Budget Build 1985 K20

[WilliamFd55]

Great color!!

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by OutlawDrifter

Looks good!

Originally Posted by LEEVON

Love the midnight blue, glad you went that route!

Originally Posted by WilliamFd55

Great color!!

Thanks! I really like the color too. And it saved me about $500 a gallon going midnight blue over apple red.

[JJH Jimmy]

Didn’t get as much done as I wanted this weekend but me and my shop buddy did get the the fenders sanded and buffed. I just hit the trash with 1000 grit then the whole fender with 1500 then 2000. I then buffed them with a wool pad with cutting compound then hit them with a foam finishing pad and polishing compound they turned out better than I expected. I hope the rest of the rig turns out as good as the fenders did.

[OutlawDrifter]

Great job on the finish work, nice crisp reflections!

[JJH Jimmy]

Finally got the doors and the hood sanded and painted. After the buffer got away from me on the edge of the hood I ended up having to sand them spot in some base and re clear. Ugh! Lesson learned - tape the edges!

[JJH Jimmy]

I also got a new daily!

[JJH Jimmy]

It has been a while since i last updated and i wish i could say that i have made a ton of progress but life gets in the way. I did get the inside of the cab painted, floor pans raptor lined and all finish sanding completed on the exterior of the cab and then i partially tore my achilles tendon. So this is how she sits now.

[JJH Jimmy]

I have started to feel better lately and can kind of get around with out the use of crutches so i have been trying to tackle some smaller projects that i can work on sitting down.

I rebuilt the hyrdobooster i got from a local pick and pull and fixed a EGT probe hole in the headers i plan on using.

[LT7A]

Clean work on the x-pipe and the header. All progress is progress. Good luck with your achilles. I recently saw a tire name to achilles I thought that was about the worst name there is for a tire, haha.

[JJH Jimmy]

Got the cab and tailgate painted this weekend. The weather was perfect mid 70’s and low humidity so I decided to get it done. I had to stand on a ladder to get the roof painted and my ankle hurt like hell but it is done and looks great. I found the key to getting SPI euro clear to lay out like glass……..35 psi at the gun. I only have the bed left to get color on.

[OutlawDrifter]

Looking good!

[lunatic1968]

Your paint looks great!!

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by OutlawDrifter

Looking good!

Originally Posted by lunatic1968

Your paint looks great!!

Thanks guys!

[rodstored-72]

Originally Posted by lunatic1968

Your paint looks great!!

ditto!! I may have missed it but what color is it?

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by rodstored-72

ditto!! I may have missed it but what color is it?

It is a factory color 029 Midnight Blue.

[legendman]

You need an address to send that cab to ?

Looks good !!

[youngrodder]

The square body looks great. I like the color. I need to drive the Suburban over and check out that AD truck you have sitting outside in one of your earlier pics.

Marc

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

The square body looks great. I like the color. I need to drive the Suburban over and check out that AD truck you have sitting outside in one of your earlier pics.

Marc

Thank you! Stop by anytime! I would love to see that bad ass suburban, but i may put you to work though.

I think the 51 will be my next project. I bought it from my brother in law when i was fifteen with hopes of driving it in high school. It has a later model 235 in it and it runs pretty good. When we moved to Schoolcraft from Kalamazoo i drove it to our new house with a load of stuff from my barn and it was scary ass hell getting it to stop at stop signs with it weighted down. Haha.

The plan is to keep the patina and build a tube chassis for it with a IFS kit on bags, LS engine, 4l80e tranny, 18" front wheels and 20's in the back laying the floorboards on the ground.

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by JJH Jimmy

Thank you! Stop by anytime! I would love to see that bad ass suburban, but i may put you to work though.

I think the 51 will be my next project. I bought it from my brother in law when i was fifteen with hopes of driving it in high school. It has a later model 235 in it and it runs pretty good. When we moved to Schoolcraft from Kalamazoo i drove it to our new house with a load of stuff from my barn and it was scary ass hell getting it to stop at stop signs with it weighted down. Haha.

The plan is to keep the patina and build a tube chassis for it with a IFS kit on bags, LS engine, 4l80e tranny, 18" front wheels and 20's in the back laying the floorboards on the ground.

Sounds good Josh. I will give you a call and drive out some upcoming weekend..

Marc

[JJH Jimmy]

Finally able to get something done on this thing. This has been one crappy summer. I ended up needing surgery on my ankle and am fresh out of the walking boot and it is sore as hell but the weather is changing fast hear so I had to get the bed painted before it gets too cold.

The clear did not lay on as nice as it did on the cab and I got a few runs on my 4th coat so I added a 5th to make sure I had enough on for sanding. Not sure what happened but I think it was a combination of hobbling around and temps in the mid 60’s. It will be alright it is just going to take a little more work than I wanted. But that’s the case with this whole project.

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by legendman

You need an address to send that cab to ?

Looks good !!

The cab is in the mail! Thank you!

[OutlawDrifter]

Glad to see you back at it! Color looks good in the sun.

[youngrodder]

I really like that color. I need to get over that way before the cold weather moves in.

Marc

[youngrodder]

Josh-

Thanks for showing me around on Saturday. You've got some great projects. Can't wait to see that AD.

Thanks
Marc

[JJH Jimmy]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Josh-

Thanks for showing me around on Saturday. You've got some great projects. Can't wait to see that AD.

Thanks
Marc

Anytime Marc. I cant wait to be working on that AD because I know I will not be cutting and buffing on it. This is how I spent my Saturday. You watch the tv shows and you think cutting and buffing kind of looks like fun but its not. It has to be one of the worst jobs of body work ranking right up there with blasting. Until I can learn to get it to lay out like glass this is a step I have to take I guess.