Something ive been building

[ABD]

Hi All!....Hav'nt been doing much painting...But a lot O bodywork,hehe.....Thought i'd share this little (WIP) project

This is going over the old Tag location on a 90 Mustang....Flushing it smooth..Thought i'd add a light in there for good measure,hehe..It looks like a horror show right now, lot left to do.

I started with a piece of fiberglass i already had on there...It's been cured for a year now...So i hope to have no shrinkadge..(nobody likes that).

(Pic1)...I cut out the words with a Dremel tool

(pic2)...Flipped upside down, placed in missing pieces

(pic3)..Poured in Fiberglass resin...Let cure for a day

(pick4)..Put it back on

(pick5)..Stuffed a flashlight behind it to see if it works.haha!

Left out a lot of prep and sanding in the above steps...Just the simple skinny on the deal.......Gonna put marker lights inside the box...Havn't decided what i'll run em off yet..Parking Lights, switch, brake light???...The car's gonna have a Kandy paint job, over top of the words..Should be virtually invisible until lit.
.....Gonna even up and "crisp" the letters better with primer, and paint.

Whaddya all think?..First time i've built something like this...Thought some of you might digg!

[Whit]

Great Idea !!!:partyalone:

[Cowboy]

Kewl job there Dell. I did alot of the late 60,s early 70,s chevy pu,s that way, smootie gates with recessed tags, with the cutout,s on each side of the tag. But You have to use the red lenses on the rear nowaday,s. Perty hard to get away with the old blue dot,s these days around here I guess. Cowboy

[ABD]

Kewl job there Dell. I did alot of the late 60,s early 70,s chevy pu,s that way, smootie gates with recessed tags, with the cutout,s on each side of the tag. But You have to use the red lenses on the rear nowaday,s. Perty hard to get away with the old blue dot,s these days around here I guess. Cowboy

Glad ya digg Whit n Cowboy......I'd never seen this in real life (in person anyway)...Seen many ways of doing it, Looking on the net..... But thought this would be the most simple.....Probably wont be lit all the time...To prevent tickets,hehe.

Cowboy i put a set of those "blue dots" in my first car...It was an 87 Camaro though:lol:

This car has a Modern day Body Kit..(i put on)....But i'm doing a lot of old Skool work also...Frenching antenna, lights...Shaved handles...I'd Chop it if i did'nt have to deal with the glass,haha!

....Just doing all my Favs from all the Eras, :partyalone:

[ABD]

Hey all thought I'd show my lil project again...Still lots to go...Finally got it all in Primer so I can pull it outside and work on it....Been doin a lot on the back...Like the pics I got above..Here's what it looks like now.

The "stang" is primed over right now..I'll just sand it quick later on to bring the the word back..Also put in a pick of what I started with for comparison

[josie]

:clapping2: Good Job Dell...cant wait to see this car finished..Are you doing anything special in airbrushing on it?

[ABD]

:clapping2: Good Job Dell...cant wait to see this car finished..Are you doing anything special in airbrushing on it?

I dunno Josie....I sold the car over the winter..So my plans for it went out the door...Now it's up to the owner...He's leaning towards a solid color...I might be able to persuade him into some cool AB work in there somewhere?..I'll keep ya'll posted..Thanks for the comments:)

[purplemyth]

looks pretty cool dell! can't wait to see it done!
maybe sneak in a lil art by dell sig somewhere :D

[redanner]

Hey Dell! why couldn't you do that with license plate blanks? install a car light on the back. might make some money. Check to see if anybody else has already done it. google auto lighting

[Full Blast]

Cool man!

[Stang]

Did you do that for me?????????

[Jeroen - CDM]

Looks great Dell!! Did one of those too, we carved 'BACARDI' out of a underplate (2 sides). WHAT a awfull job whehe. But turned out really nice.

Ya're doin great so far!!!

http://www.blogsnel.nl/uploads/j/jeroen27/3020.jpg

[minniemouse]

Haha, Dell.
I just e.mailed you over this baby. I remember someone had one, and thought it was you - checked your website before e.mailing and everything.!
We may be miles away, but we're working on the same model car! LOL!!
She lookin good!
Any advice on that Oxford white much appreciated!

