Did anybody see rides last tuesday 2/10. The chopped up an old pickup
and handbuilt a bed, front and just about everything else. I wish I
could do stuff like that. No bondo, just steel.

"michael" wrote in message
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Did anybody see rides last tuesday 2/10. The chopped up an old pickup
and handbuilt a bed, front and just about everything else. I wish I
could do stuff like that. No bondo, just steel.

I didn't see that episode, but I do like the show. They do some very nice
work.
Lane

You CAN do that-Just work slowly and carefully.

"Castvee8" wrote in message
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You CAN do that-Just work slowly and carefully.

The problem isn't the first one, it's the matching one on the other
side,....


Joel. phx

On 12 Feb 2004 16:02:38 -0800, (michael) wrote:
Did anybody see rides last tuesday 2/10. The chopped up an old pickup
and handbuilt a bed, front and just about everything else. I wish I
could do stuff like that. No bondo, just steel.

Yeah, I saw it. Nice work, even if I didn't like the looks of the finished
truck (I thought the bed line was too low with respect to the roadster
cab, making the truck look stupid in profile). But they sure did some
nice metalwork.

BTW, they did use bondo in a couple of places. There was a shot of one
of the guys using a surform tool. The foreman also mentioned use of
bondo to blend the lines in a couple of places. But they didn't use much,
mostly they shaped the bare metal.

The other thing I didn't like was the flat black paint job. It may be the
current rage in some circles, but I don't like it.

I also wasn't very impressed by their shop practices. They were plasma
cutting and MIG welding using only *sunglasses* and wearing Tee shirts.
That's just stupid. They're all going to get cataracts and skin cancer.

Gary

"Gary Coffman" wrote in message
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On 12 Feb 2004 16:02:38 -0800, (michael) wrote:
Did anybody see rides last tuesday 2/10. The chopped up an old pickup
and handbuilt a bed, front and just about everything else. I wish I
could do stuff like that. No bondo, just steel.

Yeah, I saw it. Nice work, even if I didn't like the looks of the finished
truck (I thought the bed line was too low with respect to the roadster
cab, making the truck look stupid in profile). But they sure did some
nice metalwork.

BTW, they did use bondo in a couple of places. There was a shot of one
of the guys using a surform tool. The foreman also mentioned use of
bondo to blend the lines in a couple of places. But they didn't use much,
mostly they shaped the bare metal.

The other thing I didn't like was the flat black paint job. It may be the
current rage in some circles, but I don't like it.

I also wasn't very impressed by their shop practices. They were plasma
cutting and MIG welding using only *sunglasses* and wearing Tee shirts.
That's just stupid. They're all going to get cataracts and skin cancer.

My brother has cataracts, he lives up north and wouldn't know which end of a
plasma cutter is for what. I thought they made safety glasses that had a 3
or 5. At least sunglasses would have some level of UV protection. Unlike a
certain show where the eyelids are supposed to fully protect them,...

Joel. phx

Flat black. Looks good on my barbeque. I like the show with Boyd (American
something?). He's got a killer bodyman at that shop.


Gary