Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[grumpyolddog]

bummer

[mongocanfly]

well today I made a trip to the sw auto paint store....they confirmed my fears on the primer fiasco....its got to come off....dagnabit....the counter guy there was very knowledgeable on what needed done....he also drained my bank account while I was there...so with a bunch of new supplies, its back to the blaster and waiting on some decent weather..

[Russell Ashley]

I've had good luck with Sherwin Williams products. Not cheap but worth it IMO.

[mongocanfly]

I had several people recommend sherwin williams....I never even went to the ppg store but was told they deal more with bc/cc and costs even more....im going with ss paint.....I've had good results with cheaper paint so the sw paint is a big step up for me....

[jjzepplin]

Those are nice tires. This truck is gonna rock!

[mongocanfly]

thanks Zepp.....

[BIGglaSS]

I like tall and skinny. Those are going to look great!

[mongocanfly]

got some body parts back from the blasters today and sprayed it all down with epoxy primer.... (the real stuff this time)....

[Advanced Design]

Take 2 looks good!

[mongocanfly]

thanks Doug. ...I'll say one thing...this sherwin Williams primer sprays very well...

[mongocanfly]

just for funzzies I rolled the new tires up against the old to get a idea of how they'll look...I think they'll be ok.....

[Nut Case]

That corm-binder will make those tires look good
Strong work

NC

[jjzepplin]

Oh yeah. Gonna have rethink cornbinders. Looks tough.

[BIGglaSS]

Nice job on the roto'. I'm going to have to build one some day.

[mongocanfly]

thanks Big.... it wasn't really all that hard to build...I did have to do a little machining work on the turrets though....other than that its just cut and weld

[Advanced Design]

You’ve been busy Greg with all the pieces in primer, the rotisserie and the parts coming in. Looks good!

[mongocanfly]

thanks Doug. ...very busy...just doesn't seem like anything is getting accomplished.
...when I got the bed reblasted I told them not to blast the underside because i had lizard skinned it. ...from the previous blast when I had (wrong) primed the bed and then sprayed the underside with lizardskin....and at the time I talked to lizardskin and they said it should be ok...in the meantime the bed has been on sawhorses in my buddies shop and i havnt seen the underside in good light...
after I got the bed back from the blaster and on the rotisserie and flipped over out in the sunlight I am now seeing rust coming thru the lizardskin...its been indoors and has had no direct water contact other than maybe some humidity...so now i think its going back to the blaster to do the underside......seems like I can't win...

[mongocanfly]

getting ready to mock up the mounts for the power steering box and thought I'd go ahead and reinforce the frame rails...for some unknown reason they narrowed the frame rails down to 1in wide on the top side over the axle and right where the motor mounts will be....
some 1/4×2 flat bar did the trick once I hammered it around to fit the frame contour.....
now I got to figure how to mount the steering box.....the IH frame is 7in wider than the gearbox donor frame...so itll need recessed into the frame a little.....

[mongocanfly]

carried the frame and all the attached brackets to the blasters today...so while I'm waiting on that I worked on project mini-me....got the body sandblasted and primed...even had to do some "mini" body work on the cab...also shortened the bed...and in my sleep deprived mind i cut the rear bed section on the wrong mark so its 1/4" shorter than I meant...if it looks to bad short ill just get another bed and redo it...still have to shorten the frame...then it'll go to (mini paint jail)...haha

[mongocanfly]

got the frame and all the dodads back this morning from the blasters...and got it in epoxy....
will get a few coats of paint tomorrow. ...

[mongocanfly]

and now we finally got some color going on...sprayed all misc parts and frame today with semi gloss black...now it looks like some progress going on...

[Advanced Design]

Ugh ...sorry to hear that. You’ve had more than your share for two forward and three back.

Hopefully your folks aren’t suspicious yet!

[mongocanfly]

tell me about it.....I don't think they know but its hard to keep stuff hidden at my shop....ive been slipping stuff in and out so I can work on it....

[jjzepplin]

This thing is going to be amazing. I can't wait. Seems I have put my projects on hold to watch your come along. HAHA!

[mongocanfly]

thanks Zepp....don't wait on me though...if I keep going backwards ill have the thing tore all the way down to nothing but a pile of bolts....seems like I can't get anything to go my way sometimes....