[ABD]

Been working on this ole gal again..Here is where the bugs feasted on me today:D....Nice day tho, sun was out, upper 70's, cranked the tunes in da shop..LOL

1st pic is what it looked like when I 1st put the body kit on...Pretty good comparo for the updated pics.
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Today I cut the hole for the license plate...Put a piece of sheet metal in there..Bolted in 3 spots that are good and out of view. Now I'm fiberglassing in the mold around the bottom/top and sides....It'll be all smooth and spiffy like the rest eventually.......Still lots to go.:cooldude:

[AndyW]

Very nice indeed, still no decision on the paint.....

[ABD]

Very nice indeed, still no decision on the paint.....

Nope on da paint..LOL...I convinced him to drive it in Primer:dance:.......He really wants to drive it anyway, All the motor being beefed and purring, should be a fun lil tooler....But I got thinking on how much I changed the body with Fiberglass and such...I'd hate to have a sexy kandy paintjob on there, only to find a big crack through the bumper a month later.

This way he can take it out and beat on it for a summer...We'll find any problem area's and refine from there...Probably be a winter paintjob.

Gonna do it in black Primer...Should look pretty mean that way:D

[AndyW]

Black is always cool, except for my bike for some reason lol...........looked and looked at black bikes, loved the gold and met red better weeeee...........haha 10 days and counting an go and play with my old fender, or I might play out part of it on a canvas instead hahaha big ideas little ability at present lol...... still all play time is good.

[ABD]

Black is always cool, except for my bike for some reason lol...........looked and looked at black bikes, loved the gold and met red better weeeee...........haha 10 days and counting an go and play with my old fender, or I might play out part of it on a canvas instead hahaha big ideas little ability at present lol...... still all play time is good.

Indeed!..So long as yer craving to paint when ya get home, all is good!..LOL...Yer never gonna get worse from more practice..(though I swear I've had it happen a few times, hahaaa)

I'm still heavily leaning toward black primer on my bike..LOL...So nice to not have to worry about polishing and all that..haha!...get a chip, just blast on some more..Weeeeeee!

[AndyW]

Hahaha, I have about 3hrs polishing to do when I get home just to give it a quick go over lol........
Actually my thoughts have changed since picking up the brush, yeah love custom works, always have, but have so much fun on Tee's and boards etc that have only done the skull thing once months ago lol.........., apart from the fender got a Tee design want to play with as well, now it's just escaping long enough from my chores list that her indoors starts/carries over when I was last home hahaha.
Ha, thought you were going to do it up ta pimp yersel.

[ABD]

Ha, thought you were going to do it up ta pimp yersel.

hahahaa..I hear ya, got a bunch of things going on right now..Not nearly enough of it involves painting..LOL

...Hard call on the bike, "to pimp or not to pimp" Tiz always a dilemma..hahaa

[AndyW]

lol......give it a dual personality, split it down the middle, one side plain old boring "This your Ride"...... pimp the other, then you can always look at the plain side ta make ya happy lol...............

[ABD]

lol......give it a dual personality, split it down the middle, one side plain old boring "This your Ride"...... pimp the other, then you can always look at the plain side ta make ya happy lol...............

Aaahaaa!, good call:rotflmao:

Was thinking it'd look cool in black primer, and make the bolts look rusty..It's all plastic and alloy..but it'd be funny to make something new look old and rusty..hehehee....Like someone left a sportbike in a field for 10 years and the plastic rusted.


Awww hell I dunno, so many ideas, lame ones ta boot:rotflmao:

[AndyW]

Aye thats an idea a "Rat bike" only it isn't, rat bikes over here have there own following, usually matt black, rusty as hell, then all sorts of strange nic nacs added, gas masks, skulls, rats,spiders, you name it, makes you wonder how they are still on the road, all mechanicaly sound, just take pride in the awfull appearance, like something outa Mad Max lol..........

[ABD]

haha..Indeed, Mad max has always been a fav of mine..LOL

[AndyW]

Hmm dissappearing posts again lol.......
Start again, I, Rat it, with out it being a rat bike, folk here are proud of their Rat Bikes, the worse they look the better, generally matt black out a rattle can rust etc, skulls,rats, spiders, gas masks, lol..... you name it there is usually something wierd or unusual hanging off them, look like escapee's from a Mad Max set.

Edit: Dang it blinking gremlins lol........

