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Re: Captain America 68 short/fleetside
My friend Mike tinted a spare back window I got out of the junkyard. He's done several cool and unique designs before, and wanted to surprise me. To explain, the Window says
"Mothership Connection" with a broken piece exposing a Matrix background. The "Mothership Connection" is something I came up with years ago. My 67 Skylark 4-door was deemed the "mothership", as I was the designated driver throughout my Marine corp enlistment. That grew a bit when I worked for a vinyl graphics company, and made Mothership Connection decals for my friends as an inside joke amongst friends. Fast forward, my friend did my back window as a Throwback to our younger days. The "Matrix" background is several layers of green tint with letters ans numbers between each separate layer to create depth. He also put my name, Josh, in the matrix. I think it's awesome. Also included is Mike's back window on his truck. It's a DragonBall Z scene with Goku, Vegeta, and Piccolo. My dad's 59 chevy stepside also has tribal flames and a spider in his back window. -Josh
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Re: Captain America 68 short/fleetside
I got a pair of new front fenders from NPD in Ocala, FL. I scuffed them and painted them satin black. I was going to swap out both fenders, but just the one was enough to kick my ass. Every nut fastener for the inner fender wells broke, so I had to cut every bolt head off with a grinder.
I painted around the grille while I was at it. I didn't scrape the glitter off, because I have a feeling I"ll be tearing everything apart again in the near future, so I'll strip it when I get more time. It looks like those ice cream drumsticks with the cookie crumbles in the chocolate shell. -Josh
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Re: Captain America 68 short/fleetside
I finished blacking out the Captain. Thanks again to Dave (Colgad) for the door. I replaced the passenger door and fender. Seeing as how I'll probably replace the entire cab one day, I just painted over the remaining glitter for the time being.
I got some door panels and arm rests out of the junkyard a few weeks ago. My plan was to clean the panels up and just paint them black. MY girlfriend suggested to paint them something other than black, so I painted them Graphite Metallic gray. I like the bit of contrast it adds to the interior. I have a replacement dash that I want to install one of these days, and I think it will receive similar treatment when the time comes. -Josh
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Re: Captain America 68 short/fleetside
I took the captain on vacation to Maggie valley, nc. Not the best vacation, as my dad crashed on the first ride and broke ribs and vertebrae. I wore out the rear tire on my bike, so i cruised the mountain roads I the truck.
I pulled over on a scenic outlook on us 28. I tamed the tail of the Dragon. -Josh
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Re: Captain America 68 short/fleetside
I bought a set of 6-lug gambler wheels 15x8. I cleaned them up and got new tires for the rear 255/70r15's. I like how the rivets on the wheel compliment the rivets on the bed cover. I'll wait until i need front tires to replace the front rims.
-Josh
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