MACKDDY build thread

[hankjr]

Today I shot final color on inside of fenders and grill

Also got serp set up finalized and found a belt what fit

I finalized vacuum line routing using hard lines too

Next target is to shoot hood inside color, weld hinges on and bond a strip of metal that Migs cut for me along the front to cover acne along hood leading edge. That’s fridays mission. Saturday I will demo part of the paint booth and prep for final color on outside of body

Now back to work to pay for all the painting supplies

A tired and sweaty Hank

 

[Tcb3078]

Looks great! Quite jeallus

 

[langester]

Very nice Sir!

 

[hankjr]

This weekend was all about cleaning and organizing ahead of final paint. I took down the single bay paint boof and converted garage into one large one. The lessons learnt first time around made do better results this time around.

I did manage to scuff most of the body as well in prep for hi build. I will pick away at that.

Hank

 

[tasker]

GETTING closer Hank!!

 

[Slednut10]

I'm betting you'll make the date for the start-a-que at this rate!;D

I love the paint boof........

 

[hankjr]

I got hi build on the body today finally. Have I mentioned how much scuffing sucks???

Also got membrane installed on the inner door skins. Seemed a shame to cover up the pretty paint

Tomorrow is supposed to be rainy so I think I’m going to finish hooking up all the brake lines and mock up a cold air intake for the engine

Hank

 

[hankjr]

I never got to the brakes or cold air intake. Masking for seam sealer took much longer than expected but I finished that tonight and squeezed out a tube of sealer.

 

[hankjr]

Seam sealer all done and body is in guide coat. Sanding today and tomorrow. Target to shoot body color Sunday morning

Hank

 

[Rustytruck]

Guide coat inside the tub, Now someone either likes to sand or is getting pretty serious. That just plain make my back hurt just looking at it.

 

[tasker]

OCD much? looks great Hank!

 

[hankjr]

Sanding turns out to be great therapy for the shoulder issues i inflicted upon myself this past winter

Honestly there was enough overspray and other surface issues to warrant the extra sanding

Hank

 

[hankjr]

So I sanded my butt off Saturday and got it like 80% done. My buddy showed up at 630 this morning for painting day. Rob and I wet sanded another 3 hours before deciding it was good enough to paint. We cleaned for another hour before painting. In all we put in 11 hours today, resulting in......

All the attention to detail on the body work was so worth it in the end

Major milestone achieved today!!!!

Now on to painting the engine bay.

Hank

 

[bronkenn]

Very nice Hank! That is a major milestone in your build. Got to feel great about the progress. Ken

 

[langester]

Congrats Hank! That looks Awesome!

 

[Slednut10]

Yep, you'll make the 25th for the wrench-a-que!

 

[LUBr LuvR]

Wow that looks great! Bet you’ll sleep good tonight......

 

[tasker]

Awesome job buddy! You have to be thrilled!!!

 

[hankjr]

The heavy rain and constant heat/humididity have been a pain the past week or so. I managed to shoot paint in engine bay etc yesterday. Some cleanup to do but decent results.

Also have been rebuilding hydroboost unit this week. Really pretty straight forward but some tricks.

And big pile of smalls paint finished up

Countdown to the Que....

Hank

 

[langester]

Nice table full of shiny awesome right there! Very nice Sir!