[ABD]

Hmm dissappearing posts again lol.......
Start again, I, Rat it, with out it being a rat bike, folk here are proud of their Rat Bikes, the worse they look the better, generally matt black out a rattle can rust etc, skulls,rats, spiders, gas masks, lol..... you name it there is usually something wierd or unusual hanging off them, look like escapee's from a Mad Max set.

Edit: Dang it blinking gremlins lol........

hahaha..ya lost me there for a second.."Disapearing who"..hahaha!...Musta been some gremlins on yer end or something..Looks normal to me..maybe I missed da glitch tho.........probably just Whit messing with us..hahahaa!

[AndyW]

lol, saw yer answer in the new posts, an posted the first one on MM, was browsing saw you had come back, went into the thread and my first MM was missing, eh!!!!, refreshed twice, still the same thought ah well post again, hit the reply and bugger me there was the first post an your answer, hmmmmm mysteries abound lol, mind you doesn't help a whacking great platform interupting the signal at times..........

[Cowboy]

Looking good Dell , I Think I,d still have to throw some old school scallops or such on the sides , Them lines are Beggin for sumpthin.

Wouldn,t have ta be Fancy & Just Protected with a light clear or somethin so it wouldn,t shine. Just Sumpthin to Tease Him into a Real paintjob when He,s ready. hehe . Good show so far.

[ABD]

Looking good Dell , I Think I,d still have to throw some old school scallops or such on the sides , Them lines are Beggin for sumpthin.

Wouldn,t have ta be Fancy & Just Protected with a light clear or somethin so it wouldn,t shine. Just Sumpthin to Tease Him into a Real paintjob when He,s ready. hehe . Good show so far.

I hear ya Bud...I keep getting lil flickers of ideas..But then anything I do is just gonna slap more time and $$ on the project...Damn things been taking up space for 3 years now....I really want it out of here for awhile..hahaha!.....

Probably go lay under it today, looks nice out, I'll take some snappies if I get any progress done:)

[boneyard.se]

Split colors top and down, you paint the top and I the lower part... gonna be one hell of a ride... you are allways up to something... This is going to be fun following this project cuz I know its gonna stay alive fore a long time when you are involved :)

great start and i know you full of ideas.. love your car // Tomas

[Dundas West]

can't wait to see it finished

[AndyW]

:laughing_rolling: You emerged from under the dust cloud yet?...........:jump:

[Jeroen - CDM]

Haha, indeed. He's INVISIBLE lately haha

[AndyW]

Haha, indeed. He's INVISIBLE lately haha

Either that he is stuck under the shower trying to get rid of all the itchy stuff lol.........

[ABD]

Hahahaaaa..Same ole same ole round yonder....Sand the crap, apply the crap, watch the crap dry, do some other crap...Rinse and repeat...LOL.....Hoping to get her in primer by the weekend....I dunno yet gonna be tight:)

[Jeroen - CDM]

Hahaha lot 'a crap! @ least it's good crap & not the IRS lol

[AndyW]

Hahahaha..... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee knew if we poured petol in the funbus or on it whatever, out ya would pop lol.............

[Jeroen - CDM]

Haha, mayby he's playin' hide & seek with them squirls LOL

[ABD]

Made some progress on this ole stink today....The damn Humidity is rusting this thing right where it sits...So I had to start getting the bare spots covered..Just to much work trying to keep them all clean for weeks on end....Soooo I got the back half pretty good and done....

My nifty home made license plate holder turned out mighty slick I think:rockon:..Here's some B-4 and afters:D

[AndyW]

Niffty lookin work all in mate, what you doin all over in that sinister matt black.

[ABD]

Niffty lookin work all in mate, what you doin all over in that sinister matt black.

Thank ya Andy..Seems nice to see it in one color again..LOL.....Once it's all black like this..Then it's a sanding with 220 and a few more coats of Black primer...It'll be smooooth and Purty then..hahaha:rockon:....That'll be the final deal for this year...

I like it just fine in Primer..If it were mine I'd be tempted to leave it that way..haha!

[AndyW]

Thank ya Andy..Seems nice to see it in one color again..LOL.....Once it's all black like this..Then it's a sanding with 220 and a few more coats of Black primer...It'll be smooooth and Purty then..hahaha:rockon:....That'll be the final deal for this year...

I like it just fine in Primer..If it were mine I'd be tempted to leave it that way..haha!

