LFD's low buck truck build!

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

I decided I will be running these tail lights and markers so I figure I better run the side trim as well. I think with out the trim it will look to plain and the lights will stand out as odd and not the smooth subtle look I am going for. For trim I have all new 68 side trim I will be using so I still need to fill all the old holes. This is what it looks like! No idea on price because the side markers are not even ready for sale just yet but should be in the next month or so.



Kevin
LFD Inc.

Kevin, who sells or is planning on selling those tail lights and side markers. I really like that look?

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Kevin, who sells or is planning on selling those tail lights and side markers. I really like that look?

No price's as of yet. They are not even ready for sale at this point but will be very soon. The ones I have are the "old design" and are flat. The final production run of lights have more CNC work done to them like what is in the pic above. They will give a very nice look when mounted in the stock location as were mine would look bulky but for what I wanted they could not have worked better. I will be posting all the info that I can in the How-To artical. I am waiting on more info from the manufacture and also I need to get my truck in paint for some final shots.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[meathead95]

if i had to guess id say its ryan hubbard the member who makes the alluminum dashes

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Kevin, who sells or is planning on selling those tail lights and side markers. I really like that look?

They are from Marquez Design. Available through board vendor Musclerodz. Their SEMA truck is for sale in the classified section with a bunch of their billet goodies on it here.

[Rokcrln]

Did a quick firewall repaint this afternoon. I just could not bring my self to leave it brown with a new paint job on the out side. I spent a bit of time moving what I could and tapping or renolds wrapping the rest. It worked out real well I only missed one real small corner that I will just use a sharpie on I also did the inner fenders while I was at it. If I had the paint I would have done them in Flat black but that was not the case so now they are nice and shinny.

Next will be the interior then the rest.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by gringoloco

They are from Marquez Design. Available through board vendor Musclerodz. Their SEMA truck is for sale in the classified section with a bunch of their billet goodies on it here.

I got mine right from the manufacture who is now a site vendor as well. I do not have his board name but will be posting all his info once he gets some info back to me.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[msgross]

I must have missed something... when did the low buck get a TPI engine?

[Palf70Step]

Originally Posted by msgross

I must have missed something... when did the low buck get a TPI engine?

It was during nap time Christmas day




I know....I'm a butt head.....he did it a few months ago cause it was there or something I forgot.

[jott_06]

Thats not just a tpi. Its a LT-1 if i remember correctly. (Do i remember correctly Kevin?)

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

It was during nap time Christmas day

Yeh my wife did'nt have much going so she thru it in for me. Heck of a women!

Post 506 and yes it is a 92 vett LT1 pushing better then 360hp at 16-20MPG

I had a few minutes tonight and got the dash top, A pillars and the kick panels all tapped off and ready for paint Friday night when I get home from work. They will be a flat black to cut down on the glair and teh kick panels to match the carpet and just to keep the foot area dark and not real noticable.


Kevin
LFD Inc.

[GREASEMONKEY72]

i need me one of those engine and tranny combos for mine

[Rokcrln]

Well things are getting close to paint. I should have the cab painted by end of Sunday if all goes well. Today I spent about 8hrs getting the cab all preped and the final coat of primmer so in the morning I will block it all out and get it ready to spray. I have not keeped up on the hours for paint so I will try and get it all up to date.
Rocker repair 16hrs
Cab paint prep/body work 8hrs
Firewall/inner fender prep and paint 8hrs
top of dash and kick prep and paint 4hrs
misc prep material $150


Kevin
LFD Inc.
166hrs main build
$6043.00 main build
61 Paint hrs
$705.00 Paint

[msgross]

cool, just caught up on the engine, pedals and seats. I might have to look into shipping you my clutch and brake setup. I'm 6'3" and could use a little room....

Amazing work...

[Rokcrln]

We have color!! Well we have a tack coat and the first real coat. Now I am waiting my 40min then I will nib it down, wipe it down and lay on the second coat! Pic's tonight I hate to wait so I came inside so I did'nt try a second coat to soon

Kevin
LFD inc.

[Rokcrln]

Just a touch of fog in the booth but I still had to post pic's! Hard to see the real color but I will get more tonight. This is coat 2 and once it sets off it may be the last if all looks good.

Kevin
LFD Inc.

[smbrouss70]

Looking Good, Kevin! Did you make a paint booth in your shop @ home?

[Rokcrln]

Originally Posted by smbrouss70

Looking Good, Kevin! Did you make a paint booth in your shop @ home?

