Projects 1957 Chevy Pickup Pt. 2 "El Trucko"

Eh I like Mack Brushes better. All you need to get start is 2 colors of One-Shot, a Mack 00, some mineral spirits, brush oil, a few pieces of sheet metal to practice on....

 

Lookin good

 

Thank you!

 

I had 82 holes in the firewall of my 55 gmc....who knows what they were all for. Looking good man.

 

Haha! Ya I was like what the hell could possibly go through all these? Thanks man!

 

Love the flames man,she's really coming to life!

 

Thanks for the tips. Which #00 the 10 or 20 series or some other Mack 00?

Mack 10 series 00

Mack 20 series 00

 

You can use either.

 

Check out this group, you can probably get all your questions answered here!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/group.php?groupid=107

 

Got my Dynamat in today!

 

First Cl*** !

 

Next thing to do on the list....drive the **** out of it!

 

So I havnt done anything for a while except drive it. WIth Mooneyes Xmas party coming up, I made a small list of things to do....

Finish primar'ing the roof and the cab
Strip out all the ****ty body filler
Wrap the seats in some cheap fabric for the time being
Strip the dash of the old blue paint and hopefully get it primar'd
Seal up the cab a lil better
Get cab vents working

Ill be stoked if I get half those things done....

 

Looks great! Hey....you should change you pinstriping name to Crawfish!

 

Thanks! Eh...too late! It already says Crawford on my box haha!

 

I got 1 thing on my list done! Finished up the ****ty primar gray temporary paintjob. Maybe it'll look good at night....

 

Nothing wrong with the suede and chrome theme.............. I have the truck from Uncle looking similar now.....

Athough I really liked the patina before primer too on your rig...........

 

Ya sometimes I wish I left it, but whatever too late now! Haha.

 

Finally took you advice and started a thread...... right here.

 

Nice ride

 

Thanks man!

 

Rad! Its lookin good!

 

Looking good man! I really like the look of those rims, going to have to get some for my 55' when I get it done.

 

Rad, cant wait to see it!

 

Mooneyes xmas party is coming up, so I kinda gt it all pretty. Repainted the dash, and panels, wrapped the seat, and put in some fuzzy fabric **** to hide the plywood in the bed. Heres some pics....

The seat before...


After...


Door panels


No more ugly plywood! Its ugly fuzzy **** now!




Repainted dash...



I also wanted to make a grill insert before Mooneyes, but I never got around to it...

 

Looking great! Seeing all the trucks here has got me ready to finish my frame & suspension, fix the major rot (thankfully not much, my truck spent most of its life in Riverside & Torrance), and epoxy everything so I can put it back on the road with the new powertrain and worry about the cosmetics while I DRIVE it!

 

Ya I got rot in the lower can corners. Im gonna start taking care of all that after Mooneyes.

 

You never know what you will find in spots like that - was under the truck from Uncle 2 days ago routing a wire for the 3rd brake light install - I look up and inside the cab corner rot I see a tool handle. Turned out to be a really nice wide/bent putty knife the last owner used to mix/spread bondo. While I don't spread bondo that way - it is the best tool to mix it..... then clean it off with lacquer thinner before the bondo hardens.

 

Im diggin that 3rd tail light! Ya whatever I find in my truck I leave in. Its good luck....