Ben

New truck got washed tonight. Cleaned a months plus worth of shop dust off it. ?? Maiden voyage into public since being home is tomorrow.

It drew air from the hole in the fender and you cut a 4" hole in the cowl so it drew air from there also. It would sound like your glove box was going to get sucked in.

Damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Commanche!!!!! NICE!!!!!

Damn. Glad to see you're still kicking.

Lol. Thanks!!! That's all the neighbor. He is an awesome fabricator, body man, and dirt jockey I just do menial jobs, hand tools, and mix drinks. His estimation we are carving into the other side in 2 years. Yay.

The old truck. Nothing special. Scotty 2 which I fricking miss and super b. Little truck. S366 over Ht4b. Yeah it was naughty. From 10lbs on you were in the game. Spooled awesome. Current truck is stock as stock gets.

As soon as paint dries clear coat. Water based takes a lot longer to dry. 3 coats of clear and it’s done.

@IBMobile Were did you you get that at? I like it!

I did the same thing last Friday. Did you call them or just order off the website?

I don't think so. Plasma was never ever a consideration. It stayed parked. It was like an adhesive tape foam.

All done. Ready for paint. A lot of work. Hopefully it's worth it.

The neighbor and I ripped apart the cancerous rocker panel hole I had today. The spot weld drilling was no fun. F6C02B9C-8B1B-4A0D-A234-22273C1AD4A2.MOV Dodge screwed us in this deal. There’s foam attached to the outer rocker. Fitting the new rocker in. Getting ready to spot weld in Maybe be in bondo tonight Ready for bondo.

My little truck had 2 breathers in the valve cover. Just push in type through grommet. Never had any issues with them or unusual oil deposits under them. Along these lines. Nothing special. Valve Cover Breather The motor had maybe 3000 miles on a non stock rebuild.

Nice!! I learned how to column shift in a 1962 F250 with a 352.

I'm done. 4 more cans. I just said F- it I'm done. I'm tired. It's all covered I think. I asked the neighbor to root around in it in the morning when he goes out to the shop. The whole second pair of eyes deal. Got the steering stabilizer today and rest of parts start rolling in tomorrow.

@trreed Nice!!!!!! I had a set of Ducky 6x13's in my little truck. I liked them a lot. They had very good manners until you got on the hammer. Which was to be expected.

Still painting. Eta- reason for picture was girlfriend texted wondering what I was doing picture is worth 1000 words. 2nd edit. 8 more cans since 4. I’m outta paint....again. At least end is in sight. It’s pretty much all covered. Pick up more paint tomorrow. Those of you with stock in rustoleum...,. You’re welcome.

Awesome!!!! I love it!!!!!!

Nevernind. Thought I had video fixed. Wrong.

The super b spools pretty decent. That was with 150s and either smarty or ts mvp. Rats. Video won't play.

I have a bunch of gauge videos of my old truck but unfortunately zero of the little truck. The road I live on is an awesome test and tune road. I could come off the main road in 2nd, by first turn 3-4 shift, into it pretty good by next turn 4th to 5th. At this point there is a 1/2 mile straight away. I would floor it, the rear end would squat, and the nose would come up. Pretty cool feeling from drivers seat. Notttttttt so much from passengers. The highest total boost I saw was a needle width or 2 above 70 pounds with the speedo pegged. After a few mach 3 bomb runs the truck would be laying low for a few days.

Cool!! When I was looking around at trucks (2006 and older) the one thing I noticed was that the 3rd gen seats break seem to break down a lot quicker. I drove a 2006 one ton with 120k and that seat was shot. Guy wasn't big either. Neighbor's 06 dually with 101k driver's seat was shot also. He's pretty handy so he ripped it apart and re-foamed it. That's why I was curios.

Most likely better power. How are your seats holding up with those miles? Have you done any upgrades at all?

You guys need to make friends that have body shops. Theyll give you their “old” (old to them) paint. The neighbor has $$$$$ in paint because of this. The water based I thought was a newer deal than the 90s. The neighbor has explained the differences to me vs 2 stage but I forget. I think I ask him every time. Lol i think the big one is that water based has a greater chance to orange peel. I think. Neighbor has used a lot of it rebuilding dump trucks. I miss this interior shot the most. From my old truck.