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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
I guess you could call that a custom bug. That thing looks cool.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
looking good.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Looks nice. Think I could fill my seam on my bed with seam sealer? or is that stuff too messy? I dont really want to weld it because I have already done a lot of the body work, and it seams like it would be really hard to grind smooth. You know that moth never eats it just lives for sex.
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That moth has the life even tho it's a short one. Here is a LINKY to some pics of the local cruise in today.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
So you can tell by that pic that it's a male moth.......
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Holy crap that Moth is huge!!
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Guess I need to go buy a case of JB weld.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
OK Alan. Some how I missed your thread. Since 9 am to 1:30 pm CST, I have read from 1-99 pages of posts. My eyes are burning like you wouldn't believe.
I think this is one of the nicest trucks I have ever read about. And the great part is, its all you and few buddies. NO BIG FANCY NANCY SHOPS, NO BIG NAME DESIGNERS, NO TEAM OF SOMEBODIES DOING THE WORK, and it is as nice as any shop could have done. I am truely impressed with your truck and build quality. I can only hope the ideas I have for the truck I would like to build, come out half as nice as your truck. Love the orange and dark shadow grey. It has been a pleasure reading this entire build, keep posting and get it finished. AWESOME TRUCK!!!!!!!! Last edited by cl08; 04-20-2010 at 02:43 PM. |
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
so I was thinking about this project the other day.... what is left? the bed, and I guess some little stuff? I'm thinking its getting pretty close....
what do you think?
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Thanks Scott
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No progress yet. Trying to work out the low spot in the bedside at the fuel door. I got to spend about 15 minutes on it this weekend. I'll get back in the swing soon.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
I hear you there Alan, going to the box so many times has screwed me up. I'm being put out for PTSD and my back know.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Allan keep focused on your truck, and the depression will go away, at least temporally. You need to stay busy at some thing to take your mind off what is depressing you. It might as well be your truck. Kick that depression atta here.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Alan, every time I catch up on your thread, you add weeks to my build! I wasn't going to use a fuel door in the bedside, but I like how yours turned out so now I might cut one in too. Exceptional work once again!
I am glad to see you keep your head straight when you get bummed out. much better to go to the shop and do nothing if you have to, than turn to the bottle or a fake fix, keep it up man your truly an inspiration...
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Hi Allen just wanted you to know that IMHO your build thread is the best,and has inspired me and I'm sure allot of us Truckies to hang in there an keep going on there projects. Not only the great pictures, also a wealth of info on how to get things done and done right. If I ever get mine done you will always be a part of it for sure and thank you for that....Vernski
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The fuel door is ticking me off. The door install is OK, but the bedside was lumpy to start with and the welding aggravated it. I've been chasing highs and low spots. I don't have my shrinking hammer at home. I'm not very good at shrinking yet. I've done some but need more practice. First I tried putting some pressure out at the fuel door while drawing the wheel arch in with a rachet strap, while I welded the rest of the fuel pocket up. It didn't help. ![]() The profile looks good until I put a straight edge on it. ![]() This is the high spot was was chasing around. Had some tin canning going on. You can see some heat spots where I tried to heat shrink some by quenching it. It helped with the tin can some. ![]() I cut slits in the BS to remove the tension on the metal. I got it tacked to gether and it helped a lot. Still not the way I want it, but it might stay that way. ![]() ![]() Storms rolling in time to get off the computer.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
I wish I could do that, but I dont have all the stuff nor the money to finish mine right now.
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Hey Alan ,Remember we are all pulling for you.
I get bad mood swings in the winter. SADD. Seasonal attitude disorder or something close. It goes away when the sun and spring time returns . I use a sunlamp when I am at the computer in the winter which seems to help. I find things that make me happy and just do it even if it is silly My doc says that testosterone levels go down as men get older and that can affect moods . And the sun lamp helps the serotonin in the brain. Had a check-up lately? It really bites to get older..everything is wearing out and I am just turning 49.-- hang in there!! bubba ![]()
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Heck i'm only 28 and feel like i'm 60.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
Do you have a pin pull gun at home?
the bodyman I used to work with would use his pin pull gun on high spots to shrink them. we welded in some flush mount door handles on a firebird, and I bet he put 50 shrinks in a 4X7 area..
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
I've been working on my truck this past week. I needed to finish the drip rail shaving and flaring. I ground some paint off the roof and found an inch of bondo. I ground it off, and started to shrink it. My friend that owns a Body Shop and is a master in metal work gave me some tips on shrinking. He said don't get it cherry red, and start from the inside of where the low spot is. Then spot cool it a little at a time. It seemed to work and took some time. Now it's only about a quarter of an inch low in only one spot. I think it OK for Bondo now. I'm impatient. My friend said he'll come up and give me a lesson. I'm going to hold him to it.
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Re: Project Vitamin C-10
I gave him a FORD tailgate that I was installing on a FORD bed that was on a Chevy Truck. He shrunk the FORD raised lettering to a flat panel. He blew me away. It looked like he replaced it with a new metal panel.
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