SANFORD build thread

[vht]

Just finished your thread, your fab skills are something else. Great build, take care of that back, I know from experience.

[ol_skool_chevy]

I just found this thread....Love to see more..great looking truck..I just got a set of those same 285-70-15 TA's for the rear of my 1966 but i have not tried them on the truck yet. you think they will clear bagged with 15x8 steelie rimes without widening the wheel wells?...

[jhrusk]

Not much going on with the truck, bed is at paint shop. I'm not sure on the tires rubbing, it will probably depend on wheel offset and how low u go.

[mr andrerson]

lots of really nice work going on here!!!

[Dinos63]

you sir are a craftsman... congrats nailed it

[jhrusk]

Thanks Dino. Hopefully getting the bed back from paint Fri. I was promised the rest of it by Christmas. We will see.

[clemdaddy]

that will be a great christmas present...

how did the surgery go? is your back better? sometimes it takes a while to get back on your feet, but you seemed to be back pretty fast...

[jhrusk]

Thanks Clem. Yes the surgery went good had to take things a little slow but I am good now. I haven't posted much cause there hadn't been anything to show but hopefully Friday will go as planned.

[jhrusk]

got the bed back from paint last week and the side molding installed

[DKO]

Just read your whole thread. Hope your back is doing okay. Love the work you've done and the color is perfect.

[jhrusk]

Thanks

[clemdaddy]

that bed is killer... and a mighty fine choice of color.

[flips72]

absolutely beautiful, and my favorite color, congrats

[jhrusk]

Thanks guys. It has been a long time coming. Flips72 I chose victory red because of how well yours looked. The truck was originally red so I wanted to keep it somewhat factory. Painter told me the first of Nov. on the cab and doors and Christmas on the rest so I am hopeful by next spring I will have it on the road.

[Dinos63]

outstanding ,so nice

[lowlyfec10]

nice work! where at in ga are you?

[Bomp]

Really nice job so far.

[jhrusk]

Near madison

[ol_skool_chevy]

Thats beautiful red............love the meaty rear tires..what size are they?

[jhrusk]

15x8.5 tto. 285/70/15 silvertowns

[jhrusk]

Been a while since I updated. Truck ended up in paint jail so I went and got it in March. The guy did a good job on they bed but would not work on the rest of it so I put up a make shift booth in my shop and painted it myself. I'm going to do the hood and fenders this weekend. I hope to have it pretty close to being finished by the end of the year. [quote][attach]1560173

[DKO]

Glad you got it back and glad you can finish the job yourself. Why didn't the shop finish what they started?

[flips72]

Wow, that looks great, I think maybe you should have been painting it yourself to start with from the looks of it.

[aerotruk63]

Not a red person but that red is right on the money. Great looking truck.

[jhrusk]

Thanks guys for the comments. DKO I don't know why he would not finish it,especially since I took it there with a lot of work completed on it. I realize there is not a lot of money to be made when painting an old car due to labor cost but if your paying 10 or 15 thousand dollars for a paint job u would think it would be easy to find a good shop. Maybe it is me I don't know. Flips72 man this thing has been a project. I told folks if I didn't die and kept my health I was going to finish so maybe I'll run into u in PF in the spring.aerotruk flips 72 is the reason my truck is this color.