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Project '08 'Vette orange.
- Thread starter 68MUDSTUD
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Careful, if you make it too nice he won't be able to wheel it with a clear conscience...
lookin good casey!
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Confedneck79K30
3/4 ton status
mt's gonna be drivin the bondo blazer.... nice work cant wait to see it, i'll be back
Good to see you're using the stud gun instead of drilling holes and using a slide hammer. I hate those things. Those guns are the best thing invented for body work, IMO, next to sliced bread. 
trixblazer
Registered Member
Avery4jc said:
Ditto!
Looking good.
Like the color too. Can't wait to see it on the truck.
y5mgisi
1 ton status
Nice work, this will be a fun project to watch. Be sure you inlcude details such as, piant to thinner/hardener ratios, what kind of guns your using, how you clean the old paint before priming, etc, etc. Stuff that guys who havnt done this before wouldnt know or think about.
NEK5
3/4 ton status
Updates Casey?
no updates yet, just been sanding filler, been kinda busy around here lately, so i havent had as much time to do stuff as i did the first few days.
got the new fender openings from LMC today, the metal is thinner than i expected, but ill make it work. im going to be pretty much boxing it into the quarter panel backing anyway.
as far as pictures go, i left my camera at my dad's woman's house, when we went out there last weekend and shot prairie dogs, so this is the only picture i have for everyone. I know it brings teh non-tech.
got the new fender openings from LMC today, the metal is thinner than i expected, but ill make it work. im going to be pretty much boxing it into the quarter panel backing anyway.
as far as pictures go, i left my camera at my dad's woman's house, when we went out there last weekend and shot prairie dogs, so this is the only picture i have for everyone. I know it brings teh non-tech.
I'm going to get WAY more technical hopefully as i go.
No non-tech in the Garage!68MUDSTUD said:
You know the rules! 
sorry, i had to do it... anyways, to bring somewhat more tech to this post, i have made a cardboard cutout the exact shape of the new openings, and now i just have to figure out where im going to reverse section them and pie cut them. its gonna take a while, but once i get it done the way the boss man wants them on cardboard, i can go ahead and chop up the new openings! 
and as far as being a member of the sheetmetal gang, does this count as going for or against it?
and as far as being a member of the sheetmetal gang, does this count as going for or against it?
tin man
1/2 ton status
That is a sweet color.
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Im in the same boat.. Lookin good... Im tuned in
68MUDSTUD said:well, got the cab corner almost done! Just need to lay a superthin coat of filler over the weld area!
looks a ****ton better!
What took me the longest was getting that filler piece just perfect so i could have a bit of a gap and make it fit good. all in all, it was pretty easy. just gotta take your time. Maybe I'll inspire someone else to tackle sheetmetal in their rig.
Im in the same boat.. Lookin good... Im tuned in
well, heres the new openings from LMC... they are pretty dinged up. alot more than i was hoping for.
So, I traced the new (stock) fender openings onto a piece of thin cardboard, and cut it out, and held it up to the box just to see how much im gonna have to do.
now, begin hacking away at the cardboard. got the front to where I like it,
got the rear the way I like it.
ok, in this photo you can see exactly how much the opening is going to be lowered. I dont think this much will cause the tires to rub too much.
ok, made the template look a little better, so, now comes the comparison shots.
Just to clarify, the whole point of me doing this is to kind of hide the wheelwell mounting places, and box in the inner fender to outer fender.
So, what do you think bossman?
So, I traced the new (stock) fender openings onto a piece of thin cardboard, and cut it out, and held it up to the box just to see how much im gonna have to do.
now, begin hacking away at the cardboard. got the front to where I like it,
got the rear the way I like it.
ok, in this photo you can see exactly how much the opening is going to be lowered. I dont think this much will cause the tires to rub too much.
ok, made the template look a little better, so, now comes the comparison shots.
Just to clarify, the whole point of me doing this is to kind of hide the wheelwell mounting places, and box in the inner fender to outer fender.
So, what do you think bossman?
Xtremegmc80
1/2 ton status
i like the new version better. thats how i would do mine.
looks good!
