The misadventures of Captain Krylon - 68 C-10 barn find

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Originally Posted by 72chevynoob

Awesome progress! It is coming along really well.

Thanks...

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Originally Posted by WIDESIDE72

Cool build! Keep up the good work! I can't wait to see it finished. I have a similar rear bumper to yours from Henna Chevrolet in Austin. It was on a truck k I parted out and I haven't decided what to do with it yet. My brother has a 72 cheyenne my uncle me bought new in Houston from AJ Foyt Chevrolet. It still has the dealer bumper on it.

Its little late to the game, but I thought I would mention this since you're using a low buck approach. I have seen mention of using a Harley shift rod as an adjustable throttle rod. I have found a few stock ones on feebly from guys who upgraded but haven't pulled the trigger yet. I will be needing one for my next build which is a '70.

Thanks, I love the shop truck look and redneck bumps and mirrors...

I bought the Jegs linkage for about $25 bucks shipped...
It installed and adjusted easily and is really smooth...

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Originally Posted by 70LonghornCST

Keep up the great progress. You're doing a fantastic job!

Thank you...

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Originally Posted by jmorri34

Heck of a job man, lookin good keep it up. I'm still in spring, we need to get together with the trucks when your done. If you ever need anything give me a shout I'm probly only 15 minutes away I'd be glad to help!

Thanks and yes we do need to get together since we are a couple exits away from each other... You have my number so give me a call...

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Originally Posted by Low Elco

Progress! Looks great!

Thanks again Elco...

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Originally Posted by Hardesty454

I must admit, Ive skimmed the thread a few times. I sat down with my coffee after I woke up this morning and have read the entire thread. Good job. Im a fabricator for a living (and always learning). Youre doing a fine job welding. The only thing I can say that will be helpful without actually showing you is when you patch sheet metal is to take your time. Tack everything into place. and then tack every 4 inches (in different areas of the patch) in a slow progression. let everything cool for a good while. take your air grinder (or dremel or grinder with a feathering wheel) and smooth the tacks down. take your flat hammer and planish your welds as to not let them shrink. then over lap those welds and repeat. The trick with sheet metal is to take your time. A small 8"x8" patch for me can take up to an hour to be done correctly. The corner weld you have on your door are looking good, they feather discs that have a "wrap" designed specifically for those types of welds (not sure if you are using them of have them).


Anyway just thought Id offer my advice, helpful or not.

Good luck and keep at it! Looks great.

Thank you for the welding tips...
I'm not patient at all so the cooling off periods to finish patches simply KILL ME...

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Originally Posted by slowcpe

Just went through the whole thread. Nice truck. In for the duration.

Thanks, I'd rather work on my truck than update this thread so there will be spaces in between updates...

Originally Posted by Ozzy2013

Looking good it takes as long as it takes .lol

I'm learning to find patience as I have NONE...
I want to drive it again... She runs soooo good...

Originally Posted by 68redc10

Looks great, one hell of a barn find!!!

Thank you...

Originally Posted by CURSED GEARS

Enjoying your build. Keep it up.

Thanks, will do...

Originally Posted by Kennuck

Just read the whole thread, you are doing a great job. You are at the same point as me with body work, so I'm in for the ride.

They call it body work not body fun...

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Originally Posted by mcbassin

Very cool build! I'm glad I found it. You have taken this truck so far from when you found it in the barn. subscribed.

Thanks...

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Originally Posted by Cash3481

Im in for some motivation! So I read it all...
Love the old cooler and your approach.
The pointed humor is a great mix as to not make it too serious.
Subscribed as well. Keep up the hard work.
Mike

Thanks Cash...

Only grown ups grow up, I'm a kid for life my man...

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I never knew going into this whole "body work/paint/metal-fab/black hole would take so stinking looooonnnnngggggg....

That's what I get for pondering the idea of...

"Gee, it sure would be nice if my truck didn't look like the Partridge Family bus."

I've spent the last few weeks meeting with a few shops to take over from here as my patience has worn a little thin lately and I want it done... However...

Let's just say things ain't gonna' happen that way due to "differing opinions" on how "they" want to do "my" truck... Their ideas as opposed to mine...

The world I grew up in consisted of... I want this, this and this...
How much is that gonna' cost? OK... Deal...
Here's your money... All parties are happy... But

These clowns won't even call you back with a price or even tell you whether they even want the work...
If you can't even return a call then I don't want you near my truck...
Thank you...

That's my signal to just keep doing what I've been doing...

So.... I'm in this whole body work chasm for sure now...

I apologize for the rant...

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So the last time I posted I was working on getting the rot from the bottom of the doors replaced with new shiny metal...

Got that finished and primed them up and rehung them...
Check that off the list...








I put a drivers bedside on that was in somewhat better shape than the one was on the bed when I got it. Still needed work, just not as much work...

Stripped it bare and primed it all up...







Then with a little help from friends and neighbor's, we carried it back up front... Sideways, through the fence gate... Again...

