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Falcon, have to expect that u and i r much of the same ilk it seems... I for one see niothing at all wrong with your prescription for change for the van...that would end up being perhaps one of the most unique hot rods on the planet....carefull u don't go overboard, BUT...go for it MAN!!!!!!

After staring it down for a while yesterday I decided against it. I wanted this to be a fairly quick winter project that will be on the road in the spring and I'm afraid if I try this it'll tie it up all summer. I spent about 10 hours sanding yesterday; good progress but nothing worthy of pictures.

Here's a couple from the weekend; I know this doesn't look like much sanding but I also did the inside wheelwells, footwells, and door tracks. I was going to just seal it and paint over the blue but it's just too crappy looking. Might as well start from the beginning. Did a little rough in on the gauges, too.

Looks like a whole car on just one side Falcon . Gauges look like they where made in that spot you have a eye for this stuff and speed .

Thanks, buddy. I'm on a mission to have this whole thing sanded in two weeks, we'll see how it goes. What's happening for New Years up your way?

Here's another several hours with the DA; also a set of seats I picked up at the boneyard today.

That's some really great progress on the I Scream Machine, Falcon!!!! Seats should work out well, though I must say I could also visualize an old set of Captain's chairs with armrests and all the good bells and whistles!!!!

I'm back to working on the Plymouth, but no real progress to report, unfortunately....The story is one I've been through before....Bill, who owns the shop now, was having another guy do the actual body work after all the tin work and fab was done. Well, IMO his work quality was a bit overated--seems he would rather just sling mud then do any real body work, IE the front edge of the hood varies in thickness from 1/8" to almost 1/2"! Rather then doing a bit of pingin' and dingin' to make the edge correct he just built the edge out of mud....Sure would look great sitting at a show next summer with the hood open, huh???? I won't even get into the rest of my "discoveries" on the work he'd done, needless to say I'm not real happy. Looks like I'll be redoing a lot of the work that someone else was already paid to do. I guess fit, finish, and detail has different meanings to different people!!!!!!

Falcon, my man u do some good detailed work, it appears that however u complete the projectits going to b a nice one and one of a kind....i like that....love the seats too, salvage or where ever they came from, that would b a nice color scheme to paint the I SCREAM truck too i'de think....
Carry on car crafter, u got something goin there...

New Years right here . Momma works tomorrow and besides it is amateur night out there .

Thanks Dave, we're back at it today as soon as the shop heater gets it warm in there. It's 15 degrees this morning. The I-Scream truck; now that's funny! I think you just came up with the logo for the side! Sorry to hear about the Plymouth; sounds like a major hassle. Hopefully it wont take you too long to straighten it out.

I appreciate the comments, Mr Wizard. I think I'm going to go with basic white on this thing. I still need a lot of work on my painting/bodywork skills so I'm trying to keep it simple.

Here's where I got to today; I had to push it out, blow it off with an airgun and sweep up all the blue dust, it was getting overwhelming. Also here's the front. It's pretty beat up so I'm going to try and build a new one. I got these trimrings off of Evilbay; maybe these and a square tube grill will make it look cool. Definately different turn signal lights, too.

Blue, i sure hope mama doesn't get wind of THAT staement, if so ur new year may not begin as well as it could...LOL...jus kiddin...carry on...

Understood falcon, my auto body skills are suspect too, which is why i do very little and ONLY on my own rides...Still, i submit that YOU are GOOD from the pics u post and i STILL expect that whenever, however ur done, its gonna b 1 hella I SCREAM truck...

Finally made it all the way around; now just the doors, hood, some edges and the roof too sand. I had cut out a panel in the rear that needs replaced; I'm going to work on that tomorrow. Also painted the footwells and sliding door tracks with POR-15. My son came by and started cleaning up the motor but we ended up taking a break to do some pickin. Back on it tomorrow; 1 more day off before it's back to work.

Nice work and great pictures especially with your son! Rock on!