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Dave, you gotta' get that Ranchero done .............. I gotta get that "Z" done ......... Then we'll have to test your theory.

Originally Posted by pro70z28

Dave, you gotta' get that Ranchero done .............. I gotta get that "Z" done ......... Then we'll have to test your theory.

Tee Hee Hee, kind of wondered if you were up yet!!!!!!! Yup, that would be a fun little contest.... I've got about 3 more projects ahead of it yet, then should be able to get back on it full time, hopefully by mid summer!!!!

Dave you have 3 more projects and say by midsummer . I 'm hoping i can get some engine fire by summer . One thing i did say i didnt want a 4 year build . Have to keep opening garage door and get it to keep it going . What helps though is my fridge is out there too. No beer during the build though just when im done and pondering direction .

Big difference is, this is all I do. Don't have to waste 8 to 10 hours per day with a real job!!!!!

Yeah big difference i guess . I'm trying to donate at least 15 hours or more a week . With the attached garage though working on it at midnight is out of the question . Wife would have a rolling pin in her hand alot LOL.

Ok off to garage wifes at work and i think i could have alot of member in by time she gets home. Post pics of it at end you guys let me know if i need some change .

Well didnt get as far as i wanted but the fit is good . Had to do a hardware run for nuts. Geez 1/2 - 13 was over a dollar a piece grade 5 at the local Lowe's .

Did a bit of wet sanding on the hood of the pickup today, looks like it's going to come out ok. Going to use the Tri-Zac on this one, never tried it before, then start buffing.

(quote Bobby D) Yeah big difference i guess . I'm trying to donate at least 15 hours or more a week . With the attached garage though working on it at midnight is out of the question . Wife would have a rolling pin in her hand alot LOL.


Bobby, reminds me of the time I was spraying my frame purple in the garage, and my wife had the dryer running with her nurses uniforms in there. I didn't know dryers sucked up air.........and anything else in the air.

She ended up with purple tinted uniforms............I think it was shortly after that she divorced me. Some people have NO sense of humor.
Don

Don LOL my wifes a nurse also. I havent got to that stage yet but hopefully primeing the frame should be soon. I figure to hang multi walls of plastic to interior door in hopes to stop infiltration into house. I figured out a way to make a cheap down draft style venting with a old furnace blower i have it should move about 1000 or more cfm to help with fumes and overspray .

I have a septic and where it sits will only allow a 16 ft wide garage . I want a 24 by 36 for toy fun just waiting on city sewer and water .

Did come home tonight and welded some of my nuts to the frame. Was telling the welder sshhh a bit .

You are a bigger man than me Bluestang, it would be hard for me to be quite welding my nuts to the frame! I would be singing like Florrance Nightingale!!

Truck is looking good Dave, is the kid camping out outside your house yet? I bet he can't wait to get in his truck and cruise.

I got the drivers door finished yesterday, solenoid working, all the trim repainted and installed, new wing window rubber installed. Got to come up with an armrest of some kind now.

I welded my nuts to the frame once and I wasn't very quite about it. Took two bigs guys to pry me off. Okay, so this a bit off colored. Mods can remove this to save me from my demise. By the way truck is looking good.

Dave the truck is inching forward . Two tone looks good , are you going with your own design or leaning more stock .

Brick looks good i like the 2 tone door trim . Light blue with a light gray bottom or is it light blue both are nice . Interior is sharp , i like the arm rests in the 06 explorer where door handle is at the front built into it .

Well couldnt resist a vrrroooomm LOL. Well put the plates in and welded the top solid and ground . Welded in the top braces now a few days of measuring and cutting the rest .

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Dave the truck is inching forward . Two tone looks good , are you going with your own design or leaning more stock .

I don't do anything stock... This one I would call a "mild custom", but there is a long list of very subtle little mods on the truck. The colors are both Ford colors, just from different years. Competition white and plain old Ford Bright Red. The seat and headliner are done up in the same colors. Nothing too spectacular on the truck, rolled pans, filled seams, some shinys under the hood, change the rear suspension a bit, and a bunch of other little things. I'll be starting on another one next fall for me, complete with a Cummins Turbo Diesel, chopped, channeled, stretched and the works.... I'm using this truck to teach a newbie to Hot Rods some of the old techniques rather then just opening the catalog and buying more bolt ons.....

I got a PM from these Yahoos. D*** spammers.


Don