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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Smart move on getting references. I personally would want to see the cars not just talk to someone.
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
$14K?!?! This might be a good time to buy a paint gun and teach yourself how to paint. Looks like you've got the skills, all you need is a little practice......
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
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Also, the over-all affect on quality will be evident if a guy chooses to do paint/prep work in a non paint-friendly environment (dirt, dust, moisture, silicone contaminants, etc....). Ackattack is doing a heck of a job though!
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
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I have no doubt that this guy would do a great job, but like you said, I plan on driving it. Rather than lets say a "show quality" paint job, I want what I'm calling a "cruise in/race" paint job. Nice from 3 feet, but oh god there might be a 1/16" too much body gap or a slight bit of overspray where it isn't supposed to be, or no overspray where it is supposed to be. |
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Progress has temporarily slowed. A few little things I've been working on:
Cut the holes in the dash for the stock style A/C outlets. However the templates I got from old air weren't the best, so the first one I cut, I cut too big. So I had to weld some pieces back in, and that area is a little tight, so I'm going to have to get some different sanding/grinding discs to get back there to clean up the welds. I've been trying to get my power steering hose fixed up. I have a stock high pressure line for the truck, and a stock power steering side for the corvette power steering pump....so all i need is a shop to do for me is to splice them together. Napa (who does hydraulic lines) said they couldn't do it, so they sent me to another shop. That shop said they can't do it either and told me of another shop, but I haven't made it there yet. I filled in some holes on the top/front of the door that normally holds in the vent window....but since I don't have vent windows....no need for holes. While I was welding on the door, I also filled some holes for a mirror (not the sport style that I'm going to use) So now I need to measure and drill new holes. On the other door I noticed some rust behind the hinge. So I took off the hinge to "investigate". The rust is worse than expected, but repairable. I also called one of the references of the body shop that I may have paint my truck. He had very high praise for this shop. I left a message for the body guy to call me, but he hasn't called back (not a good thing in my book....but...) I guess I'll call back tomorrow. On the home front, I spent last weekend de-moding my corvette so hopefully it will be easier to sell. I also started working out again so that is taking upabout an hour and a half each day, but that's life. This weekend me and the wife are taking a "mini-vacation" to go down to Portland just to kinda get away for the weekend....so no work on the truck this weekend (However I do have veteran's day off ![]() |
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Hey man, hows this thing coming? Awesome work so far.
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
I some how missed this build...I am a memeber over at pro-touring.com also.I go by 796spdbu. I like your build! Those wheels look great!
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
well i've gotten a little done since my last update, though the holidays have really slowed progress.
I had two other people come and give me quotes for body/paint. They ranged from $8 - $15k. I can't really afford that at this point. The guy that quoted me $8k said he might be able to do that if it was stripped and primered. So I started stripping the truck. I took the cab to the media blaster. It came out pretty good. I have a little more rust repair work that the blasting uncovered, but no biggie. I also started stripping off the paint on one of the bed sides. Other than that and a few other minor things I haven't done much. It's been real cold here and all of the other stuff that gets in the way. I hope to get back on it next week. |
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
If you weren't on the otherside of the world I could save you some money. I know some reasonable guys here.
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Nice, looked at the tread one time before when you first broke the truck down keep it coming
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Just read it all from start to finish, very nice work, subscribed.
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Looks awesome!!!!!!
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
That's weird. Last comment was on the 3rd but I'm just now getting the email notice today. Hmmmm.
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Finally, another update!
Life has been pretty busy around here getting ready for the baby....I guess that isn't going to slow down. The little guy is due March 13, but I guess he could show up any time now. As far as progress on the truck goes, I did some minor welding on the floor. There were a few little pin holes that I welded up. I'm going to probably do a little more welding/grinding from the bottom side then both sides of the floor will be ready for POR 15. I guess the big news is that I got in contact with a guy I may have do the paint (Thanks Frizzle Fry!). I told him that I wanted to be under $6k, and he said that gives him a lot to work with, so that sounded good to me. He's down south of Portland, so I sent him a bunch of pictures and he's going to work up a quote for me. He's also going to supply me with some references. Hopefully it will work out well. Assuming everything checks out and we get all the details ironed out, I'm hoping to have it down to him in a few weeks. In prepping for that, I took off the 20s and put the 15" rallies back on (minus the front calipers ![]() Here are some pics of the cab.....sitting in the garage it has developed some surface rust just from the humidity in the air. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And one of the bedside that I stripped ![]() |
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
nice start you have on your truck there, i am also going for the pro-touring taste for my 68, nothing better than carving up the corners.
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
What kind of bed cover are you looking at and how much cash is it?
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If I remember right, they're about $750 with shipping |
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
we ordered my buddies Gem top from these guys and its awesome!
http://www.conwaysales.com/gemtop/tops/gt_Classic.html His was 9 something painted and delivered! This is by far the nicest flush cover I have ever seen. Its made of metal so no waves and such. I'm not positive that they offer it for our trucks but you might want to check. They will paint it any color that comes on an OEM car at no extra charge. ![]()
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
No baby yet, so I got a little work done on the truck.
I did a little welding on the cab floor and then started painting it with POR 15. I used foam brushes for the first application......what a pain in the butt. I think the next coat I'll spray. That will probably take about 1/3 of the time and cover better. Oh, I also sold my corvette last Monday, so now I officially have the $$$ to get the truck painted!!! ![]() ![]()
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Looking great Ack!
I just now read the entire thread. Funny thing I swear I could almost smell the sand blasting when I looked at those photos from when I did mine. I used a lot of sand too, and resorted to filtering it for reuse, which was fine until the sand just got too wet. Anyway, keep up the hard work and good luck with the new baby when he/she arrives! |
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
Looking good man! Can't wait to see some color!
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Re: Ackattack's Pro touring restoration thread
just got finished with the second (and last) coat of POR15 to the floor. Now I need buddies to come back over to help me turn the cab back upright. Then I can POR15 the inside of the cab floor and up the fire wall and put it back on the frame (again)
I ordered my toneau cover yesterday. I'm getting a flush mount one from checkmate. It supposed to be here some time next week. I think the total damage on the cover is like $710ish (I guess shipping can change day by day a few dollars) I'll keep working on it some more if I can get a buddy over to fiip the cab and the baby doesn't show up.....got to do something to occupy my time rather than just sitting around waiting. |
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