1950 Chevy pu street rod

[CB]

nailed the polish

Good one Led! an' not toofars form da truth! Wounded up nailin' dat nailpolishy stuff in the purpley pond coz I just couldn't seem to get the hang of shootin' it thru me airbrush, evevn tho' good ol; Fletch were doin' his best to insturct me--guess I's just too fer anyting what don't shake. rattle, & roll , so I jest hadta revert back to the autobody section at Trader Horn & buyed me a couple dem rattly cans of some Mopar Maroony lookin' squirts. Had me a time trying to get the Chebby sheetmetals back to bare plastics-- the Ford color I done sprayed on it as a base coats fer the maroony color jest wouldn't come off copletely.....and boy I sure didin't be wantin' everbodys to be knowin' dat i done put Ford colors on me Chebby

Here she am with dat Merky Platinummy stuff still hangin' on, all cleaned up, but still ugly. The time in the purpley pond took all the nail polishies off, and some of the clear I had squirted over top of this here platinummy, but it were tkin' mucho too long than me patients could bear, so I done did some sandys to her, but took it as another lessson learned and got some regular ol silvers on soon as I could. Even then more evidence of me screwsup as It were gonna need a whole lots more sandys to competely gets the areas 'tweens the platinummy & the primer smoothied-- just got to the point where I just wanted to get 'er done an get backs to bein' SKWIRRELY .

I's beened postin' more over on FOCM what Fletch started back at Easter, and there be 4 pages of my trying to gets this here Bowtie builded up startin' here:http://focm.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=...thread=136#1238

Alsos, 4 or 5 pages o' WIP pix in me Fotki here:http://public.fotki.com/V866/70s-era-50-chevy-pu/

Gotta go get me some dem fumes now, coz I's gettin' surgy on me brokened pinky tomorrows & I gots to be fasting after midnights tonites......so I gots to have enuffs to see me thru

[Guest Gramps-xrds]

Hey Crapn, glad to see you're still workin on the pu. Those aren't the easiest trucks to work with. I got several still in the box but only finished bout 2. I did take one and make it a 3 window instead of a 5. You got a good start on yours.

Hope the pinky gets better soon ol bud. Now all you gotta do is finger out what paint to use

[george 53]

John,John,John, I gottsta be "greein wit da Led man on this, PINK Dressers, AND now,FINGERY PAINT???? Man. Debbies got ya RIGHT where she wants ya!!!( Oh, but he's SOOO gentle!) Ya, rite!!! Ta be honest witcha,(an when ain't I?) I kinda likeded the GREEN primer!But then agin Olive Drab IS onna my favorite colors(OLD habits die hard!) an them Cragares woulda looked good,all nice an shiney against that drab paint! She's lookin good Daddy-O, hope ta see ya at the Ol A&W!!

[E St. Kruiser50]

Glad to see this thread is back and you're making some progress..... WELL - SORTA .

Sorry to hear about "The Pinky and the purple Pond" - mutually exclusive you understand .

Kinda sounds like the name of a book or movie " THE PINKY AND THE PURPLE POND" .

Anyhow, glad you're back here my friend, and I'll pray about your surgery for ya.

HE does take mighty good care of us.

All the best and God Bless - dave

[CB]

Hey Crapn, glad to see you're still workin on the pu. Those aren't the easiest trucks to work with. I got several still in the box but only finished bout 2. I did take one and make it a 3 window instead of a 5. You got a good start on yours.

Hope the pinky gets better soon ol bud. Now all you gotta do is finger out what paint to use

Thanks Gramps, purty sure I done gots the paint fingered out now! Yer right 'bout these not being the easiest to work with-- porbly the worst part is dat big ol' frame being kinda warped-- but dats right up my alley! Wouldn't mind seein a pic of yer 3 window if'n it's possible-- long as it aint painted no pinky color! Mines pinky gots 3 screws init now-- don't think I can handle any more pain at the moment-- (dont know if'n doc checked any my other screws ta see if'n any them be loose )

[CB]

you know, if you slap that engine in the bed there will be plenty of room for fans, atenemarators and what have you

it will also give you a better weight distribution for pulling some wheelies

love the ways those cragars look once inked

you know...theres a ford waiting for this truck at the next trafic light

Hey Eelco, thanks. Looks like it gonna be awhile before my Chebby gonna make dat traffic light unless I can figure out how to finish it with just one hand . Love the yellow headlights on your Ford

Dat would be a sight-- our pickem ups doin' wheelies! Mebbe if'n I ever rebuild this'un or score another I could make it a gasser .... wheels're turnin

[CB]

sorry the nailpolish didnt suit ya. I thought it looked purty goodly. Good luck with the surgery. If they're puttin ya under for it, hope ya dont dream bouts the ol Squirlster caz he may want shim some revenge fer beein forgotten in the pink garage.

Seriously though hope it goes well and heres to a quick recovery so you can get back to buildin. Lookin forward to seein this one

edited for spelling "oink" was sposed to be "PINK" (I'm an idiot)

Hey Led-- I kindsa did 'thoink' dats what ya'll beened meanin' dat might even be a good name fer a future dioramama--"OINK'S GARAGE"

T'anks fer the well wishins, metinks ol' SKWIRLY done gots him some good revenge on me-- don't think I'll ever cross a crazy squirl again--OOPS!--- SORRYS, SKWIRLY! I dint mean dat you's a carzy sqirl-- must be the Vicodins makin' me say dat!

[CB]

Glad to see this thread is back and you're making some progress..... WELL - SORTA .

Sorry to hear about "The Pinky and the purple Pond" - mutually exclusive you understand .

Kinda sounds like the name of a book or movie " THE PINKY AND THE PURPLE POND" .

Anyhow, glad you're back here my friend, and I'll pray about your surgery for ya.

HE does take mighty good care of us.

All the best and God Bless - dave

Thanks Dave. Me girlfriend is callin' me 'Pinky' now Might hafta cosider a personallized plate fer this here '50. Do feel goodly to be makin' some progresso. T'anks fer yer prayers--HE do keep takin' good care of me. I done broked me pinky riding/crashing me mountain bike and HE slicked me up with a montain bikin' orthopedic surgeon who rides the same trail I done went down on!

Later and God bless all yinz's too