Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV...

T Baggin S10 · 03-22-2005, 04:25 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BIGGERISBETTER

dood.. i want your patients... idda kicked a friggin hole in the side by now

I'm in no hurry to get it going because I still have no motor. I'm not flintstoning it around.

I have a Blazer that I drive daily so I bought this to spend time on so I had something to work on but didn't have to worry about doing small stuff to it so I could drive it as well.

***sdime98*** · 03-22-2005, 04:31 PM

i may have missed out but what motor do you plan on runnin?

miself · 03-22-2005, 04:50 PM

i belive he mentioned running a new stock motor.

T Baggin S10 · 03-22-2005, 04:51 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

i may have missed out but what motor do you plan on runnin?

Right now I plan to run the factory motor out of the truck I may get. If I don't get it then I have a few ideas. Not going to go back with what was in it that is for sure.

I'm concentrating on getting the body straight right now. The motor is not even on the to do list as of right now. I'll work on that after the body is further along unless I finally talk to the guy about the orange truck.

***98layinframe*** · 03-22-2005, 04:56 PM

why not the v8 that was in it? it looked nice in the pics... why not keep it in there for now?

***sdime98*** · 03-22-2005, 04:58 PM

yea i heard that, i gotta get mine runnin right before i really dig into it too....i was thinkin of runnin a newer 4.3 with a nv3500? maybe, as a cruiser truck, nothin particularly quick

jman · 03-22-2005, 05:16 PM

i always liked the luv's. i admire the patience and effort you are making. i couldn't do it. already looks worlds better just sanding it down. can't wait to continue seeing the progress.

***sdime98*** · 03-22-2005, 05:21 PM

is it me, or can nobody spell patience correct?

T Baggin S10 · 03-22-2005, 05:30 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe

why not the v8 that was in it? it looked nice in the pics... why not keep it in there for now?

I got the truck with no motor or trans. The motor mounts that were built are junk. I'm going to cut them off the frame sometime soon and grind it smooth.
I want to be able to drive it and get halfway decent gas mileage so I'll drive it more.

T Baggin S10 · 03-22-2005, 05:31 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

is it me, or can nobody spell patience correct?

Alot of people misspell words. I just read them as they are intended to be posted and move along.

T Baggin S10 · 03-22-2005, 05:33 PM

By the way. If you want to see a big list of the pics I have taken during the build, click the word LUV in my sig. I have not posted all of the pics I have taken so far.
Made it huge so everyone would see it.

jman · 03-22-2005, 05:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

is it me, or can nobody spell patience correct?

fixed. just be patiant.

j/k i'm typing a little too fast. i rarely proofread so that doesn't help either.

rainingbullets · 03-22-2005, 06:00 PM

Awesome. Keep up the good work. :thumbup:

Bullyspeedfreak · 03-22-2005, 07:52 PM

your LUV looks sickkkk, i admire your hardwork and itll definetly be nutz when done. keep up the good work!!!

xtremefour · 03-22-2005, 07:59 PM

I wonder how much money he spent in bondo, also that thing will be light as hell now.

T Baggin S10 · 03-23-2005, 02:41 AM

Took a better pic of the bed. I got the rest of it down at the top after this was taken...

Before I started tearing into the side...

This probably looks really funny, but I did it on the other side and it worked well to tell me where the high/ low spots were. I Used a wide flathead that has a sharp point and a hammer and worked diagnal downward chipping the filler away to find the fossils underneath...

A couple of the bigger pieces I pulled off the bedside...

Showing the areas that came off really easy...

Yum...

Most of the bed down. It will be finished next time I work on it...

I decided to go with a wire wheel instead of a sanding disk on this side. It takes about the same amount of time to get it down and I dont have to come back and smooth it out afterwards...

The filler for the blinker on the back corner of the bed...

sketchystreet · 03-23-2005, 10:20 AM

it looks like someone took a golf club to most of that truck. how are you going to fix all them little dents with minimal bondo?
and i cant beelive he could drive that truck without the bed sides of bondo falling off.

