No problem Moe, I'm glad to share. I am going to try and post the video on Youtube and put a link here.

 

Very nice,
You better quit messing around on the computer and get your butt back out there sanding! We're all dying to see this thing in color

Bobby

 

Bobby, but I hate sanding... She's all solid grey again. The second coat went on yesterday. You know what that means ... more Motrin again.

 

I brought my template and half sheet of 1/8" metal diamond plate to the mobile welders house. He said it would take 4-5 hours to cut the pattern out and weld in a 1" plain backing (not a piece of the diamond plate)and his price $200. I said no thanks and drove to the metal shop that has been doing all my metal work. They have been more that fair with me. They said they could get to it quick and even use a piece of the diamond plate to make the small lip. Here are pics of the originals

 

Those kind of little details are very intersting.

Were the bumpers originally painted black or were they red? I didn't pay attention on the earlier pics

Prime and sand, prime and sand, paint and sand, paint and sand, buff and polish, buff and polish. You're going to have a fun spring....LOL (I'm buying stock in Motrin)

Bobby

 

Bobby, they were red. The first truck the Patrol had built sported a nice chrome bumper. I thought about it but thats not original. Ordered a case of Motrin today which should get me through the end of the week ...LOL

We got most of the trim permanently installed today. More fun on the roof!! Using alot of screws.

 

Looking closer and closer. The suspense is killing me!

 

You just read my mind...

 

Can't wait to see the finished product! Should be awesome!!!

 

Thanks guys .... Super close now. Maybe at the paint shop the end of next week. We are certainly shooting for it!!

 

We got the rest of the trim mounted today. It took a while to make sure all trim was lined up correctly. Also got the front valance mounted. The owner of the body shop came by to look at the truck one more time. He was pleased at how everything looked. He said to bring it down to his shop the middle of next week.

 

Man, I can hardly wait!!!

This is very cool. The gleaming red and black is going to really be awesome!

Bobby

 

Are you having the truck painted as one assembled piece or will the truck be disassembled into as many pieces as possible, jambed, reassembled and then painted completely?

 

Do the screws on the trim get filled and smoothed or were they just painted originally?

Bobby

 

Bobby, the screws are painted.

Ilya, the front bumper, inside bed sheet metal and rear bins will be painted off. The rest will be sprayed in place.