[jdjtcagle]

My 56 Ford Pick-up is almost done!!! I can't believe it! It's been so many years since we first got it...

After many days working on it...





Were finally getting there...
(Note: They aren't even clear coated yet!

[jdjtcagle]

Ok

[Taristin]

Heh. Cool.
I'm not a real fan of the older cars or trucks (pre-68), but I can certainly appreciate the work, and the end result.
Fooling around on them is fun, idn'it?

Why isn't the firewall painted?

[jdjtcagle]

Real Fun!

Ummm... My dad was still painting as I was taking pics
We will get there

[Stealth]

is that you in teh first picture?
how old are you?

[jdjtcagle]

15

[Stealth]

does the engine run?

[jdjtcagle]

Yes, before we took it apart. My dad is a firefighter and his partner owns Wagoner Wrecker, He's coming over tommorrow to bring everything we need to get the transmission and engine working...

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Great spray job, very clean.
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[Stealth]

yeah because take some advice from someone that's restored cars, and whose dad has restored cars since before i was born:  if you're doing a complete frame-off restoration, make very sure the engine is running before you put the body together.  it's not only easier, but it's harder to break something when you have all that room

[Stealth]

eh, just a recommendation.  if you want this thing to look CLEEEANNN, while you've got the frame off the chassis, you should paint the chassis itself.  the underbody of the car.  that'll look beautiful, and, if you use the right paint (protective paint), it'll protect the car from rust for years to come.  since you've got everything off anyway, it'd be a one hour to clean it, two hours to paint it, and it'd be dry by the next morning

[Taristin]

/me is finally getting his car painted.

/me is moderately happy.

[jdjtcagle]

[update]
Looks like were going to have to wet sand it some more to get little imperfections

[Taristin]

/me is jealous of the nice big garage.

[Gloriano]

Good job

[Bobboau]

Originally posted by Raa
/me is jealous of the nice big garage.

//me too, as I live in a garage

[Lightspeed]

Is a Bob FS2open build sponsored by GarageGames then?

[Black Wolf]

That's no truck. That's a ute.

[jdjtcagle]

ute?

[magatsu1]

never seen Neighbours ?

you sure it's nearly finished ? seems to be missing a few bits *note sarcasim*

how is it mechanically ? and I'm guessing it's a V8 ? maybe a flatty ?