:rockon: haha I need skull an cross bones on the hood though :laughing_rolling: :sport-smiley-004:

[sharonsstudio]

Looks great Dell.. I like how you did the lights... now this Baby needs to be black with silver strips down the top with skulls in it..

[Cowboy]

Glad to see Ya Making some headway on it Dell , Thats Perty much My favorite color too. lol . good show .

[Jeroen - CDM]

Now that's a sweet ride! Awsome work!

[JinxxxOnU]

Can't wait to see how this one shakes out!
Amazing work so far!

[ABD]

Glad ya's dig:rockon:....This damn Humidity makes working on it near impossible...Sand paper loads up, all tape becomes useless...haha.Just kinda working my way around spots I can mess with till the heat breaks......Gonna be another gross one today.

[ABD]

Thought you said it was frosty up your way?

Looks like one helluva job mate. Bet you'll be sorry to see it go.

Was frosty a few back..Then the damn heat took over..Waaaay to hot out there now..LOL

Nope not sorry a bit to see her go..hahaha...I WANT my shop back..LOL....Damn thing's been taking up space and making things a PITA for waaay to long...haha!

[ABD]

Whats a PITA?

Pain In The Ass....hahaha

[ABD]

Ahhh! Got ya, why didn't you just say that? Too hot to type? Keyboard in melt down? Am I beginning to annoy you? Sorry mate, in a daft mood.

hahaha..No annoying me Bud:rockon:...Yip probably shoulda typed it..But ya know me If I can murder a language, sign me up!!



Was a crazy day today...Big storm blew in, canceled schools and everything..Power was flickering..Got a small pond outside of my shop from the downpour....Now it's bright sunny and hot again...CRAZY!

Here's some more pics, nothing interesting, just more black primer:)....Put a new Thermostat housing and hoses on..Few dumb things like that.

Still working on the side skirts and the front end.That's why they aren't primed..But they aren't metal so no rust worries..haha!

[AndyW]

Weee...... what wheels are going on Dell, just allie's or nice sparkly ones, lookin nice, did you alter the hood or is that the way it came. Nice iwth the skirts sweeping round, a lot of work indeed.

[ABD]

Weee...... what wheels are going on Dell, just allie's or nice sparkly ones, lookin nice, did you alter the hood or is that the way it came. Nice iwth the skirts sweeping round, a lot of work indeed.

Eventually he's buying new rims and tires....Sporting these for this summer tho..No clue what he'll buy for it later, haha!.

The hood is aftermarket, I bought it back in the day when the car was mine..Steel, 3" cowl induction......Yip, I molded just about every gap and line I could find on this thing..hahaa!...If ya ever have to replace a fender...Gonna have to cut it out..Weeeeeee!

[AndyW]

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$................ha ha

[anderekel]

Whats a PITA?

A type of bread :D

[ABD]

Some mess today:D

Now that it's in Primer tiz much easy to spot pin holes and low spots..Been hunting them down.

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Started sanding the hood, passenger door and a few other bits with 220...So their ready for the last blast:rockon:..Still fitting the headlights so the front end isn't to pretty yet....I hear on a daily basis that I'm to fussy...hahahaa..Ticks me off every time..ARRRRG!!..LOL

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[AndyW]

Aye then they get it and its well what about this an you missed that lol........

[ABD]

Why exactly did you sell it Dell, it could have been a show car and a great advert for your talents.

That was why I originally bought it..But after running out of $$ to finish it and still running out of $$ to pay the bills...Selling it got me a paying gig for awhile.....I hate money, really do, worst invention ever. Now were all stuck with it:lame:

[anderekel]

I prefer NAN! Very witty though!:yeat:

I agree, nan is better. Good stuff

Car's lookin' great there dell. :D

[ABD]

I agree, nan is better. Good stuff

Car's lookin' great there dell. :D

hahaaaa..Don't let the Car interrupt this exciting bread discussion..I like Wheat myself..The brown stuff...No crust tho..(phooey):rockon:

[anderekel]

I really like sourdough, goes well with pretty much anything. :D :rockon: :sport-smiley-004:

[anderekel]

nope, never had a chance to. Was gonna at a pub, but they were out :(

[AndyW]

Don't forget black bread also very nice with soup.............

[ABD]

Anyhoo. hows the car going Dell?

Fine, thanks for asking.





