Project "What was I Thinking" 68 SWB

[67ctener]

Looks awesome Keith. Once I set my color in stone I wanna place my order for a set of covers. Can't wait to see some of that red laid down gonna be sweet!

[Bhelton]

Nice seat covers!!

[jeh]

Keith, i hope the best for you which ever route you go with the paint job. By the way, l like those buddy covers. They will look sweet with the red.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 67ctener

Looks awesome Keith. Once I set my color in stone I wanna place my order for a set of covers. Can't wait to see some of that red laid down gonna be sweet!

Just make sure you don't wait too long or you'll have a finished truck with no seats if you end up going with the Truckworld covers be prepared to wait for them a while. I went with black because with all the times I changed my mind on the color, I knew black would pretty much go with anything.

Originally Posted by Bhelton

Nice seat covers!!

Thanks Ben, the quality is really nice on these covers

Originally Posted by jeh

Keith, i hope the best for you which ever route you go with the paint job. By the way, l like those buddy covers. They will look sweet with the red.

Thanks Jason, I know my thread is a bit of a comedy show when you read it because of my inability to stick to a plan. But the honest truth is after I decided to just primer it, I sat down and started calculating all the parts I still need along with all the work the truck still needs. Basically I don't have enough money or time to get this truck on the road this summer. It's already July and it just doesn't make sense to throw this truck together in primer just to drive it a few weeks before the winter hits. So I decided that if it's not going to be done until next spring/summer, that I might as well use the Torch Red paint I have and paint this sucker Red. I asked my father his opinion and he agreed that I shouldn't bother putting the truck together until the paint is done. I decided I don't want to have to tear this truck completely back apart again to paint it.
Oh and I'm excited about the buddy covers, even my wife really liked them when she saw them in person. She wasn't a fan previously.

[mcbassin]

Love those new seat covers!
Don't worry about changing your mind, we all do it. I want to drive mine this summer too, and mine is already painted. I worry at my snails pace it may be this fall. I had no clue how long it takes to do one of these restorations, not to mention the pile of cash.... Keep your head up and plow forward.

[slowcpe]

Yeah don't rush it. Kind of wished I hadn't tried so hard to drive mine this year.

I really like those seat covers. I'm stuck between the black/white or red houndstooth for mine. The black/white is by far my favorite but the truck would've had all red interior being its a '67.

[big_al_71]

great job keith getting closer

[67ctener]

Looks excellent. Can't wait to see more red

[1stchevy]

Looks great man, your truck is be going to look amazing when it's finished.

[Pro Performance]

Can't beat a bright red color..... I really like it and think it will look great against those billets. Awesome work!

[C10_ustacould]

Looking good Keith!!

[jeh]

That little bit of RED probably gave you the fever huh.....
Let's get this bad boy finished!!

[sduckworth13]

Radiator cover is looks pretty nice, before you know it everything will be red and all the hesitation and uncertainty will be a distant memory. Your doing some nice work, keep it up.

[tune_1]

The red looks good. The good thing about the bc/cc is you can remove the dirt nibs and orange peel. For me that means that i can do it without much experience. Just work and patience.

Dwight

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by 67ctener

Looks excellent. Can't wait to see more red

Originally Posted by mooseknuckles

torch red is very bright in the sun...

Originally Posted by 1stchevy

Looks great man, your truck is be going to look amazing when it's finished.

Originally Posted by Pro Performance

Can't beat a bright red color..... I really like it and think it will look great against those billets. Awesome work!

Originally Posted by Bucks68

Looking good Keith!!

Originally Posted by jeh

That little bit of RED probably gave you the fever huh.....
Let's get this bad boy finished!!

Originally Posted by sduckworth13

Radiator cover is looks pretty nice, before you know it everything will be red and all the hesitation and uncertainty will be a distant memory. Your doing some nice work, keep it up.

Originally Posted by tune_1

The red looks good. The good thing about the bc/cc is you can remove the dirt nibs and orange peel. For me that means that i can do it without much experience. Just work and patience.

