Time to start again

[STAG]

Thanks Steve, sending a pm to ya Hoosier

 

[STAG]

Did that work for you?

 

[jinxspot]

Nice Jer, I like!!!

 

[hoosier]

choc I was hoping you did not ask... I drove home at 80 miles per hour. No issues. everything went great. We did not get home till late due to going to the mall and some other stuff in orem. I left it on the burban and in the morning it had busted due t the wind... sadly i will not be able to use it.

 

[hoosier]

so I have been able to get a little work done. I have been doing mostly body work. I have been kinda keeping my color under wraps just so I can be sure it is what I really want. This weekend I am hoping to have it in primer and then next weekend have it jammed and painted.

 

[sixstringsteve]

Nice! Excited to see which color you go with.

 

[hoosier]

by sunday night the jams should be done so the secret will be released

 

[hoosier]

So I have been talking to a member that knows what he is talking about. I am looking for some 56" springs to run up front. What shoud I run in the rear? I am going to run the shackle flip but I will need to find a set of stock springs for the rear. I am also looking for a set of disconnects for the front. any help would be great.

 

[hoosier]

So this year has been rough. Work over the winter was insane and now I have A LOT of family drama. The color I was going to go with was the gecko green with a tri-stage pearl over lay. BUT... after a lot of thought consideration why do a nice paint job just to beat it. So instead I will be running an aluminum silver with some kind of flat black accents. I have the gas tank done. I used an old cj5 tank and fitted it with the chevy sending unit. I WILL be getting it done this weekend. pics to come.

 

[Bart]

Glad to see this back on the burner.

 

[Jinx]

Is that JR's burb? I remember his having some funky rear spring hangers that would swing down to allow more flex. Though the last time I saw it I want to say it was in grey primer.

I don't think it's JR's. his said something like "straight up with a twist".

Good guy, is he still around?

 

[hoosier]

So tonight I got some more work done. I decided to totally strip the top due to the prior paint job being done wrong and rust started to form. I chemically striped it then I used a tool called a mud hog to clean up the left over. I also welded up all the holes left over from removing the roof rack. I got the rear heater lines routed. Bought the stuff to finish the install of the gas tank. Tomorrow the plan is to finish the prep work for the door jams, hood and cowl vent. If time permits I want to get all the jams painted tomorrow.

 

[hoosier]

So due to a soon change in career paths I have not been given a choice but to finish my burban this weekend. So we made a night of it and we will be hard at it tomorrow. We got the roof done and ready for paint. I got the engine bay all masked up ready for paint. The kids were sanding away trying to get the entire body hit with 180. tomorrow we will beat it up again with 220 then 320. No need going any further with the paint I will be using. more tomorrow.

 

[hoosier]

So today we got the jams done. We came home to eat dinner and drop the kids off. Will be heading off to resand, track, and wipe then shoot the body. Pics to come

 

[hoosier]

After 12 hours in the shop I introduce you all to... "Tin Man"

 

[Bart]

That is so cool to have the whole family out working on the project. It makes it all a better experience. Looking good.

 

[hoosier]

Got it home pics to come

 

[hoosier]

Man I really like how this thing turned out. I wish I would of remembered to finish tightening the return lines so I could of drove it all the way home. OOOppps. oh well. I wish I would have been more get to it so I could have finished the body work... oh well maybe I will finish it right one day.

 

[sabatoa1]

Looks good man can't wait to go see what it can do!!!

 

[hoosier]

Well... i was driving down the road and i think my fuel pump died. I will have to check out tomorrow after work to be sure