What was Wally doing while you were gone?
This Old "Beep Beep" Truck (3 Viewers)
- Thread starter fourlow&go
- Start date
-
- Tags
- truck
This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate
links, including eBay, Amazon, Skimlinks, and others.
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #42
Thank you.
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #43
Wrapping up the mustard 40, unfortunately I never took a pic when it was done.
Maybe Xtreeguy can post up a nice beach shot for us?
Last edited:
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #44
Found some pics of the mustard 40. A 22,000 original miles truck that unfortunately sat in a field and rotted away. The engine had frozen rings, though it ran good, and smoked like an Iranian at a hooka bar, so it got a 5.3LS swapped in.
More later,
Jr.
More later,
Jr.
Looks good!
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #47
With only 22k on the 4spd, we left it in. It's amazing how well a low mileage transmission works, never experienced that before
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #48
After a good shop cleaning, it was finally time to start bringing some body parts onto the floor. The interior was sanded, cleaned, seam sealed and a little bodywork done before the floor was sprayed with liner
Then my favorite, fill and block....and fill and block...
Eventually you get to lay some paint
Wet sanding, compounding and buffing are new to me, but with hours and hours of practice I'm getting good
More later,
Jr
Then my favorite, fill and block....and fill and block...
Eventually you get to lay some paint
Wet sanding, compounding and buffing are new to me, but with hours and hours of practice I'm getting good
More later,
Jr
yodafrick
Cruiserhead
So much sexiness in those pics, but I can’t stop staring at the tool clips for some reason... Amazing art man
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #51
The cab and bed are resting on the frame
While we tackle the rest of the panels
The hood needed a far amount of rust replacement and some dolly work, but split hoods are getting rare so you work with what you have. Liner hides a lot too...
Seam sealer, lots of seam sealer
Tomorrow, more painting.
Sweet yo,
Jr
While we tackle the rest of the panels
The hood needed a far amount of rust replacement and some dolly work, but split hoods are getting rare so you work with what you have. Liner hides a lot too...
Seam sealer, lots of seam sealer
Tomorrow, more painting.
Sweet yo,
Jr
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #52
For most less esthetically pleasing locations
For a smoother or more factory look
You need to invest in a two part gun, but it's perfect for hard top drip rails, hint hint.
Thanks for that info. Yeah, I need to get one of those 2-part guns! No way my shop is going to be warm enough to get my drip rails done beforte @Splangy needs his tools back.
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #54
The shop is full of freshly painted panels just begging to be knocked over, time to hang them out of the way. Still some futzing to get the body and bed where they need to be but it's awesome to see it coming together.
More later,
Jr.
.
More later,
Jr.
.
Last edited:
Awesome is the word.
Nice Job
Nice Job
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #58
Thanks guys, yes we've been busy.
It's amazing how much time all the little things consume!
The last few days has been, prepping little things
The tail light mounts are special to the bed so we really wanted to save them, but of course they are rusty
You could chase the holes forever with a welder and have nothing to show for it, but a backer piece of tin will make it easier
Fill and grind
,
It's amazing how much time all the little things consume!
The last few days has been, prepping little things
The tail light mounts are special to the bed so we really wanted to save them, but of course they are rusty
You could chase the holes forever with a welder and have nothing to show for it, but a backer piece of tin will make it easier
Fill and grind
,
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #59
We have no idea what color these should be, so we tried to match the glove box/speedo cluster silver. We're thinking body color would be best
Somebody has been hoarding NOS lights!
Also made up some side steps
,
Somebody has been hoarding NOS lights!
Also made up some side steps
,
fourlow&go
@ the speed of plaid
- Thread starter
- #60
Most of the body panels are mounted, doors will be last, so we can align everything
Now we are waiting for hardware to show up.
Moving forward,
Jr.
Now we are waiting for hardware to show up.
Moving forward,
Jr.