.....Hahahahaa, seriously tho, Tiz getting there, still hunting low spots and pin holes...sanding the primer with 220..All good messy fun:D

Oh and the only Bread I dig that isn't sliced is Banana Nut:cooldude:

[weelz]

looking really nice mate. very oldskool. will be nice to see when its done, would look nice in a nice glossy black with a bit of silver pinstriping going down the side. keep us posted

[ABD]

Finally got every inch of this in primer....Hopefully start putting things back together this week and be driving by the weekend.:whew:

[AndyW]

Lol that still makin the garage look untidy............... hmmmm......smell burnin rubber........... ha ha , tis time to fly little one lol...........

[ABD]

Lol that still makin the garage look untidy............... hmmmm......smell burnin rubber........... ha ha , tis time to fly little one lol...........

Weeeeee, time to fly indeed!!!...looking at a hot lap on Saturday.:partyalone:


This is stunning, I especially like the back end, can I say that???

Really can't wait to see it finished. So much work, I bet you have no finger prints left! Might come in handy Dell!!!!

Hahaaa, sure can say that..I think she's got a pretty slick rump..Hahahaa..Course I'm kinda biased:D

Right about the fingers..Think I've sanded more blood off the car than fiberglass..Got some Metal in my eye once..hahaa...To many horror stories:whew:







Some new pics....Lights are all spiffy..I wont tell ya how many times I rebuilt around there..LOL..Had it fitted for the stock lights...Then when I sold it, the guy bought these lights...Not even close to fiiting:angry-smiley-030:

That's my Father in the 1st pic..hahahaa!...Running da lights and luvin no windshield...LOL

Gotta rub out the overspray and such yet....I wonder if a buffer with just the wool pad...(no compound) would do the trick???...Never tried, any thoughts???.....Don't wanna sand it cuz he doesn't wanna sport sanded Primer...Be no biggie if I was sanding it and putting color on..Normal dilly, Never tried to make it look somewhat pretty tho:blah:..hahaaa

[AndyW]

Hell of a neat job my friend, slick mate....... no idea about just a buffer pad, wrong person playing here lol.........

[Cowboy]

Looking good Dell, Great shot of Yer Paps also . As far as the overspray, Try a test panel with a wet sponge & ajax or any other powdered cleaner that has a lil grit to it ( Without any strong chemicals in it or possibly any contaminents ) . Allways worked for Me to remove & smooth oversprayed areas . & More importantly tell Him to NEVER get any wheres close to the damn thing with tire cleaners or interior cleaners like amorall, Or all bets are off on the future paint job, That crap will absorb into the primer damn near all the way down to the metal, fiberglass , & or fillers . Been there done it, Why I would Never let a customer taker away in Primer since. Good show Bud .

[ABD]

Thanks fellers...

I was hoping you could hop in here CB....Thanks for the tips.....I thought of just giving it a bath, scrubbing real hard with a shammy or something....few times washing it should smooth a bit...But the gritty ajax type of wash sounds better..


I don't know if he will paint this thing..hahaa...Hard to keep stuff spiffy around here..lotta pluses to keeping it this way...Scratches, road kill, his 4 year old son...hahaha...Least in Primer can spot fix any boo boos..

[ABD]

Been bustin my Marbles on this....Finally it's off and on da road.....I put a quick lil vid of it on my site....(only 15 seconds, U-tube)....Quality is crap, but you can hear it anyway..LOL....if anyones bored ya can peep all the progressive and final bailing of it:D

http://www.artbydell.com/mustang.html

[colourshift]

doesn't primer tend to absorb water? at least hit it with something!

I was just gonna ask...."is it done yet?"

[ABD]

doesn't primer tend to absorb water? at least hit it with something!

I was just gonna ask...."is it done yet?"

Not that I know of....Maybe it does..I've heard some do...Thought that was the Primer of the old days...Everything I prime gets wetsanded silly...Never had any issues...Sported my share of Primer clad Cars with no issues either...But I'm no chemist, just doing my thang..LOL.

Every inch will have to be sanded again before paint...if it starts to rust, It's just a few more steps in what I'm already doing anyway:D

[weelz]

i think its bodge that absorbs water. not trying to tell a painter how to paint but my bro allways tells me if the surface that the paint is going on is flat, the paint will go on flat. he usually flats the primer back with 1800 grit and the paint lies on really well.

as for the car, in those outside pics, it looks like something out of mad max lol (no offence) and tose lights are a bit blingy for my liking but what ever floats his boat

[Jeroen - CDM]

You should open a bodyshop mate, ya bleedin' fingers scream for more burning rubberhttp://www.airbrushtech.info/AIRBRUSH/forum/images/icons/icon10.gif

:ybeer1:

[ABD]

he usually flats the primer back with 1800 grit and the paint lies on really well.



