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Looking good! Keep it up! :chevy:

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Thanks! I shot the second coat of primer on the firewall and cowl this morning. It should be satin black by the end of the week.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190283.jpg

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Just after spraying the first coat of satin black on the firewall and cowl tonight.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190303.jpg

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Looks awesome. Can't wait till I do that.

Bret

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Looks good! :chevy:

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Shot the second coat of satin black on the firewall and cowl today, then unmasked it like a big Christmas present. :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190325.jpg

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Came out really good.

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Looks Niiiice!

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Thanks guys! The firewall was still wet in that picture, hence the difference in sheen.

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Looks good

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How did you go about narrowing the cab supports? Did simply narrow the "rear" end and not the part that connects to the floor? Thanks.

Amazing thread btw. I'm too lazy to actually make one, but everyone on here is great at documenting and what not.



[QUOTE=racecougar;5938956]Work has continued over the past few weekends, but there hasn't been much worth posting pictures of. Lots of time spent getting the panels to fit correctly. The only piece thus far that has been way off was the rear cab support. I ended up having to narrow it and rework the outer angle to match the original and fit up to the floor and rear pillar correctly.

As of today, the cab supports, floor pans, door pillars, and kickpanel are in. The rocker panel has been fit, but has yet to be installed. As long as I get time next weekend, I should finish up a few plug welds on the long floor support brace, move on to finishing up the kickpanel, then hopefully get the rocker installed. After that, it's time to do the cab corner, finish up my seam welds, and get started on the driverside.

Here are a few pictures from today:

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1150392.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1150379.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1150391.jpg

In other news, I got engaged last Friday (March 1st)! The truck now has a "running/driving" deadline of December 2014, as I'd really like it to be present at my wedding (provided that the weather cooperates on that particular day).[/

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Congrats on the engagement !!
My wife and I are the 23rd of December, it was as close to Christmas as we could get anyone to do it. :metal:

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The outer ends of the rear cab supports were narrowed by way of pie cuts, then the angle of the flange that meets the vertical portion of the floor was corrected by reshaping it.


Thanks. Hard to believe that was already over a year ago. We'll finally have our ceremony on December 13th this year (she wanted that date, 12/13/14, and didn't mind a long engagement).


I took last weekend off to knock out a bunch of side projects and go to a ball game. I plan to get back to work this coming weekend.

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Congrats on the engagement. I tie the knot on Nov 8, 2014....and shes in full planning mode. Im in full mode to get the truck done, same as you.

Work looks great...keep up the updates and pics!!!

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I took last weekend off to work on other projects and go to a ball game, but we were back to work on the '65 this weekend. The Raptor bed liner coating is drying on the underside of the cab as I type this.

This just felt so wrong. Scuffing up the newly painted underside in preparation for the Raptor.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190350.jpg

All scuffed and ready to mask, wipe, and shoot.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190354.jpg

It's difficult to really capture it with the camera, but it turned out great. We shot the underside, as well as the front fenderwell areas. I set the regulator to deliver 60 psi at the shutz gun, and it was a very simple product to lay down.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190412.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190415.jpg

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looks awesome, nice work!

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Looks great man. I will have to remember to shoot the fender well area as well.

Bret

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Thanks gents!

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I wish the bottom of my cab looked that good, but I got to wait an do my cab corners first

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Spent a few hours this weekend stripping the interior roof panel. I used the DA wherever possible, and Scotchbrite rolocs in the tight spots. It was a cramped, dusty, loud job, and I'm glad to be done. I hope to find the time to get over there one night this week and get it into primer.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190428.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190423.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190448.jpg

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Looks good man. You should try doing it with the cab upright. It took me almost 3 weeks to complete that. And as you said glad I am done.

Bret

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I'm sure. My neck didn't appreciate the position I was in, but I'm sure it would have been far more bothersome had the cab been right side up.