Yeh for shooting this one I did not want to put out any money for a booth like I did for Lemon Drop. I have my shop sectioned off and right in the center is a 16'x24' area that I put a hard ceiling in with 18 or so 4' lights. Then I have one solid wall with a 3' man door that is 16' long with an 8' wall comming off at a right angle and both walls have 4' lights in the walls for side light. Then I just drop plastic for the remaining walls. It works well but it was designed for doing body work to keep the shop a bit cleaner but for a DD paint job it works fine. I wet down the floor with a soap and water mix to lock down any loose debrit that I might have missed as well as over spray.
Today it was a bout 45 degrees out side but in the booth I have heaters (off when painting) that get it right up to 75-85 degrees to help bake the paint a bit.

The cab is all done now except for the white on the roof. Turns out that Drip rail sealer I used SUCKS! It shrinks about 70% and looked like crap so I took it all out and ordered some good 3M urethane and a $100 gun to use it with. It won't be in untill Wedsday so the roof will wait till thurs day for paint. After I removed all the caulking I primmed the gutters again, sanded it all down so it was ready for paint then masked off the roof. The blue wraps down the inside or the gutter rail and stop about the bottom of the gutter. Now I will do a real tight masking job so the caulking will roll up the blue and cover the seam then die into the roof judt below the body line of the roof it self. Then 30min later I can shoot the white right over it. This should look alot better then it was going to and the white will run right to the top of the drip rail edge. I will need to use my Sata mini jet4 gun to get down in the rail the way I want it then kick things up to the Sata 3000 for the rest of the roof.

Well so much for this being a real quick paint job like i started to do. I wanted to just do a bit of body work and shoot it all together. Then i found the rust in the rockers so the doors had to come off as well as the fenders. Since the fenders came off that ment I had to remove the hood as well. While the fire wall was easy now to get to I opted for a repaint so it would look a bit better and make my EFI panels blend in better. Then the body work started and I just could not bring my self to let any little flaws not get fixed while I was their, it will only take a few extra minutes right! Then I decided I had to go a bit further and almost gut the dash so it would turn out decent and that ment more time and work to prep. So all in all it will end up nicer than I had planned but as my wife said I might as well do it right or I would never be happy with it if I didn't! She know me too well. But keep in mind this is still just my shop truck that will be used for dump runs, trailer towing and all around beating on.

The last vehical that I finished for my self was a full on 71 Bronco rock crawler that ended up in for 4X4 power mag and was totaled 24hrs later when I was down in Johnson Valley on a wheeling trip. So this one will be nice but it will get used as well.
Another 7hrs for today's work.


Kevin
LFD inc.
166hrs main build
$6043.00 main build
68 Paint hrs
$705.00 Paint

[gringoloco]

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

Turns out that Drip rail sealer I used SUCKS!

I used the 3M 2K self-leveling stuff on mine over a year ago. ZERO shrinkage and it still remains slightly pliable when cured, so no worries on cracking. Highly recommend.

[texanidiot25]

Originally Posted by Rokcrln

Well so much for this being a real quick paint job like i started to do. I wanted to just do a bit of body work and shoot it all together. Then i found the rust in the rockers so the doors had to come off as well as the fenders. Since the fenders came off that ment I had to remove the hood as well. While the fire wall was easy now to get to I opted for a repaint so it would look a bit better and make my EFI panels blend in better. Then the body work started and I just could not bring my self to let any little flaws not get fixed while I was their, it will only take a few extra minutes right! Then I decided I had to go a bit further and almost gut the dash so it would turn out decent and that ment more time and work to prep. So all in all it will end up nicer than I had planned but as my wife said I might as well do it right or I would never be happy with it if I didn't! She know me too well. But keep in mind this is still just my shop truck that will be used for dump runs, trailer towing and all around beating on.

The true story of a perfectionist. All for the better though

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Looks good wish I was close to color..

[Rokcrln]

Here are a few pic's from this morning. I did not get alot done because I had to play house keeper before everyone gets here. I hope to paint the roof on NewYears day
5 more hrs on the clock!

Kevin
LFD Inc.
166hrs main build
$6043.00 main build
73 Paint hrs
$705.00 Paint

[lolife99]

Nice,...very Nice.

[clemson71guy]

Wow looks great...I can't wait to see it done

[GREASEMONKEY72]

looks really good, what color is that?

and i guess i missed the part where you made your nice little gauge there, nice

[Rokcrln]

The color is Nason Med blue. It is kind of a blue grey in the shade and a nice brite blue in the sun. I hope to have teh top painted white later today (12:03am) and then get a few pics out side this week.

Kevin
LFD inc.