Fellow Bolters,
It’s time for an update on the progress of my 1964 C-10 LWB. I have been so appreciative of all of the support that can be found on the forums. It is a real valuable service!
The project has been going slow and steady, the biggest two constraints (also the most common for anyone else) has been time and money! Since I checked in back in the early Spring of 2010, many things have taken place with the truck. I have become quite handy with panel replacement in the
Floors and I have slowly but surely reduced the nervous jitters I get every time I get the paint gun out
Cab and Box Painted . This being my first full restoration, a lot of my confidence rides on everything I have done with the truck so far. My father has been a huge help with wire wheeling the frame and applying the chassis saver,
Front Suspension View 1 and putting the front suspension back together.
My last trip to the paint shop left me itching my head when they could not match the gray fawn poly for the interior. I decided to go ahead with rattle can paint for this job. I found the Krylon Satin Nickel from Wal-mart to be a close match, and much cheaper. Well, 12 cans later and many a raised eye by the cashier at the store (at the sight of me hauling cases of spray cans to the checkout), this was the result
Interior Painted. I was very pleased.
This has been a long time coming, but I still have to load the doors back up with glass and finish a few things with the interior, and then all I have left is the front clip, which I have a good start already, with new inner and outer fenders. The hood will be the greatest challenge left.
I hope that all of my fellow bolters are getting excited about the quickly approaching Spring season, and are finding the time they get with their stovebolts as therapeutic as I do. The best advice is taken from the welcome center of the forums, “…leave your project for the day while you are still enjoying it… it will make you more likely to return.” So true, thanks for everything guys.
God Bless
Joe M.
Oh I almost forgot. Here's how my $50 worth of Amish cut Ash wood bed turned out.
Made My Bed!
