workin on a truck...

[Longhorn Man]

I seem to have stumbled upon a little extra time off!
Not in a good way though. So I am looking for a little side work untill I can go back to work on the 5th.
After talkin to a buddy of mine, askin if he needs some stuff taken care of, he points out to his area of 'spare' vehicles, and said, the skunk needs some help man.
Ladys and gents, I introduce to you.... the skunk.

It's a beater 72 C/20 cheyenne super, with a 402/TH400/Dana rear, A/C, custom-ish bench seat, lots of bondo, and very... and I do mean very, little potential. The best thing this truck could ever do, is donate it's parts for better causes. But, my bud wants to hold onto it, floorboard holes and all.
I gave him some burb parts not too long ago, one of his underpaid lackies bumped it into the back of one of the flat beds a few months ago (it has no brakes right now). So he told me to go ahead and take care of the damage.
Could it be called project low buck?
Maybe project 1/2 ass is good enough?
Project skunk?
project pile of crap maybe?
I dunno... it's a VERY good running 50,000 mile pile of rust and filler... but it's kinda neat.
Like a retard... I never got a good 'before' photo of the damage i was working on. You can see in the above photo, the truck got punched in the nose... the upper grill is damaged, and the white hood was tossed on there about a month ago to replace the kerfagled one.
I DID however, get a photo of the fender after I ripped it off... so it'll have to do.

No core support damage, just a curled bumper, folded fender (which those two were damaged when he bought it) then the punch in the grill and buckled hood.

So after an hr and a half, I got it stripped down to this with no air tools;


So I hook it up to the bumper pulling machine...

It came out decent. No where near perfect.... but, if it was perfect, it would look WAY outta place on this truck!



This was about when I realized, I forgot my drill. I was putting all his trim on my old fender to see what all I would have to drill.... the 'super' badge needed new holes, and obviously, the upper trim.
A trip home for the drill, and I get it all done up with the quickness.


Bust out the D.A. sander, (kick on his compresor too) and start knocking the yellow paint down... The fender wasn't perfect... the lower front section (the 'parts cup' if you will) had been folded up a tad, bit otherwise the fender was very nice. I didn't do any body work at all on it. I was even told NOT to try pulling out the semi-folded cup.
He asked me to paint the fenders. I told him I wouldn't be able to get the fender and hood painted properly. All I could really do was spray bomb... rattle can.
He just said "look at the truck man"... handed me a $20, and said wally world should have everything you need.

So here it is 1/2 way thought the paint.

you can see, I forgot to pick up a news paper. But, I improvised.
I'm not quite sure WHY I was putting the trim and stuff on as I was going.... but I was.

[Longhorn Man]

So... as I'm painting it, I do get one small run. Maybe more of a sag. So I started getting p!ssed. But I don't have enough time to sand it and start over.
Well, jim comes out as I was looking at the run/sag and he says "forgetaboutit".... yeah, as one word.
So I keep on keeping on. Shoot the lower black, install some trim, shoot the upper black, finish off the trim.... and check it out.

Not too shabby eh?
that front lower trim had been folded under the bumper... only took 5 min or so to get it looking right. (right-ish)
There's a couple dry spots in the upper black, the one sag I mentioned, and a spot of red in the upper white portion that came from the wallmart bag/masking.
Here's the cool part... even though I was kickin my self in the rear, saying it was looking like hell, full of flaws.... it looks better than the truck!


Then I toss my old grill on it, and install the semi-straightened bumper....


So tune in later, to hear me say "wow... that don't look too shabby for an old pile" and to see that I will prove... yet again.... that you can in fact, polish a turd.

Monday morning I need to go back to finish the fender/grill/bumper install, then DA the hood and shoot it. That'll be a tough one to do without the "tiger stripe' effect.... but I think I can get it. After that, he has a few other small things on the truck that needs done... So we'll see what it turns out lookin like.

[LONGHAIR]

Is this the source of the sunburn?
Project "crispy nugget"

[msgross]

Here is some inspiration!

I think pepe is the reason for sexual harassment these days...

YouTube - Pepe Le Pew

[Longhorn Man]

LOL... yes Jim... you are 100% right. This is the source of the sunburn.
I had thought it would be under a couple trees in the driveway, but he had some stuff in the way and I couldn't put it there.
I told him it will be getting moved first thing monday morning.

Yeah... it hurts.

