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Well Im at it again..............

Well I got a new hood for it, new non-a/c dash, stock radio and stainless vent windows. I got the old dash cut out and replaced, started striping it down to get the body work done. Also got the cage swapped over to my blazer> I managed to ruin 2 windshields and 2 door windows while I was at it. I broke my recently replaced one I had for my blazer while trying to re-install it. Then got a little too excited to start welding and got slag burns in both door windows welding shut the mirror holes while the windows were Rolled down. Also got the windshield in the Jimmy while welding the replacement dash in. The wife is not impressed. This is my 4th windshield I have ruined.

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Well i guess it is time for an update, i have been busy and have been bad about keeping progress pics. I do have some though, I have the cage and motor swapped over and have been working on sanding and blocking. I Just ordered up 17 gallons of AL's Liner and I am going to color match the whole tub and firewall to match the new paint. I have a couple other bedliner projects as well.

I also have a few more pics of my buddys 68 extended cab, he is working on his bumpers at my buddys shop.

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bp71k5 said:
Cool! Is that your garage setup as a spray booth? Any tips for someone planning on same thing?

-Brian
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Its my buddys shop, its just his garage, it has an exaust fan in the wall and a filtered intake on the other. His nieghborhood has a ton of cottonwood trees and there is cotton crap in the air like it is snowing now. We blew the shop out the best we could with a leaf blower and put the plastic up only to contain what we couldnt blow out. Normally we dont do the plastic. We also wet the floor, but other than that I probably couldnt tell you.

I am going to paint the hood, tailgate, glovebox and steering column tomorrow since the shop is too small to do all of it at once. Overall I am very happy with the results and will end up cutting and buffing it in about a week.
 
bigbadchev84 said:
Its my buddys shop, its just his garage, it has an exaust fan in the wall and a filtered intake on the other. His nieghborhood has a ton of cottonwood trees and there is cotton crap in the air like it is snowing now. We blew the shop out the best we could with a leaf blower and put the plastic up only to contain what we couldnt blow out. Normally we dont do the plastic. We also wet the floor, but other than that I probably couldnt tell you.

I am going to paint the hood, tailgate, glovebox and steering column tomorrow since the shop is too small to do all of it at once. Overall I am very happy with the results and will end up cutting and buffing it in about a week.
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What kind of paint are you using? Most of the paint designed to cut and buff has been banned down here or costs $100/gallon. I may have to make a trip up there to do some shopping.


-Brian
 
I am using dupont "Nason" Base/clear it cost me $505 for a gallon of paint/clear, all the hardners, reducers, activators and enough tint for 3 gallons of Als liner
 
Ive been Really bad about taking pictures along the way, But I will post up what i got. The Blazer has been on hold for the most part, I did swap the Jimmys motor into the Blazer. I plan on swapping the 3/4ton running gear out of the Jimmy and into my 67' Longbox. I am in the homestrech and waitng for some more funds to come through so I can finish up the jimmy and stick a for sale sign in it and hopefully recoupe some money and I can get back to the Blazer.

I ended up buying some 16.5 BFGs off of craigslist to replace the boggers, then traded them for a set of 35s on a 16" rim that goes a little better with the body style.
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Dude, I hope mine turns out close to as nice as any of those!:waytogo:

Why is there no "drool" smiley???:zombie16:
That's as close as I could get....
 
Hell yeah man, I'm in the same boat, just more aft (AKA not as far along, little worse view)!:haha:
 
Not a whole lot going on, I got a little side-tracked and have the 67' pulled in the garage now and was sanding and buffing the clearcoat. Well I got a little crazy and sanded though the clearcoat.

So i figured what better time than to fix a couple spots of bodywork that has been bugging me since I painted it a year ago. So I got the back of the cab all sanded down and started slinging some mud.

On a side not I did manage to get a rear bumper welded up for the Jimmy. Im into it $95 bucks for all the metal and D-rings. Looks like Im gonna need to give it another coat of paint, But I think it fits it nice.
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Got the new seats in today. Got them out of summit for about $450 to my door. 3 hours of measuring, grinding and welding and I got the factory seat brackets modified. These are really nice too since you can recline the seats too. Im gonna have the rear seat covered to match. Windshield,new exaust and a couple small things and I will be able to throw a for sale sign in it.

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