BIGGERISBETTER · 03-23-2005, 10:29 AM

I dont think ive ever seen that much bondo on any vehicle ever... that must be one dented up sumbitch

***sdime98*** · 03-23-2005, 10:45 AM

yea, i cannot get over all that bondo there....its rediculous

s10n20s · 03-23-2005, 11:07 AM

that guy must have stock in bondo

87layinlow · 03-23-2005, 12:06 PM

awesome progress! and I have started working on mine again thanks to your inspiration... today im going to get my drille and a change of clothes on my lunch break so that right after work i can go straight to the shop and work on my truck for an hour or so before we play poker... wednesday night poker night

going to wire wheel some parts of the cab and start taking down the bondo on my right bed corner where it was once wrecked and fixed with pure bondo... goin to attempt to fix myself by using kitty hair/a lot stronger and then bondo/filler putty.... atleast enough to make me happy for this show season....

last night i block sanded more on teh cab and primed some spots where it was bare... block sanded on the doors and found a low on the driver side...

ill link you to some pictures tommorrow if i remember... working on a full size long bed = 5x more work

T Baggin S10 · 03-23-2005, 12:52 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sketchystreet

it looks like someone took a golf club to most of that truck. how are you going to fix all them little dents with minimal bondo?
and i cant beelive he could drive that truck without the bed sides of bondo falling off.

I'm going to straighten the bedside with a dolly, hammer, and a pin gun. Hopefully I can get the big areas out enough to straighten them. I'm not just going to slap bondo back on it and call it done. There were up to 7-8 layers in some spots of primer, paint, filler, primer, filler , filler, filler, paint, glaze, primer, paint. I will go look for one of the pieces that has alot of layers. I wish I would have started the 5 gallon bucket filling with the big pieces when I started on the other side. It would have been filled by now.

T Baggin S10 · 03-23-2005, 01:00 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by 87layinlow

awesome progress! and I have started working on mine again thanks to your inspiration... today im going to get my drille and a change of clothes on my lunch break so that right after work i can go straight to the shop and work on my truck for an hour or so before we play poker... wednesday night poker night

going to wire wheel some parts of the cab and start taking down the bondo on my right bed corner where it was once wrecked and fixed with pure bondo... goin to attempt to fix myself by using kitty hair/a lot stronger and then bondo/filler putty.... atleast enough to make me happy for this show season....

last night i block sanded more on teh cab and primed some spots where it was bare... block sanded on the doors and found a low on the driver side...

ill link you to some pictures tommorrow if i remember... working on a full size long bed = 5x more work

Glad to see that I inspired someone. That was my intention of posting soooo many pics and explaining pretty much everything I'm doing and why I'm doing it. i have always liked seeing people let you know everything they are doing on such a big build, so I figured I should go all out with pics and all.
I'm actually using a grinder and a flat wire wheel. A cup on a drill will not work as well because I'm using the side of the wheel most of the time to get the most use of it and not have it wear away at an angle. Did you see the pic of the last wheel I went through??? I have one before it that was not nearly that bad. I'm going to take a pic of a new one I have next to the two used ones to show just how much use I got out of them.
How bad is the dent on your corner that you are going to fix? Is there any way for you to pull it? It would be much better if you pulled it out at least some and tryed to get some of it's shape back before filling it.
After seeing how bad this was and attempting to startt blocking it at first I will most likely never just block sand and paint another used vehicle that I have no clue as to what is hiding underneath. I blocked the Blazer and sprayed it because it still had the factory paint, but I'm going to redo it as soon as the luv is ready for a break and is driveable.

Get me the links for the pics. I love seeing pics of peoples work.

downtoearth · 03-23-2005, 02:36 PM

i think I'm gonna go vomit...looks better every time I see it.

