I got the full moon dish center caps fitted. It took some grinding on the steel wheels to make a sufficient 'lip' for the caps to 'snap' onto. The steel wheels will be color matched green with the body.
The body work is also complete. The entire cab has been blocked and small pinholes filled. It is ready for a final cleaning, masking, and paint.
Originally Posted by jerryg79
Looks good. When do you plan to paint?
Sometime during the next 3-4 weeks. My weekends are filling up fast though.
Looks good
He who dies with the most **** wins, after seeing your collection you are in the lead no doubt!
So?
Seth Stewart '04
2000 Suburban DD
1995 F150 SAS - Needs more work to sell
1998 GMC pickup - sold
2003 Yukon XL - wrecked/motor donor
1975 Scout - TBD
1976 Scout - parts truck
1972 IH 1310 dually - TBD
196? Scout 800 - 302 roller
Well, it took longer than expected but....here it is.
Better pics to come. I quickly snapped these this morning.
Bed sitting on the frame.
Looks good, I like that color when I see it all together
Creighton, you have done stuff with that jeep that would make a goat go "holy ****!"
It's coming along nicely!
so would you paint a vehicle yourself after all that work or send it to a shop..... i have a 66 bronco and a 67 mustang that will be ready for paint the first of next year most likely and considering doing it myself. I have always stayed away from painting anything past a rattle can.
Red 81 CJ5, 35's, 4.10 and detroit, 4 to 1 dana 300, tbi efi, flat belly, cage, chromos and auzzie in front... sometimes runs. body damage to come
I'm fairly certain I will never paint a vehicle again. I have learned from this experience that painting takes patience and dedication to detail that is difficult for me to maintain. However, there is some amazing sort of satisfaction in putting down the spray gun and seeing the transformation. I don't know of another part of building a car where there is so much visual change in such a small amount of time as actually spraying the paint.....it's the months of body work, surface prep, and masking that I am not in a hurry to do again.
With that said, I don't know of another service that could have done the quality of work I achieved for anywhere around a similar price. When I was researching it last year I was amazed at the price of a quality paint job. $10k plus was not unusual. What I have as a finished product is certainly better than a Maaco $1000 paint job and the ability to say you did it yourself is pretty cool.
I agree with this, painting is a very satisfying job. No amount of prep brings the visual satisfaction that painting does. From the short amount of time that I worked in a body shop, I quickly realized that I would never fully paint a vehicle by myself, there are just too many things that can go wrong without a booth, and experience.
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