pdx-sanity66

[Bomp]

You have been busy. Looking really good. Have to get up there again soon and have another peek.

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by Bomp

You have been busy. Looking really good. Have to get up there again soon and have another peek.

You're welcome anytime. I'd like to make it down your way one of these days and check out Bompenstein.


The front brakes are on and Spike gives his approval. I took the rotors back off and painted them and the calipers with Duplicolor caliper paint and then installed it all. I also got my brake lines ordered from Fine-Lines.

[rusty76]

This is a really cool build and I've enjoyed reading it all. Thanks for posting it up.

[coulter]

nice upgrade!!! you been doing some killer work on that cab also!! keep it up man

[Bomp]

That big compressor is going to make a world of difference.
Congrats and enjoy.

[McMurphy]

Looks like a game changer there buddy !!
Congrats

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by coulter

nice upgrade!!! you been doing some killer work on that cab also!! keep it up man

Thanks. I've been watching your build for some time and I'm a fan of your work, thanks for looking in.

Originally Posted by Bomp

That big compressor is going to make a world of difference.
Congrats and enjoy.

Thanks, man, it already is.

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Looks like a game changer there buddy !!
Congrats

I wish I'd done this a long time ago. I'm happy as hell that I was finally able to upgrade. It's not the biggest/baddest compressor but compared to what I've been working with up till now it's a Cadillac. Today I was grinding a little on the bottom of the cab and the compressor filled up and stopped while I was grinding. Whoa!! Nice!! And while I was blasting the bottom it was nonstop until I needed a break. I'm lovin' it!!

I finished up the bottom of the cab but ran out of time to get some epoxy primer on it today. That's the first thing on the list for my next day off (Wed).
I finished up blasting all the hard to get to places and cleaned up the rest in prep for primer.
I spot welded the outer rockers to the inner rocker bottoms and did a little touch up welding in a few other spots. I also finished up welding the floor/firewall seam.
My SS brake line were delivered today, also.

[Psycho75]

Man I am like a decade until I can do a frame-off on mine but I will be doing the floors long before then and referring to your build man. Very nice work and more progress?

[Formanbob]

Originally Posted by pdxhall

Thanks. I've been watching your build for some time and I'm a fan of your work, thanks for looking in.


Thanks, man, it already is.


I wish I'd done this a long time ago. I'm happy as hell that I was finally able to upgrade. It's not the biggest/baddest compressor but compared to what I've been working with up till now it's a Cadillac. Today I was grinding a little on the bottom of the cab and the compressor filled up and stopped while I was grinding. Whoa!! Nice!! And while I was blasting the bottom it was nonstop until I needed a break. I'm lovin' it!!

I finished up the bottom of the cab but ran out of time to get some epoxy primer on it today. That's the first thing on the list for my next day off (Wed).
I finished up blasting all the hard to get to places and cleaned up the rest in prep for primer.
I spot welded the outer rockers to the inner rocker bottoms and did a little touch up welding in a few other spots. I also finished up welding the floor/firewall seam.
My SS brake line were delivered today, also.

where did you get the SS brake lines?

[Jmorales3181]

Looking good man! I have almost the same compressor only it's not upright!( old one) someday when we have a house I will buy a nice one.
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[chad64chevy]

looking good pdxhall!

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by Psycho75

Man I am like a decade until I can do a frame-off on mine but I will be doing the floors long before then and referring to your build man. Very nice work and more progress?

Thanks, man. I've been checking out what you're doing in your engine compartment. Very cool. Thanks for looking in.

Originally Posted by Jmorales3181

Looking good man! I have almost the same compressor only it's not upright!( old one) someday when we have a house I will buy a nice one.
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The compressor is making a world of difference. I wish I could have been able to upgrade sooner. This project would have been alot further along.

Originally Posted by chad64chevy

looking good pdxhall!

Thanks Chad.

[Jmorales3181]

Looks good man!
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[aggie91]

It takes a bit to get the texture to look the way you want. I ended up holding the gun about 12" away and used a fairly quick movement side to side to get the texture I wanted. I had a spot where I laid it on really thick and it looked OK but different from the rest of the area. It was not hard to use at all. I plan on doing the inside of the bed with it too.

[McMurphy]

Ok buddy, you totally inspired me to change up my compressor game too.
However, I had a heck of a deal fall into my lap.

I am going to install my new set up today, and post some pics !!

Happy 4th down there, hope you get a chance to enjoy it !

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by McMurphy

Ok buddy, you totally inspired me to change up my compressor game too.
However, I had a heck of a deal fall into my lap.

I am going to install my new set up today, and post some pics !!

Happy 4th down there, hope you get a chance to enjoy it !

Hey, Murph, I saw your compressor setup. NICE! I had a great 4th of July weekend and now it's time to do a little more on Sanity.

I'm getting ready to order the undercoating for the cab bottom so I decided to get the inside roof stripped and epoxy primed while it's in a convenient location. None of that upside down sanding for me. I didn't quite get done today so I'll finish up tomorrow. Here's how it looks now.

[pdxhall]

I finished the epoxy on the roof.

[rusty76]

Looks good

[Bomp]

Nice job Brett.
Are you going back with that original color?

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Looks good

Thanks, man.

Originally Posted by Bomp

Nice job Brett.
Are you going back with that original color?

Thanks. No, I'm going with a silver. Something resembling an aluminum look. I haven't found the exact color but I know in my head what it will look like. Along with a dark dash, black carpet, and some well placed trim colors. I haven't decided on the seats, yet. Probably either black or a match to the dash.

[pdxhall]

I was able to get a little more done on Sanity the last couple of days. I got the blaster out again and cleaned up around the windshield frame and the tops of the door frames. You know, more of that upside down stuff when the cab goes back upright.
Everything cleaned up nice. Now it's time to smooth the seams on the door frames and the front door pillar to roof section. I used some steel rod and a small piece of sheet metal on the largest gap. Pictures will be coming when possible.

[pdxhall]

I got the seams all filled on the upper door frame and the roof to pillar area. Still no pictures. I have taken quite a few but I just don't want to go through the hassle it takes to post them now. Too bad things had to be "fixed" and it made things worse. The reason I started this build thread was to keep motivated while I work on my truck and hopefully share what I learn with others. I may just become a little antisocial and start lurking instead of posting for a while till things work themselves out. I'm too old to put up with the hassle. There are better things to put my efforts in to.

[rusty76]

Looks like you are still tinkering along. As always can't wait to see more.

[pdxhall]

Originally Posted by Bomp

Seams look great.
Its those nice finishing touches that makes a nice quality build all that much better.
Nice Job

Thanks, man. Yeah it's these kind of things you know would have been done better if these trucks were not a mass produced assembly line build.

Originally Posted by rusty76

Looks like you are still tinkering along. As always can't wait to see more.

Thanks for looking in. Now that I've got the picture thing working for me I'll hopefully have more stuff soon.

[Ta2Don]

Love the attention to detail, keep rockin!!!