T Baggin S10 · 03-23-2005, 02:47 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by downtoearth

i think I'm gonna go vomit...looks better every time I see it.

I'm trying. This bed may not be used afterall. That is if I can get another one really cheap. I'm going to cut the taillight fillers out and try to find some factory taillights to see just how hard it will be to get them to fit again.

jman · 03-23-2005, 05:57 PM

that's just crazy. i think the other bed would be a great idea right now.

jman · 03-23-2005, 05:59 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98

its rediculous

now, now, you just knocked my spelling?

Crazygenius13 · 03-23-2005, 07:43 PM

This thread and Avtekk's thread should be sticky'd, it'll be a race, which takes longer? rebuilding a Peice with roughly 6 gallons of filler? or SFBD from scratch on who knows what the final product will be? I'm sure both of your guys' work is going to turn out superb! Have either of you had feature trucks? just curious.

T Baggin S10 · 03-23-2005, 08:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Crazygenius13

This thread and Avtekk's thread should be sticky'd, it'll be a race, which takes longer? rebuilding a Peice with roughly 6 gallons of filler? or SFBD from scratch on who knows what the final product will be? I'm sure both of your guys' work is going to turn out superb! Have either of you had feature trucks? just curious.

I'm stripping the entire truck down, redoing all of the suspension, body work, poaint reshaving everything, redoing all of the interior, redoing all of the bodydrop, and adding alot of metalwork into the rebuild. He will kick my ass on getting his done. There is no doubt about that. He is on a deadline, I'm not. I have no deadline for when mine will be done. I'm in no hurry to get it done, I'm just working on it when I can and as much as I can. After the body is done it should go by alot faster because what will take time on the rest will be planning not actually doing hands on work.

About having a feature truck...
No I have not ever had one, but I plan on having one by the time I feel like thi truck will get a break. I have a few plans for it, but going by the shape it is in I'm not going to make any major permanent plans for it because alot of things I am running into are unexpected.

JohnH · 03-23-2005, 10:11 PM

my friend, you are doing the world a service by rescuing this truck from ghettodom. keep up the good work and updates.

T Baggin S10 · 03-24-2005, 01:55 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by jhorton

my friend, you are doing the world a service by rescuing this truck from ghettodom. keep up the good work and updates.

Thank you!

The bucket...

LT250 · 03-24-2005, 02:21 AM

its sad when the bondo you pull off a truck can fill a bucket. Pretty good idea to put it all in a bucket it will give some perspective to how much you are pulling off.

downtoearth · 03-24-2005, 02:21 AM

The bucket, thats great; "FILLER" up, hahaha, get it...get it!!!!

miself · 03-24-2005, 08:29 AM

lovely bucket, progress still lookin good man.

G2 Racer · 03-24-2005, 08:39 AM

Still in shock from the amount of filler on it, yikes.

T Baggin S10 · 03-24-2005, 12:26 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by G2 Racer

Still in shock from the amount of filler on it, yikes.

The bad thing is the filler is just from the area around the taillights, the "chevrolet" and where the plate box used to be, and some of the passenger bedside. The rest of it was shavings from using a wire wheel.

BIGGERISBETTER · 03-24-2005, 01:36 PM

I hope this isnt another project like a saw awhile ago when a fella on teh forum was re doing his first gen from the ground up... he put an assload of work and money in it just too end up parting it out after he had the rolling chassis due to getting tired of it. It would be a shame to see you fall under the same kind of thing..because youve got alot on your hands and alot of plans... Id love to see this thing done someday man.

T Baggin S10 · 03-24-2005, 02:14 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by BIGGERISBETTER

I hope this isnt another project like a saw awhile ago when a fella on teh forum was re doing his first gen from the ground up... he put an assload of work and money in it just too end up parting it out after he had the rolling chassis due to getting tired of it. It would be a shame to see you fall under the same kind of thing..because youve got alot on your hands and alot of plans... Id love to see this thing done someday man.

