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Thank you everyone, made a deal locally, but thank you to swept liners in paso Robles, and Santa Maria, who made efforts to save it. I am not out of it yet, a local mopar guy is going to store it for me for a while in exchange for the 360 an 727, I guess I will be putting my spare 440 in it next yea...

FYI Kent, and all readers: Scrap price has gone to hell! Sheetmetal and light steel $20-35/ton #1 heavy iron prepared $70/ton see: http://www.sikorametals.com/category/blog/scrap-pricing-news/ As you may know by now, scrap steel prices have taken a big hit this month. The prices have finally settle...

Hello, I live in Fresno area of California, I have to move out of my house by Thursday 2/26 can't take truck with me 360 /727 short bed. Major project with potential, I can get about $500 if I scrap body and sell engine/Trans, has pink slip, if anyone wants to save one from scrapper, 500 takes it, s...

Bought a set of the amber lenses for my original housings off ebay for about $30 they are repops but not too bad, I will blast the original housings and straighten them, these aluminum grills seem to be a magnet (redundant huh) for damage, I got most of the dents out of grill sanded off anodizing fo...

Jim,
Looks like you own a 70' have you compared the 2 of them by any chance? I don't know if they are similar enough to work as a replacement.

My 70 turn front turn signal housings and lenses are junk, I haven't had much luck finding good replacements at a fair price especially the lenses, I was at the store and saw a late 90,s dodge neon, and noticed the general shape, size and style of front signals are similar to my stock truck ones, th...

I have axles, housing and backing plates for a 70 if you want to build a new style one, You will need wheel bearings, drums from autozone, your pumpkin, and your brake hardware, I live in Madera and am going to frisco on the 30th would charge $125 for housing axles and backing plates. I have a stop ...

Havent been on here in a long time, the pictures show the aerostar front crossmember before it was cut to clearance for the rack steering, you have to "roll" the rack steering column connection point backwards and reweld the rack mounts at a new angle, while clearancing the crossmember for the corre...

I have been looking and asking around at local shops to anyone who will talk to me, you have confirmed what a couple of them have said, and you listed a name brand for what I need which is excellent, this is the kind of info I was looking for, I already have the surfacer and have de-greased, de-waxe...

Any suggestions for a good High build primer, I haven't used any of this new stuff, the last car I painted was in the mid 80's and they didn't have all these high teck high build primers back then, but, I have seen some of these now that spray thin then thicken up and fill all of the scratches and e...

this was thirteen coats of laquer and an entire summer of sanding CCF12172006_00004.jpg That turned into this truck+buzzard008.JPG It just depends on how much time you are able to dedicate to it.My son told me after we finally got the paint shot in the fall that he spent his entire summer vacation ...

There are untold gobs of hours that go into body work, not to mention a good degree of skill. I remember my friend who restored my '67 Coronet R/T telling me the number of hours that he invested in getting one door finished. :pale When I hear someone saying that a paint job will cost $5000-$7000......

Shot some primer on it, but the body is no where near straight. but the gray primer looks good anyway.

Looks like you've got it all figured out, why'd you ask what to do. :Thumbsup Don't think for a second I do not appreciate any and all input, I was asking for anyone local that could give me pointers on bodywork, as I am not very skilled at being able to work sheet metal and determining straightnes...

Ok, there is pretty much no chance of me and my son stripping this truck to bare metal, for several reasons, first being, I do not have the money to soda blast, and I do not have the patience to sand/wire wheel the whole thing, and besides, I have painted a couple of older cars including a 74 nova a...

Let me elaborate alittle, I have all the holes welded up, and I used a weld a stud dent puller to take out the majority of the dents, and I cut out all of the rust areas and welded in patches back to good steel, I have applied a super thin coat of filler over the areas that had been dented just to g...

Attempting to do body work on a tight budget, Anyone near Bakersfield, Ca. that knows bodywork? Looking for hands on advice, I have most of the tools needed, just no talent or skills.
Kent (661)391-8385

Gas guzzlin boat anchor, but, it sure will look cool..... I want one...

Quote="Yellow71"]A picture tells a 1000 words...or should I say...D100 words :lol: I would give anything to see those Swepties![/quote] He caught me in the middle of doing bodywork on my swepty, so, I show up with sanding dust all over me, dirty look like ive been sleeping under the bridge, and, I l...

Met with a fellow sweptliner Jason from Riverside, I forget what username he goes by, I am bad about these things, but, he gave me a call, as he was going to be in my hometown, and so I caught up with him and his awesome Camper special, and a couple of his friends, also got to see his 68 crewcab, ve...