Dwight

Thanks guys, I really wanted to see how the Red looked and I also wanted to see if I could do it. I know it is a small piece and was a lot easier to spray then the cab will be or the rest of the sheet metal but it gave me a lot of confidence to just paint it myself and not pay somebody else to do it. It won't exactly be show quality like it would if a professional painted it but I'll be proud of it. I really love the color, has a orangey tint to it in the sun which I love

[mcbassin]

RED Rules nice work Keith. I told you, you could do it

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

RED Rules nice work Keith. I told you, you could do it

Thanks for all your help and encouragement Mike, I appreciate you taking the time to answer all my countless questions and your right, there is just something about RED I love it and I'm glad I decided to go with it

[mikeleeshields]

Keith, it is looking amazing. What is your "planned" date for the first drive? This year yet?

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by mikeleeshields

Keith, it is looking amazing. What is your "planned" date for the first drive? This year yet?

Thanks Mike, definitely not this year. Just have way to much stuff to do and not enough time to do it I'm a slow worker and this bodywork and paint will take forever especially on the cab. Probably won't be finished and on the road until next summer.

[ovalshark]

Just read the entire thread, WOW! It is a dream of mine to do a full build. congrats!! Can't wait to see this one. Super cool intro's to boot.
Jerami

[NastyNate32]

I've been quietly following your whole build like a stalker and maybe I missed it...Can you give a quick recap on what you did to your fenders before epoxing them? Did you sand with 180 and shoot? Will they need any glazing putty or anything before you topcoat? I'm here in my build as well and the bodywork part is kicking my tail.

[Bennett68C10]

Originally Posted by ovalshark

Just read the entire thread, WOW! It is a dream of mine to do a full build. congrats!! Can't wait to see this one. Super cool intro's to boot.
Jerami

Thanks, your intros aren't too shabby either good move picking them up from Kyle. Don't rush into a full on build, I can tell you that it is much much harder then I anticipated. It is definitely my first and last full blown frame off, from here on out whatever I buy will have the paint and body already done.

Originally Posted by NastyNate32

I've been quietly following your whole build like a stalker and maybe I missed it...Can you give a quick recap on what you did to your fenders before epoxing them? Did you sand with 180 and shoot? Will they need any glazing putty or anything before you topcoat? I'm here in my build as well and the bodywork part is kicking my tail.

Yeah I sanded them down with 180 and then shot some epoxy on them. I then used some filler in the areas that needed some smoothing out. I applied it directly over the epoxy as per SPI instructions. After sanding the filler, I reshot the fenders with more epoxy because I had some bare metal spots. Now I'm ready to shoot Slick Sand on them and start blocking. I might need to wipe a little glazing putty across the top as I just noticed some ripples but hopefully the slick sand will take care of it. After I'm done with all the bodywork I plan to shoot some reduced white epoxy as a sealer and then shoot the base/clear.

Originally Posted by superflysteiny

looks good

Thanks Eric

Originally Posted by Justintime67

It sure is going to be a head turner once the red is laid down. Great job! !

Thanks, hopefully the paint turns out decent

Originally Posted by jlaird

That's awesome you are painting it yourself. I'm sure you will be happier in the end knowing you did it, even if there is a flaw or two.

Thanks Josh, I definitely will be proud that I did everything myself including the paint. I probably will have several flaws though if it turns out anywhere near the radiator cover I will be very happy

[Bennett68C10]

Shot some Slick Sand on the fenders today, probably wasn't the best day to do it with it being 95 out but I managed. I could only get one coat shot before I had to clean the gun. Then I shot another coat and just got to the gun in time before it dried like cement in it. Definitely was a learning experience

[SuperC10Tex]

Looking good Keith!! I see you have the "Red Bug"

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by Bennett68C10

Shot some Slick Sand on the fenders today, probably wasn't the best day to do it with it being 95 out but I managed. I could only get one coat shot before I had to clean the gun. Then I shot another coat and just got to the gun in time before it dried like cement in it. Definitely was a learning experience

Looking good! Slick sand is a great choice.
All polyester products seem to go off in this heat. Make smaller batches and work quick.