Hahahaa..Dood that's crazy!!...he puts fresh paint over an 1800 grit scratch???....I buff after 2000, hahahaa!...Lucky his paintjobs don't blow off with a strong wind:D

I wetsand Primer with 400..Paint lays on slick and still has some bite!!



Jeroen..hahaaa!...Everybody that thinks they can paint opens a body shop around here...Had to be 3 over the years in my town..They do insurance jobs and usually fail miserably..LOL...Naaaah, If I wanted to do body work i'd just quit this and get hired at a dealer..But that'd be givin up on my dream so, not for me...hahaa!

[Cowboy]

I Gotta agree with Dell, I,m sure the paint would look REAL good layin on the floor at the local car wash. Unless it never see,s the outside world. UNLESS of coarse He,s shootin Laq,s, Different story completly , Each layer burns into the next. No matter if its Primer or not, ( Just make damn sure You,ve got the underlying paint sealed Or it,ll eat right down to it )As long as its laq,s from start to finish. Oh the smell of Laq,s in the Mornin, hehe. sorry couldn,t help it .

[Jeroen - CDM]

Yeah, in that case I agree...But eeeh, a job on the side never hurts right? Some extra $$ and mayby a beautifull woman needs help along the way LOL Then ya can have a pet squirl & name him 'owww yeah' hehe

[ABD]

Yeah, in that case I agree...But eeeh, a job on the side never hurts right? Some extra $$ and mayby a beautifull woman needs help along the way LOL Then ya can have a pet squirl & name him 'owww yeah' hehe

hahaa..Well I wont turn down a paying gig whether it's body work or not..LOL...I Prefer the smaller stuff, but I'll do damn near anything for $$...hahaha!

Got a possible Corvette paint job coming up..I dunno if he's just blowin smoke though...have ta wait and see..haha

[Jeroen - CDM]

Did ya gave up on girls??? sure sounds like it hehe

Common man! talk to me!! haha!

[weelz]

Hahahaa..Dood that's crazy!!...he puts fresh paint over an 1800 grit scratch???....I buff after 2000, hahahaa!...Lucky his paintjobs don't blow off with a strong wind:D



oh... errr... did i say 1800... think i ment 800 lol. ill be quiet from now on lol

[ABD]

oh... errr... did i say 1800... think i ment 800 lol. ill be quiet from now on lol

hahahaa...Don't keep quiet, get yer ass in here Man:mail1:

[XZOTIC INK]

THIS IS GREAT DELL,,,YOU ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE GOOD STUFF,,,i swear man ,,how long has it been with this mustang,,LOL,,,you need to charge this guy storage

[ABD]

THIS IS GREAT DELL,,,YOU ALWAYS COME UP WITH THE GOOD STUFF,,,i swear man ,,how long has it been with this mustang,,LOL,,,you need to charge this guy storage

hahaa..Done and out the door now:D...but it was like 3 years off and on:archaeologist:..LOL

[XZOTIC INK]

man i swear every time you posted for a while there ,,there you would this mustang sitting in your drive way,,HA HAA,,

shit i would of joy ride that thing all around town,,,lol

[ABD]

man i swear every time you posted for a while there ,,there you would this mustang sitting in your drive way,,HA HAA,,

shit i would of joy ride that thing all around town,,,lol

hahaha..Indeed it's in a lot of shots..LOL

Me and Paps took a few hotlaps around town when it was done...Weeeeeeeee:D

[XZOTIC INK]

i always knew your pops was mad kewl,,

imagine the guy at a red light seeing you and your pops zooming by him,,HAA HAA

[ABD]

i always knew your pops was mad kewl,,

imagine the guy at a red light seeing you and your pops zooming by him,,HAA HAA

hahaha..Did you see post #76 in here?..My paps sticking his head out the windshield..hahahaha!...He's a nut!!

[XZOTIC INK]

noooooooooo I HAVE TO SEE,,SHOW ME,,BRING IT UP

[ABD]

noooooooooo I HAVE TO SEE,,SHOW ME,,BRING IT UP

haha..just go back in the thread...Post number #76...(numbers on are the top right of these lil post boxes).on the second page for me...Not sure what yer pages are set at.

