1972 Cheyenne Super coming apart to go back together

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by CG

Boy you dont mess around when it comes to stripping the paint off all the way to bare metal. You must have a good routine figured out.

yes sir.it's a lot of work,paint stripper, lots of sandpaper and extra coarse steel wool,and all because the guy who painted it,didn't follow instructions and leave the inside of the bed alone and not paint it.he spent zero time prepping inside the inside of the bed,painted over muddy footprints,dirt,oil,you name it.the original paint was fine,even with some scratches.the new paint and what little there was of it,looked horrible.i have been sending pictures to the man who is going to re-do it,asking advice.i had asked about the marks in the paint and how far did i have to go,he said i had to get to the other side of the scratches,i said ok but that's going to be bare metal,so be it.bare metal always takes such a nice coat of paint.it'll be worth it in the end.of course the farther i get into this mess,i discover how bad the first paint work was and when you think you've discovered all the mistakes,Shazam,another one pops up??while i was working in the corners of the bedsides where the tailgate closes to,i put a piece of tape along that edge where the tail light bezel would be,just to protect that edge,today i peeled the masking tape off,the new green paint came with it.zero time spent prepping.this jerk actually painted 2 vehicles for me,the first and last?never again.take care,Greg

[mr.mud1]

well,a little more progress today.the complete bed on the inside is sanded with 320 then 400,as per the painter's instructions.tomorrow i will go over the bed inside with 400 again,just to make sure i didn't miss any spots,then i'll start on the green on the outside of the body.i did hear today from the body shop guy,he's going to be on vacation next week and hopes to have my truck in later in the week he's back.that's good news.i did find out,the other day,an old friend in Medina,Ohio is fighting pancreatic cancer and they're checking to see if it's moved into his brain and then this morning found out an old friend,another car guy a couple hours away,had his house burn to the ground.nobody was hurt but his old car was destroyed and his pet's didn't make it out.see,i always say it could always be worse,all i have is an old truck to fix?take care,Greg

[mr.mud1]

well a little more progress.i hoped to hear from the painter this week but i didn't,so tonight i called,he said he can fit me in anytime so i asked to him get at it and let me know when i can bring the truck to him.he's about an hour or more away so i'll load the truck on the trailer when i get the word.the plan to fix this mess,was the prep the inside of the bed for repaint and all the upper green and so i have it all ready,and all the hardware that holds the bed together and the wheel tubs in,ready to paint,all the upper green blocked and sanded up to 400 grit,as per his instructions, but after all that,i've noticed that there are places on the lower green under the white sides that aren't pretty.i'll let him look when i take the truck to him,i'm not so sure the plan to do the upper green might get chucked out the window and i'll sand it all and have him re-do it all.it's not very good work from a so-called pro?

[mr.mud1]

no news from my painter as to when he wants my truck.i was puttering around today,taking pictures of the power steering mounts,lines and so on,to help another fella out with his project and while taking pictures for him,got a picture of just how much of a mess i have to deal with AFTER this thing is painted again.it's all going to have to come apart,the motor is coming back out cause all my work is ruined,everything i rebuilt,repainted and repaired,is all white with overspray?what a king sized waste of time and money?i was hoping to pull everything off the motor and repaint it right in the truck but the frame is white,it's everywhere.it'll be easier to pull it back out than try to work around it.it doesn't look anything now,like it looked before it went to this poor excuse for a body shop?

[CG]

Fingers crossed for you. I hope it goes better this time or you are going to have to learn to paint. You have the paint stripping down =)

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by CG

Fingers crossed for you. I hope it goes better this time or you are going to have to learn to paint. You have the paint stripping down =)

yes sir.we sure are hoping for a better result.the paint rep guy recommended this fella,said he's real good,real busy and probably not cheap.that's ok.cheap isn't good,good isn't cheap.i told him yesterday when we dropped the truck off,that i wanted him to paint it like it was his.if he found anything he wouldn't be happy with,fix it.i looked around his shop while we were there,pictures all over the place of his handy work.one pic was a 53 pale yellow 53 Cadillac convertible.it was spectacular,said he worked on it for 2 years.i'm glad i wasn't paying that bill?i do know how to paint but no place to do it although i was considering building a temporary paint booth before i found this guy doing it now.it'll all work out.take care.Greg

[mr.mud1]

well i dropped off my truck yesterday at the body shop and this morning he sent a couple pictures of what he was at today.he may have made more progress but this is all i got today.he did say he's taking the bed off and putting it on his rotisserie.this is getting serious?he's a little concerned about the color.i have the 465 paint code number and the paint store can mix that code but it's off a bit.the paint rep guy said it's because the formula is 50 years old,products change over the years and behave differently than back in the day.if it's off a smidge on the outside it won't much matter but he has to paint in on the top of the rockers and he wants it to be as close as he can make it to the rest of the original paint in the door jamb.we'll see how it goes.more news as we go.

