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Charlie, that's a slick setup. I hope to be ready for AC work in early 2014. I just got a quote for the PPG base, clear, high build primer and white primer, ouch!! The paint is going to blow my budget. If the weather is warm enough over the Christmas holidays I plan on painting in the garage. We have a cold front that just dropped us from the 70's down into the 30's.
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Wow! I can't believe it's been almost a year since I posted anything on my old truck. The sad truth is, it's been just as long since I've made any significant progress. I just got a resurgence of motivation this past week and got back out in the garage. I'm going to finish the bodywork and paint this bad boy in a couple of weeks while the weather is nice. Yesterday I welded up a few areas on the floor and today I applied some Herculiner bedliner on the underside of the cab.
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I understand, I went one solid year without doing anything on my '55 once(new job, long commute, etc, etc.
All together it took about 5 years, but it was worth it all. Incidentally I used bedliner under my cab too. Seems to work well.
All together it took about 5 years, but it was worth it all. Incidentally I used bedliner under my cab too. Seems to work well.
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This week I took care of a few finishing touches on the cab, reinforced some stress cracks on the front fenders and welded them up, stripped and primed the hood(son-in-law took care of the hood) and started stripping the bed. The bed is crap but I can't afford a replacement right now so this one will have to do. I also stopped by our local grocery store to see the Gas Monkey guys (who weren't there as it turns out) but I visited with their cute gals and checked out the '69 F100 from the show. Pretty cool.
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It's truck time again after taking some time off for summer activities. I just about have my paint booth ready to go, just need to wrap the plastic around it. If all goes well I'll be shooting paint by Friday or Saturday. I took the whole week off to get things done. After finishing the paint booth I need to take the body panels outside and wash the the dust off them. Then I'll scuff them with a Scotchbrite pad and shoot some high build primer, block sand, wash again, and then start shooting my satin black single stage. I'm beyond ready to get the cab back on the frame so it starts to resemble a truck again.
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I wrapped the booth in plastic, installed the intake filters, and build a shroud around the exhaust fan. When I turned on the fan the suction almost collapsed the booth in on itself. I'll either need to add more intake filters or slow the fan down somehow. This fan is a beast!
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I wrapped the booth in plastic, installed the intake filters, and build a shroud around the exhaust fan. When I turned on the fan the suction almost collapsed the booth in on itself. I'll either need to add more intake filters or slow the fan down somehow. This fan is a beast!