Dave
is about as nice a customer as we could ever hope to work with!
I was lucky enough to send him a new Pete & Jake's chassis for
his '32 Ford project, and quite a few other parts too. |
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I've
been corresponding back and forth with Dave a little since the start
of his project, and have had the pleasure of bouncing ideas around,
talking about "what if" scenarios, "but if you do
this then you have to do this" scenarios, and generally swapping
lies and telling big stories!
Thanks Dave - we appreciate the business and the friendship!...........................................RJay |
| Here's some updates
from Dave - |
Hi
Rjay,
Here is the end of my first spray gun painting effort - the whole
body has 1 tack and 3 wet coats of acrylic lacquer primer on top
of a filler/primer aerosol can first 3 coats. I used a HVLP turbine
spray gun system from TP Tools. Next is 4-6 coats of PPG 1929 Ford
Balsam Green acrylic lacquer from Mac's auto. The spray gun is easier
to use than the spray cans - so far anyway. The dull primer probably
hides all my goofs, but for a first effort all went well. I will
probably be an OK painter when I get done. Fun to learn all this
stuff....... Hope all is well, Dave |
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HI
RJAY - GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU!
Here is the final body - 6 coats of the 1929 Balsam Green plus 4
coats of clear. All acrylic lacquer. Looks good from a distance
al least.
Painting is a high anxiety activity. Once you pull that trigger
you better do other good things or it all turns to ####. Reminds
me of welding - needs to be done frequently to be any good at it.Yes,
I built and fit the doors with the body bolted down to the frame.
NOW, when
I put the body back on the frame next week I hope, I hope, that
the doors still fit or at least I can adjust the body with |
shims
so that the doors fit. If
the fiberglass engineering/building and the painting are over and
I can get back to simple electrical and mechanical work I will be
all smiles. Occasionally I have an irrational thought that an old
Ford PU truck, 193?, with a GM 572 crate engine would be a good
next project for me. If you should see such a truck for sale, keep
me in mind. This building is addictive!
Busy is good - you young guys need to make lots of money and pay
lots of taxes and SS to keep us old guys going........Dave |
| This
is the most recent picture I received from Dave - looking good,
huh? The amazing part is the construction time. I believe it's been
way less than a year!............RJay |
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