I just noticed that in the pictures it looks like the board I was sitting on was resting on the door jambs. It wasn't. It was placed atop crates on either end.

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Sorry to bother you again...haha but you're a bit a head of me so I thought I'd ask hoping it'd be fresh in your mind.

The floor pan replacement has an opening in it. One side welds to the rocker and the other to the back lip of the cab wall. What about the space in between? Does it simply need to be squeezed close enough to weld that up or how did you go about this. Thanks.

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No problem. That space is closed by the "ear" on the rear cab support.

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If your cab is standing nose up, would you mind snapping a picture of that. I think I may have shorted one side I did the floor pan repair on. It doesn't quite reach the back wall flush. So I need to see what should happen to may add some relief cuts or cut the end off and add sheet metal in between to make it flush against the back wall.

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Yep, I'll try to remember to do so the next time I'm over at the shop.

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Here's the picture you're looking for. You can see that the "ear" of the rear cab support closes that gap. I left a small drain hole open at the bottom of each cab corner, but that is a matter of preference.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190464.jpg


Yesterday we were able to get the interior roof panel into primer.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190480.jpg


This morning we hit a big local swap meet, then shot the paint.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190483.jpg


Closeup of the "hammered" or "hammertone" finish. It's not distracting or attention grabbing, but it's still just a little different. :)
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190487.jpg

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Thats different. How many coats did you shoot on? The look of it grows on a guy.
Like it!

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Looks good, will the rest of the interior be the same, dash etc.?

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Thanks. That's two coats.

Thanks. That's the plan. We'll use the MIP vinyl full floor mat (http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=529854), and the lower portion of the back wall may or may not end up being sprayed with the Raptor bed liner coating. Otherwise the rest of the interior sheetmetal will be sprayed with the same silver for the most part.

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I like it! Nice work! :metal: :chevy:

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that's the same silver hammertone I used on the inside of my truck, it took me like two or three tries to get an even coat! are you going to clear coat over it or leave it? im not sure if I want to or not it makes it easier to do touch-ups if I don't!

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I don't intend to clear over it. It's a nice slick surface, as is.

If all goes to plan, the frame should be blasted next week, and the cab should be upright this weekend. :)

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The cab is upright once again. :)

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190493.jpg

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Not sure if this would apply technique-wise with a spray gun, but with rattle cans I have found that when squirting the hammered or metallic flake paint, I get much better, more even, results if the target area is lying flat, and I shoot from a greater distance.
For me, letting the paint basically "fall" in place seems to get it laid out much better.

Hope that is helpful....

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Cab Upright! :metal:

Thanks for the tip on the hammered paint Murph!!!

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You have to be careful when using that technique with a gun, as it's easy to end up with "dry spray". Any textured, hammered, or metallic paint is going to require a little additional care to lay down a uniform coat, but you'll have an easier go of it with a gun rather than rattle cans.

All of the primer/paint on this project thus far has been shot with a typical siphon-feed gun, with the exception of the Raptor bed liner coating, which was shot with a Schutz gun. The interior paint above consists of two coats of Rustoleum Hammered Silver, thinned 15% with Xylene with a little acrylic enamel hardener added, which was shot over one solid coat of Rustoleum primer (which was thinned 10% with Mineral Spirits plus a little hardener, IIRC).

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Installed the A-pillar drip rails and did a little clean up work on the interior firewall today.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190501.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190503.jpg

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You're making great progress. I like your choice of interior color. I'm going with a silver, also, but not the hammered. You seem to be in about the same place I am on the cab. I just flipped mine back upright this weekend also and will be working of the firewall inside and out and the interior. I'll be keeping an eye on your progress. Maybe I can learn something. :metal:

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Dad picked up the frame from the blaster today, and we hung it upside down from the rafters in the carport. After touching up a few small items and wiping the whole thing down with Acetone, we shot the first coat of primer. Tomorrow we'll flip it right side up, and shoot another coat of primer.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1070677.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1070685.jpg