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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | The cab is completely done except for the SemiGloss Black plemtum box, that gets painted tommarow 1/31. When we have that painted, it will really dress off the cab. The paint break lines he did are perfect in my opinion. Lord Have Mercy, I never though I'd get this far! What do you think of the Canyon Blue and Olympic White. Both are 1960 GMC colors, non-metallic and base coat - clear coat. Still need to run the buffer over the clearcoat that comes Tuesday and the 50/50 mix of Flat and Semigloss top coat for the dash top. http://rides.webshots.com/album/579664085DBNFPq | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Jake, simply put, I LIKE IT. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | | | | | | Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,644 | Good looking truck V-6 I just got a 53 -GMC that I'm going to start this spring and was thinking of going two tone on the paint .
Pete | | | | | Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 8 | Cab looks great!...Congrats!! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 | | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,410 ODSS President | | ODSS President Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,410 | I love the tu-tone and you nailed it!! Can't wait (like you) to see her finished.
~ Cosmo
1949 Chevy Half Ton
Rocinante, like Don Quixote, he is awkward, past his prime, and engaged in a task beyond his capacities.
"...my good horse Rocinante, mine eternal and inseparable companion in all my journeys and courses." ...Don Quixote, Cervantes
"If you come to a fork in the road, take it."...Yogi Berra
"Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength." ...Eric Hoffer
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Really Nice!! After all the pain of stripping, sanding, grinding and filing ...the fun part begins. Yeah!!!!
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
-Unknown-
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,644 | Good feeling, isn't it? Looks great... have fun on the "downhill slide". | | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | What's Amazing is that I was going through the older pictures and forgot just how far we've come to save that cab. I can't remember who I got the Cab from anymore. Pipe up if it was YOU!
Quick time line, note the YEARS!
Bought cab from another member fall of 2003
Cab was delivered to his dads farm in Ill. Spring 2004
Went to get cab fall of 2004
Had cab Soda Blasted Winter 2004
Friend let it re-rust all to hell (The Ba**ard) 2 weeks later
Had cab acid dipped in in early August 2005
Had Cab primed on AUGUTS 25, 2005
Katrina Came AUGUST 29th, drowned it! and had to start all over again! What a Bi*ch!
Truck had to wait until I had a house, the nerve!
Decided to clean her up in Fall 2006
Worked with some guys to cut out the rust and fix the dents in can from Fall-2006 until Until Fall of 2009.
Bodyshop Man took over at this point in October 2009 and was going good until he broke his wrist (8-10 month project hold)
Late fall 2010 cab was straightened, Exterior and Interior body work completed and colors picked.
October 2010 interior painted and complete
January 2011 Cab completely painted.
Been a LONG 7 years. I think I will win some sort of award for longest friggin time spent on a cab in history!
I know several people that would have given up a long time ago. Theris just something about that V-6 thats gets to you.
Jake
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 1,181 | I got the Paint Code information for you. The first number is the GM code, the second Numebr is the computer code that most of the paint shops will cross ref. from
Silver Fawn Metallic
GM-47 WA7134
Charcoal Gray
GM-98 WA8073
Canyon Blue (1960/61 factory GMC color)
GM-708A WE5799
Olympic White (also sometimes called Fleet White)
GM-14 W83E5111 | | |
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