I'm only putting time into it so far. I have not spent much money at all on it.
I am not going to give up on it.

tommyk90 · 03-24-2005, 02:44 PM

Jebus, for all the money that guy spent on bondo he probably could've bought a different bed.

Some people are just idiots....

rivbluenoma · 03-24-2005, 03:30 PM

Been watching this from the beginning, soon as my 2nd gen project is done Im going to look into getting a luv or similar year mazda to play with. Your making lots of good progress, keep up the good work. Id hit the guys up over at LUVtruck.com and see if maybe they have some info on where you could score some new bed sides for cheap. http://www.luvtruck.com/

T Baggin S10 · 03-24-2005, 03:46 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by rivbluenoma

Been watching this from the beginning, soon as my 2nd gen project is done Im going to look into getting a luv or similar year mazda to play with. Your making lots of good progress, keep up the good work. Id hit the guys up over at LUVtruck.com and see if maybe they have some info on where you could score some new bed sides for cheap. http://www.luvtruck.com/

Been on there for a couple weeks. Wicked Mayhem told me about the site and I registered. There is a salvage yard about 6 miles away from me that has alot of luv's. I may just try to find one somewhere around here if the guy with the orange one does not come through.

T Baggin S10 · 03-27-2005, 04:56 AM

Putting a trans in the Blazer. I'll have another update Tuesday or Wednesday night.

miself · 03-29-2005, 06:06 PM

progress is still lookin good man, can't wait to see more

larstrak · 03-29-2005, 06:30 PM

gahdamn, you CRAZY sob... and i thought redoing my 97 dime was a waste of time, lol.

but i am glad to see you doing it, the truck did look okay before, but seeing all the skankiness could make ANY custom truck buyer weary...

congrats, props, high fives, blow jobs, self appreciation, pride, trophies... whatever man, i hope you get what you deserve for doing this project.

railin93 · 03-29-2005, 07:09 PM

dedication and time go hand in hand....good job....and i just realized that thing is a unibody....didn't know or for that matter didn't pay attention to it before i guess....should be cool when it's finished!

T Baggin S10 · 03-29-2005, 11:10 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by larstrak

gahdamn, you CRAZY sob... and i thought redoing my 97 dime was a waste of time, lol.

but i am glad to see you doing it, the truck did look okay before, but seeing all the skankiness could make ANY custom truck buyer weary...

congrats, props, high fives, blow jobs, self appreciation, pride, trophies... whatever man, i hope you get what you deserve for doing this project.

I hope I deserve something for doing it.

LT250 · 03-29-2005, 11:32 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by T Baggin S10

I hope I deserve something for doing it.

if I was a pimp I'd give you a ho for free, for taking on a project this big, I'd give ya two when it was done to encourage you to work fast

rivbluenoma · 03-30-2005, 09:08 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by railin93

and i just realized that thing is a unibody....

?????

miself · 03-30-2005, 04:01 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by railin93

and i just realized that thing is a unibody....

unibody?

T Baggin S10 · 03-31-2005, 01:26 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by LT250

if I was a pimp I'd give you a ho for free, for taking on a project this big, I'd give ya two when it was done to encourage you to work fast

Thanks man.