[XZOTIC INK]

Weeeeee, time to fly indeed!!!...looking at a hot lap on Saturday.:partyalone:



Hahaaa, sure can say that..I think she's got a pretty slick rump..Hahahaa..Course I'm kinda biased:D

Right about the fingers..Think I've sanded more blood off the car than fiberglass..Got some Metal in my eye once..hahaa...To many horror stories:whew:







Some new pics....Lights are all spiffy..I wont tell ya how many times I rebuilt around there..LOL..Had it fitted for the stock lights...Then when I sold it, the guy bought these lights...Not even close to fiiting:angry-smiley-030:

That's my Father in the 1st pic..hahahaa!...Running da lights and luvin no windshield...LOL

Gotta rub out the overspray and such yet....I wonder if a buffer with just the wool pad...(no compound) would do the trick???...Never tried, any thoughts???.....Don't wanna sand it cuz he doesn't wanna sport sanded Primer...Be no biggie if I was sanding it and putting color on..Normal dilly, Never tried to make it look somewhat pretty tho:blah:..hahaaa



DAM YA POPS LOOKS MAD YOUNG,,,HE LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE BOYS,,,YA SURE THATS YA POPS?

[ABD]

DAM YA POPS LOOKS MAD YOUNG,,,HE LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE BOYS,,,YA SURE THATS YA POPS?

hahaa..yupper,...Looks real young when he spiffs up with a shave and haircut..Can't get him to anymore though..hahaaa

[XZOTIC INK]

AAAA,,,thats kewl,,tell him i said hi:smiley_walk_dog3:,,,and to get a clean shave:topicclosed:,,LOL

[ABD]

AAAA,,,thats kewl,,tell him i said hi:smiley_walk_dog3:,,,and to get a clean shave:topicclosed:,,LOL

Will do:D...hahaa

[ABD]

Hmmm almost a year since I got rid of this thing...Clean shop, no tripping over crap..twas nice!

He put it on the road this year and smacked a Deer within the 1st week...Sooo looky what I get to do..hahaa


The close up pic of the hood, look how it ripples all the way up the hood scoop line....Crazy....That's a $500 steel hood...The cheap fiberglass woulda been easier to fix..hahaa

[AndyW]

Weeee..........more fun lol.......

[sharonsstudio]

Just think Dell it's work,, Know you can do an awsome job with it too!!

[ABD]

Fun huh Andy, that what were calling it now...hahaaa

Yeah Sharon, tiz work..it's the kind that's more of a pain in the ass than anything though...Car takes up to much room, so makes doing any other jobs real hard..For a friend so the pay sucks..hahaa...I'm gonna try and bust it out asap..lol

[sharonsstudio]

It's hard to make money with friends so I understand totally..
well I know you'll do good by him anyway..

[AndyW]

Just when you think you are free, the bondo drags you back ha ha ha......

[ABD]

I sure don't miss the clogged up sinuses..LOL


Got the best I could done with the hood....No major body work tools here..Woulda been great with one of those weld on stud pulling deals.

It has the frame of the hood under the dent..So can't pound from the backside. (nothing easy here..lol)....Either had to pry via 2 access holes...Or cut a chunk of the frame out, pound away on the dent and weld the piece back in...I have no welder though...So tried the pry trick 1st.....Gotter pretty straight...Hammer, screwdriver and a brass rod..hahaa...Wont take much body fill to smooth it anyway....I didn't just want to pack the dent with filler and half ass it.

[Whit]

Hey Dell,,, "Po Boy" way,,,
claw hammer/nail/sheet metal screw/18" 1"x4" board,,,
first tap a hole in the low part of the dent,,,
screw the sheet metal screw in the hole...
lay the 1x4 down on the area,,,
claw hammer (on the 1x4) like your pullin nails,, but
using the screw,, it pulls the dent right out,,, may take
several holes/pulls to get it all pulled out,, then putty,,,
this works best under a "Shade Tree" tho,, but it works
when reg body tools are not handy,,, hahahahaha !!!
Your hood's Lookin Good so far tho !!!
Have a Good'n !!!

