Thread: New guy from Utah.

Tweet

So after trying to get wheels made from wheel vintiques since the end of February I finally gave up and found the wheel smith, called them last week, wheels where made and here they are.
Bumpers are about ready to go to chrome.

PXL_20220121_205013445.jpg

PXL_20220122_235958740.jpg

PXL_20220122_222817045.jpg

PXL_20220122_234228274.jpg

Originally Posted by FordyG

So after trying to get wheels made from wheel vintiques since the end of February I finally gave up and found the wheel smith, called them last week, wheels where made and here they are.
Bumpers are about ready to go to chrome.

...doesn't exactly say much for Wheel Vintiques. But says a lot for your wheel smith.
Those wheels will look bloody gorgeous.

Ditto on love the wheels! Sure sounds like one company's effort is better than another's! I also like the rear bumper filler, I would like to do something like that to Rita but I probably never will. I'm anxious to see what your bumpers will look like with some comb on them!

Was able to get the bumpers and hood ornament stuff to the chromer, Ogden Chrome quoted us an insane amount so we ended up taking it to Salt Lake Chrome instead. I need to start making some final decisions on paint color and I think I will just have someone powder coat the wheels. Still so much to do.

Had another previous owners fiberglass art project I cleared out today on the cowl, they plugged it up with fiberglass and mud. We'll get that fixed right.

PXL_20220204_233239007.jpg

OOOooo, that looks ugly! Maybe they stuck an antenna in their once upon a time?

Something like that, they definitely punched the hole bigger......and thats gone.

PXL_20220206_213530491.jpg

Rolled her outside for a breath of fresh air so we could pull the bed and rear fenders off and work on those separate while doing some cab stuff so maybe I can get that blasted soon?

PXL_20220206_222748036.jpg

Lookin' really good! They always look better outside with a little room around them!

What's not to love about that truck! Nice

Getting close to body work time, also have a wood project at my house I need to get started on, fix some header tube issues and recam the engine.
PXL_20220306_004651582.jpg

You have a pretty sweet shop, jealous of that lift.

Originally Posted by v8nutz

You have a pretty sweet shop, jealous of that lift.

Well it's my brothers shop, I am fortunate he is helping me out. He lives right next to the in-laws too and that is where the paint booth is at.

Yes Ditto on Garage I'm jealous as well. Putting in new floor and insulation in mine in the next two weeks, but still a small space here !

We did our full mock up and I finally got the cab blasted, saved me a lot of trouble doing it by hand and was worth the money. Didn't find anything too terrible under the paint, I think we already fixed the worst of it. Got some new headers showing up today so we can fix my clearance issues and make it easier to fix with any future problems, bunch of other stuff I need to get ordered (everything is costing more by the day it seems) but we are making progress.

PXL_20220325_213946231.jpg

PXL_20220326_162207453.MP.jpg

PXL_20220326_195024624.MP.jpg

PXL_20220326_212339002.jpg

PXL_20220327_200648713.jpg

I love a nice blasted finish, so nice to work with. The dude doing the blasting isn't wearing a hood, is that a water blaster so there's no dust?