03-22-2005, 04:25 PM	#201
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by BIGGERISBETTER dood.. i want your patients... idda kicked a friggin hole in the side by now I'm in no hurry to get it going because I still have no motor. I'm not flintstoning it around. I have a Blazer that I drive daily so I bought this to spend time on so I had something to work on but didn't have to worry about doing small stuff to it so I could drive it as well.
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03-22-2005, 04:31 PM	#202
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... i may have missed out but what motor do you plan on runnin?
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03-22-2005, 04:50 PM	#203
miself LT. Morgan Age: 23 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,388 Location: Elizabeth City, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... i belive he mentioned running a new stock motor.
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03-22-2005, 04:51 PM	#204
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 i may have missed out but what motor do you plan on runnin? Right now I plan to run the factory motor out of the truck I may get. If I don't get it then I have a few ideas. Not going to go back with what was in it that is for sure. I'm concentrating on getting the body straight right now. The motor is not even on the to do list as of right now. I'll work on that after the body is further along unless I finally talk to the guy about the orange truck.
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03-22-2005, 04:58 PM	#206
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... yea i heard that, i gotta get mine runnin right before i really dig into it too....i was thinkin of runnin a newer 4.3 with a nv3500? maybe, as a cruiser truck, nothin particularly quick
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03-22-2005, 05:16 PM	#207
jman Hardcore 1st Gen'r Age: 29 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,839 Location: Austin, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... i always liked the luv's. i admire the patience and effort you are making. i couldn't do it. already looks worlds better just sanding it down. can't wait to continue seeing the progress. Last edited by jman : 03-22-2005 at 05:32 PM.
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03-22-2005, 05:21 PM	#208
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... is it me, or can nobody spell patience correct?
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03-22-2005, 05:30 PM	#209
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by 98layinframe why not the v8 that was in it? it looked nice in the pics... why not keep it in there for now? I got the truck with no motor or trans. The motor mounts that were built are junk. I'm going to cut them off the frame sometime soon and grind it smooth. I want to be able to drive it and get halfway decent gas mileage so I'll drive it more.
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03-22-2005, 05:31 PM	#210
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 is it me, or can nobody spell patience correct? Alot of people misspell words. I just read them as they are intended to be posted and move along.
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03-22-2005, 05:33 PM	#211
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... By the way. If you want to see a big list of the pics I have taken during the build, click the word LUV in my sig. I have not posted all of the pics I have taken so far. Made it huge so everyone would see it.
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03-22-2005, 05:33 PM	#212
jman Hardcore 1st Gen'r Age: 29 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,839 Location: Austin, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 is it me, or can nobody spell patience correct? fixed. just be patiant. j/k i'm typing a little too fast. i rarely proofread so that doesn't help either.
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03-22-2005, 06:00 PM	#213
rainingbullets I Love Tools Age: 24 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,505 Location: Modesto User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Awesome. Keep up the good work. :thumbup:
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03-22-2005, 07:52 PM	#214
Bullyspeedfreak dimeless again!!! Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 219 Location: CT User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... your LUV looks sickkkk, i admire your hardwork and itll definetly be nutz when done. keep up the good work!!!
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03-22-2005, 07:59 PM	#215
xtremefour xtremefour Age: 29 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,786 Location: cleveland User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... I wonder how much money he spent in bondo, also that thing will be light as hell now.
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03-23-2005, 02:41 AM	#216
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Took a better pic of the bed. I got the rest of it down at the top after this was taken... Before I started tearing into the side... This probably looks really funny, but I did it on the other side and it worked well to tell me where the high/ low spots were. I Used a wide flathead that has a sharp point and a hammer and worked diagnal downward chipping the filler away to find the fossils underneath... A couple of the bigger pieces I pulled off the bedside... Showing the areas that came off really easy... Yum... Most of the bed down. It will be finished next time I work on it... I decided to go with a wire wheel instead of a sanding disk on this side. It takes about the same amount of time to get it down and I dont have to come back and smooth it out afterwards... The filler for the blinker on the back corner of the bed...
