What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by Michel

Took the truck out of the garage, and in the street. Close the garage door and jump in the truck, switch on the lights and... no lights! Switch off, switch on, still no lights on the front! And here the great idea! press the foot switch and then lights on !!!!!!

Bad dimmer switch?

[Dyslexic Dog]

Just got back from a vacation in Utah. Visited Zion and Bryce. Also spent time looking in the backyard along the road. Found a collection in Glendale UT that had a bunch of classic Detroit iron.

[MARTINSR]

Didn't get crap done tonight, put away some parts is about it, but I was out there for my five minutes. I did put a photo I had printed on my truck that was photo shopped for me of my truck done! That will be a little more of a spark when I see it, I can use all the sparks I can get.

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by Dyslexic Dog

Just got back from a vacation in Utah. Visited Zion and Bryce. Also spent time looking in the backyard along the road. Found a collection in Glendale UT that had a bunch of classic Detroit iron.

Zion is so surreal, one of my favorite places!

[MiraclePieCo]

Toured around to show my truck off to a couple of friends, one who owns a '23 T-bucket and the other a '51 Ford PU. I'm pretty happy with the stance.

I ordered window channel kits, and I have an appointment to get the exhaust done next week.

[MARTINSR]

Muffler shmuffler who needs um. LOL

Brian

[MARTINSR]

Got the fenders primed, WHOO HOOOO! Off to the Goodguys.

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Got the fenders primed, WHOO HOOOO! Off to the Goodguys.

Brian

Your primer looks better than most people's paint. You'd almost think you did that for a living or something...

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by MiraclePieCo

Your primer looks better than most people's paint. You'd almost think you did that for a living or something...

You know what's funny, I DID it for a living but haven't primed at work for 20 years!

One thing that blows me away is how fast it becomes old hat. The first time I was priming one of these parts and I knew I was out of primer before it stopped spraying, buy the weight of the gun, that blew my mind, I had forgotten that would even happen.

I put a bunch of stuff for sale on eBay hopefully will sell it all so I can get my frame powdercoated without having to dip into the family money. That's one thing I have tried to do, sell off stuff I don't need to pay for stuff on my truck. I found out yesterday that my NOS 56 California license plates are worth about $500! WHOOOO HOOOO!
And my "Club plaques" I have had up on my garage wall for 25 years, just another thing to move when I go to Idaho, might as well sell them now and pay for something on the truck!

Brian

[mikebte]

Installed the check engine light, installed and arranged a bunch of the stuff in and around the dash. Ran my A/C ducting aND found a GM key that does not go to my truck.

[mikebte]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

You know what's funny, I DID it for a living but haven't primed at work for 20 years!

One thing that blows me away is how fast it becomes old hat. The first time I was priming one of these parts and I knew I was out of primer before it stopped spraying, buy the weight of the gun, that blew my mind, I had forgotten that would even happen.

I put a bunch of stuff for sale on eBay hopefully will sell it all so I can get my frame powdercoated without having to dip into the family money. That's one thing I have tried to do, sell off stuff I don't need to pay for stuff on my truck. I found out yesterday that my NOS 56 California license plates are worth about $500! WHOOOO HOOOO!
And my "Club plaques" I have had up on my garage wall for 25 years, just another thing to move when I go to Idaho, might as well sell them now and pay for something on the truck!

Brian

Love the old plaques, super cool. Plates are worth there weight in gold. Must have for a classic car owner.

[svr]

Plan was to warm up the shop and reprime some areas that i sanded through the primer. Mother nature didnt cooperate. Temps this morning were 23 and foggy, not the 34 and clear so the air would warm up to 50'ish so my heat source could get things warmed up and keep them there, it made 28 is as warm as it got today. Nothing happened

[MARTINSR]

I stripped the header panel on the bed today, I am BEAT, BEAT!

I had straightened both sides, the entire thing was covered, both sides, with bondo. Now mind you, maybe an 1/8" tops, it's not a lot, but over about 10 square feet! HOLY CRAP that was a lot of work.

I have to REALLY re-think stripping the bed sides, they are the same, I have to REALLY re-think this. I don't know what the heck the difference was, the fenders stripped pretty easy with paint stripper, bondo and all. But this part, I don't get it, the stuff laughed at the paint stripper!

Yep, I have to re-think this whole bed, crap.

Brian

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

You know what's funny, I DID it for a living but haven't primed at work for 20 years!

One thing that blows me away is how fast it becomes old hat. The first time I was priming one of these parts and I knew I was out of primer before it stopped spraying, buy the weight of the gun, that blew my mind, I had forgotten that would even happen.

I put a bunch of stuff for sale on eBay hopefully will sell it all so I can get my frame powdercoated without having to dip into the family money. That's one thing I have tried to do, sell off stuff I don't need to pay for stuff on my truck. I found out yesterday that my NOS 56 California license plates are worth about $500! WHOOOO HOOOO!
And my "Club plaques" I have had up on my garage wall for 25 years, just another thing to move when I go to Idaho, might as well sell them now and pay for something on the truck!