[mr.mud1]

a little more progress although the painter sent these pictures first thing this morning so i'm sure it all looks different now by day's end.the inside of the bed is in primer as well as the wheel tubs i can see and i assume the tailgate too?can't wait to see what the pictures show tomorrow?it's a pleasure to see someone work who is good at what they do.i'm sure the outcome at this paint shop will be far superior to that mess i got in May?stay tuned.

[Chevys4life]

It looks like you are going to get a good job this time!!!!

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Chevys4life

It looks like you are going to get a good job this time!!!!

yes sir.i haven't seen any update pictures since these yesterday morning.i don't want to pester the guy but anxiously waiting for the next update.he's not close so i can't just drop by but that's ok.i'm sure we're in good hands now.as soon as i get more info,i'll update this for anybody interested.thanks,take care.Greg

[Richard]

Awesome to see you are moving forward again! Had a great day myself working on my truck.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Richard

Awesome to see you are moving forward again! Had a great day myself working on my truck.

yes sir,thanks.i am watching what you're doing with your truck too.i checked with the painter to see if he had anymore progress to report but nothing new since wednesday.i don't know but i think he had something else to work on later in the week.that's ok.it'll get done.we are getting hammered with Hurricane Fiona now so i have lots to worry about.i looked out this morning at first light,my wife's new greenhouse is gone?the power has been out since 11:00pm last night.my old truck is safe and sound at the paint shop although i just saw on the news,the town where it is,got hammered too.it'll all work out.take care.
Greg

[mr.mud1]

well this has been an eventful week.parts of Nova Scotia,New Brunswick,Prince Edward Island,Quebec and Newfoundland all got pounded with Hurricane Fiona.unbelievable damage in alot of places.we had a new greenhouse i had built for my wife in the spring,blow away but some folks perished,some lost homes,everything they owned,one little 4 year old boy wondered away from his parents in the back yard while they cleaned up debris,a huge group of folks,police,search and rescue,firemen,military and regular folks searched and they found him ok, a mile and a half from home,15 hours later.the little guy was alone in the woods all night.so we were lucky although we haven't had power since last Friday night,just coming back along with the internet this evening.out off of Sable Island off the coast here,there are scientific measuring bouys placed there that track ocean currents and other things,well they measured waves 100 feet high and 100 MPH winds?glad i wasn't out there.my truck is of course,at the body shop but they suffered flooding in his community(not the body shop,thankfully) but no power for a few days.he's back to work and sent me a few pictures of parts finally becoming green again.he said this was 2 coats,a 3rd still to come but no new pictures.it's all good.making progress.take care.

[mr.mud1]

a little more progress and a few more pictures from the body shop where my truck is.i doubt i'll have it back by Friday but that's ok.we will be leaving early Saturday morning for a drive to Medina,Ohio to visit friends we did see every year,either they'd come here or we'd go there.we haven't seen them since covid and now the man is dying with cancer.this won't be a fun trip but he wants to see us and want to see them but i'm sure there will be some tears shed.i know it'll be hard driving away.i talked to the painter about the mess he's inherited from a poor paint job someone else did in May,i asked if he'd worked on the screwed up paint line where the green meets the white on the back of the cab where the stainless moldings are.the bonehead who painted it,put the tape line above the studs that hold the molding clips,so high that the molding won't cover the tape line?he said he hadn't worked on that yet.too many other screw ups to fix but i know he'll get'er done.more news as we go.

[Richard]

Progress looks good. Sorry to hear about your friend. Bless you for your compassion to the friend and family. I know how hard it is, but our love to others can lift us up in spirit.

