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Old 09-09-2013, 10:46 PM
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I was really trying to get the reverse without having to hammer any in it but some of my earlier sloppy hammer work has made that impossible.[/QUOTE]


IFyou use a round bar or a round slapper on the return and work on a sand bag you will find that it's hardly marks it at all
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Old 09-10-2013, 12:32 AM
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Great work Brent!
Wil be nice to see the team in Huntsville!

Keep hammering!
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Old 07-04-2014, 10:35 PM
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getting it ready for some real work.


day one of blasting


after 14 hours of blasting and 6 hours of cleaning and priming its ready... all day and all night job....




oooh fun shaping involved here!!


and some fab work needed here




and plenty of rust holes have been found. stay tuned!
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Old 07-05-2014, 06:18 AM
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Hey Brent,

you've got to love freshly blasted metal, looks reasonably solid from the pics .

it's a very unique looking vehicle, have fun!
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Old 07-05-2014, 12:09 PM
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This should be fun. I'll be watching.

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Old 07-07-2014, 05:01 AM
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Didn't Gene Winfield build and modify one of those?.
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Old 07-07-2014, 08:51 AM
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pacifica, it was a ford econoline.

we can appreciate the work that went into this since it was all steel.
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Old 07-07-2014, 08:55 AM
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gearing up and practicing on low crown panels for this truck... even with how good that body looks I still have plenty of panelwork to play with
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