Builds 1975 Red Money pit (1 Viewer)

[Honger]

Very cool build... though I'm dubious you bought this as a project for you and your son.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Very cool build... though I'm dubious you bought this as a project for you and your son.

Well it's his daily drive. HS Senior. I should have bought it and started when he was 12, probably would have been more into it. He helps sometimes. He just doesn't get it.. The obsession. Maybe one day when he is older. KIDS THESE DAYS.

 

[1Fine40]

Pearls before swine..............

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Finally had time to start welding the top strip on. 16gauge 3” wide strip.

Very hard welding. Especially for a rookie. Basically it’s tack, move over cpl inches, tack, repeat 1000 times.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Well, finished the doors as far as building. Still have a few minor places to sand/smooth out. Shot some prime on it temporarily so no surface rust would set in.
Now it’s time to sandblast, prime and paint.
Really happy with the final results.
Also waiting on my vinyl samples to figure what I am going to do with panels.

 

[cruiserkev]

Nice doors!

 

[Honger]

Well, finished the doors as far as building. Still have a few minor places to sand/smooth out. Shot some prime on it temporarily so no surface rust would set in.
Now it’s time to sandblast, prime and paint.
Really happy with the final results.
Also waiting on my vinyl samples to figure what I am going to do with panels.

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You're making me think I could do this...

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Well, I have been very busy today. I hav had this raptor liner sitting in my cabinet since December.
I had to pull my old A/c unit out so I figured, let’s rip everything out. Yikes.
Had a few surprises when I pulled the gas tank. Wasn’t prepared for that. Few holes patched.

It took me ALL dang day. And only have one coat of raptor liner. (2 bottles). I used the tint able one. I had the local paint shop mix me up some Freeborn Red. I am thinking only one more bottle in the morning. Not sure if I need 2 more....will see.

Also, installing the Vintage Air. hopefully finish tomorrow.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Few more pics after install. I think It really made a big difference. Removed the carpet and just put Matts down.
Vintage air all installed except the heater portion. Didn’t feel like dealing with antifreeze.
Have to get it charged Friday, don’t have the means to run a vacuum.

 

[samc2447]

O'Reillys and Autozone will loan you a vacuum pump for free. That's what I used when I did mine.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

O'Reillys and Autozone will loan you a vacuum pump for free. That's what I used when I did mine.

oh sweet. I will check that out. The local shop I just called wants $200.... It only takes 2-12oz cans...geez

 

[1Fine40]

My local guy did mine for $40...Kenny's Rod Shop. Great service and convenient to my location ..
You will have frozen knee caps!! Trust me on that one..

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Few pics of the 1/2 doors on. Had to see what it looked like. Going to paint the doors here in the next week or so.

 

[samc2447]

Looks great!

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Couple pics of the base paint.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

With clear coat.
Not to happy. I have several places you can see where I put filler. Booooo

First time to ever do that, so it was a learning experience.

Probably will strip the front off and redo.
Oh well.

 

[1Fine40]

Body work is a learning experience..usually painful for us novices! The doors came our fantastic in my opinion,
who needs show quality in a Cruiser anyway??? You got it to play with right!! It will get scratched and dinged sooner
or later....

Cheers!

 

[Pierps]

My $.02... if you're anything like me, you're going to notice the imperfections every time you look at your cruiser in the future. You want your cruiser to bring you joy, not a feeling of regret. And the rest of your truck is so nice. So my vote is to strip it down and do it over. Yes, it's work. but it's a learning experience, and you want to feel proud of your work.

Skimming through your thread, it doesn't look like you've had to do much body work so far (lucky you!!). but I apologize if I'm telling you something you already know: you'll want to use a "guide coat" to identify low points in your body filler. It's basically a "must" if you want a nice flat panel. You just dust the surface with a little black primer (or 3M makes a dry powder guide coat- which i like better personally), let it dry, and then sand the body filler in a criss-cross pattern using a long sanding board. The guide coat will remain in low spots, which means you either need to keep sanding, or you need to add more filler. That's really the only way to know whether you're ready for primer and paint.

Clear coat jobs are shiny, so they will reveal imperfections more than single stage. So you really need to get the panel right before moving on.

Good luck. Beautiful truck!!

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

My $.02... if you're anything like me, you're going to notice the imperfections every time you look at your cruiser in the future. You want your cruiser to bring you joy, not a feeling of regret. And the rest of your truck is so nice. So my vote is to strip it down and do it over. Yes, it's work. but it's a learning experience, and you want to feel proud of your work.

Skimming through your thread, it doesn't look like you've had to do much body work so far (lucky you!!). but I apologize if I'm telling you something you already know: you'll want to use a "guide coat" to identify low points in your body filler. It's basically a "must" if you want a nice flat panel. You just dust the surface with a little black primer (or 3M makes a dry powder guide coat- which i like better personally), let it dry, and then sand the body filler in a criss-cross pattern using a long sanding board. The guide coat will remain in low spots, which means you either need to keep sanding, or you need to add more filler. That's really the only way to know whether you're ready for primer and paint.

Clear coat jobs are shiny, so they will reveal imperfections more than single stage. So you really need to get the panel right before moving on.

Good luck. Beautiful truck!!

Thanks for the paint/body work tip. This was my first try at body work. So yea, I’m striping it down. This was really a test for me and I wanted to do it on something small and easy to redo.

The plan is sometime next year pull the body off and start blasting and painting. I have pretty much replaced every nut and bolt, etc... that I can.

 

[Tommy Shumpert]

Half door panels built.