[AndyW]

Another little trick, used quite succesfully is a wax puller, heat the area up witrh a hair drier, great as well for where the pain is undamaged, anyway heat apply the block, sprinkle water for a quick set an pull, was a bit scheptical but does not a bad job at all.

[ABD]

Never heard of the Wax puller Andy, interesting.

Yeah Whit I've done a bit of the screw pulling trick in the past..Sometimes have luck, sometimes just rip the screws out and end up with a mangled hole..hahaa!

Figured I'd try this way 1st..Luckily it worked pretty good so I didn't need to get to creative...Tiz in a coat of filler now..Looks like it'll level out real good off this 1st coat..Sure there will still be some low spots, nothing to major though.

[JimmyG]

Yeah..mangled holes can sure come back to haint oneself....only a few true fixes...

[AndyW]

Lol Dell just noticed I seemed to type in my sleep ha ha.......yip a little cylinder of wax with a rope and a pull handle attatched. Doest mark any paint work as I say you just heat, apply the block, pour on cold water to set it (degrease first), then pull, amazing the amount of force you can apply, then just knock it off.

[ABD]

Got all my fixin's in Primer today...Now just a final sand and she gets covered in flat black...John Deer blitz black to be specific...Yip, Tractor paint!!...Single stage enamel, good and strong, easy to touch up, cheap as dirt...The owner and I both agreed it's just not worth getting fancy with.....Imagine the work if that would have been in kandy when the deer said hello.:speechless-smiley-0

Tail lights were a major project (separate from the deer fiasco)....As ya see in the old pics I originally smoothed in the stock lights all flush....Over the winter one of the lights snapped in half...The actual lens split..Body work held perfect, hahaaa....Would have been a pain to mold in a new stock light, then run the risk of it happening again...Soooo just carved em out and slapped in some after markets.

[mob33]

That is lookin' sweet man!
I think the flat black will look deadly! I am kinda into the flat black thing right now...
more pics man...keep 'em comin'

[ABD]

Gotter in black today....The lights are just sitting there..No bump stops under the hood yet so it's kinda floaty right now...All in all, almost done..:headbang: Pretty slick lookin fer Tractor paint I think

Had to buy all new headlights because they don't sell the other one separate..How stupid is that!!!....Figured if he has to get new ones, might as well get something different...These have black inside the housings, kinda fits the theme...Still waiting on a fog light in da mail.

[REDTAIL]

that is awsome loooking mean as hell looking


RT

[Cowboy]

Personally Dell I Didn,t Care Much for it Before Kinda Just Looked like A Glued on Kit , A Lil Bit to MadMaxy fer Me.

But The Black & the New Lights Front & Rear , Match Much better with the Body Mods & Everything Flows together , A Huge Improvement IMHO . Hell I Like it Better then Having Color on it . Personally I Think Ole Bambi did Him a big Favor. lol . Good show once again . CB

[ABD]

I'll have to tell him that.."Bambi did him a favor"..Hahaha

Yeah I think it's much improved this time too..Guess we'll just keep tweaking on it everytime he wrecks it..lol...I'm sure it will happen again.

[JimmyG]

Nice mods as usual Dell......It's interesting how the flat black looks dark silver in pictures.....
I'm not a big fan of flat paint either, but this really works well with the new "style" body....

[ABD]

Thank ya Jimmy.

Yeah the black does have a cool sheen to it...Got it all done today. Mounted the lights and all the details...One bump stop needs replacing for the hood, so it's kinda low on the drivers side.

I parked it out front of the house..The owner hasn't seen it yet, He drives by here after work at, hopin he digs..haha

[Norm]

Whats not to dig? That rascal is flat out cool! I could see a little Von Dutch style pins on it... Excellent Dell!

[ABD]

Whats not to dig? That rascal is flat out cool! I could see a little Von Dutch style pins on it... Excellent Dell!

Pins, hmmmm, Im not a big fan of pins, but now that ya mention it..Got me ponderin..

He mentioned some white on it..I mentioned the only down side is we can't clear it..So any graphics you could feel the tape edge..I think some big stripes or graphics would be kinda tacky done that way.

But pins, Hmmmm..Old skool pins are made to be on top.hahaa,,..Maybe a dark red and white. Might be kinda snazzy...I'll have to bring it up to him.

Thanks Norm!

[Cowboy]

Yep I,m With Norm , I Wouldn,t Put a Lot , Just Enough ta set the front & Back off . But Looks Great as it is as Well .