my son started tearing into the 55 yesterday. bed was off by lunch. it was a pain cause somebody welded it to a homeade rear bumper. but the plasma cutter didn't seem to mind a bit! both outer fenders, gravel pan, grille and got the doors all torn down ready to remove. finished pulling them today. scraped old weatherstripping off. got all the removed parts hauled up to the blaster. he is supposed to get more walnut shells this afternoon. said he'd try to have it for friday. we still have the cab all intact and still drives to move around. my son has been working on the rear fenders(trying to just give instruction is hard for me but he needs to learn) and has them mostly done. we made our own patch panels for the frt where the running board bolts. did away with the spare tire cutout in the lt rear fender. we have our our replacement bed torn down for a while. i just recently started doing spray in bed liners in the shop. think we may do the inside of the bedsides. thinking of spraying it inside the fenders as well for rock protection. i havent looked for our frame vin # yet. it is titles to the glove box plate. says it is supposed to be goldenrod yellow with a 4spd. after tearing it down, me thinks that isn't correct at all. it was originally red and 3 on the tree. i'm still trying to decide what way to go on frt suspension. ive got a 96 exploder for our running gear donor. anyways, we're in far enuff i hope he doesn't lose interest. guess time will tell...

 

Hey Rastiss,
Sounds like you are having fun!! I'm down in Austin doing something similar with my 19 year old son on our 1950. I'll follow your progress - good luck up there! It's too hot to be welding & using a plasma torch!!

Ben in Austin

 

yeah it's been brutally hot here! truck showed 113 on the way to the blaster! i assume you guys are in a horrible drought also. my son turned 14 in may so we got a little bit. good luck on yours as well!

o, and if you have any pull in austin, tell gov perry to turn on the a/c and the sprinkler!!!!!

 

Hope you're taking a whole lot of pictures, they come in really handy when it all has to go back together. Also lots of bags and every last bolt labeled. It's amazing how fast you can forget where something goes...

Love to see some pictures when you get a chance

 

Glad to see the next generation isn't completely attached to the Xbox.......

My son just turned 21 and he and I are building a Ford 4.6 powered 86 Mazda RX7 (code name: xRx7 cause the engine donor was a Cougar ) and I have my DarkLord 56 Effie slowly gaining momentum.... along with lil bro's TURBO PINTO and 65 F250 4x4 and 74 F600 super-stretch... and a handful of vintage Asian motorcycles (not stock)..... we have plenty to keep us busy...

GOOD LUCK WITH THE PROJECT!!