my 65 fleetside build

[Dustin07]

gets me excited to work on mine, keep the pics coming!

[allaboutchevelles]

Oh yeah, that hood looks good to me. So im almost getting close to getting my cab done and back on the frame, your bed and front clip would fit perfect and I would be done with my truck, lol>>> keep the pics coming, doing a great job!!

[flips72]

yeahhh, thats exactly what i was thinking except the other way around

[chad64chevy]

that looks good! when your done with your demo paint send it my way, lol! but seriouslly nice work on the hood!

[McMurphy]

Ohhh I so want to go out and start on my hood now... nice job on that!
What are you using to block with? I keep looking at the Auto parts stores but I never seem to find a "block" and was thinking about just getting some belt sander paper, and a 2x4....

[flips72]

i use a dura block, i got my six peice set off ebay for sixty dollars with free shipping. might have went up some since i bought mine though. as far as sandpaper i usally start with 36 grit then 80 then 220 then 400. the 36 and 80 only on bondo. 80 and 220 on glasing putty, then 220 and 400 on primer. then 600 on final water sanding. hope this helps, alan would be able to give lots more help than i ever could i am just playing it by ear. thanks for the comments on the hood. just came back from meeting 198plus, super nice guy and his truck is just as nice in person as it is on the site.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by flips72

i use a dura block, i got my six peice set off ebay for sixty dollars with free shipping. might have went up some since i bought mine though. as far as sandpaper i usally start with 36 grit then 80 then 220 then 400. the 36 and 80 only on bondo. 80 and 220 on glasing putty, then 220 and 400 on primer. then 600 on final water sanding. hope this helps, alan would be able to give lots more help than i ever could i am just playing it by ear. thanks for the comments on the hood. just came back from meeting 198plus, super nice guy and his truck is just as nice in person as it is on the site.

That's good advise on the paper. Ronnie said you were coming down. How close did you get to Ball Ground?

[flips72]

not real sure how close i was to ballground,i guess however far it is from the canton exit on 75. came home and sanded the hood with 220 and put a second coat of primer on it. stripped one of my cowl extensions and cant make up my mind whether to weld up the c10 emblem holes and not put them back on or to just put them back on. any suggestions? whats everyone else doing?

[chad64chevy]

i think your 65 will look good with them, and the rest of the trim! without them its harder to tell what year it is! i'm going with the cab sails only painted silver, to match the bumpers and a blue body color! should look good when i get to that point, i just want to drive it again with the upgrades i have done for now and paint it in a yr or two!

[Alan's Classic]

Again nice work. You can prime my hood when it comes back from the blaster since you have so much practice.
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[allaboutchevelles]

Yeah That hood is looking slick. Mine is still in front of my shop waiting on you!! lol. That sandblasting is a real fun job huh? It was only like 70 degrees here when I blasted the bottom of my cab and I was sweating like crazy in that hood. Nice Job!!

[flips72]

thanks guys, ill get alans first then come by and get allaboutchevellescame home today and blocked my hood with 400 then re-primed hopefully one more time and the hoods ready to paint, then comes the cab.man blocking is rough on the shoulders or else im just getting old one.

[McMurphy]

I have a dent in the front p-side corner of my hood that I have to work out first before I do anything to my hood...
Going to bring it into the garage soon and start looking at how I am going to attack that problem.

[allaboutchevelles]

McMurphy I hope you have a REAL BIG heater in your garage. I couldnt even get motivated to step into the shop when its 5 degrees and snowing like you said it was the other day. Its hard to heat a shop in the cold winter, concrete and metal is like a bunch of ice cubes in the shop. LOL

[likaroc13]

i've heard of relocating the stock antenna, hiding it in the cowl area...i had the AutoLoc hidden antenna on my '93 C-1500 custom with shaved antenna, & it didn't work very good

[chad64chevy]

the frontend of the truck is looking good! have you ever thought about the glass mount antennas? after i get the big back window in thats what i'm going to do, and if it dont work is only like $30 or so, i'm filling in my antenna hole!

[flips72]

allaboutchevelles, my guidecoat is just some black sprat paint i mist over it, i tried the wipe on stuff, way to messy. the rad. paint is just epoxy in black its real close to chassis black looks good and its tough. lickaroc thanks for the info on the antenna, i think i will stay with the stock one. i also thought about the one McMurphy is talking about but my truck is going to have alot of chrome and stainless so i think the chrome will suit it better.never thought about a windsheild mounted antenna though, that might be something to look into thanks chad, and by the way how do you guys put the remarks of other members in your box, like i have said in the past i am very conputer illeterate.

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by flips72

allaboutchevelles, my guidecoat is just some black sprat paint i mist over it, i tried the wipe on stuff, way to messy. the rad. paint is just epoxy in black its real close to chassis black looks good and its tough. lickaroc thanks for the info on the antenna, i think i will stay with the stock one. i also thought about the one McMurphy is talking about but my truck is going to have alot of chrome and stainless so i think the chrome will suit it better.never thought about a windsheild mounted antenna though, that might be something to look into thanks chad, and by the way how do you guys put the remarks of other members in your box, like i have said in the past i am very conputer illeterate.

Look in the right lower corner of the post for this. If you want to do multiple post click on that for every post except the last. The last post click the quote button next to it. Then it will take you to the message screen. Hope it helps. If you want to quote one post then hit the quote button.

[flips72]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

Look in the right lower corner of the post for this. If you want to do multiple post click on that for every post except the last. The last post click the quote button next to it. Then it will take you to the message screen. Hope it helps. If you want to quote one post then hit the quote button.

thanks alan, here we go lets see if i did it right

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by flips72

thanks alan, here we go lets see if i did it right

Way to go!!
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[Dustin07]

Originally Posted by flips72

like i have said in the past i am very conputer illeterate.

LOL

[flips72]

Originally Posted by Dustin07

LOL

see i told you, heck i cant even spell good, maybe i need to take a HOOKED ON PHONICS course

[Alan's Classic]

I'm envious. . Very nice
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[flips72]

Originally Posted by Alan's Classic

I'm envious. . Very nice
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thanks alan, i sure do hate your having trouble with yours.

[McMurphy]

Flips, if all else fails the command for quotes is pretty easy just a {QUOTE} and a {/QUOTE} only with the square brackets like [ and ] instead. If I actually used them it would have quoted an empty box....
Think of it as QUOTE on and /QUOTE off.

Once you get used to the html commands they are pretty easy as most of them make sense after you learn the rules.
Hope that helps, I use the direct commands sometimes just so I dont goof something up.