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with the weels on and old shocks mounted for mock up

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When it came time to mount the bed on the truck, I was a bit nervous because there was just so much room for error but all the hard work paid off because it fit perfect i was able to tuck the wheels just as I wanted and had plenty of clearance its finally starting to look like a truck again

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That thing is going to be amazing!

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Your hard work really payed off amazing man :metal:

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freaking amazing!:metal: makes me wanna take mine all apart again and start over

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Your truck looks great! Like a perfect fit!

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some before and after pics of the floor panels. Alot of hrs. went into this

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Bro I love your truck. From the "valve covers" to the wheel tubs its all awesome. I love a truck that you look at and you know its modified but you can't quite put your finger on what makes it so different. It's an inspiration, even to us 4x4 guys.

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Great work. I'm not looking forward to that job on my 67.

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yikes!

damn bwoy! tem tires are lookin mighty fìne to me bwoy!
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1286124322

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Great work as always on the cab floor repair! And yes I know you have a ton of hours in it!

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I got my paint today it is PPG DBU WA 512Q Jetstream Blue Metallic Tintcoat 3. This is GM corvettes Z06 and ZR1 color. 4 gallons of reducer and 2 gallons of basecoat and 1 of midcoat you reduce with 1-1.25 of reduser so this is alot of material. For the sealer I am using PPG Deltron V-seal. For the clear I will be using Dupont Imron 500s.

I am doing a Corvette inspired theme truck using corvette components such as the engine, breaks, and paint color, so I am oficially calling this project the Z10 I will be making some custom embles to place in the fenders.

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The corvette paint job will look nice man. :metal:

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Man,
You had to dig deep for all those material! wow! That is a bunch of paint. I guess you already know to be careful with the imron? I have heard about horror stories of guys painting with it.

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Wut exactly do you mean? ragarding Imron, I herd alot of positive feedback I know it has a very distinctive odor and that it sprays thick but thats a good thing because when u water sand and then buff the clear seems to have depth giving a glass effect. Guys in California go out of heir way to get their hands on this stuff since it got outlawd they either go to Las vegas or Arizona to get it.

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No, don't get me wrong it is probably the best polyeurthane available.
By be careful, I mean use proper protective gear. I heard you actually need a fresh air system to spray it. It can cause permanant asthma. Just a carbon cartredge filter isn't sufficient.MSDS MORE

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Heres a photo shop of the emblems and some of the originals

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wow truck looks great

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Nice man but it look awesome if you CNC as whole piece like the z06 emblem. I think there were some shop that kind of stuff i try to find there website for you.

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I could make it out of one piece pretty easy on a CNC at work.

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Thanks, its in the making we shall wait and see how it turns out

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Thats the idea Im looking to see if I can find someone to do this. If you find something let me know

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Could you relly make these? That wud be awesome, Il PM you well try and arange something

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waiting on my hood hinges and springs and the hood spring and cap. I sent them out to get chrome plated after i get them i will start to hang the front clip and align the doors fenders and hood, hopefully it all goes well and i dont need to do further work. Heres a pic of my hinges - the rusty ones, the other pics are samples of how I hope my turn out, Il post pics when I get them

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I got some more stainless goodies i got the bed bolt kit, door kit, the door strikers, and stainless shimms

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That last pic is old school. I didn't think you could even buy that in Cali.

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They look great but make sure you coat the snot out of the threads with anti-seize compound. Stainless will bind up really easy and you can easily break the bolts trying to get them loose to make adjustments to the hinges and striker.

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What he said!
I can't tell you how many stainless bolts I have had to remove because of galling threads. Anti-seize helps for sure.

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I got the fron clip on and started to align the panels. The new hood looks effin sick.

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finally finished the body work on the tail gate, this was really time consuming with all the curves and humps. It was a challenge to find a tail gate with the long extended chevrolet letters in good shape, with some luck I did find a second tail gate frome some other truck wich it to needed alot of work. The tail gate that came with this truck was trash it was warped and dinggd beyond what a hammer and filler could do.

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Are you going to shave the locks & handles? Not usually a fan of this but your truck is so smooth it just looks out of place to have them.

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Now i have ran into some techincal difficulties. Aligning the panes I want to get them as eaven as possible wich can be more difficult than u realize. The task of panel alignment is a long and tedius one. the side view and size of the gaps is fairly eaven.

sample pic

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problem areas - there not flat eaven with one another

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here is a picture of the engine compartment

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No, I will be using the handles & locks. I am trying to capture and preserve the exteriror original look on this project.

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i want your camara !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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awesome progress!!! looks sweet dude!:metal:

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looks sweet

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screw the camera, i want the truck!!! :lol: looking good!!!!!!!!!