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Getting ready to paint

halftrack

halftrack

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kcimb said:
Hey Sermis,

Where is Temple, Tx? I live up in Ft Worth...if you need help sometime i might be able to swing through and lend a hand.
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You better get a TOM TOM or you will never find him.
 
Barrman

Barrman

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I'm not sure a Tom Tom will lead you to his house either. I have been there a few times. Always coming from the same direction. I tried to find his place coming from the other direction in the dark once. Not a good idea.
 
kcimb

kcimb

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halftrack said:
kcimb said:
Hey Sermis,

Where is Temple, Tx? I live up in Ft Worth...if you need help sometime i might be able to swing through and lend a hand.
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You better get a TOM TOM or you will never find him.
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Tom tom? Is that the name of your homing pigeon or something?


(yeah yeah, I know it's a GPS)
 
Rebelpride

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wheels & engine paint

This may be a stupid question, but do the front wheels have manual lock hubs. And did
you tape off or cover anything up when you sprayed the engine? Can you spray it w/o
any after effects.
 
sermis

sermis

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Overson lockout hubs on the front. I did not tape anything. Sandblasted and painted. Anything with bearings or openings I trued not to blast direct.
I need to get some new pic's up.
 
sermis

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Well I took it on a 100 mile trip. Other than the SAND comming out from everywhere it was ok. One hub getting hot but it is the one I replaced the bearings in so maybe too tight. I ran out of sand and still have some small parts to finish up.
 

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Srjeeper

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Nice job!

sermis, the truck looks good, all the hard work certainly paid off. Where did you find all the new dash plates?
 
sermis

sermis

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RE: Nice job!

I still need to paint the underside of the bed and a few odds and ends.
I will need to replace most of my gauges. I taped them off but not good enough. Sand still got to the glass when blasting and frosted them and then I also used lacquer thinner and it clouded the ones with plastic.
 
clinto

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RE: Nice job!

I bought all new gauges for mine.......everything but the tach from Saturn and an NOS tach from Acetomatoco..................
 
sermis

sermis

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Total was about 60 100# bags. If I would have put down a tarp and sifted it would have been less. I think it ran about $5 per bag but in the 100 degree heat I reall did not feel like sifting.
 
redass73

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mine could use fenders and rockers too. Have been wanting to blast this truck. cost about $900 to do one a few years ago. thought we could save some cash doing it myself. did you rent your blaster and compresser.
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