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hey fellas,
not much happened on tilly this month. got started on bodyworking the hood and installed some pretty trick taillights from a firetruck... i will post a report on that later but for now most of october was spent on sam & kims c-20.

the entire body including engine bay was compounded to remove the oxidized paint. then the filler holes from the saddle tanks were patched.

and the old bed boards were triple coated with polyurethane then a couple of coats of black wash.

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got the 292 back from the machine shop and put it together.

the repair on the fenders is past the metalwork stage and into bodywork, can't wait to try my hand on matching that old green patina paint.

also, well underway on the auto trans conversion but pics on that later.

back in a few days...

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that's a clean truck!!dig the work you do:metal:

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So glad I got to see this truck in person...:mm:
And the pic of the fender with the patch on the leading edge solves the riddle of the following pic I snapped at the Get-Together...:lol:
http://imageshack.us/a/img21/7493/3jtr.jpg

and the Bed Boards are Nice!!!:thumbs:

Have a Great Week Clem!!!

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very nice work:metal: man you keep a lot of irons in the fire, I would forget which one got which fender:lol:

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Cool inline 6! Ad a turbo and your good to go!:lol:

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thanks dino... appreciate it a bunch

thank you don, i think those old boards turned out pretty good too and the multi-coatings glued them back together.

thanks flips, and it is tough keeping it all straight. solution i use is to write it on tape and stick it to the part, simple but it works...

i am looking forward to firing this one up... don't do many sixes around here.

the pic is a 30 foot trailer we polished and painted along with a bunch of repair but now its a super cool mobile store for a clothing outfitters company. and a great bunch of guys.
check out the polished six hole wheels and the 59 caddy taillights... it was a fun project...

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went out scrounging around yesterday at a buddies place and i think i'm gonna end up with these. a 58 cameo, a 58 short fleet and a 59 short fleet. all are big window and pretty complete. they're just waiting for me to fix'em up. and i could always use a new project. just... please don't tell the wife.:lol:

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take a close look at the white 60-63 in the back of the photo ........

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New Projects...:metal:

Trailer looks killer...:uhmk:

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That Cameo bed is coooooool!

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Really like to see the details of matching the paint.

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Nice finds!!!

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that's some killer scrounging hotdog

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yeah, what dino said. awesome finds, I would love to do a big window 55-57 truck.

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Awesome find, man. The Cameo is killer!

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Clem,, you must live at the base of a rainbow cause you have all that rusty gold layin all over the place.

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hope everybody had a great thanksgiving and ate way too much. me, i fell into a food coma and the NFL knocked me out completely. but in the 2 hour drive there and back i had time to ponder about friends and family... they're the best of all things. and i'm very thankful.

ok, on to the truck stuff.

even though this thread is about tilly (c20 utility bed) i seem to be spending more time on sam&kims c20 patina farm truck.
we overhauled the 292 and converted to a power glide which was freshly overhauled, switched to an automatic column, changed cross members and installed original power steering components... and attempted to match the original patina. whew, i got tired just typing it...:)

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the patina is still an ongoing challenge and i'm not quite there yet...

shown is a old blue wheel tub which i scuffed up pretty good, wiped down and sprayed with a hand mixed light green. after some tinting and airbrush work the color was close enough to tina-up. the middle pic shows the color change and the further tub shows tina-work...

last pic shows the tub stuck back in the bed...

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also mixed up some paint for the front fenders. i had my local paint jobber shoot a pic of the original green and mix a pint. then shot a pic of places that had been washed out by 40 years of sun and weather and mixed a pint. it was amazing how different the 2 colors were and on the same truck. after some tinting and flattening, and spraying a bunch of test strips i laid down the final choice...

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292 is looking good! truck is coming along nicely. Keep up the good work!

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WOW Clem, New Faded Original..Some mad painting skills. Tops off a clean restoration. Nicely Done.

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Looks great Clem… Keep up the Killer work!:metal:

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that is looking really good!! nice job at blending it all back together :metal::metal::metal:

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thanks, trying to stay on this one and hopefully finished early spring but we'll see what happens. been watching your progress...

i appreciate it... always fun to do something new, still needs tweaking but where i am now is driving me to do better.

thanks don, looking forward to seeing that steering wheel done... today should be a nice warm painting day so get after it.:)

thanks coulter, my stuff isn't anywhere near as inventive as yours but i still enjoy doing it. i really do appreciate the compliment...