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by Richard

Progress looks good. Sorry to hear about your friend. Bless you for your compassion to the friend and family. I know how hard it is, but our love to others can lift us up in spirit.

thanks Richard.i appreciate the kind words about our friends.i'm not looking forward to going under these circumstances but you gotta do what you gotta do.they'd do it for us if the shoe was on the other foot.maybe when we get back,my truck will be ready to pick it up.take care.Greg

[mr.mud1]

some more progress at the body shop,he sent a bunch of pictures today but for some reason,most of them are so small,they're hard to see but it looks like there is new green paint everywhere,how many coats i don't know but now working on the white that is as messed up as the green was.i asked if he had worked on the white/green part line at the back of the cab below the rear window?the make-believe painter clown that did it in May,made the tape way above the molding clips studs so now the stainless moldings won't cover the tape line?great work from someone who is supposed to know better?evidently not.anyway this fella said he hadn't worked on that problem yet,too many other screw ups to fix?it'll be interesting to see how he fix's that?it is a treat to see nice work though,everything is covered,papered off,the way it's supposed to be with the paper going right down to the shop floor.i wouldn't have the overspray mess i have and a motor to pull out to repaint orange along with everything black to repaint black,if the original guy did it correctly?more upates as i get info from the bodyshop.

[mr.mud1]

we were away for a week for a run to Medina,Ohio to visit a sick friend.the truck is still at the paint shop,i haven't seen it yet but here a few pictures the painter guy sent.i'm excited to finally see it again after paint work by a man who knows what he's doing,for a change?maybe next week i'll be able to go get her and bring her home?
sorry for the sideways pictures?they aren't sideways on my end and i'm not smart enough to fix them??

[Louisvillekytruck]

Looks great

[tutone]

Looks like this guy did a good job. The truck looks like it should. Very nice

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by tutone

Looks like this guy did a good job. The truck looks like it should. Very nice

yes sir thanks.i was driving a dumptruck yesterday and just got it home the night before so i really haven't had anytime to look very close but everywhere i have looked,it's beautiful work.the way it should be.he was telling me about all the places he found that he was repainting anyway,how the paint was flaking off as he sanded,or tape pulling the other make believe clown painter,paint off.i told him i realized how hard it was fixing somebody else's screw up but that i sure appreciate him taking this mess on.she'll be a knock out when i'm done with her.i got 2 nice emails last night from Santa Ana,Ca,one from the man,he's in his 80's now and the mans wife,who inherited the old homestead in Idaho where the truck was for 25 years.they can't believe what i'm doing with the truck and they told me how much that truck meant to their uncle and how they knew he'd be impressed.very nice to hear from them.they are searching for anything to do with that truck, or Leo Hoffman Chevrolet where it come from.i told them i'd be thrilled if they found anything.it's all good.take care.thanks.Greg

[best view]

It will mean more to you after all this work ,they don’t make them like this anymore ,and u can’t drive one and not smile , thanks for saving one

[mr.mud1]

Originally Posted by best view

It will mean more to you after all this work ,they don’t make them like this anymore ,and u can’t drive one and not smile , thanks for saving one

it means alot already,can't wait to see it done and drive it again.hearing from the nephew of the original owner yesterday from California and him saying how impressed his uncle would be, meant alot too.it'll all work out.take care.

[mr.mud1]

only a little update today.i've been busy since getting back from Ohio,working on customer cars,trying to get them done and back to my truck.i need a few friends to stop in to get the hood off with me so i can start pulling the motor out and everything else needing repaint.til some extra hands arrive,i was puttering around in the bed.it doesn't look like much but a lot of work re-installing the wheel tubs and re-bolting the bedsides to the floor,the tailgate hardware and all the sills,and going easy as to not damage new paint.the pressure.i was going to re-use all the carriage bolts but a few broke,a few bent so i did up a set of new bolts and the painter painted them all so it all went back together very well.to see the detail this painter went through to avoid overspray is incredible.i am finding little balls of tape stuffed into theaded holes,little foam ear plugs stuffed into every bolt hole along the bedside flange where it meets the floor.molding holes in the sheetmeatl with a piece of tape on the backside.unreal but the way it should be.the first clown,wanna-be painter couldn't be bothered to throw a cover over the engine,just paint right over it and this guy is filling in every threaded,drilled hole he finds.i guess that's what separates the men from the boys?

[Happy_dan]

It will be awesome when you are done!