The Proof is in the paint Here are a few pics that my daughter emailed me. I'm going to see for myself, will post more pics later... TB'sD
Yeah Baby, that's what I'm talkin' about! I have seen that color up close and personal and I think it looks great on these old trucks. The guy that is painting my truck is putting that color on his 70 Chevy pickup. Are you going to throw chorme at it or go low profile? Bill
Seen it fer myself See the BOOP and her ride on the Photos page. The pics were too large to upload on the forum. https://talk.classicparts.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=141&cat=2 I saw it for myself, but could not bring the baby home because it is VERY stormy here today and you would guess.... it's 80% chance of rain, hail and again very stormy weather tomorrow. But... at least it's painted, clearcoated and baked on. She looks great and the truck ain't bad either TB'sD
Chrome Tailgator, it's gona have chrome everywhere that it is possible to put chrome. The Boop likes the shinny stuff, as she puts it. The grill is painted to match with chrome front, wheels are polished mag, new or repolished stainless inside and out, new radio (note the modified dash, that was fun) instrument bezel chromed etc, etc Lots of shinny stuff per the Boop TB'sD
Time for Bling! Bring on the chrome, baby! Looking good, my man! Looks like i'll be driving to Rusk soon.
B-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l baby! Since you didn't paint it blue and silver with a big star on each door, might I suggest you finish that paint job off with a big, bold arrowhead on each door with white into yellow flames sliding across the hood and fenders? Now that it's take-home time, I just checked the FA and it is predicting daily hailstorms throughout the next 3 weeks! Here's hoping you make it safely home! I can hear that thing purring from way up here in Kansas!
Zig ain't goin' to be happy till somebody arrowheads one of their trucks. Hey Zig, since you have the design in your head, why don't you put it on your ride? Or, get one of these artistic types that do air brush drawing like the ones that Chip Foose does to do one up and post it on here? In fact, does anyone know someone who does that? I woul dlike to get a good airbrush version of my truck to put on the wall in my basement rec room. Bill
Zig, as long as he's waited for this day, he'll probably "brave" a hurricane Rita to get it home! And BTW, it's candy apple red, not KC Chief red, so the arrowhead won't look right on it! And believe it or not, not every Texan thinks that Blue and Silver is cool. LUV YA BLUE!
Wait 'till I post the pics of my ride- as it is now... I've won some art shows and placed highly in the ones I didn't. Maybe I could do you a drawing? (mixed media)
My artistic daughter who is home for Christimas break ( and has no intentionof ever drawing a big ole noisy truck) told me what mixed media is. Do you have an example you can share? This could be a business. Bill
It's just a matter of figuring out how to post the pictures. I think I can. I think I can. I think I can....
On our way Well, me and the Boop are heading out to get the Boop mobile. Skys are fair to partly cloudy, all is well on the home front and the Boop is exstatic. We'll post some more pics when the new baby arives, the due date is today around lunch... More later. Oh yea, the fenders and bed arn't painted yet. He says "I'll try in the next few days" we all know how that goes but at least it's a start. TB'sD
Spiffy New Paint !! Wow WOW WOW ! now that's what I call a nice truck ! . The dash looks very well done too . I agree , lots of polished stainless and chrome will be nice . Now you can start assembly whilst waiting for the bed to be finished... You were right ,patience worked , I'd gone and made a fool of myself fighting with the guy but you persevered and got a killer paint job .
She Has Arived Birth Anouncement: On 12/30/2006 at 11:55 A beautiful new red haired bouncing baby girl came to our house. She weighed in at 3500 lbs & 8 oz. The wait was long and the pains many but it was worth it. We'll call her "boopmobile" Boy, is mom excited, all smiles. She cain't wait to dress her up and put lots of shiney bows in her hair... To see the first snapshots from the delivery room click on the link below... She's a bute https://talk.classicparts.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=155&cat=2 TB'sD
seeing red Looks great! Ahhh, I remember the days of a holy dash! Actually, my back still remembers the one neat move it went through to get that nut on the retaining post of the gauge cluster. Boy we had fun THAT day! Seeing that dash of yours made me think I oughta post a picture of what I did with my gauges. Being as though mine's a GMC, I went with the original tan(?) faces. But a red dash, tan faces and a grayish face plate had my tummy turning. I decided to paint the face plates red while I had everything out and apart. Your Chevy at least is grayish on black, so it may not be that big a deal, but here's a photo of how mine turned out. Some of that chrome, too By the way- sorry that my nasty old 228 ended up between your photos! I don't know how that happened, but I think people know you have a clip and an 8 in your truck https://talk.classicparts.com/photos/showphoto.php?photo=159&cat=2
Customized Dash Hey Zig, I like the way you did you gauges. I have to redo my speedo since I changed the color of the truck. It is close but I have to do a little tweeking. Did you get that signal switch from CP? Mine is a 4 wire so I have to get another one to avoid having to add another light for brakes. I am sure yoour little one's imagination runs wild in that playhouse. With all the outside noise from video games, internet and TV it is good to cultivate the imagination as much as possible. Otherwise thye tend to become gizmo zombies. Happy New Year, Bill
Yes Bill, the turn signal switch came from Br--hers. (Feel free to edit this CP) but it is the same thing (I believe) that CP has. (I would have bought mine from CP, but I had just started searching for parts and when there adds were all over the back of Custom Classic Trucks magazines, it's kind of hard not to notice. I still have my wiring diagram ifin' you need any help.
