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drivesitfar

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Sorry to see and hear about that awesome paint job on your El Camino having to get re sprayed but as some say if money can fix a problem it’s not a problem (not that I totally agree with that statement).

Your small projects are always over the top. Did you find chrome wing nuts or are you sending plain wing nuts to your chrome guy? Or I’ll look in my inventory for wing nuts if you need a size you don’t already have or can’t buy.

Have a grand day!!
 
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don long

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Sorry to see and hear about that awesome paint job on your El Camino having to get re sprayed but as some say if money can fix a problem it’s not a problem (not that I totss as lay agree with that statement).

Your small projects are always over the top. Did you find chrome wing nuts or are you sending plain wing nuts to your chrome guy? Or I’ll look in my inventory for wing nuts if you need a size you don’t already have or can’t buy.

Have a grand day!!
Thanks for the offer Drives. I have the chrome wing nuts now and am waiting on the chrome shop to finish the railing and the handle for the lantern

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don long

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Had a helper drop by today so I decided to get the ford blackhawk tool board hung which meant moving some stuff around to make room for the new board. I've been on the hunt for the old tools that hang on the board and only need 3 more to complete it.

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Before the move

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After

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So now I'm going to refinish the tools before rehanging them
 
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garagenvy

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Makes the Chevy board look bad
The tools stay nice because you rarely needed to fix a Ford?........ (or anyone could keep them running with farmer fixes)
My grandmother with the family T - ad for my grandfathers shop knowing there was money to be made fixing Chevrolets,
 

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RPageOne

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After being away for 2-3 years, the first thing is to catch up with Don! We all get our share of the health detours.
He has not changed a bit, & I am sure he is overdoing just a bit, physically. Glad you got the quality time with your son, as that is priceless.
Mollie struck me too as I have another friend in transition as he loses his companion of 14 years with their family dog, Amy. Mollie, now she knows how to look innocent when sitting on the golf cart!
Love the Z car but if God & Don and of course Ann ever bless me with a stroll through BPG, I go straight for the Vette unless the El Camino gets in my path.
Your Texas admirer, Richard
 
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don long

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After being away for 2-3 years, the first thing is to catch up with Don! We all get our share of the health detours.
He has not changed a bit, & I am sure he is overdoing just a bit, physically. Glad you got the quality time with your son, as that is priceless.
Mollie struck me too as I have another friend in transition as he loses his companion of 14 years with their family dog, Amy. Mollie, now she knows how to look innocent when sitting on the golf cart!
Love the Z car but if God & Don and of course Ann ever bless me with a stroll through BPG, I go straight for the Vette unless the El Camino gets in my path.
Your Texas admirer, Richard
Thank you for the visit Richard
 
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don long

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Spent the day working on the big C.O.E. this week since my SIL came out from Arizona to lend a helping hand. We took the sleeper off the truck and built the floor for it. Also cut the right side panel out for an entry door. Now I'll try to build a stair way and a door for it.

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The sleeper is back on the truck and the truck is back on the lift tonite.

Please don't look at the El Camino in the background. That's another story UHH
 
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don long

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What the heck?!?
After a long review of the finished El Camino It was painfully decided that we could do a better job the second time arround.
Both 1/4 panels were damaged while driving the truck without air in the shocks causing the tires to rub burning the paint above the wheel wells, the left door was damaged while buffing due to too fresh of paint, the hood had gouged the inner fenders when closed from a couple of ruff edges on the underside of the hood, and the dash board was a bit lighter in color than the rest of the truck. So with all those items that needed attention I decided to redo the truck with the help of very well known custom painter donated to me from my good friends at P.P.G. the paint company. He comes and spends one week a month working with me on the truck. The goal is to have it ready to show by the October date when the paint company has scheduled their annual business party here at the BPG
 

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Found a little time to work on the inside bed panel today. I needed to raise the lines of the indents to give me a clean straight line for the wood floorIMG_0199.JPGIMG_0198.JPG

There are 10 panels inside the bed and I got 3 of them raised to

That's a little detail I wouldn't have thought of before tackling a project like this. Great eye. ***** you have to redo the paint.
 
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