1968 c30 "Papa Smurf" prerunner build. links, beams, and turbo

[Mr.Clean]

Glad to see you using this thing for what it was built for!

Never set out to build a show car Although I’ve won best in show twice with it. One from a show I actually entered and another that I just drove to and was fan vote based. My truck won sitting in the parking lot next to the show

The results of your work are just awesome to me!
CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!
That looks like a blast!

Thank you. I often don’t show how much time and effort I actually have into the truck to get it to the point it’s at, but it’s been a fulfilling journey. Not done yet

 

[AgDieseler]

Truck looks great. Do I remember right that you used Steel It for your coating?

David

 

[Mr.Clean]

Truck looks great. Do I remember right that you used Steel It for your coating?

David

yes I did use steel it on my axle and beams and I wasn’t a fan. All the duning I do it was just getting sand blasted off and not holding up. So now everything is painted with a high enamel brown tractor paint from the local tractor supply store and that stuff is holding up much better. Not getting sand blasted off.

 

[Mr.Clean]

Working on a film project to end the year with my friend I’ve made thru duning Jesse Pigeon. He’s a badass behind the lense and is helping me translate what I have in my mind into video. Here’s a screen shot from shooting we did Sunday.

 

[Mr.Clean]

Truck is put up for winter. Time for upgrades

Machined some 12 bolt snout blocks and turning stock 6 bolt D44 snouts into 12 bolt snouts for some new knuckles.

 

[Mr.Clean]

Still designing and cutting parts for the new setup. I’m excited to start assembling once I have all the pieces machined

 

[Mr.Clean]

#beamteam

 

[Deuling]

Heard you got a Hobart Welders Sponsorship?

I used to have one of those just like that one i see at your place in a Dialed youtube video, must have misplaced it I guess..

 

[Mr.Clean]

Got videos uploaded to YouTube finally from December 2018 from Shelby and I’s trip out west. Links below

 

[Mr.Clean]

Pismo U tube link

 

[Mr.Clean]

Pismo to Laughlin for Rage at the River 2018 where I met up with @Babaganoosh snd @sreidmx to watch some racing. I stuck around Monday after the race and took my truck out on course to check it out.

 

[bp71k5]

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Got videos uploaded to YouTube finally from December 2018 from Shelby and I’s trip out west. Links below

That was strangely entertaining.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Still haven't made it through the Laughlin video, I keep getting destracted and pulled away.

 

[Babaganoosh]

Finally made it through the video, dang I was fat... I'm glad I didn't stay and try to run the course with you that monday, I probably wouldn't have made it home.

 

[Deuling]

How’s that welder though?

 

[Mr.Clean]

Finally made it through the video, dang I was fat... I'm glad I didn't stay and try to run the course with you that monday, I probably wouldn't have made it home.

Camera ads 10lbs I think they say right? Haha. And it honestly wouldn’t have been bad. I wasn’t doing anything crazy. Just checking out the course mainly. I was saving the truck for playing at the last stop on the trip which was Little Sahara after this.

 

[ZooMad75]

I was hoping you had some killer video from that trip. Looks like you did. Thanks for sharing. Great videos.

 

[Mr.Clean]

I was hoping you had some killer video from that trip. Looks like you did. Thanks for sharing. Great videos.

I wound up with about 60 hours of footage in that trip. Took me the last year to sort it only doing a little bit here or there. Was an undertaking but glad to have it all to look back on.

 

[Mr.Clean]

Back to work after a few weeks off for vacation. Got a lot of stuff ready to cut chips. Need to knock out some machine work now to collect the parts and should start looking like something.

 

[Mr.Clean]

Big stuff machined for spindles. Just need to finish top and bottom gussets as well as steering arms now to finish off the billet knuckles.