pic of the bed bolted together on the garage floor.
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Glad your feeling better, the smooth bedside are going to be sweet..
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Hope you feel better Keith. Tom |
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03-10-2014, 07:08 PM | #10 |
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Mine too, I had a little red raspberry last night. ( preventative maintenance )
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Now you get to cut it up!!
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Keith, the bed looks great! Did you have any issues with the front bed panel?
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Keith i completely hear you on getting it primered and put back together to drive it. That is the point where I am at too.
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03-11-2014, 08:59 AM | #14 |
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The bed looks great Ketih. You can have this thing back together in no time.
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All I can say is keep driving on it. I have been were you are several times and all I can say is pace your self its not a sprint it a marathon. I have had to learn this over my last 4 builds. Hang in there
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Keith,I know you were looking for a tailgate,there is a nice used one listed on the parts board.I believe Homebuilt Hotrods is selling it.
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Thanks Tom, I will check it out.
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Keith your doing a great job on truck and I wished I'd went deeper in to mine as you are yours. Bed looks great btw....keep on trucking and take a break when you get frustrated |
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Keith the bed looks great! I understand exactly where your coming from. I took almost a year off my build, It gets overwhelming. You are doing a killer job!
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Thanks for all the encouragement guys and I apologize for complaining so much. I feel like that is all I have done the past 10 pages or so of my thread. I won't lie, painting this truck definitely scares me because as you guys know I have never painted anything and this truck will be my first adventure into it. I just want it to come out nice as that is what this truck deserves but I'm afraid I'll do a poor job. Oh well we will see what happens
I do know that I have decided that the only color it should be is red. No matter what colors I flirt with I know down the road I will always want it to be red. So no point doing anything else. I see mcbassin jumping for joy right now I also decided to keep things simple due to this being my first paint job I'm going to do Solid Red, no white grill or anything else. Should look similar to my picture below. I'm going to concentrate on getting the body as straight as possible and hopefully it turns out decent. Stayed tuned guys as I finally nailed down my plan.
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The body work is the hardest part! You're going to do fine my friend!
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Keith - I know, I know, .. it's so tempting to put them together in primer and just drive them for a little while.. BUT. IMO, it's one of the worst things you can do. I think you have Epoxy primer on most of this truck as I remember but, just saying..
With Epoxy primer and high build in places .. just a final slick coat of primer yes it will look cool but think about all the crap from the road slinging up along side of it. All the moisture that the high build could possibly absorb, contaminants, bird crap, Tire Shine from the dude next to you at the show.. Not trying to talk you out of it just saying .. this is why I am going to try and refrain from driving mine until it's completely painted. I want the base substrate to be as clean as possible and sealed away. With a solid Epoxy base and quality materials you'll probably be ok but just my luck there will be some Armor All specks in the primer I miss then .. f1$h eyes!!! .. It's not that difficult to paint, it's the bodywork under it that's the labor intensive stuff. Just remember the paint is only going to be as good as what's underneath it. .. my .02
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I was in the same frame of mind before I painted mine. I was so nervous about it not living up to my expectations. But trust me, put in the time with the prep work, and you will amaze yourself. Look at it this way, no matter how frustrating the whole restoration process can be, you are going to have one killer truck when you're finished. One that you will always be able to say that YOU built! My .02
Oh, and you may have already said, but are you going with base/clear or single stage?
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Thanks Mike I knew you would like it.
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