Under the knife
- Thread starter Merk
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Merk
Donating Member
Update: 3/21/04
New roof has been installed. We took apart the old roof and anylized the rust we found. I wanted to know why it was there, and how to prevent it from re-occurring.
Did the same for the whole body, as well.
Here are a few shots in Primer Stage.
...More can be found here:
http://www.sportmachines.com/gallery/93Ty1616
More updates to follow
New roof has been installed. We took apart the old roof and anylized the rust we found. I wanted to know why it was there, and how to prevent it from re-occurring.
Did the same for the whole body, as well.
Here are a few shots in Primer Stage.
...More can be found here:
http://www.sportmachines.com/gallery/93Ty1616
More updates to follow
MyTyphoon1993
Active member
Looking good. You have pics of the roof with the rust.
Merk
Donating Member
5/26/04
Front clip is off and getting that primed and ready for paint.
Purchased materials for re-installation of the cladding (rivets, anti-rubbing material, etc)
Roof is layered with lightweight sound deadener; rest of truck comes later.
Thats it for now I guess. No cool pictures right now. Going to wait until the project is finished.
Truck should be back from paint/body beginning of next month and fully completed by May.
Front clip is off and getting that primed and ready for paint.
Purchased materials for re-installation of the cladding (rivets, anti-rubbing material, etc)
Roof is layered with lightweight sound deadener; rest of truck comes later.
Thats it for now I guess. No cool pictures right now. Going to wait until the project is finished.
Truck should be back from paint/body beginning of next month and fully completed by May.
Merk
Donating Member
Update 4/4/04
Here is a teaser. I'll have it back the end of the week.
Beware, HUGE photo.
Complete photo gallery to follow.
Here is a teaser. I'll have it back the end of the week.
Beware, HUGE photo.
Complete photo gallery to follow.
MyTyphoon1993
Active member
Looks good merk, btw where did you buy the rivets and anti rubbing materials
Merk
Donating Member
Here is a shot of the truck now:
What you see here is where we looked at all the possibilities for future rust areas. Truck was stripped down, undercoated in those areas and painted if necessary; Mostly areas hidden by cladding. We also concluded the truck built before this one was red in color. We could see a pink/purpleish hue on the front of the truck which gradually faded to white towards the rear. After some research, GM does NOT purge the paint guns during a color change. woohoo for me :roll:
Three coats of PPG "DCC Concept" Paint fixed that problem. The above shot is before we buffed it for the 1st time. No clear, as it tends to yellow over time.
Thought about sound deadener for the roof, but all we really wanted to achieve was to cut down on condensation possibilities so we went with a super light weight material that gave us what we needed.
This material is aluminum coated and we've concluded it will cut down noise as well. Sure enough, driving it today eliminated the rattle that was haunting me for some time
I'll be working on a chronological gallery, so you guys can see the entire build from start to finish. I'm still waiting for some Photo CDs to get done, showing the truck in "panoramic roof" stage.
...More to come
What you see here is where we looked at all the possibilities for future rust areas. Truck was stripped down, undercoated in those areas and painted if necessary; Mostly areas hidden by cladding. We also concluded the truck built before this one was red in color. We could see a pink/purpleish hue on the front of the truck which gradually faded to white towards the rear. After some research, GM does NOT purge the paint guns during a color change. woohoo for me :roll:
Three coats of PPG "DCC Concept" Paint fixed that problem. The above shot is before we buffed it for the 1st time. No clear, as it tends to yellow over time.
Thought about sound deadener for the roof, but all we really wanted to achieve was to cut down on condensation possibilities so we went with a super light weight material that gave us what we needed.
This material is aluminum coated and we've concluded it will cut down noise as well. Sure enough, driving it today eliminated the rattle that was haunting me for some time
I'll be working on a chronological gallery, so you guys can see the entire build from start to finish. I'm still waiting for some Photo CDs to get done, showing the truck in "panoramic roof" stage.
...More to come
JKsSyclone
Active member
Your Ty looks great Merk. It should be nice and quiet inside now...unlike everybody elses. Ill send you pics of my '63 after i finish the motor swap. Itll show you what your paint will look like after 12 years of sitting in the sun. :lol: It will still buff out after all of that time.
Deanzsyclone
New member
Re: Under the knife
Dang that's a good looking Ty, it looks mint. I hope there wont be to much pep boys add ons to ruin it's beauty.
Merk said:
Dang that's a good looking Ty, it looks mint. I hope there wont be to much pep boys add ons to ruin it's beauty.
Merk
Donating Member
Re: Under the knife
Nah. Pep Boys suck.
Thanks for the comments though.
Truck was/is built to retain its stockness yet improve a few weak points.
Every bolt, nut and screw removed was replaced in the exact same place from where it came.
Took me FOREVER to find the correct rivets. Genuine GM parts were used wherever possible.
Restorations usually lead to owners selling the finished product. Too nice to drive? Hope this does not happen to me.
deanzsyclone said:
Nah. Pep Boys suck.
Thanks for the comments though.
Truck was/is built to retain its stockness yet improve a few weak points.
Every bolt, nut and screw removed was replaced in the exact same place from where it came.
Took me FOREVER to find the correct rivets. Genuine GM parts were used wherever possible.
Restorations usually lead to owners selling the finished product. Too nice to drive? Hope this does not happen to me.
Merk
Donating Member
5/14/04
Okay Folks-
ask and you shall recieve:
finally gave the thing a wash. Last items to do is to install the fender cladding, and align the front bumper. Heavy rain was on the way, so I had to quit.
I'm real happy with the way things turned out. It's always nice to think this typhoon was hand built from the ground up.
Look for it at the Michigan Meet
Okay Folks-
ask and you shall recieve:
finally gave the thing a wash
. Last items to do is to install the fender cladding, and align the front bumper. Heavy rain was on the way, so I had to quit.
I'm real happy with the way things turned out. It's always nice to think this typhoon was hand built from the ground up.
Look for it at the Michigan Meet