Eagle_Adam Posted July 9, 2013 Report Share Posted July 9, 2013 wow man, thats a serious amount of work.... better not dent it on a trail :P Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 10, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 wow man, thats a serious amount of work.... better not dent it on a trail :P Yes...I agree on both counts. The first dent will hurt. Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 More progress over the last couple weeks. I finished the first blocking and got everything reprimed. The roof actually blocked out well considering the condition it was in. Rockers weren't bad either: A little glaze in the low spots: And primed: I also had to address a dent inside the cab in preparation for interior paint, which will happen after the final exterior priming and before exterior wet-sanding to minimize the need for masking. Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 As for interior paint, a Sherwin-Williams rep provided a sample of their single-stage urethane to my department at work in an attempt to take our business from DuPont. It didn't exactly match our current paint, so now it's mine. Yay, corporate sponsorship! It is a flat metallic charcoal grey, and I think it will do well inside the cab. The lack of shine will help hide imperfections in the interior walls. Not sure yet how much trim and vinyl will be in the cab. Today I also started the second blocking, this time with 220-grit paper. I have blocked both fenders, a door, and the cowl and valance so far and the need for finishing glaze has been minimal. Next I will finish the second blocking and prime everything for the third time. I haven't decided whether I will block again or go straight to wet-sanding (after interior paint). Gotta pull the dash, too. Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2013 Today I finished blocking, touching up and repriming all of the removable panels associated with the cab. Both fenders, doors, hood, cowl and valance. I got to break in Dad's new primer gun, a Matco Tools HVLP with a 1.7 tip. Got it guidecoated again, and the primer will have plenty of time to dry in as I block the cab again. Time to finally commit to a color. Recently I have been considering Olive Green again, and I still think the Steel Blue would be nice. Chrysler also has a great Moss Green. Decisions, decisions. 1 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted July 22, 2013 Report Share Posted July 22, 2013 This is going be the straightest 620 ever :cool: Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 This is going be the straightest 620 ever :cool: If it's not, it won't be for a lack of effort, lol. It's consumed most of my free time all year, but I enjoy it. 1 Quote Link to comment
gbuck Posted July 23, 2013 Report Share Posted July 23, 2013 Here's a vote for Moss Green. 1 Quote Link to comment
Eagle_Adam Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 the body work..... omg the body work!!!!!! i dunno how you do it man, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD! 1 Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2013 the body work..... omg the body work!!!!!! i dunno how you do it man, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD! Thanks Adam. It's more tedious than difficult, but truth is I have a good mentor. Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 More sanding today. The roof is good to go, and I'm hoping one more blocking will have the hood ready as well. The cab needed a little touch up, but wasn't bad. These should be back in primer tomorrow, and I will start blocking again. Yay. I thought a lot about painting the interior, and I think I will go ahead and paint it body color instead of grey because I couldn't get happy about where to stop each color inside the door. That just means if I ever change the color I will have to pull the interior and paint inside the cab again, but it's not like it will be very often. Quote Link to comment
cobra269 Posted July 28, 2013 Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I'm seriously impressed. I've seen a lot of builds with lots of work and various excellent results, but this one has me wanting to change mine up! I really appreciate you showing this to me so I can now blow more money on mine! Thank you! lol, but in all seriousness, I am really diggin this ride! Can't wait to see the end end result 1 Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I'm seriously impressed. I've seen a lot of builds with lots of work and various excellent results, but this one has me wanting to change mine up! I really appreciate you showing this to me so I can now blow more money on mine! Thank you! lol, but in all seriousness, I am really diggin this ride! Can't wait to see the end end result Thanks Cobra. It would be done by now if I weren't slow, picky and lazy, lol. Hopefully things will get interesting soon as I start spraying a little color and moving on to the bed. 1 Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted July 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2013 I almost forgot to address the dents in the inside of the doors before final blocking the outside, so I got them in shape and back in primer. The cab and hood are also reprimed. And because it seemed like there might someday be a satisfactory level of completion to this project--and we can't have that--I pulled the wasted dash and took a look-see under there. It was easy because only a couple of bolts were in place and several things were loose or disconnected underneath. Nothing holding the instrument cluster in but luck. I addressed a couple of obvious issues with the heater controls and also moved the steering column about an inch to the left where I should have put it when I installed it. I will have to figure something out for a replacement dash. Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Ok, so things are starting to come together. Both fenders blocked out completely today... ...and the cab almost did, except for this minor lowness in the cab corner: I almost let it go, but in the end I couldn't resist applying a thin layer of glaze. That won't prevent this from being the final cab blocking, though. I also overlooked this guy, and again I almost left it just so I could positively identify the truck as mine in a crowded parking lot: But I fixed it. I was happy to locate this high spot in the hood that had been bugging me because I could feel it but not see it. You can see the layers of primer that I've sanded through while leveling it. This shot just shows the payoff of all this work...straightness. Tomorrow: blocking the doors and slinging more primer, including the interior if there's time. 1 Quote Link to comment
Mirrorimg Posted August 4, 2013 Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 And because it seemed like there might someday be a satisfactory level of completion to this project--and we can't have that--I pulled the wasted dash and took a look-see under there. I got a good chuckle out of this. Body is looking great. Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 I got a good chuckle out of this. Body is looking great. Lol, I'm here all week. :D Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted August 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2013 Time for paint. Well, kinda. The cab and all related panels are in final primer inside and out, though I may rework one small area on the outside back of the cab. It's part of a ridge I had to form with filler after pulling a dent, and it isn't quite as sharp as the rest of the ridge. It isn't bad enough that I could even capture it in a picture, so I'm debating whether to even mess with it. If I do, that area can be reprimed without having to do the whole cab. Inside: Removable panels: All guidecoated for wet-sanding: The next step will be to sand the inside of the cab and the fender and door edges/jambs, then get some color on them. At that point I can reassemble the cab and adjust the panels in preparation for exterior paint. Guess I should think about picking a color, huh? 1 Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 Ok, paint color will be Steel Blue, or a close approximation thereof. Dad and I added several partial pints of various blues to a gallon of charcoal gray and got pretty darn close to one shade of Chrysler's steel blue. We ended up with almost a gallon and a half unreduced, which should leave between a quart and two left over even with my heavy spraying hand. Savings: about $550. :w00t: I plan to start spraying it this weekend, or sooner if I get impatient. 1 Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 It would seem like you're about ready to pick a color (I'm trying to be funny here), I vote for a high gloss black. Nice work, and you're either having a very hard time picking a color or you have a lot of patients. I see more work done on this "off road" truck than we see on several "serious street" sedans here on Ratsun. That seems completely the opposite of the way we did things back in the day, back then the trucks were ratty and the street machines were all done up prudy. My how times have changed - all good - as long as it's Datsun powered. Simple fact is, I have a hard time making a decision when it's something that's not easily reversed. I actually considered black because you rarely see a black 620, but I think a brighter color will show the attractive body lines better. I love the moss green, but I think the blue will look a little more appropriate on a '79. I also have a hard time drawing the line on the bodywork, i.e. considering it good enough. This truck may not be perfect, but I'm pretty happy with it considering the train wreck I started with. I do hope it's purdy when it's done, and it will be a while before it goes off-road, other than daily driver and work truck duties. Quote Link to comment
Spoona_Jay21 Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 dude! your work is completely epic! exited to see it done. but.. umm... when are you coming to do my truck.... lol 1 Quote Link to comment
SandyMush620 Posted August 6, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 dude! your work is completely epic! exited to see it done. but.. umm... when are you coming to do my truck.... lol Lol, thanks Jay. Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted August 6, 2013 Report Share Posted August 6, 2013 That's a great color choice :cool: 2 Quote Link to comment
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