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03-23-2005, 10:20 AM	#217
sketchystreet Registered User Age: 23 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 934 Location: Philadelphia Burbs, PA User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... it looks like someone took a golf club to most of that truck. how are you going to fix all them little dents with minimal bondo? and i cant beelive he could drive that truck without the bed sides of bondo falling off.
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03-23-2005, 10:29 AM	#218
BIGGERISBETTER flat blue and layin frame Age: 25 Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 5,871 Location: Bolivar, Ohio User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... I dont think ive ever seen that much bondo on any vehicle ever... that must be one dented up sumbitch
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03-23-2005, 10:45 AM	#219
*sdime98* slowly, but surely. Age: 24 Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 49,347 Location: Laurel Hill, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... yea, i cannot get over all that bondo there....its rediculous
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03-23-2005, 11:07 AM	#220
s10n20s I want one \/ Age: 25 Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,300 Location: trucks in fl, im in va User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... that guy must have stock in bondo
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03-23-2005, 12:06 PM	#221
87layinlow Registered User Age: 22 Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 14 Location: User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... awesome progress! and I have started working on mine again thanks to your inspiration... today im going to get my drille and a change of clothes on my lunch break so that right after work i can go straight to the shop and work on my truck for an hour or so before we play poker... wednesday night poker night going to wire wheel some parts of the cab and start taking down the bondo on my right bed corner where it was once wrecked and fixed with pure bondo... goin to attempt to fix myself by using kitty hair/a lot stronger and then bondo/filler putty.... atleast enough to make me happy for this show season.... last night i block sanded more on teh cab and primed some spots where it was bare... block sanded on the doors and found a low on the driver side... ill link you to some pictures tommorrow if i remember... working on a full size long bed = 5x more work
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03-23-2005, 12:52 PM	#222
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by sketchystreet it looks like someone took a golf club to most of that truck. how are you going to fix all them little dents with minimal bondo? and i cant beelive he could drive that truck without the bed sides of bondo falling off. I'm going to straighten the bedside with a dolly, hammer, and a pin gun. Hopefully I can get the big areas out enough to straighten them. I'm not just going to slap bondo back on it and call it done. There were up to 7-8 layers in some spots of primer, paint, filler, primer, filler , filler, filler, paint, glaze, primer, paint. I will go look for one of the pieces that has alot of layers. I wish I would have started the 5 gallon bucket filling with the big pieces when I started on the other side. It would have been filled by now.
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03-23-2005, 01:00 PM	#223
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by 87layinlow awesome progress! and I have started working on mine again thanks to your inspiration... today im going to get my drille and a change of clothes on my lunch break so that right after work i can go straight to the shop and work on my truck for an hour or so before we play poker... wednesday night poker night going to wire wheel some parts of the cab and start taking down the bondo on my right bed corner where it was once wrecked and fixed with pure bondo... goin to attempt to fix myself by using kitty hair/a lot stronger and then bondo/filler putty.... atleast enough to make me happy for this show season.... last night i block sanded more on teh cab and primed some spots where it was bare... block sanded on the doors and found a low on the driver side... ill link you to some pictures tommorrow if i remember... working on a full size long bed = 5x more work Glad to see that I inspired someone. That was my intention of posting soooo many pics and explaining pretty much everything I'm doing and why I'm doing it. i have always liked seeing people let you know everything they are doing on such a big build, so I figured I should go all out with pics and all. I'm actually using a grinder and a flat wire wheel. A cup on a drill will not work as well because I'm using the side of the wheel most of the time to get the most use of it and not have it wear away at an angle. Did you see the pic of the last wheel I went through??? I have one before it that was not nearly that bad. I'm going to take a pic of a new one I have next to the two used ones to show just how much use I got out of them. How bad is the dent on your corner that you are going to fix? Is there any way for you to pull it? It would be much better if you pulled it out at least some and tryed to get some of it's shape back before filling it. After seeing how bad this was and attempting to startt blocking it at first I will most likely never just block sand and paint another used vehicle that I have no clue as to what is hiding underneath. I blocked the Blazer and sprayed it because it still had the factory paint, but I'm going to redo it as soon as the luv is ready for a break and is driveable. Get me the links for the pics. I love seeing pics of peoples work.