[ksjh1316]

I don't know whats more shocking the burn or the fact the rest of you glows in the dark

Good work so far that thing doesn't look too bad from here seen worse saved

[Longhorn Man]

glows in the dark... LOL! I never go without a shirt, and my legs are white since I hardly wear shorts.... my noggin and arms ate tanned quite nice.
Someone els who saw this photo called me casper.

[FleetsidePaul]

I still think you should paint that fender Red.

Nothing says "Bodywork by Andy' better that a red body panel.

[mtdave2]

nice old truck, love the cab lights..
so, are you a red neck now? lol

[Palf70Step]

Pretty good lookin for a "turd" Andy. Nice job.

[Longhorn Man]

well dave... I guess technicly for the moment... yeah.
Bill... like i said, it's an old beat up truck... but it's kinda neat.
I had never seen a super with the black and white like this... I think I like it.

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I had never seen a super with the black and white like this... I think I like it.

I do too. I really like the black and white combo the few times I haver seen it, stock or otherwise.

[thirdstreettito]

Looks like your doing a god job! Keep it up!

[70cstjr]

hey andy im only 50 miles away if you ever get bored with that let me know, i can always give it a good home, i need something cheap to tinker around with as well, i get bored easily lol

[Josh]

I like it, I've seen a couple supers like that and always wanted one in white and black. I wonder how long the walmart rattle paint will hold up? Did ya wax it?

[thirdstreettito]

Originally Posted by 70cstjr

i need something cheap to tinker around with as well, i get bored easily lol

I totally agree with you on that.

[70cstjr]

Originally Posted by thirdstreettito

I totally agree with you on that.

wow thats the first thing we agree on lol even though ur underage heres a virtual cheers lol

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by 70cstjr

... if you ever get bored with that let me know, i can always give it a good home...

if you look again... it isn't mine. This is a paying job for me. If it ever becomes mine, I'll part that sucker out so fast you won't even get a chance to get here in time to save it.
I'll be waxing the fender monday, and once I paint the hood, I'll give it a couple days to gas then I'll wax it too.

[70cstjr]

i guess i just read it wrong, oh well, at least u can get paid for doing something u like

[Longhorn Man]

I gotta say, I am havin a good time workin on it. It's kinda bitter sweet though... considering my burb is sitting here in the back yard needing the hood and fenders DA'd down and some primer put on it.
I hope to get a day or two of my suspention that i can work on the burb... we'll see how much i make on this job, and with the scrap stainless i have laying around. Don't have much alluminum or brass/copper laying around. I usually do.

[stllookn]

I don't know whats more shocking the burn or the fact the rest of you glows in the dark

I love that black and white look! There is something very gratifying about taking a mess like that and making it presentable and streetable! "Bringing them back from the dead" so to speak! Even if it is a 100 footer...it is a very satisfying feeling.

What's up with the "suspension from work"...or are things just slow and you had to take some time off? Scrap prices just fell by 50% here...from $190/ton to $95/ton! Heard they are going to drop again!

[67_C-30]

I LOVE the skunk paint scheme. In fact, one of my all time dream trucks is a 4X4 Cheyenne in that color!

[Longhorn Man]

Originally Posted by stllookn

What's up with the "suspension from work"...

I was in a mild traffic accident in a shop truck... and I do mean mild. Never popped the air bag, no damage at all to the H3 i rear ended... but he gets on a rant yellin that all accidents are preventable and blah blah blah.
It's OK, i was lookin for a job when i found that one. I was soooooo close to tellin him that I was putting in my 2 weeks on the spot when he got all stupid. with the one week suspention, and the 7 days of paid vacation I have saved right now... I woulda just grabbed my tools and told him to mail me my next 3 pay checks.
But I know you never quit when there's nothing lined up.

It's all good though... so far, I am making more on the side than i am at work.
Screw him.

[Longhorn Man]

and take a wild guess at how long it took the boss hole to ask if I was ok.





yeah, its the 5th day now, and I'm still waiting

[88JRFAN]

Originally Posted by Longhorn Man

I gotta say, I am havin a good time workin on it. It's kinda bitter sweet though... considering my burb is sitting here in the back yard needing the hood and fenders DA'd down and some primer put on it.
I hope to get a day or two of my suspention that i can work on the burb...

I was wandering if you were going to work on the burb while you were off. She might feel neglected otherwise. But at least your making some dough on the other one.