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Ryoken's Guide to Rust Treatment and Bodywork 101
- Thread starter Chief Brody
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I am uploading them one-by-one into each post that is missing them. It's the only way I can be sure the correct photo gets placed where it was.
So what I am doing is, I downloaded all my Photobucket photos and put them all into one folder on my pc.
I then find a post that shows the new photobucket crap link.
Then I hit the "edit" link on the CK5 post and then "More Options" and it brings up an editable window.
I click on that link and it shows me the original url, which contains the file name.
I copy the file name and put in the search box of my PC folder that contains my PhotoBucket images, and the correct photo come up.
I drag the file into the box and it shows up at the bottom and I hit "upload" and that's it.
It's a lot of moves, but once you get it down you can start rolling.
I then find a post that shows the new photobucket crap link.
Then I hit the "edit" link on the CK5 post and then "More Options" and it brings up an editable window.
I click on that link and it shows me the original url, which contains the file name.
I copy the file name and put in the search box of my PC folder that contains my PhotoBucket images, and the correct photo come up.
I drag the file into the box and it shows up at the bottom and I hit "upload" and that's it.
It's a lot of moves, but once you get it down you can start rolling.
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your hosting them on CK5 now than?
i just looked at Mutt's build thread.. all my stuff was showing up... wonder if that's due to me being a premium member a few yr's ago.. think i paid 25 or 50 clams... i may still be...
but i still need to go thru my thousands of pics and find the paint drawing i did of my fuel tank for Mutt... i think i have the majority in folders on this comp...
i just looked at Mutt's build thread.. all my stuff was showing up... wonder if that's due to me being a premium member a few yr's ago.. think i paid 25 or 50 clams... i may still be...
but i still need to go thru my thousands of pics and find the paint drawing i did of my fuel tank for Mutt... i think i have the majority in folders on this comp...
One thing I cannot restore is the photos in the posts that other people posted, there are quite a few. Looks like most of yours are there except for a few url links to a product or something
Done! I have uploaded all the photos in my posts that were missing because of the PhotoBucket over-reach....
Annual check-in..lol
Time to paint the top "brackets"...whatever you call them. Been in storage, covered in Ryoken Green for a long time now. I will probably go to paint store and get the correct color put in a rattlecan with hardener for these. Doesn't make sense to pay the price for a quart of paint for these, but I can check prices again.
Time to paint the top "brackets"...whatever you call them. Been in storage, covered in Ryoken Green for a long time now. I will probably go to paint store and get the correct color put in a rattlecan with hardener for these. Doesn't make sense to pay the price for a quart of paint for these, but I can check prices again.
I finally painted the headlight bezels black like they are supposed to be to be "correct" for a 1974. I like them with the "eye shadow"?
I like them that way too.
I have a set of each and I had a 73 a 74 and a 76 and I liked the eye shadow better
I took it out driving on a beautiful day today...headed in a new direction and happened to have my camera when I spotted this old Pure Gas Station:
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Beautiful shots!
Thanks! I struggle to find "good spots" where I live because we don't have big mountains or great looking waterfronts...I would have to drive 100 to 200 miles to find the spectacular backdrops for photos and it isn't running good enough for me to drive it that far yet. That's in another thread...looks like carburetor rebuild time.
It sits for longer than I would like, but without a finished top I can't take it to work with even a 15% chance rain...and it has rained for months on end here.
Hard to believe it has been 9 years since the "Rust Bullet" (Ryoken's Guide) thread began.
Stumbled into your thread a few days ago. Somehow all these years I had missed the most popular thread in CK5 history?
Anyways, it was like binge watching a series on Netflix complete with my brother looking over and saying "Huh?" everytime I said aloud "ah", or "hell yes", or "what the **** is he doing now?".
Super cool build, looks like it turned out really nice. Always a warm fuzzy to see someone's hard work and effort pay off!
Six years on looking back what would you do differently?
Anyways, it was like binge watching a series on Netflix complete with my brother looking over and saying "Huh?" everytime I said aloud "ah", or "hell yes", or "what the **** is he doing now?".
Super cool build, looks like it turned out really nice. Always a warm fuzzy to see someone's hard work and effort pay off!
Six years on looking back what would you do differently?
Thanks! If you read the whole thing you know how much help I got from @ryoken the entire time, so that has to be noted above all else, and others as well.
On what would I do differently I have two answers:
First, I couldn't have done it any differently. I knew what I wanted but I didn't know how to get there. It was truly a process of learning as it went..as you saw I did some things twice, sometimes three times. If I was doing it again now I would certainly be a little faster at it because I could skip the steps I did while learning. I wish I could have painted it myself, I will always feel like I fell a little short there.
Second answer for me is really what would I change about it now? I wish I would have told the paint shop to make it look like laquer...a duller finish..maybe satin...it's too glossy for the original look. Second thing is that I would have spent more time on the fenders / radiator core support to get the gaps better by altering the support or the fenders. I would take the entire dash out and clean all that out to the firewall.[/QUOTE]
What do ya make if this stuff ? It was in a youtube feed. I’m not a fan of wet stripping and putting wet back onto panels. But I know stripping is necessary. I know you know boats. Its talks about hull cleaner. Barnicle cleaner.
http://drxcleaner.com/
http://drxcleaner.com/
Anything going on with this? Awesome job
Unfortunately work has all of my time right now (moving everything to the cloud) and we went from 100 degrees for 3 months straight to Winter overnight without a Fall. So no work done on the fiberglass top at all. Also needs leaf springs all around.
I hope to get to some of it, but likely spring of next year.
Hard to believe it has been right at 10 years since I started looking for a Blazer and Joined this forum...WOW...time does fly
