The Jalopy Journal
[ATTACH] [ATTACH]I started working on my tailgate. I changed my latches and want to do any other changes before I paint it. I was thinking I want...
Anyone ever buy a new hood and find that they painted over rust on it bad enough when you have to fill dents but you don't expect you will have to...
Ok so looks like I'm going to Bondo all my new parts.
Thanks once again for the help! I didn't know if the factory left the spot welds or not and if you put filler all over the truck filling spot...
When most people paint a rod do they fill the spot welds or leave them? I am working on my 1948 Chevy truck and I hated the front fender spot...
ipe is hard as hell on spindle shaper cutter heads and saw blades it has a janka rating of 3680 but weathers better then most wood and doesn't...
I wasn't going to use metal strips I was thinking maybe just tongue and groove some ipe wood and bolt it in.
[ATTACH] [ATTACH]I think I am about 1 inch high with the cab mounts so I may have to add a inch the bed
The frame is a 1948 it had the gas tank bands on the frame the bed is all new parts I was going to paint all the parts then assemble the parts I...
Once again I have to ask a question IM starting to feel like the dumb guy. The book I bought doesn't have any info on truck beds but it also...
The doors are new no rust at all the reason i want to paint in them is to keep them from getting rusty another part of the truck i worry about is...
Thanks for the link I just put in a order for the undercoat gun I will try it for epoxy prime and paint I will try scuffing the doors where I can...
I bought 2 new doors for my 1948 Chevy truck and the doors don't have much open area inside I want to prime and paint inside them as much as I...
are the fender supports your talking about the ones that hook to the radiator support on one end and the wheel well on the other?
Thanks it only shows the grill I don't have a grill yet it must be the grill is made heavy enough to slam the hood and not bend.
I am trying to put together a truck and I think I may be missing some parts. I know I need a hood latch and a grill but is the grill the only...
I made a top part I hope its not to high.
I need to make the part for the top. the assembly manual has it listed as a upper baffle it looks like a angle iron does anyone know the...
Do I have to assemble the nose before I install it ?
I don't know if I know how to pm but I tried.
20190724_121303 by email Ed posted Jul 24, 2019 at 8:18 PM20190724_121234 by email Ed posted Jul 24, 2019 at 8:20 PM this is the side I have I...
I have an assembly manual on the way thanks for letting me know about them. I think it will be $30 well spent.
The blue part looks right from photos on the web and the bent support looks right but the other parts don't look right. looking on line the u...
I was going to try to mount the rad support today and it don't look like it goes to this truck. I don't have all the truck only a little of it. I...
I never drove this truck. the old dodge was the only old truck I ever drove. it had good shocks but who knows where the old well driller got the...
Its a Chevy I would like to mount the rear 2" higher off the springs for a better drive shaft angle and the new IFS makes the truck sit lower on...
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