A100 Twins

[MP&C]

Better to aim high and miss than aim low and hit.

You’re doing a fine job. My lurking has paid off!

 

[JimKueneman]

Last patch cut and epoxy primer drying on backside. Thought the rotted bed supports would be hard to get out but an air hammer made quick work of them. The replacements are from a van. Same part but in a van they are not exposed to the weather and rarely are rusted. Never had a torch to use in the past. Things can get out of hand quickly.

 

[JimKueneman]

This is just so when I am feeling down on my work I can go back realize I am doing so much better than someone who does this for a living. Wow. A professional grinder type welding, gaps, 45 degree joints that will slip past each other when it cools and shrinks….. Lordy what a mess.

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[crashtech]

That's the way bondo jockeys do it. Actually I have been ordered to grind, beat in, and bondo up rust when working as an underling. That's partly why I have my own shop. I couldn't do the things I was asked to do anymore.

 

[OJ86]

Why would you feel down about your work? You're doing fine.

Bad Chad is a mess, but I've gotten past it and its pure entertainment. He has his style and let me tell you, he's enjoying his career far more than I am mine!

 

[OJ86]

I have a question....How much did you actually know about these trucks before this project started? I mean things like what parts are interchangeable from different models and such?

Or are you just learning as you come into things and researching as you go?

 

[JimKueneman]

I have a question....How much did you actually know about these trucks before this project started? I mean things like what parts are interchangeable from different models and such?

Or are you just learning as you come into things and researching as you go?

Not a thing. Same with each one. I think I enjoy the research, learning and meeting the people who are the experts in each model I end up doing.

 

[dhutton01]

Not a thing. Same with each one. I think I enjoy the research, learning and meeting the people who are the experts in each model I end up doing.

That’s the engineer in you. Well, except the part about meeting people…

Don

 

[dhutton01]

A little inspiration for Jim Dirt….

 

[chevman]

It looks like doors off of something, that grafting exercise must have been fun.

 

[dhutton01]

It looks like doors off of something, that grafting exercise must have been fun.

I think it started out as a van. Those are the back doors of the van. A lot of creative thinking there….

 

[JimKueneman]

Passengers side is RUST FREE. My conscience is likely partially disappointed in how I did it but at some point you have to say this is not a seven figure or even a six figure car and it’s time to trade metal work effort for bodywork effort. It is close but more importantly there is no rust and the filler required is not out of line with a quality job. Just need to finish stripping the box side and then let it down and finish welding the inner panel lip and then the floor extension.

 

[JimKueneman]

Forgot I also got the first level of making the interior nice and straight. Wanted to have this done before I put the roof back on, much easier to sand.

 

[JimKueneman]

Stripping and blasting in 100 degree heat. It’s not as glamorous as it sounds.

 

[chevman]

I know its hot with your protective gear on, but I've traveled a lot in the southwest, and I know that a dew point of 30 in Arizona is no comparison to the dew point of 77 in Houston with the same temperature. Those guys are suffering through some hard times with this current heat wave.

 

[JimKueneman]

I know its hot with your protective gear on, but I've traveled a lot in the southwest, and I know that a dew point of 30 in Arizona is no comparison to the dew point of 77 in Houston with the same temperature. Those guys are suffering through some hard times with this current heat wave.

Agreed. 20% humidity.

 

[crashtech]

I'd really want a canopy or something, maybe you are just rolling the thing out into the sun for photos?

 

[JimKueneman]

I'd really want a canopy or something, maybe you are just rolling the thing out into the sun for photos?

Wind here is just too brutal. Last one went 30 ft in the air and slammed into my Civic with a dust Devil.

 

['68 Coronet R/T]

Forecast in my area is for wind gusts up to 40 mph. It's already blowing very hard and steady today.

 

[JimKueneman]

Forecast in my area is for wind gusts up to 40 mph. It's already blowing very hard and steady today.

First day with no wind in weeks today here