jeepyj
Middlesex NY
First. . . link to paint thread. The PAINT thread!
We're gonna need some bodywork guys in here because I'm not one. I just have a project that's been thrust upon me. I warned the guy that I wanted to practice on my own stuff before I did his but he assured me that his was the one to be practiced upon. I will have more questions than answers. Here's an easy bit to start with. The truly horrendous parts will be posted later. There are a lot of hand made parts in this "custom cab" now.
The hood I found had holes where the antenna used to live. "Old Blue" has the antenna on the cowl so the holes had to go. The heat distorted the metal inward and created a nice divot for filler. I ground it flat-ish and sanded it with 120 before the first batch of filler. I think I did three in total.
Edit: That copper pipe end cap in the third pic was held to the backside of the small holes to fill them with mig wire.
We're gonna need some bodywork guys in here because I'm not one. I just have a project that's been thrust upon me. I warned the guy that I wanted to practice on my own stuff before I did his but he assured me that his was the one to be practiced upon. I will have more questions than answers. Here's an easy bit to start with. The truly horrendous parts will be posted later. There are a lot of hand made parts in this "custom cab" now.
The hood I found had holes where the antenna used to live. "Old Blue" has the antenna on the cowl so the holes had to go. The heat distorted the metal inward and created a nice divot for filler. I ground it flat-ish and sanded it with 120 before the first batch of filler. I think I did three in total.
Edit: That copper pipe end cap in the third pic was held to the backside of the small holes to fill them with mig wire.
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