Folks, it has been a while huh? Life has been busy in my neck of the woods so I have been taking a break from the truck.
I have left the bodywork, for the most part in the hands of the shop. Working through with the body guy as to the level of perfection I am looking for, I got a bit of sticker shock. I am not going for a show winner, rather I want something that I am not afraid to use as a daily driver. The estimated hours to complete the truck is around the 400 hour mark. Even with a discounted shop rate the total will be North of the 30k mark. I am far enough into the build that I want to see it through, I am able to still put in hours to reduce the overall cost so that is what I will have to do. I left the truck freshly primed with epoxy. Some work has been done to prep the parts for bodywork which revealed an issue with adhesion on the rear fenders. The rear fenders are new and came primed. I did not fully blast them to bare metal, rather I “tickled” them to remove the shine. They were sanded and cleaned prior to applying the epoxy primer. While prepping for further bodywork the body person used compressed air to clean off the accumulated dust. The air got under the primer and caused it to flake off in several places. Sooooo, it was back into the sandblasting bay to get the fenders back to bare metal and then a sand and then a spray with epoxy.
2 steps forward and 1 step back?
Stay safe, stay healthy. Steve
1946 Chev 1/2 ton - 6V/+ground/Bias-ply original - shake/Rattle and Roll! (SOLD) 1940 Chev 1/2 ton Franken/Restomod