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03-23-2005, 02:36 PM	#224
downtoearth PPG sprayin' member Age: 22 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,672 Location: Minden, La User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... i think I'm gonna go vomit...looks better every time I see it.
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03-23-2005, 02:47 PM	#225
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by downtoearth i think I'm gonna go vomit...looks better every time I see it. I'm trying. This bed may not be used afterall. That is if I can get another one really cheap. I'm going to cut the taillight fillers out and try to find some factory taillights to see just how hard it will be to get them to fit again.
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03-23-2005, 05:57 PM	#226
jman Hardcore 1st Gen'r Age: 29 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,839 Location: Austin, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... that's just crazy. i think the other bed would be a great idea right now.
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03-23-2005, 05:59 PM	#227
jman Hardcore 1st Gen'r Age: 29 Join Date: Jul 2001 Posts: 2,839 Location: Austin, IN User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by sdime98 its rediculous now, now, you just knocked my spelling?
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03-23-2005, 07:43 PM	#228
Crazygenius13 What y'all watchin HOES!? Age: 23 Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 3,638 Location: Vacaville, CA User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... This thread and Avtekk's thread should be sticky'd, it'll be a race, which takes longer? rebuilding a Peice with roughly 6 gallons of filler? or SFBD from scratch on who knows what the final product will be? I'm sure both of your guys' work is going to turn out superb! Have either of you had feature trucks? just curious.
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03-23-2005, 08:26 PM	#229
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by Crazygenius13 This thread and Avtekk's thread should be sticky'd, it'll be a race, which takes longer? rebuilding a Peice with roughly 6 gallons of filler? or SFBD from scratch on who knows what the final product will be? I'm sure both of your guys' work is going to turn out superb! Have either of you had feature trucks? just curious. I'm stripping the entire truck down, redoing all of the suspension, body work, poaint reshaving everything, redoing all of the interior, redoing all of the bodydrop, and adding alot of metalwork into the rebuild. He will kick my ass on getting his done. There is no doubt about that. He is on a deadline, I'm not. I have no deadline for when mine will be done. I'm in no hurry to get it done, I'm just working on it when I can and as much as I can. After the body is done it should go by alot faster because what will take time on the rest will be planning not actually doing hands on work. About having a feature truck... No I have not ever had one, but I plan on having one by the time I feel like thi truck will get a break. I have a few plans for it, but going by the shape it is in I'm not going to make any major permanent plans for it because alot of things I am running into are unexpected.
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03-23-2005, 10:11 PM	#230
JohnH Shit's Weak Age: 24 Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,970 Location: St. Louis, MO User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... my friend, you are doing the world a service by rescuing this truck from ghettodom. keep up the good work and updates.
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03-24-2005, 01:55 AM	#231
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by jhorton my friend, you are doing the world a service by rescuing this truck from ghettodom. keep up the good work and updates. Thank you! The bucket...
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03-24-2005, 02:21 AM	#232
LT250 Time to finish Age: 24 Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,152 Location: Real Nor Cal User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... its sad when the bondo you pull off a truck can fill a bucket. Pretty good idea to put it all in a bucket it will give some perspective to how much you are pulling off.
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03-24-2005, 02:21 AM	#233
downtoearth PPG sprayin' member Age: 22 Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 3,672 Location: Minden, La User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... The bucket, thats great; "FILLER" up, hahaha, get it...get it!!!!
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03-24-2005, 08:29 AM	#234
miself LT. Morgan Age: 23 Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 9,388 Location: Elizabeth City, NC User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... lovely bucket, progress still lookin good man.
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03-24-2005, 08:39 AM	#235
G2 Racer Registered User Age: 25 Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 455 Location: Ontario, Canada User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Still in shock from the amount of filler on it, yikes.
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03-24-2005, 12:26 PM	#236
T Baggin S10 mytruckputsitsnutsonya Age: 27 Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 657 Location: Mesquite TX User is: OffLine	Re: Bodydropped 78 Chevy LUV... Quote: Originally Posted by G2 Racer Still in shock from the amount of filler on it, yikes. The bad thing is the filler is just from the area around the taillights, the "chevrolet" and where the plate box used to be, and some of the passenger bedside. The rest of it was shavings from using a wire wheel.
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