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LOOKIN' GOOD ! ! ! ! !

Thanks!

Got the rear shocks fully mounted @ a 10degree angle but man they look really straight up in photos

Spent some time putting the dash back together

New chrome bezel, polished up the stainless trim and the ignition switch

Filled some holes and then cut some new ones

 

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So the last beetle that got put together was painted arktis... original color to the car and one year only color... debating painting the firewall arktis, bright white or sticking to all black ...

 

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So... turns out I'm the grand winner in the bondo lottery.

Much like the fenders, lots of dents and an abuse of bondo to shape and flatten out the surface...

 

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Made some more progress with the metal work... having a heat wave the last couple of days sort of slows things down. My headers showed up yesterday... Patriot tri 5 fenderwell headers. Needed these to clear the steering box and the motor mounts but they are a little on the crazy side

 

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Body work is easy.... when you get rid of the sheet metal

 

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Progress of sorts

 

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More of the same...fill some holes and drill some holes

Was going to run two 2 5/8 gauges offset to the left in the overhead panel... but the curvature of the panel made it impossible for the gauges to appear optically "straight". So moving the gauges into the middle of the panel alleviates that issue

 

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Glad to see another 1940 getting a new life. You have gone further than I dared and it still took me 4 years to get it like this. Looking forward to seeing your completed project.

Thanks...your truck looks sweet. Anymore details or pics you'd care to share?

Got the first one done

And then there were 2

And because I'm a child at heart... couldn't resist seeing what the mounted headers look like

Result....awesome ridiculousness

 

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Been a while since I've done any updates...so it's the good, the bad and the ugly update

Finally made a decision on what to do with the running boards... spray on bed liner makes them useable without worrying about scratches and rock chips.

Body got some paint which is the good

And then the bad and the ugly.... Rolled it partially outside to take a look in the sun light and didn't notice the tent door was hanging a little low... anyone interested in a project vehicle...

 

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Definitely an uncalled for set back

Plan A is to tape the affected section off, sand it back and respray/ blend. If the blending fails then Plan B will be to sand the roof down to the beltline and redo the entire roof.

Puts a crimp in my plans to put the engine /trans back in this weekend...oh well

 

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Plan B it is

 

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Got a break in the weather so it's time for the second attempt at painting this thing

 

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Paint turned out flat but the clear has a couple of runs to sand out.... roof turned out much better this time 😁

Couple more pics

 

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took the afternoon off of work and got a fair bit done today.
Warning... it's going to be a bit of a photo bomb since I'm thinking the truck is turning out to be a pretty cool piece

 

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cont...

 

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So not much progress.... got the truck moved into the front garage, followed by some color sanding on the cab... then mounted the rad shell and trial fit the fenders. Looks like I might have a fitment issue with the headers..

 

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Minor update...more color sanding done on the cab and trial fit the headers with the fenders on. Going to have to slightly clearance the inner fender lip.

 

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Got the other header on, moroso tranny dipstick installed, water pump pulley and mounted the headlight brackets/buckets. So the process continues...temporarily bolt stuff together and then blow it apart to make it fit

 

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Got the new H4 headlights and the dash in... of course the new km/h glass for the instrument cluster cracked on me... sigh. back to the faded but original mph glass. Headlight rings are currently chrome and need to be redone, so contemplating painting the rings black.