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Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101

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Now in front of a little tiny town called Belle Mina...

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I also got a boat-load of emblems...but I got over charged for them...I also got the 1974 GMC Grille and GMC Emblems...

Before I post them...I got ta trivia question....were Suburbans Chevy's or GMC? :dunno:
 
Chief Brody said:
I also got a boat-load of emblems...but I got over charged for them...I also got the 1974 GMC Grille and GMC Emblems...

Before I post them...I got ta trivia question....were Suburbans Chevy's or GMC? :dunno:
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Both.
Until a couple of years ago both were suburban but now gmc calls them xl[emoji43]
 
Like imiceman44 said they were both Suburban until the year 2000 body style change and it was re-branded the Yukon XL.
 
Chief Brody said:
I also got a boat-load of emblems...but I got over charged for them...I also got the 1974 GMC Grille and GMC Emblems...

Before I post them...I got ta trivia question....were Suburbans Chevy's or GMC? :dunno:
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Unless you're asking who had the first use then it was chevy in 1935
 
tRustyK5 said:
Most all those pics had potential, but lighting seems to be the enemy, either washing out detail, or ending up with heavy shadows...:dunno:
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Send the pictures to Sean "Z71Paramedic" He can fix them! :bow:

I watched him fix a pile of pics on his computer when he was in Alberta last year. :thumb:
 
eh...I am not an amateur when it comes to photography...It was the placement of the Blazer in the pics that I didn't like...and I was shooting very near sundown which causes shadows, but it also has great colored natural light.

I can put them into LightRoom and tweak the light or shadows till the cows come home....but that's the way it works...take 1000 photos and only 1 is really good...every now and then you get lucky and the first shot is just fantastic..

I think a big part of the problem is that the subject of photos needed to be the blazer, but those buildings sort of stole the shot...I was probably focusing more on the building than the blazer and my light meter exposed for the building instead.

I could go in an make them better but not sure I want to spend the time since they will never be a great shot anyway....
 
Finally finished the whole thread. Took me 3 days to read it all and I learned alot. I can't wait to start on my project, and hopefully it will turn out 1/2 as good as yours.

Good work chief :waytogo:
 
Chief Brody said:
eh...I am not an amateur when it comes to photography...It was the placement of the Blazer in the pics that I didn't like...and I was shooting very near sundown which causes shadows, but it also has great colored natural light.

I can put them into LightRoom and tweak the light or shadows till the cows come home....but that's the way it works...take 1000 photos and only 1 is really good...every now and then you get lucky and the first shot is just fantastic..

I think a big part of the problem is that the subject of photos needed to be the blazer, but those buildings sort of stole the shot...I was probably focusing more on the building than the blazer and my light meter exposed for the building instead.

I could go in an make them better but not sure I want to spend the time since they will never be a great shot anyway....
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Your totally right... any pictures I take that are good are pure luck.
And yeah Sean took hundreds of pictures when he was here.

Gotta say though. Love the job you did on the blazer!!:bow:

And any pictures of it are good!:waytogo:
 
Thanks guys...and reading through the thread I know you recognize the unbelievable amount of time and knowledge that Paul (Ryoken) allowed me throughout this entire project. I can say that it was my own hands that did it, but it was at the instruction of Paul that I even knew what to do. Still an amazing feat to do a project like this through online correspondence.

It's not done yet...still got plenty of interior stuff to do...but the money has run out right now. It's just small stuff I am able to do right now...I still need the upholsterer to rebuild the back seat and make some side panels...that's gonna cost a lot...and I got to get the top done sometime...dash, radio, instrument panel...alll that stuff to go...would like to replace the under dash harness as well :doah: :doah: :doah: :doah: :doah:
 
you da man shark hunter... :waytogo:

I never thought THIS would be THE thread for overall bodywork in here.. I've laid down tons of posts pertaining to what I thought where the right ways, and concept's about bodywork, just didn' expect this one to evolve into that kinda thread... and all props go to you for that, the perseverance to bring this thread to fruition.... I wouldn't have had it.. and you did... :bow:

I have ton's of other insider bodyman stuff this thread doesn't ciover, maytbe someday, I can divulge the rest in other posts.....

big kudo's for your vision and determination.. :popcorn:
 
Chief Brody said:
Republic Steel was once the third largest steel producer in the United States. It was founded as the Republic Iron and Steel Company in Youngstown, Ohio in 1899.

n 1927, Cyrus S. Eaton acquired and combined Republic with several other small steel companies, with the goal of becoming large enough to rival U.S. Steel. The newly named Republic Steel Corporation was headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, and became America's third largest steel company, trailing only U.S. Steel and Bethlehem Steel after acquiring Bourne-Fuller Steel and the Central Alloy Steel Company (located in Massillon, Ohio) in the 1930s.

I love stuff like this...I love original markings...
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Massillon is 7 minutes from my house. I drive past the old Republic Steel in Massillon every time I go out for Groceries. It looks like a war zone. All buildings are demolished and nothing but acres of junk and twisted metal. Been that way for almost 20 years now.
 
Craig Artzner said:
Massillon is 7 minutes from my house. I drive past the old Republic Steel in Massillon every time I go out for Groceries. It looks like a war zone. All buildings are demolished and nothing but acres of junk and twisted metal. Been that way for almost 20 years now.
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would you mind snapping a photo when you have time?
 
I got the tailgate interior handle put back on and the release rods that open the tailgate into place...that wasn't real easy...took a while...got the tailgate interior cover put on...

I can see that I am missing some hardware that keeps the tailgate support cables out of the way while closing the tailgate...and I have some springs left over...need to figure out what that stuff is.

I got the spare tire holder half mounted...will finish that tomorrow...

will take some pics when I have the tire mounted...plan to take it out tomorrow for a drive
 
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