Much thanks for your help! I still want to borrow that exhaust fan. I plan on painnting the vailience/bumper this weekend and haviong brian order those parts for me.

Well.. I did a couple launches out in front last night. It hooks rock-hard nnow and launches completely straight.

 

Nick.. I know that feeling.

I did some looking into something for Shawna todayt and didn't do much of anything on my ride today. Its all good though. I have a lot of small cosmetic rubbish to look into, nothing major as far as mechanical stuff.

She looked good while she was here too

 

Cheek prints on the hood!

 

Its ' getting there '. I had it on my street roasting whats left of the rear tires off.

I need to stop by FMD's tomorrow to pickup some materials to make the next part. I have the ' misc parts ', just not the materials to fabricate what I need next.

I played with painting and painted the bed and rollpan.. I must admit.. I SUK at painting. It looked ' good ' when primed but all the filled holes stick out sorely. It needs to be re-sanded and painted again. I had 3 quarts of sonic blue here doing nothing so.. I just used that to see how it would ' look ' with paint on it and not to waste the final colors paint.

I honestly don't think all the body work will be done till this fall. Everything else is just a small bit behind schedule or where I would like to be.

I have the interior all back together, tranny tunnel is all done. That rubber floor-mat or vinal floor had a LOT of sound killing material under it. I had to rip it all out to get to the floor itself. There was a small amount of rust under it thats now gone as well.

I still need to buy a fresh set of body bushings for the whole truck as mine are.. dried out/rotting from all the salt they use here in the winter.

So.. ( couple of pics.. )

Interior when I started on it.. ( it sat for 6-8 months like this.. )


Heres the clear coat coming off the door on top where the window thingi goes.. I had to pull the mirrors off to get to all of it. I thought there was a lot of shyt in the fender flares when I took them off..


Roll pan before the clear coat. I HAD to see what it would look like before putting it on. I had to cut-out holes for the plate-lights and such as well ( NYS requires them so your plates will be visable. )


Basically, I'm working from the back end to the front bumper. The front end doesn't have its bumper/valiance on right now. The vail is full of putty where all the chips and cracks were in it. I have my new spindles and coils and lowers about ready to go. I'm doing some math on how to get it all to ' sit ' properly ( with the weight I will be adding ) and still have some ability to corner in a ' half-good ' way.

I need to get ahold of Lee ( diggr/gen edge ) in Rochester and pick his brain over some Buffalo wings soon, get his opinions on a few ideas. I *might* run 2 coils per side up front.. dunno yet. 2 lower rated coils will have a better response and share a load instead of having 1 large one.. again.. doing some thinking.

In the process of it all, I did run a wiring bus along the whole length for the undercarriage lights and other items ( fuel pump , bottle openers/blankets that are going in the bed.. ).

Theres just a bunch of ' projects ' that I'm going through right now to make the ' end result ' one item. I'm also helping Shawna with her truck ( if she would only warm my face in return or ' pull my tire! ' ) and did an engine in my sisters Jeep.

Time is a rarity these days.

 

You coming in on Sunday for dinner? I'm doing MY BBQ'ed ribs . Rob has been buggin me all week about em.

I snagged some parts from AJ's as well. Still waiting on that temp sensor socket for ya, then we can put in your OHC.

 

Energy Suspension makes a set for non-lifted trucks that I want to grab. Like 100$ or so.

The bushing on the rear passengers side corner of my cab has a 3/8ths inch aluminum plate acting as a washer because the bushing is ' scrunched ' and the body lines didn't line up any more.

Its my ' next ' thing I do before I even start on the front half.

Its all these stupid little ' damn, I didnt realize THAT needed some attention as well.. ' distractions..

When its done though, it should ride like new.

 

Ya know Zach..

Without any clear coat on it.. it looks really more purple then blue. From what Chris ( Gumby ) was saying, SonicBlue is both Pearlescent AND metallic at the same time..

I dunno a damn thing about paint. Its wet, you spray it on, it dries and well-ah! your SUPPOSED to be done.

If only it always happened that way..

This rain needs to F-ing stop already! I need to paint my doors and cab sometime this weekend!