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tac, tac, slowly but surely it's getting there, I like it, keeping the burn through to a minimum, then some grinder action and no one will even know how ugly this stitching was
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C'mon...it's been like 33 minutes. Pics! Pics! Mmmmmm popcorn.
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prepped the screw holes for welding and buzzed those in
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then it was time for some gentle scuffing top and bottom
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then it was time to shoot some special primer, in other words the first can I could reach on the shelf
and after that I wanted to cover this with this special SEM undercoating stuff I've been saving for days and wanting to shoot it on something so bad, well I lost the can in the last house move I recon, cause I couldn't find it today, so I used that junk spray I used on my dash that is supposed to give a wrinkle texture finish but it sure don't it does shoot backward onto your arm though |
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At least you didn't shoot yourself in the eye.
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Dude. Don't you live in like the middle of California? Are you buying your truck parts out of the northeast states or something? Sorry to see the weight-saving-area on the inside of your hood. Your progress looks good across the board though. The Saginaw held up just fine with the landscaping duties, right?
PS, I hope you don't mind my apocalyptically numbered post landing on your thread. If I thought a deal with the devil could net you some rust-free parts, you know I'd be the first to sign up. Maybe. |
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I'm off camera running the sound...don't be laughin, sound guys get to test out the roadies... Oh...if only ANY of that were true... https://youtu.be/Li58voy6xXM |
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Interesting ensemble Whamo. Disturbing lack of shirtfulness, ha, but no lack of talent! |
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remember back in July 2016 when I got this fancy distributor cap...
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Now in the fancy Cross-Fire caps defense it did not come with a coil I swapped the coil out of the GM HEI unit into it, which by the way the GM HEI distributor is the one that seized on me, so it's the worst of the bunch yet it was the most expensive one, go figure. Lesson Learned: Form Over Function Bites Us Again!!! when will we learn |
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SEM 39523 SUBBERIZED UNDERCOATING
game on, this can just feels like a quality product, I hope to shoot this behind the seat to shoulder level as well as on the floor for as it says "premium... sound dampening" but first we shall try it out on that handsome tuxedo black transmission tunnel cover |
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Let us know what you think. I thought about doing all of inside my cab with that stuff.
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I discovered this product when I had a shop weld in the floor on my '68 Mustang about 10 years ago (god I'm such an idiot for selling that Ford) it looked so good and I bet they didn't do much prep and clean up just shot it over all that junk, and still it looked amazeballz. |
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progress is slow... and so much for using the old piece as a template, ha
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I just spent all morning going through this whole thread and Gregski you sir are awesome. The time it takes to do the work on your truck plus taking the time to document it all and share it with us is a huge help to everyone here.
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Shouldn't this guy be working on that hood?
so I bought this extra door trim (first pic only one of two pieces of the kit shown) last winter and have been waiting for the proper Global Warming to applicate it it is supposed to server two purposes, stop the water leak on the driver's side, and the constant whistling on the passenger side so today I used the good natured alcohol to clean the doors the best I could and then the Gorilla Snot to stick it to the door |
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would you believe me if I told you the driver side looked much neater than this passenger side?
since the tube of glue sat in the parts store for years and then on my work bench for months I believe the contents separated so I used my finger to work them in whilst on the door, not the greatest idea as now i have goop on my finger and had to take the pics left handed, hence the finger shot in each of the pics, awesome! |
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any updates on the SEM insulation ?
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sorry I bolted my trans tunnel cover back on and have been too lazy to remove it to spray it with this product but it is on the Ta Do List! |
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about two years ago I could find one or two a year ago maybe one now, no more, these trucks have gotten so popular it's impossible to find them in the wreckin' yards |
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alright progress has been made
so this was a trial fit I did a bit more trimming and massaging before making metal stick |
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believe it or not I actually hammered shut and stitch welded shut that hole on the right
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ok so it looks bad, but at least it's good metal
hey man, this ain't no welding class where you're sitting on a bar stool running beads for an hour in perfect position, it was difficult to get the torch in there and also grind it all down with an angle grinder, Chip Foose borrowed my slim portable solar powered belt sander and has yet to give it back |
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Onwards Comrades!
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"The Paper Towel is mightier than the pen which is mightier than the sword" ~ Said No One Ever! |
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after carefully considering using high heat BBQ or header paint on the hood belly I decided to shoot it with the paint I already had!
I (and some of youz) really like this Semi-Flat Crayola secret sauce |
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looking much better already and this is only after the first coat, since the surface was dark already you get roughly two coats per can
Top Tip: if you don't like white fuzzies on your surface than it's ok to clean with paper towels but don't rely on them for your final wipe down, use something else Note: the cross flow ventilation in the dishwasher safe organic paint booth (yes I still wore a breathing mask in order to protect my brain cells, yes both of them) |
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we start our Annual Labor Day: Labor of Love Project with a scrap piece of 16 or 18(ish) gauge steel
we square it off a bit and cut it into semi equal rectangular pieces (blowing our 8th grade geometry teachers mind) |
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next we take the CAD blueprinted scrap piece to the organic metal brake where we divide it into two
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I did say "semi" even (we will trim them down to eveness later)
Top Tip: The key to any successful project is controlling user/audience expectations, ha ha |
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at this point my cousin Joe Goodenoff showed up (think National Lampoon's Vacation cousin Eddie) and said "lemme show you something... hold my beer"
and he took an ordinary grade 5 bolt and proceeded to decapitate it... |
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