JustBill Posted April 24, 2012 Author Posted April 24, 2012 Ok folks, I've got some progress to share. I got the interior wood panels installed as well as made some floor rails out of sheet stock and bmf'ed. I got the replacement buckets striped from previous paint and test fitted. As you can see they are not fitting. So I took the base from the ugly kit seats and while it helped still not 100%. So I will have to remove the controlls from the sides of the seats. I'm off to shape up the seats and get ready for paint as well as decorate the interior door skins and start on the engine. No body work has been done due to the third striaght day of rain here. Will update soon.....
krazyglu Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 Looking good Bill, that interior is coming out real nice.
cahilj Posted April 24, 2012 Posted April 24, 2012 I like the panelling in contrast to the black carpet. Nice scheme.
Dragline Posted April 26, 2012 Posted April 26, 2012 This is looking very sweet there Mr Bill. The wood accents are on point. It needs some color bud. Bob
Kit Basher Posted April 27, 2012 Posted April 27, 2012 Lookin' good, Bill! I knew you'd make good use of that stuff. Can't wait to see body paint and that 427!
JustBill Posted April 28, 2012 Author Posted April 28, 2012 Lookin' good, Bill! I knew you'd make good use of that stuff. Can't wait to see body paint and that 427! Thanks again for the hook up Hugh! I was wondering where you were at. Good to see you on here. Thanks again for the comments folks. Its been busy here for me lately but I should get some build time in tomorrow for at least the first half of the day. There calling for rain the next two days but I'm aiming for some color the first part of the week.
JustBill Posted May 1, 2012 Author Posted May 1, 2012 Got a update for you guys. Laid some paint today. It turned out pretty good, its got a couple boogers in there that should rub out. It don't look like a whole lot of polishing will be needed on this on. That's a first for me! No clear coat on this one as I want to give a feel for the paint of this era. I've got most of the interior done and moving into assembly with it. I think a may play with some half stock and do some kind of tuck and roll design to dress up the inner door panels some. I know my craftsmanship leaves something to be desired but this is up there with some of my best work and I'm pretty happy with how the build is going. Should be seeing more and more updates as assembly is really starting to take off.
Bartster Posted May 1, 2012 Posted May 1, 2012 That's a beaut!! Nice color. I'm anxious to see it come together.
krazyglu Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Mr. Bill this is looking nice my friend, that dash is killer. Paint is glass smooth..
Guest Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 It's looking real nice Bill!! What kind of paint did you paint it with and what's the color?
krazyglu Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 Yeah Bill why don't you explain a little about the paint you used
JustBill Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 First off I want to thank everyone for your comments. It means a lot to me so thank you. Roger, I thought it best to show you as it is an off the wall brand. Its called Dem-Kote. The color is John Deere Green. Also got some pics of the hood, which I had to paint today along with the rear door and visor, I'll get to that in a minute. Also a progress pic of the engine. I gotta say a little something about this here engine too, its one of the most ill fitting projects that I've come across, so unless you want a good challenge and something to work for, I don't recommend getting one.
Guest Posted May 2, 2012 Posted May 2, 2012 I thought that looked like John Deere green! That's why I was asking Bill. I have a John Deere tractor that's going to need that color. You know what would be cool? John Deere yellow on the wheels!
JustBill Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 Yeah Bill why don't you explain a little about the paint you used So since my butt-headed friend here (who which by the way prefers goats over women ) knows the story and brought it up so here it is. I'm a forklift technician by trade. One day I was at a customer servicing they're lift and I acquired this can of paint. I thought, I know the perfect build for this color, which is this kit I won on a raffle at my model car club. So yesterday I painted the two body sections as posted above. Well... I ran out of paint before I got to the hood, rear door, and visor. So I was really bummed cause I had forgotten where it was I got this paint and knew it was an odd paint. I googled it and searched for an hour last night trying to find this paint. The only thing that I could find remotely common was a store called Grainger. So I trucked it on over their today and didn't see it on the shelves. I searched the catalog and found it! Man what a relief that was. So today when I got home I was able to finish the paint. The best part is its a cheap enamel that only cost me $3.22! So needless to say, I'm gona look at what other colors this company offers for future builds.
JustBill Posted May 2, 2012 Author Posted May 2, 2012 I thought that looked like John Deere green! That's why I was asking Bill. I have a John Deere tractor that's going to need that color. You know what would be cool? John Deere yellow on the wheels! I thought about putting some yellow in there but didn't want it to look like a tractor scheme. Nothing wrong with that I just didn't want it to get associated with John Deere. If you want to paint your tractor though you won't go broke doing it with this paint and it will look good.
krazyglu Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Got to get me some of that Dem Koat Bill I am glad you found it man and of all places Grainger would be the one, they have over 999,999 parts haha. That engine looks really good for the fit it is giving you.
Dragline Posted May 3, 2012 Posted May 3, 2012 Very nice green MrBill. They say genius level people pick green vehicles. What's your excuse? LOLOLOLZZZ. Honestly, it looks great buddy. See you at the shop. B
JustBill Posted May 6, 2012 Author Posted May 6, 2012 I have some mock up shots for you guys after paint here. Next will be some finished shots of the interior. Then all I'll have is to polish and put the finishing touches on the body. Also I've had to scrap the 427 and go with the kit supplied engine as it would take a far amount of cutting and modifying to get it to fit and I was already too far into the painting process and interior work, as I would have had to make a much bigger trans tunnel.
JustBill Posted June 3, 2012 Author Posted June 3, 2012 I'll start off by adding the rest of the build up pics, then I'll show the finished interior.
JustBill Posted June 3, 2012 Author Posted June 3, 2012 And here are the finished pics. I finished it up yesterday. It was a good learning experience as I used some materials for the first time and played with the body giving it some mods. I'm really happy with how the paint turned out so I can put another notch in my belt as far as that goes. Some things I still need to focus on are the pre-paint steps and my fabrication work. I thought I had addressed all the fit issues but after paint did see some things that could have been done better. All in all I'm pretty happy with it. I want to thank all you guys for your support and interest. I also want to thank Basher for the materials for the interior. That defiantly put this build up to another level.
krazyglu Posted June 3, 2012 Posted June 3, 2012 That looks wicked Bill, your paint work is becoming flawless. The whole build looks great, but I really love the work you put into the interior.
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