What are you up to?

It was 15 below zero when I went to work this morning

Space trucking now that leaves a mark ouch! Bill

LOL, but you also know I pay the price with "Moonbeam" as my Governor. Now that leaves a MARK

you also pay at the pump.!!!!

dix wrote:you also pay at the pump.!!!!

Diesel $4.15 gallon, Premium $3.95 can you Proctologist!!! OUCH

Pulled the old battery out of the van mega cleaned the battery tray then sealed everything up with zero rust and installed the new battery. Bill

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Roof is painted a light metallic silver
Body is ready for Acalpulco Blue

Ya know TB, most people wouldn't put a van on jack stands to paint the roof!
Where's the ladder?

My body guy is on the taller side, so he put it on the stands to finish the final blocking on the bottom edges. when he painted the top he had to build a scaffold around it.

I used small scaffolds to shoot the top of mine, and I'm 6'4"! One in front one in the back in this pic...

TB Looking good can't wait to see it done . Bill

nows stinn coming here =again 2 nite - best is gas is under 3.00 a gall now-2.92 some places .

I took a wire wheel to the wool/fur in the doghouse lid and it made pretty short work of it. Whatever was used to glue it in is very thick and still soft, a real mess. I did a test patch with some paint remover and it came off, but since it's almost a quarter inch thick in spots it was gonna create a real mess. So I will wait and see if I can use something else to glue over it for some Reflectix. In the meantime I installed an S-10 door seal on the doghouse lip and it's air tight now, no more fumes. Going to need to adjust the latch as it is too tight and barely closes.








Here are before and after pictures of replacing the beaten up cardboard panels in the real doors and DS end panel. Until I find out the paint code of the interior metal and a place to mix some up, the rattle can beige looks OK. Better for sure.

Sandyvan, nice work. You just doubled the value of your interior for the price of a little paint. Looks beautiful!

very cool...

vanny wrote:Sandyvan, nice work. You just doubled the value of your interior for the price of a little paint. Looks beautiful!

Ha! Just imagine when I clean up the floor!

Hey Sandyvan
What year S10 door seal did you use on the doghouse?
Jim

Lookin great SandyVan! One of these days in the near future when I get mine runnin'...we're gonna rolllllllll!!!

the_surfing_guy wrote:Lookin great SandyVan! One of these days in the near future when I get mine runnin'...we're gonna rolllllllll!!!

It's not running yet? What the heck have you been doing all this time?!?! lol

Been watching your thread, looks like you have your block and head all pretty, and now waiting for the tin to get cleaned? That van will be totally unrecognizable from what I saw last summer.

Casimier wrote:Hey Sandyvan
What year S10 door seal did you use on the doghouse?
Jim

You know I'm pretty sure it was a post 1994 model pickup, but there were more than a few in the yard that day along with S10 Blazers, so I don't remember exactly.

On a different note there were a couple of pre-1994 Blazers and the bucket seats looked like a great option for our vans. Updated but still sorta retro.

Sandyvan
I had the same issue with that old glue on my doghouse lid. I used acetone and degreaser and A LOT of elbow grease. I used one of those razor blade paint scrapers which helped out quite a bit.

Im sure you could just put something over the top depending on what material you use and how you adhere it. I wanted to put down a protective paint first, so I needed a clean surface.

Those interior panels look great too!

Yeah, that gunk on the inside of the lid is rubbery, but it is so thick it won't budge with a scraper. I put about a tablespoon of paint remover on a spot and after 15 minutes it came right off, but it was like a pool of molasses, very messy. It will take a full new can of remover and lot of paper towels to get all that crud off.

Well here is my new storage building for cars and working on the truck. Just about got all the paper work done to finalize the purchase.



30 x 40 with 14' sidewalls, heat and a 40 gallon air compressor already in and wired. and on 2 acres in town. guess party is at my house then huh..

very nice, you'll need a lift next, maybe two,

NIIIIIICE. Congrats!!! Needs a nice colorful sign out front.