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Thu May 03, 2012 10:06 am

My friend .... you are a legend! Un-be-lievable work. Really, when I see work like this I only realise how lightly I got away with my rust bucket. This is incredible.

Thu May 03, 2012 11:16 am

Thank you for your words, hope to have some cool news in the upcoming weeks.

Aitor

Thu May 03, 2012 1:45 pm

Im just lost for words when I follow this project! My friend you are an incredible craftsman! To even fathom this type of resurrection is mind blowing and what u have done is blow it out of the water!!!!! Many respects and blessings your way so you can finish this how u have been doing and with all the health you need. I wish I had some of the pieces you need so I could donate. You deserve them! Im sure NOTHING is easy to find where you're at! Keep it up, this will go down as one of the best resurrections I'm sure!
Bendiciones Hermano! Tremendo trabajo, y que Dios lo bendigo para q termine pronto!

Thu May 03, 2012 2:20 pm

Unbelievable rebuild! Super work - you should be really proud.

Fri May 04, 2012 6:02 am

dfusion001 gracias por los buenos deseos, me alegra mucho que disfrutes viendo el trabajo, es primera vez que hago algo así!

Z thank you, sure its been a lot of work, more of all, an incredible way to learn.

im still waiting for the green metal i need, and working saving the doors now so i can test fit everything.

Aitor

Sat Jun 02, 2012 12:47 pm

Ive been working on the truck, im waiting for a pair of doors, mine are so bent at front that is shame to use them with new A pillars. I decided to make my own gates cause the work that i did in the back was so big that im almost sure that a perfect new set of gates wouldnt fit without modification, by now i have the right one, more than a week of work, but is not that bad, im starting to like the way it looks, something like the smooth gates on a barndoor, the way i bult it is different from the way the factory did, but it looks similar, the one in the back is going to be a lot harder. Hope you enjoy the pics.

Aitor

Sat Jun 02, 2012 2:10 pm

Ain't nothin' wrong with those gates, my friend. Those are a thing of beauty and a labor of love. Very, very nice. You have mad skillz, brother. Truly mad skillz.

Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:07 pm

I agree^^^^^^^^^

Those are AWESOME!!

Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:18 am

Thank you Hansolo99 and Cru62, today im working on the left one, ill post pictures.

Aitor

Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:19 am

Just outstanding! I thought my DC was in poor shape when I started.....

Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:08 am

These gates are AMAZING!! I will gladly buy some!!! Outstanding work Aitor!, Aitor keeps doing it, time and time again!!!!! =D> =D> =D>

Sat Jun 09, 2012 10:27 am

Thank you!! Glad you like them, by now i have almost done the left one, i need to fix some details, and start work on the rear one.

dfusion001, im going to Orlando today for three days, send me a pm if you want, during the day im going to be free.

Aitor

Thu Jul 05, 2012 9:20 am

Some more news about my 60 DC, i´ve been working in the nose, is going to be a challenge but is coming along well, finally i made the 3 gates, i bult them in a different way than original and i feel they could be better, but for me is the first time trying to assemble something like that and is not that bad. Hope you enjoy the pictures.

Aitor

Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:11 am

freakin speechless....... :shock: standing ovation for ya man.

Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:04 pm

You're the BOSS! Way to go man, you got the juice now :)

Thu Jul 05, 2012 3:14 pm

That truck is a crazy amount of metal work. Its looks good so far.

Thu Aug 23, 2012 5:54 pm

Some pictures of what im been doing lately. I´m almost ready to turn it over and put the tubes (hand brake, accelerator, clutch, etc), and paint the undercarriage. The weel wells klassicfab made for me are amazing. The fit was just perfect, a little bit of work to put them in but after that they look really nice. I could not find a set of seats locally so i used what i had on hand, I had to shorten them by 10 cm but i think are close to what they should be. The nose is not as good as i would liked it to be, but there is nothing else to do without changing it, and is to big to bring one here, to much money :).

Aitor

Sun Oct 07, 2012 12:17 am

aitor11 wrote:

Did you wear out that red welder of yours from the earlier pictures? Looks like you have a yellow one now.
Wouldn't be surprised with all of the crazy work you are doing. Keep it up!!!

Sun Oct 07, 2012 2:06 am

Sun Oct 07, 2012 5:16 am

Muthashabubu yes I have the yellow one now, it welds a lot better. The old one had about 20 years laying around and nobody used it, now i know why!!!.

Here are more pictures, it is waiting for paint!.

I could not find seats, so I tried to make the ones that I had to look similar.

Aitor