[mustard_madman]

I'm bored.. Nothing else to work on until i get some money to do my v-8 swap. So, considering I have seen alot fo you guys do some cool and crazy things, I figured it was time to learn how to paint flames. Now, to do this, I feel the need to redo something, so it gives me an excuse to paint...


The victim...

 

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LOL

I think its kinda funny. Its an old belt driven air pump i got for free. It pumps 40 psi. it works too. nutz..


here is side two..

 

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her eis the handle cleane dup, i will polish it some..

 

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the compressor, torn down to the tank itself, i cleaned all of the buildup and gunk off of it. it was gross.. now the labels have to go, some grinding on the rust, and then some sanding..

 

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extra parts...



Now, to clue in my goal on this little project... i am not spending one dollar... its using whatever cleaning supplies, nuts, bolts, paint, primer sandpaper, etc... that i have in my garage...


also, i am dropping the tank two inches

aint nuthin better then draggin tank

 

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ooops...

here is the picture

 

[cab]

lol nice

 

[Offthehook]

sweeet

 

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update... cleaned up, grinded rust, and smoothed out the tank. on the decal it had a date of 1972. LOL so this thing is a classic!! i scrubbed down and smoothed the belt gaurd. I broke out my new Craftsmen Reciprocating saw, thanks to my fiance, and dropped the sitting height(i'ma minitrucker.. and everything on this site has been dropped from a cadillac to a radio flyer) so why not an air compressor!? i redid the mount height of the wheel on the rear and the front bracket, and the drop i got was 1 1/2" on the rear and 3" on the front, but I am making rubber boots for the front, so after all is said and done.. it will be dropped 1 1/2"/2 1/2". hmmm... and the sad thing is, I am taking the time to do all of this :headbang:


this pic is a pic of the extensive rust build up on the surface and ALL of the welds...

 

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the belt gaurd....

 

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the tank cleaned up and primed...