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44th Miss Inf · 07-01-2003, 11:48 PM

I need to stay away from here!!!!!
Hadn't really had much interest in the last few years in my 81 2wd 1/2T that I've owned since 85.
Well, after being on here for the last few days (can't work due to rain and wet ground) I was out there doing body work on it all day. Guess I'll go ahead and paint it. (Haven't painted a vehicle in 10 years)

Truck has been lowered 5", frame off, for about 2 years (92-94) new front cap, cowl hood, etc, etc.
Truck was lowered in 86, before dropped spindles (that I knew about anyways) so I had TrailMaster make me some 5" dropped front coils, and to correct caster, I cut out the ball joints and moved them in 5/8". Rear flip is made from 2" flat bar that took about 2 days to get the proper driveshaft angle. (I don't know if they made the 'pinion wedges' back then or not)

Well, I hold all of you responsible (or I'm gonna tell the wife ya'll made me do it!!!)
Thanks for resparking the interest.
Virgil

houston6 · 07-02-2003, 01:56 AM

I love it.They got me hooked too.so dont feel to bad

Mike76251 · 07-02-2003, 09:17 AM

You can't blame it on us!!
We are not gonna feed you if your kitchen pass gets revoked!!

You might want to throw a old mattress in the back so you will have a place to lay your head!

Good luck on the truck,
Mike

**old Rusty C10** · 07-02-2003, 09:22 AM

cant blame me i dont believe in lowering trucks lol let em sit nice and high LOL but congrats on the progress anyway and lol dont forget when ya do one before ya know it you got another C10 project on the way.... i joined here like eight months ago with one rust bucket truck i was thinking of restoring caise of my son and thus far ive got two and a half now ( one is just a cab but im getting a chassis)

**crossy** · 07-02-2003, 08:29 PM

Virgil, It had also been a while since i painted anything real. i need to set this garage up for better ventilation, but one thing that really helped was buying a modern gravity fed HVLP gun that really puts the paint on the item and not in the air. saves on expensive materials also. I have so much paint & hardeners lying around i need to just start painting stuff with this for the practice. ( HVLP's are UNforgiving if set wrong). I bought a Sharpe Cobalt series off ebay for 1/3 rd of a SATA brand. I did OK on my first real item because i practiced on the junk parts blazer first. It came out a little more textured than i like because i was being stingy on the paint after putting all kinds of runs in the 'test' blazer. Boy i sure hate to see those good Gold series Binks siphon fed guns of mine sitting there saying "remember us and how good we were together" . I only wish now that they were a modern miracle to make my body work better :-( , LOL , DAVE

07-01-2003, 11:48 PM	#1
44th Miss Inf Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Liberty, Mississippi Posts: 671	Well, I've done it..... I need to stay away from here!!!!! Hadn't really had much interest in the last few years in my 81 2wd 1/2T that I've owned since 85. Well, after being on here for the last few days (can't work due to rain and wet ground) I was out there doing body work on it all day. Guess I'll go ahead and paint it. (Haven't painted a vehicle in 10 years) Truck has been lowered 5", frame off, for about 2 years (92-94) new front cap, cowl hood, etc, etc. Truck was lowered in 86, before dropped spindles (that I knew about anyways) so I had TrailMaster make me some 5" dropped front coils, and to correct caster, I cut out the ball joints and moved them in 5/8". Rear flip is made from 2" flat bar that took about 2 days to get the proper driveshaft angle. (I don't know if they made the 'pinion wedges' back then or not) Well, I hold all of you responsible (or I'm gonna tell the wife ya'll made me do it!!!) Thanks for resparking the interest. Virgil

07-02-2003, 01:56 AM	#2
houston6 Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Location: north wilkesboro nc Posts: 221	I love it.They got me hooked too.so dont feel to bad __________________ Scott

07-02-2003, 09:22 AM	#4
old Rusty C10 Robert Olson Transport Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: recent transplant to NC USA Posts: 20,275	cant blame me i dont believe in lowering trucks lol let em sit nice and high LOL but congrats on the progress anyway and lol dont forget when ya do one before ya know it you got another C10 project on the way.... i joined here like eight months ago with one rust bucket truck i was thinking of restoring caise of my son and thus far ive got two and a half now ( one is just a cab but im getting a chassis) __________________ Bob 1951 International running on a squarebody chassis "If a man's worth is judged by the people he associates himself with, then i am the richest man in the world knowing some of the fine people of this board" http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...t.php?f=25&a=9 (you can review the site rules here!) PM Me for your vehicle/parts hauling needs in the North East US or see my Facebook page Robert Olson Transport Live each day to the fullest.. you never know when fate is going to pull the rug out from under you... I hate cancer!!

07-02-2003, 08:29 PM	#5
crossy Oh,you can't buy that new Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Pennsville,N.J. 08070, USA Posts: 2,039	Virgil, It had also been a while since i painted anything real. i need to set this garage up for better ventilation, but one thing that really helped was buying a modern gravity fed HVLP gun that really puts the paint on the item and not in the air. saves on expensive materials also. I have so much paint & hardeners lying around i need to just start painting stuff with this for the practice. ( HVLP's are UNforgiving if set wrong). I bought a Sharpe Cobalt series off ebay for 1/3 rd of a SATA brand. I did OK on my first real item because i practiced on the junk parts blazer first. It came out a little more textured than i like because i was being stingy on the paint after putting all kinds of runs in the 'test' blazer. Boy i sure hate to see those good Gold series Binks siphon fed guns of mine sitting there saying "remember us and how good we were together" . I only wish now that they were a modern miracle to make my body work better :-( , LOL , DAVE __________________ "been there, done that, ruined the T-shirt". 2007 LBZ GMC Sierra, ECSB 2006 LM7 RCSB Silverado 98 Vortec project. 94,3500,6.5L 4L80 81 SWB GMC POS finally gone 73 Pinto, stock, w/CragarSS's-eww LOTS of Cummins trucks.

07-02-2003, 09:17 AM	#3
Mike76251 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,500	You can't blame it on us!! We are not gonna feed you if your kitchen pass gets revoked!! You might want to throw a old mattress in the back so you will have a place to lay your head! Good luck on the truck, Mike



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