Brian

You got some neat stuff !!!

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I stripped the header panel on the bed today, I am BEAT, BEAT!

I had straightened both sides, the entire thing was covered, both sides, with bondo. Now mind you, maybe an 1/8" tops, it's not a lot, but over about 10 square feet! HOLY CRAP that was a lot of work.

I have to REALLY re-think stripping the bed sides, they are the same, I have to REALLY re-think this. I don't know what the heck the difference was, the fenders stripped pretty easy with paint stripper, bondo and all. But this part, I don't get it, the stuff laughed at the paint stripper!

Yep, I have to re-think this whole bed, crap.

Brian

I've started factoring in how long I'll probably live before I do tasks like that... (but I usually do what's best for the truck.)

[evilokc]

drove it all weekend. the cold weather doesn't seem to bother it at all. doesn't miss a lick. tonight im going to try and get the hood sitting back on correctly and im having a door hinge issue. started running some beats to get my settings right for my firewall patch panel. got a few nice ones and then ran out of gas. figures right. I will get some gas tomorrow and continue

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by DransportGarage

I've started factoring in how long I'll probably live before I do tasks like that... (but I usually do what's best for the truck.)

I am torn, the bed sides look pretty good with just a little rust here and there. But it's all lacquer like the panel I did today. And lacquer doesn't protect that well, so this from panel did have some rust here and there. I plan on having it sand blasted too, even though I stripped it because there is a bunch that still needs to be blasted. I may do it here but it SUCKS.

I have even tossed around the idea of buying new, and that SUCKS because this is my bed, it looks real nice, if I left what was there and just fixed the rust here and there sand blasting and what not and then sand everything down thinner with 120 and epoxy primed the whole thing. It would save me a LOT of work over stripping it.

Brian

[MARTINSR]

I just looked up the cost and I could have a whole bed for about $950 DAAAAAAMN that's hard to turn down! CRAP

The sand blasting of this stuff if I were to strip it would be around $300 at least. So now we are talking $650 or so with no work, where as the bed would be probably at least 20-40 hours to get it paint ready. That's a hell of a lot of five minutes a day!

CRAP

Brian

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I am torn, the bed sides look pretty good with just a little rust here and there. But it's all lacquer like the panel I did today. And lacquer doesn't protect that well, so this from panel did have some rust here and there. I plan on having it sand blasted too, even though I stripped it because there is a bunch that still needs to be blasted. I may do it here but it SUCKS.

I have even tossed around the idea of buying new, and that SUCKS because this is my bed, it looks real nice, if I left what was there and just fixed the rust here and there sand blasting and what not and then sand everything down thinner with 120 and epoxy primed the whole thing. It would save me a LOT of work over stripping it.

Brian

As I began to read your post I thought, I'd block it down til I hit metal, one coat hi solids primer, guide coat & block w/ P400, seal and shoot color. I shot over the original nitrocellulose lacquer with acrylic lacquer on my '55 Chevy sedan in 1981, and it looks GREAT today! Seriously. (Attached pic taken in 2011 when I did the 4 wheel disc brake conversion. It's an L.A. car w/ 61,000 miles on it - best sedan in Ohio! Many trophies, w/ triple trophies at the CCC regional in 1982...)

[MARTINSR]

That's how it was done 35 years ago Bob, it's really pretty solid, other than the lacquer primer and paint on top of it and the spots here and there of rust. But also, what would I be leaving that I don't see under the primer or filler?

It's a tough one.

Brian

[Black_Sheep]

I rearranged the garage and covered up my toys...

[MARTINSR]

You have a beautiful garage Mark, that's for sure.

Brian

[MARTINSR]

I am feeling better, a bunch of my stuff is selling on ebay and I have my money to get the frame and other stuff powder coated, WHOOO HOOO! After Thanksgiving, it will get done. WHOOO HOOO!

Brian

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

I stripped the header panel on the bed today, I am BEAT, BEAT! HOLY CRAP that was a lot of work.
I have to REALLY re-think stripping the bed sides, they are the same, I have to REALLY re-think this. I don't know what the heck the difference was, the fenders stripped pretty easy with paint stripper, bondo and all. But this part, I don't get it, the stuff laughed at the paint stripper!

Yep, I have to re-think this whole bed, crap.

Brian

If it's that well adhered, it ain't goin' nowhere - shoot over it! Heck, if you bought a Boyd Coddington or Chip Foose car it would have that much bondo. Trying to be better than Foose would tire anyone out, ha ha!

[MiraclePieCo]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

I rearranged the garage and covered up my toys...

But, but, but you can't look at your beautiful truck every day when it's all covered up!