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It was right about this time that I started to deal with the "shop" guys...

After I told them to go fly a kite on a windy day...

It just so happened to be a real windy day so, that's just what my girls and I did...






This ones cruises at about 80 MPH in a 20+ MPH wind... Fun...

It's so loud cutting through the sky, it sounds like it's murdering the air...
My favorite one, I might add...





This one I call Tiny...
It's like a B-52 Bomber that will drag your a__ all across the field on a good, windy day...

Who needs a membership to a gym...
Just try to hang onto this thing for a while...








By the way... That is a 10 foot wing span on Tiny...

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I scored a few things that will help complete the "theme" of the truck when it's finished... One day?


I found a NOS Realistic radio antennae off Flea-bay that I believe will blend with the redneck mirrors well...





Flea-bay NOS score...

Thar' ain't a single, whiskey chuggin', beer swiggin', moonshine runnin', gun totin', ragged cowboy hat wearin, 'Bocephus blaring, redneck truck drivin', dog hangin' out the window, slobberin', farmer tanned, red blooded 'Merican boy, that ain't got one of these in them thar kuntry, boy, pick'em' up truck...







You ain't got one?
What are you?
Some kinda' pinko' commie?





I also scored a real nice square body too...

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So I dive off into this "body work" world head first...

I found out there's nothing worse than a tool that won't function properly...

Take for instance this slide hammer from HF a friend gave me...
It wouldn't grab the little rod thingy' for all the money in the world...



I sat down, cooled my jets a little, and came up with an idea guaranteed to make it work better from that point forward and well into the future...











Redneck Engineering Inc.

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I've brought you up to date as to where I'm at on this beater...



Oh, wait... I almost forgot...

I found these... Rust free and nearly perfect pieces...

I just erased HOURS of body work off the "to do" list...

Until next time, keep on truckin'...

[Low Elco]

Good Score, congrats! Search Kyle at Laid Back Restorations in OKC on here. It's a bit of a tow, but very worth it.

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I was in the same boat with the body shops. Most of them are not interested in this type of work. They do collision repair and collision repair only. Straight insurance work. That's their business and how they make a living, hard to fault them for that. But there are shops that will do what you ask, it's just hard to find them.

But like you, I said screw it, if I want it done I'm just gonna have to learn how and do it myself. Good idea getting the best sheetmetal you can find though. You will do fine. Yes it takes forever and you will get sanding dust everywhere. Good luck.

[mattfranklin]

Looking great! Subscribed.

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Originally Posted by Low Elco

Good Score, congrats! Search Kyle at Laid Back Restorations in OKC on here. It's a bit of a tow, but very worth it.

Thanks...
Gonna' stay local though...

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Originally Posted by hgs_notes

I was in the same boat with the body shops. Most of them are not interested in this type of work. They do collision repair and collision repair only. Straight insurance work. That's their business and how they make a living, hard to fault them for that. But there are shops that will do what you ask, it's just hard to find them.

But like you, I said screw it, if I want it done I'm just gonna have to learn how and do it myself. Good idea getting the best sheetmetal you can find though. You will do fine. Yes it takes forever and you will get sanding dust everywhere. Good luck.

Yep... It's all about the quick buck and not artistry...

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Originally Posted by mattfranklin

Looking great! Subscribed.

Welcome aboard my crazy train...

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Crazy Crazy Crazy in life right now...

Gonna update mostly in pics and I am sorry if they seem outa' order...

I want to keep ya'll updated properly yet time is always against me...

Long story, short convo... Bedsides did NOT pan out...

Same amount of work to fix what is mounted already...

Trust NO one... Unfortunately peoples word means squat nowadays...

Reading, learning, body work, welding, cutting, grinding, sanding,
near cussing, body hammers, helping hands, friends, Argon, rain, heat, cold, compressors, drills, $$$, etc....................................

Hang on, here we go... Chime in and ask ??? if you get confused...

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I've learned in my studies of body work 101 that all welds need a skim coat of glass to help them be rust resistant in the future...
Bondo will absorb moisture thru weld pinholes and cause future problems... So......
Go back & re-do stuff...

Skim coat with glass, body work road maps, grind, sand, mix, fill, sand, respirator, level, mark, fill, sand, cuss, etc...

Here we go...

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The passenger side fender I am very happy with, yet I didn't take enough before pictures to show why...

I had to cut out a BAD ding in the front headlight body line area and replace it with a piece I had from another fender I had lying around...

The body lines did not match up in the headlight area the way I would have liked it to yet I learned a new trick...

My wife loves to bake and I've noticed wax paper doesn't stick to anything...
I tried out a trick I thought would work... And it DID...

I spread short strand glass on the headlight area and quickly stuck a piece of wax paper on it and formed the area with my fingers before it dried...

I left the paper on until it hardened and peeled it off and sanded into shape...

Well, you tell me if you think it worked...

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Yanked the wheel back off, painted the column and fixed the cracks in the wheel with glass...

Still need to final sand & top coat it with another coat of satin black tomorrow...