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SHOWOFF! Looks good.....

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Looks great! now that you know how, you wanna come do mine :lol:

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Thanks Heath. I tried to do it 2 other times with 22 gauge and it's just way too thin. It didn't turn out as good as I would have liked but I think I can tweek it here and there and it will be fine.

I'll pass on that right now, maybe after a few weeks..... months....after I forget how frustrating it was.:waah:

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Maybe by the time I get ready for it, you'll have forgotten ;)

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Looks good Mike. Great job!

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Looks great man!!!

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Dang, that is alot of work. How did you manage to keep it all even?

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Thanks!

Thanks!

Yep, it is a lot of work. As far as keep it even, I set my angle protractor like this one here at 45deg. and scribed a line all the way around the edge then held it in place and tacked it. then used vise grips to force it to the
line. It was slow going. BTW, it isn't close to perfect, but I have it close enough a skim coat of filler will smooth it nice.

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I'm impressed. Not that I doubted your skills anyway. :lol:

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Cool! looks good!, i did the ole 90 degree angle on mine :lol:

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Yep, I came this -><- to just doing the 90 degree on this one too. But, I figured heck, it's only metal and this will be a driver not a show truck.;)

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Thanks Travis!

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Welds turned out great on the firewall. I wish i would have spent more time on mine. Looking good man.

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Thanks! I hope to get back on it pretty soon. We are covered up with snow and ice right now and I don't have heat in the shop. I was looking at the cab the other day and found a little rust spot on the lower part of the driver side cab corner. I wasn't planning on doing anything to them except knocking out a few dents. Now it looks like I may be cutting and welding. I wish I could have sand blasted the whole thing to find all the thin areas. Maybe I will on the next build.

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At least I have a small heater... not much, but it does allow me to get out in this weather. We have about 6" of snow. I really need to get my cab inside soon to start working on it, now that my frame is almost done. I am still nervous about the welding... practice makes perfect, right? (or is it practice makes work for someone else :lol:) Keep it up! Maybe you will be driving it to the Spring meet?

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looks great keep up the good work!

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Thanks! don't sweat the welding you will get the hang of it I'm sure. It will take some major work and some $$ to get it done by spring.
Thanks!

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Nice work Mike, the firewall looks good!

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Nice progress. It gives me some motivation to work on my basket case 67 C-10.

Keep up the good work.

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Thanks Nate!

Thanks! now if I could stay motivated to get the next phase started. Gonna have to do something this week it's been a few weeks since I touched it.

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I know the feeling its hard though if its cold, i dont get too motivated when its cold :(

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Had plans to work on it tonight...life gets in the way some times. and your right on it has been cold for what 3 weeks now? Sucks

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Yeah i hear ya about life ha ha but the priorities come first i guess.. i painted a Harley tonight, pics in the crew cab build, priorities came first :lol:

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priorities suck..............

I'm just sayin...............

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:lol:

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I don't want to be a grown up anymore. :haha:

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looking good, but where is the progress! need some more pics. pretty please.

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x2


Git after it!

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Hey Mike where you been? Yeah i agree where the pics :lol:

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x3 :lol:

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Sorry guys this one got moved back on the list. We have been doing some body work on the 86 slow progress on it right now. I have been picking up parts here and there but haven't really done much on the 69 for a while. I will get back on it when we get the 86 on the road.....I know my prioritys are all jacked up.Pics Here

This time of year is prime time for our fishing addiction. It will tie up just about every Saturday till around June. We just got back from Falcon Lake in South Texas during spring break,

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Oh quit bragging. Those are photoshopped!!!!!

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Yep we are good with photoshop...how could you tell. More photoshopping here:->

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:haha:

Ok I give!

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Freaking awesome!! :metal::metal:

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Holy lunkers batman....nice fish Bill Dance:haha:

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Nice Fishing Mike........

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Thanks guys!

I have to admit we have been slacking on the projects but they really never stray far from my imagination. I have some killer ideas for this project just need to get back on it. It's just so hard for me to push aside my first "hobby". Unfortunately, my son is just as addicted as me, he will spend 8-12 hours on the water a day right with me just looking for that next big one to bite, he never complains. But will tell me if he thinks we aren't doing the right thing or in the right area.

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Them are some big fish!! That looks like so much fun, I haven't fished in like 17 years.

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Thanks Jojo! You need to go, but don't stop working on your project like me because of it. I have fished every Saturday for about 2 months it seems. Won't really see any change until it gets really hot here.