its blue now

[JStoll]

in the pics it looks a lil more pale than it actualy is because of the flash I screwed up here & there but all & all it came out pretty good Im almost done

http://saabpics.nailed.org:3000/gallery/jak/bluetruck4

http://saabpics.nailed.org:3000/gallery/jak/bluetruck3

http://saabpics.nailed.org:3000/gallery/jak/bluetruck1

take care & have fun

JAK

 

[jdurham]

Really looks good!

 

[Philip]

Its Miller time.





Looks good.

 

[JStoll]

I need to paint the wheels I think white or grey

I started to get lazy on the prep on the doors so up close you can see its not a pro job but its good enough for me Im happy with it it took me about 3. 5 hours to lay all 5 quarts of paint on it

painting is no joke

yesterday I pulled all the masking off drove it out of the barn & thouroughly washed it with a red scotchbrite let it sun dry today I re masked it sanded a lil & sprayed

I used good products & all said & done I think & have just under $500 into paint & materials

Im stoked

JAK

 

[JStoll]

Oh I left out one of the best parts the power wasent turned on in the barn so I fired up the welder turned off the main breaker in the barn shoved a couple of cotter pinns in a wall outlet plugged the female of the extencion cord onto that & the other end into the welder & viola I had lights & a wall socket near the back door where I plugged in the fresh air mask pump I borrowed from a friend

you should have heard it I had the welder running at 1800 rpm (4 pole generator 3KW@1800 RPM) & the compressor wide open at 3Krpm it sounded like a herd of lawnmowers out there

JAK

 

[JStoll]

I got a lil more done today

damm customers keeping me from my truck

more pics

http://saabpics.nailed.org:3000/gallery/jak/bluetruck5

http://saabpics.nailed.org:3000/gallery/jak/bluetruck6

it realy is coming out niceley I wish the camera could get the color because it is a nice blue mabey when I pull it out in the sun Ill get a better pic

take care all

JAK

 

[RGT]

looks great, what are you puting behind the cab?

 

[JStoll]

on my current service truck the bed & boxes are full single wheel bed. on the new truck my compressor & waste oil will live between the cab & bed the welder on top of the drivers side box my tanks for cutting will go inside the passenger side front box & since they will be inside a vented box & mounted securely I can leave the regulators on so now I wont have to setup & break down every time I use a torch & the other boxes are so big & abundant Im pretty sure I wont fill them all YET! I just have to figure out where to put the jack so I dont have to lift it up & down from the bed

so the bed will be empty an empty 9 foot bed Im happy I can now go get lumber & stuff if I need to & not borrow someone elses truck

the more I see it the more I like it it has been a long project Ive been working on it for 2 months or so in my spare time if there is such a thing Im not happy unless Im busy all the time anyway

take care

JAK

 

[JStoll]

here it is almost finished I was mounting the mirrors & I broke the right window drilling holes to mount the mirror

good thing I have spare windows in the old doors

I have to pull the panels anyway so I can install the matching locks from the old doors

http://saabpics.nailed.org:3000/gallery/jak/bluetruck8

this is the most recent pic of the truck

take care

JAK