I got a single cab!

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[jtauxe]

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No more hula hoops. Got some color on the back prior to folding the lip on the bed.

For those interested the color is mango-ish. I know not a Bay color but I thought I would go down a different road considering all the stuff on the truck that is not original. Haters go on and hate.

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Should have posted this before the last batch.

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Well Jerry has the dogleg from KF tacked in and is trying to get the door gapped. I need a few front door shims. I don't want to use washers, i'd like to use the correct pieces. They are shaped like an "E". I searched my spare parts stash and came up zilch. If anyone has any shims lemme know. I'll buy them from you. (Yes I searched the classifieds).
Thanks,
Erik

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Lower nose is put together. The inner and middle panels as well as the lower "A" pillar bits are from Schofield and the outer panel is Klassic Fab.

Chilling with Jim Morrison and Robbie Krieger.

[skills@eurocarsplus]

please tell me you're not panel painting the truck.

i don't care if the paint came out of the same 55 gallon drum...air temp, humidity etc will never align again. it will look like a squad car.

best thing to do is paint all the hard to reach parts and do a drop coat to tie it all in as your last coat.
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Huh. Maybe that is why my doors all have paint problems. They were not painted with the rest of the truck. The color is good, but the prep failed and the paint is bubbling in large bubbles just below the beltline.
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[skills@eurocarsplus]

i learned this the hard way...

panel painting is suicide, plain and simple. 1000x worse with metallic paint.

anyway after getting connected with some 100k+ restorers it confirmed my suspicions.

one thing is say you paint the shell, but you have to do the doors and hood...but they need work. the amount of product sprayed on those panels can change the hue/tint of the color.

when you see a car being painted and say the doors, hood, trunk are all hanging in the booth that is the 'color coat' then 99% will bolt the car together and do a 'drop coat' to tie in all the paint.

then, you blow the car back apart to do clear. single stage is a little different but same basic procedure.

paint is funny stuff. too many factors change the color. that and say you paint something, let it sit for months on end then finish painting the paint/clear naturally 'dies back' and that will cause a mismatch as well.

i saw the episode of 'iron resurrection' when the did this C-10 and about puked the way they painted it.

let's see who else picks up on the color mismatch. if i picked it up on TV then you KNOW it's REAL bad in person

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[skills@eurocarsplus]

i get your frustration with the project....you're good for toughing it out for years as many would have walked by now

i'd make it clear as crystal with the guy...any paint variances and he's re-doing it on HIS DIME. you've come too far to let the ball drop now.

i didn't mean to start anything...many aren't aware of the complications of painting like that
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More greenish. (Nothing to see here Skills )

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