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finaly tired of riding static and decided if I dont get my ass in gear ill have paint on this unit before the hydraulics are working!! soo…. I allready have my plans laid out to order a few things but I went ahead and setup a single dump gate pump for the rear and hooked it up so I can lift the rear for some travel again…little did I know in my infinite wisdom of hyrdraulics I went with a too tall of a cylinder and they hit the underside of my deck when hitting a heavy bump….doh! and durrrr…. I should have known better but sometimes I just see stars..lol got some 8 inch cyls comming next week that will fix that slight problem… 😆 🙄
also got tired of my roof lookin like dook so in the little bit of free time at work I welded the emblem holes up, seamed sealed the drip channels and blocked the roof
then threw on some primey prime……..cant wait to finish up the body work on the right side!!
ill do some more work next week for sure!! hopefully I will be ordering my manifolds for my hydro pump and finaly finish my suspension!! 😈
slow day at work resulted in this
BOOM!
heres the old one….still worked but weeping out water steadily
got my 4 inch cylinders in yesterday as well 😎
comming together :dance:
made me a remote fill tank for my hydraulic pump hidden in the fender…\
used part of a pump resivior
mounted up squeeky clean
still got to weld a bung under it to hook a line to the pump resi but its close
also finly got started on my right side pipes and extending my rocker like the left…
had some custom spoons made of my design so I can straighten up the camber on the front, using heavy duty 2500 balljoints it did the trick, now my tires are perfect vertical rolling low. made of 1/2 because I dont need nothing heavier for this application.
also finaly did the body work to the trunk lid along with the lower right quarter panel, its all roughed out in those areas now, so im just left with some upper fender work
well I started back on trying to get the rough bodywork done to this monster so got onto the front end again
getting the body up top to match the hood and blocking the rest out halfway decent
hood fit alot nicer now
also blocked and did addtional work to the fenders as well along with blocking and repriming the roof
and for the first time in a long time it was solid again
well got back on it again doing smaller spots like welding holes up and smothing over bad spots
along with finaly smoothing out the fender jambs and sealing them in well
then I decided to throw on some color on the outside at least till I have all my ducks in a row, then do my final paint only after I have my wheels, new chrome, full interior…etc…etc… no reason to paint it all wild and put junk back on it…
prepping her down
in the booth, getting ready
out after two cure cycles… it pinched up some but it will be a good solid base to fix all the body imperfections and other things that may pop up before I do my final paint
nothing special about the paint right now, just a black Limco Singlestage, witch I got to thank Accurate Auto Paint in Valdosta, GA the hookup
its a 20 footer right now, wich im happy about. I drive my car every day and shinny black is a whole lot better than ghetto shadetree faded primer black any day lol
finaly started putting on some of the trim Ive had put up for years back on
here she is sipping at the pump
got some more stuff to post later…stay tuned!
what im working on now for her
this will take the place of the old fener gate pump ive been running, this will give me alot more movement as well.
got the pump filled and ready togo in
it was a pig making it fit in… I knew it would be tight in there but damn…lol…beats having it taking up space in the trunk
made a quick template for a close out panel ill get some sheetmetal to make thse out next week
all I got to do now is run my battery wiring and hook up the solonoid and install the front cyls and she’ll be back adjustable again!
some new shots of everyday life
just crushing grass
finally got my pump and manifold situated the way I want it, resides behind passenger front tire
just enjoying local cruis-ins
got to take my equally awesome daughter to a Halloween party in the big Linc
just strutting its stuff!
did alittle work on making some back interior stereo speaker pods, my next main adventure is sorting out the interior this summer along with some stereo
first fabbed up the backing board and speaker pod and test fit
then I stretched some material over it all and fiberglassed it
got them all smoothed out
then covered them in some temporary material until everything is ready to be done.
and that’s done…next im onto making the door panels next
and picked me up a few small goodies
maltese cross cast covers for my lakes pipes
my little homie rocky approves, said Bark Bark
and some windshield wiper bullets
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