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Offline DnStClr

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Re: More Pictures
« Reply #15 on: November 10, 2007, 09:27:16 pm »
Yeah Jeff. Lookin good. Aren't  you going to paint the firewall and floor the same color blue?
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Offline JJSZABO

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« Reply #16 on: November 10, 2007, 09:34:06 pm »
The firewall is painted black.  I am painting the engine compartment black.  The floor is a money saving thing.  The viper blue paint is 176.00 per gallon and I figure since the floor is covered in carpeting, I would just leave it in epoxy.  I did the same for the roof interior - it is getting a headliner.  I just painted around the perimeter.
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Offline Fordeatinz71

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Re: More Pictures
« Reply #17 on: November 10, 2007, 11:43:38 pm »
that looks really darn good!  i figured you were installing carpeting and a headliner when i saw you left the majority of the floor/roof in epoxy...looks really good though!
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« Reply #18 on: November 11, 2007, 10:22:52 am »
JJSZABO,

I think you should come down to Austin, Tx. and help me do mine. My wife is a great cook. We'll feed you well.  :)
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« Reply #19 on: November 11, 2007, 05:29:24 pm »
79SHORTWIDE

Your too kind.  Trust me when I say if I can do it, you can too.  I would like to visit Texas - never been there.

Good luck and if you have any questions, this board is a great place to ask.

I'll be posting some more pictures of the cab - just finished with color and will be clearing tomarrow.
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Jeff

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« Reply #20 on: November 12, 2007, 05:43:45 pm »
I have driven by the Caddilac Ranch!
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Offline JJSZABO

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Re: More Pictures
« Reply #21 on: November 12, 2007, 06:14:31 pm »
Update - finished the cab with clear:




Now to start on the front fenders..........
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Jeff

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Son regained interest when truck was almost completed

Offline 85MudMonster

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Re: More Pictures
« Reply #22 on: November 12, 2007, 06:34:51 pm »
whoo-who Progress!! Keep up updated. Looks great so far.
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« Reply #23 on: November 12, 2007, 06:44:23 pm »
Nice! ;) ;)
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Offline Fordeatinz71

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Re: More Pictures
« Reply #24 on: November 12, 2007, 06:51:14 pm »
beautiful progress man!!
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Offline 79SHORTWIDE

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Re: More Pictures
« Reply #25 on: November 15, 2007, 09:24:34 pm »
Ok, JJSZABO,

How about manicotti or lasagna ? My wife makes killer homemade of both !
You've always wanted to come to Austin.....you know it!  :D

Besides, I'm SURE it's MUCH colder in Md. than here. Gonna be 75 tomorrow !
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Offline JJSZABO

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« Reply #26 on: November 15, 2007, 09:51:39 pm »
79:

I love them both - I am half italian and grew up on homemade sauce.  mmmm manicotti :'( :'( :'(

Let's see Maryland @ 48 degrees for a high or Austin @ 75 hmmmmm......

Seriously, you will do fine.  Can you take a coarse at your local VOTECH?  Blazin has helped me considerably on this board.  Just ask questions before you begin and practice on a scrape hood or fender.  Also go to www.autobodystore.com and research their forum on body work and painting - very informative!!

I use a "cheap" set of guns - this is the set I use: 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/10-Pc-ATD-HVLP-Spray-Gun-Set-Touch-Up-Primer-Topcoat_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43998QQihZ006QQitemZ160180652187QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Not the best set but does a nice job.  Use the primer gun 1.8mm tip gun just for your epoxy primer and 2k surfacer and use the 1.4mm tip gun just for color and clear.  The little 1.0mm detail is great for repair areas ( I should know, I've had to use it to fix some mistakes)

I broke my detail gun tonight - I had my air pressure up to high and damaged the dang air seal.....

Let me know if you need a write up on how to paint - I am no where close to being a professional, but I could write up what I know and learned.

Thanks for the invite though,

Jeff
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Offline 79SHORTWIDE

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« Reply #27 on: November 15, 2007, 10:09:50 pm »
JJSZABO,

I appreciate the polite refusal to my invitation of hard work for food but I understand.  ;D I too am half italian and grew up on the homemade stuff. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pa. All kinds of italians and Czechs.

Thanks for the info and offering to help. Once I get a little farther along I'll be buggin you!

Each week (when I'm lucky), I buy what I can afford and do little by little. You know the drill I'm sure.

I can probably take a course at our local community college...my biggest issue is my work schedule. I'm a parts manager at a dealership and put in a minimum of 55 hours a week. But, maybe....

Next week I am taking some guys from our body shop to lunch as a get to know you type thing and get our businesses working together so HOPEFULLY I'll develope a relationship with someone there that may help out when I'm ready. Blah blah blah.

Anyway, keep up with the great work and posting the pics.

Any relationship to Joe Szabo here in Austin? he's a machinist at an auto parts store. Good ole guy from Hungary.
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Offline JJSZABO

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« Reply #28 on: November 16, 2007, 07:29:30 am »
From Pittsburgh?  So am I  :o 

I moved to Maryland in the early 80's to go to the Univ. of Maryland and never left (but I went to the Univ. of Pittsburgh my freshman year)

I grewup in the Greensburg/Latrobe area.  My real last name is Sabol but our name was changed when my Greatgrandfather got married in the States.  His name on the boat from Poland was Szabo then it was changed on his marrage certificate to Sabol (never found out why).

Boy what a small world - I am half Italian and half Polish just like everyone else from that area.  Do you miss it?  What took you to Texas?  Wow, small world......

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Jeff

86 Chevy C-10
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Son regained interest when truck was almost completed

Offline 79SHORTWIDE

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« Reply #29 on: November 17, 2007, 07:40:45 am »
It is a small world. I only miss Pittsburgh (actually Coraopolis is where I lived most) when the weather was nice. I don't miss the cold at all. I left Pa. in 11/89 for Oceanside, Ca., got married, moved to Austin in 91 for a better cost of living with good weather. Well, it's now gotten alot more expensive to live but still better than So-Cal. I think a girl I knew from Moon High School--Jackie--her last name was Sabol. Any relation? That's going back a couple decades! Memory may be slipping. If you get to Austin sometime, look me up.
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