What did you do with your truck today, Part 3

[MARTINSR]

Originally Posted by mikebte

That’s great, I enjoy seeing items reused. New is always nice, but sometimes it’s nice to know people repurposed something. I guess in a way the whole truck has been repurposed.



Crazy how something so knurled can make something so beautiful, reminds me of the old guys growing up. They looked like life was terrible, but the hot rod was a thing of beauty.

Thanks, yeah, that car is beautiful my brother has a heck of an eye. I hate to see it go, he just sold it a few days ago, we built in in the early nineties. From pulling the 1922 Buick body out of a farmers field to rolling it into the Oakland Roadster show, my brother and I were side by side in the project. Wonderful memories. Our dad was a Buick salesman, so building an all Buick hotrod was a big deal to us.

Brian

[DransportGarage]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Thanks, yeah, that car is beautiful my brother has a heck of an eye. I hate to see it go, he just sold it a few days ago, we built in in the early nineties. From pulling the 1922 Buick body out of a farmers field to rolling it into the Oakland Roadster show, my brother and I were side by side in the project. Wonderful memories. Our dad was a Buick salesman, so building an all Buick hotrod was a big deal to us.

Brian

VERY cool !!!

[Black_Sheep]

Originally Posted by MARTINSR

Thanks, yeah, that car is beautiful my brother has a heck of an eye. I hate to see it go, he just sold it a few days ago, we built in in the early nineties. From pulling the 1922 Buick body out of a farmers field to rolling it into the Oakland Roadster show, my brother and I were side by side in the project. Wonderful memories. Our dad was a Buick salesman, so building an all Buick hotrod was a big deal to us.

Brian

That's really cool! I'd have a hard time letting go of something so special...


The correct window regulators showed up today so I was able to get the driver's side assembled. The passenger side will have to wait until tomorrow night...

[MARTINSR]

As I finished doing something on the truck I walked away feeling like I did nothing because I don't know what to do. First, I sand blasted the striker and components on the hood only to wonder, ok, what the heck do I do now with it? They were zinc plated I assume, which was long gone. So what the heck, paint them so they get all scratched? I am thinking just priming with with an etch zinc primer and a thin coat of paint.

I then removed all the hub cap clips on the 50ish Chevy wheels I have to have them sand blasted. But it hits me, do I really want these? They are only 5" wide, they were gotten when I was building a super accurate Motorama truck, now it's going to be a daily driver so maybe I need to be thinking 6"? I do want to run white walls and all that, but may be I should be going 6" with a little wider tire for day to day use?

Geeez

Brian

[my56chevytruck]

Originally Posted by Black_Sheep

That's really cool! I'd have a hard time letting go of something so special...


The correct window regulators showed up today so I was able to get the driver's side assembled. The passenger side will have to wait until tomorrow night...

Looks very good Mark

[MARTINSR]

I did next to nothing, but something. I marked all the running board brackets so I could remove them and know where they go. I knocked the top of the rivets off with the little grinder so I can center punch and drill them tomorrow.

I also got a call that the sand blasting is done so hopefully I can go get the stuff tomorrow.

Brian