Last post: 7-18-09
This post: 5-26-10
Been awhile since I've updated! The Tracy Lee or "Flight 59" as she is called now has sat quietly in my garage waiting for some financial assistance. It should be coming soon (I hope). I changed jobs about 6 weeks ago and it's a pay raise and I get to be home EVERY NIGHT (local truck driving). A couple of weekends ago I paid a visit to our old friend Jimbo59 and bought a decent driver-side door from him since the one I had got kinda mangled after my pal welded it. I now have to remove 3 broken bolts from the hinge pocket and then I hope to give my Brother in Law the 1st half of the cash to get him working on the paint and body. As most of you know, I was less than impressed with the paint job quality (painted with a wet chicken) and that will be resolved. He will be stripping down to bare metal and doing it right. I've seen a few of the cars he's done and they are very nice. His turn around time: 3-4 months.
For the heck of it:
I decided to paint a shop truck type logo on the door I got from Jimbo. I read in Classic Trucks this month about how to do it yourself. Since the door will be stripped and painted anyway, I figured I'd paint it up and see how it would look. I think it turned out pretty good. Here are a couple of pics:
I made a couple of how-to vids on YouTube as well. Here's the links:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 2 got jacked up since my camera crapped out but it is what it is.
Hope to have another update soon!
Tex