Recent content by 70440

Great start!

Your best bet for a low buck paint job, take it to MAACO. Couple hundred bucks will get you a better job than doing it with no equipment or training. I've painted for 30 years and made a how to video. But for a quick and painless job, you're seriously better off letting a budget shop do it.

Nice!

Looks like a great start to a build! Keep at it!

Just read this entire thread! Love the thinking outside the box you do! That's what makes hot rodding what I fell in love with 30+ years ago. Great job on everything! I'm starting a thread on my 73 build in the spring when I bring it to the the new house from storage. I've got a lot of outside...

Hi. Is coffee on? Windy as heck in Fort Wayne today! Makes it cold!

Happy birthday a day late! Tell us again about street racing in the 30's when you were in your prime! ;)

Great thread! Can't wait to start on my 73!

Glad you got it figured out!

Whew! Just read this thread through the first 900 posts to just after the stripes were added. I've been building cars for 30 years and had a number of shops, but watching you build that in a little garage on a budget was realy refreshing to me. I'm actually looking forward to building the 73 we...

Bump. Moving back to the Hoosier state next month. Fort Wayne to be exact.

*Starts looking in the couch cushions for change....may have to revisit the 440 in mama's Duster idea....

THIS^ doing a full size truck right now. Does a door in a matter of minutes. Very little mess. No wires to poke you. Fast and no chemical mess.

If you use sand in that blaster, bad things will happen fast. Use soda or other media. 20+ year resto guy talking here.