I close my eyes or I put my other hand a few inches over the arc. I never peek. My eyes are the only decent part left so I try to be nice to them....mostly.
1978 Barn door FJ55 "daily driver" (1 Viewer)
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My eyes are failing faster than I want and it's the only sense I would hate to lose totally. When they tell you only shots in the eyes will prolong going blind a person tends to reflect on what they could of done different to avoid such a drastic act. Use a helmet, please.
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Got more pics/videos today. To say that I'm beginning to get bummed out is to engage in understatement.
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and way too much body filler
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It’s just ... never buy a truck from South America without inspecting it in-person.
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I’ve asked to see inside the rockers and the PS roofline
Trying to get too perfect with it? Now just imagine wrecking it on a snowy road...
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Is that weld job on that lower front cab corner something that these guys did or found? Hopefully it’s something they just found because I’d be pissed paying for work like that.
Hopefully Frank is working with you, if he is going to trust his people are proficient enough to make the proper repairs they should have been capable of finding some of this stuff on the 55. It wouldn’t be fair to expect someone to find everything but they should have found enough to advise you to take a hard pass on this one.
Anyone wanting to spend big money on a classic car that’s prone to rust like a 55 should be familiar with a nondestructive mil thickness gauge, For a couple hundred bucks something like this will measure up to 60mil, if an area measures over 1/16” of nonferrous material good chance you need to spend a bit more time exploring that area for a potential issues.
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Good luck I hope it all works out and this pig brings you years of enjoyment.
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Yup. Everything is ephemeral. Yup.Trying to get too perfect with it? Now just imagine wrecking it on a snowy road...
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good news-gonna be a great vehicle bad news- you will spend your full $5000
Yup!
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Yup
Fixed it for you. Seriously though, hope it works out in the end. Will be a cool pig.
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Thanks to the ‘sty.
it will be cool.
it will be cool.
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Would it be possible to dip that thing in a tank of protection solution when all the metal work is done. Maybe galvanize the whole thing!
The galvanizing process would be way too hot; would warp all the sheet metal. You can have bodies dipped and e-coated. I looked into it. I think it would be very effective but you're probably talking $10k to get a pig done.
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