Officialy under construction

I started working on the rust this past weekend. There is alot of it to get rid of.

I started on the hood, as I figured I would make the most progress. But after four hours, I had to call it quits and prime up till I can do more. I did finish the top of the fender and the hood to the body line.
No real before shots, sorry. But you can see in the first pic the rust I had to contend with. And the second one shows how much metal I had to remove to get to fresh metal.




Some after shots of finished areas.

very nice...
wanna come do mine when your done?

Yeah, I'm after him!!!!!

laidlow91 wrote:

very nice...
wanna come do mine when your done?

You are more than welcome to stop by any time Anthony. Bring the girls, they can play with the pups.

IMPALADAKID wrote:

laidlow91 wrote:

very nice...
wanna come do mine when your done?

You are more than welcome to stop by any time Anthony. Bring the girls, they can play with the pups.

if the weather stays nice car should be out in a couple weeks and ill be up.
gonna change the oil this weekend and get her ready to go.

Wait a sec... I thought you were gonna practice first on the cab corners of my truck????

Lookin good!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Wait a sec... I thought you were gonna practice first on the cab corners of my truck????

Lookin good!

I am. I have not broke out the welder yet. Still trying to get my lower quarters I located.

NICE!!!!!!!!

Nice start. My hood is starting to look like yours did. Hopefully your still in the body biz by the time I get around to having mine fixed

Want to fix mine? Oh wait... anyways, my olds eighty eight rockers are completely rotted out I need some of those.

Looking good Bill! I know you are going to fix that up nicely and I'm going to be jealous I never bought it

bammax wrote:

Nice start. My hood is starting to look like yours did. Hopefully your still in the body biz by the time I get around to having mine fixed

I have not been in the body biz since 1993. Infact this is the first last body style b-body I have ever worked on.

looks good bill!

Looking good, you might as well take the head lights and corners off, keep the from getting damaged.

UberWagon wrote:

Looking good, you might as well take the head lights and corners off, keep the from getting damaged.

They will be coming off this weekend for prime. And they will come off for paint.

you going to stick with black?

LiveFreeorDieTryin wrote:

you going to stick with black?

Yup. Everyone knows it is the fastest color.

not that you asked for suggestions, but I say you paint it the phantom 97 SS color, Medium Marblehead Metalic

Metallic black?

BILL THIS IS A NICE COLOR

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What is this color?
Is that the phantom Medium Marblehead Metalic?
It is sexy and I think I just found the color for my wagon, that will look good with blue guts too.

If not for the fact that this is a 94 ss, I would have considered another color. But because of the year and the one color choice for that year, and the fact I would have to do all the jams, I will stay with black. If I can find someone to mask off some flames, I might do some ghost flames in a dark grey.

Did up the pasenger side rear quarter yesterday, and if not for crappy rechargeable batteries, I would have taken before and after shots. The good news is very little rot on that side. Giggity Giggity, AALLRRIIGGHHTT!

But I am dead in the water until I find a drivers side LRQ.

Got new rechargable batteries yesterday so I took a couple pics to keep this thread updated.
There was alot of rust on this quarter, but not much went through. I will weld in a small patch this coming weekend.
I know Bill. I am suposed to practice on yours first. If you can wait till mod day, I will do them then, or sooner if you need them.



I even sanded the peeling clear coat off the rear wingy.
I will have to remove it to do it right.

Damn you aint playin around! It's gonna look awesome!

It's coming along nicely Bill!

Maybe the next time I'm up in your neck of the woods I'll get to check it out. I can only look at so many Dodge Rams after-all

IMPALADAKID wrote:

LiveFreeorDieTryin wrote:

you going to stick with black?

Yup. Everyone knows it is the fastest color.

dcm fastest color ftw

Lookin good, Billy!!!!

No rush on my truck. It's just a beater. If you want to do it on the mod day, that'd be awesome. But if you have other things to do, that's ok too!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Lookin good, Billy!!!!

No rush on my truck. It's just a beater. If you want to do it on the mod day, that'd be awesome. But if you have other things to do, that's ok too!

I am probably only showing up in the truck, loaded with tools to help everyone. So I can help you then.

Little things excite me. Coming home to a broken cloths washer is not one of them, nor is cleaning over 3 gallons of water off the floor from said washer. But when my maxx fil 2k high build sandable primer showed up, well I got excited. This stuff fills little imperfections and sands great. Once sanded this stuff is durable and glass smooth.

Woot! Hooray for the UPS guy!!!

Hope I didn't jinx you with the phone call on the way home from work!

toomanytoyz wrote:

Woot! Hooray for the UPS guy!!!

Hope I didn't jinx you with the phone call on the way home from work!

No, but while I was sitting in my driveway talking to you on the phone, my wife was inside mopping and steam cleaning carpets and all kinds of wonderful things . In the end, a hose fell off inside.

I vote orange on the bottom black on the top for the SS.

I vote Bill give us a lesson on welding body panels on mod day. Give a man a fish, teach a man to fish...

Sorry, can't sleep and couldn't find any good zombie movies on TV.

Bill C. Don't Click!

boojum wrote:

I vote orange on the bottom black on the top for the SS.

I vote Bill give us a lesson on welding body panels on mod day. Give a man a fish, teach a man to fish...

Sorry, can't sleep and couldn't find any good zombie movies on TV.

Bill C. Don't Click!

Judging by this picture, I would say I am the student and you are the master.

Welding is easy once you set the welder right for the metal your working with. Just remember "roll of dimes layed out" and you'll be fine every time.

bammax wrote:

Welding is easy once you set the welder right for the metal your working with. Just remember "roll of dimes layed out" and you'll be fine every time.

It's not the welding that impressed me. It was the metal work requred to make them look that good.

That's the hard part. Bending and cutting metal so that it looks like it was stamped by a machine takes alot of skill and practice. I can't manage to cut an even circle with a compass and a template

IMPALADAKID wrote:

bammax wrote:

Welding is easy once you set the welder right for the metal your working with. Just remember "roll of dimes layed out" and you'll be fine every time.

It's not the welding that impressed me. It was the metal work requred to make them look that good.

Thick paint hides a lot.

toomanytoyz wrote:

IMPALADAKID wrote:

bammax wrote:

Welding is easy once you set the welder right for the metal your working with. Just remember "roll of dimes layed out" and you'll be fine every time.

It's not the welding that impressed me. It was the metal work requred to make them look that good.

Thick paint hides a lot.

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