GoatRoper

March 12

17 hours ago, phoenix2013 said:

Yes indeed busy as hell, but good progress is being made. I haven't painted a damn thing since I sold the ET business. Guess what, yesterday I re-introduced myself to a brand new paint gun, courtesy of Harbor Freight. I was very good with the throw away $14.95 guns. I figured, since I might be rusty I went for the $24.95 model. Hot damn, the skills are still there.

Couldn't drive any further into my cousin's back yard, overhead wires for his internet, but the ass end of the truck was in far enough.

I used to go through gallons of the stuff from Sherwood Williams at about $100 bucks plus for part A and part B. They discontinued what I used, but one store had couple kits of the black primer 40 miles north of me and there is another store 50 miles south of me that has few top coat kits. $130 bucks now, they still have my account. I have to report that the painting skills have not vanished. Must be part of the deep set stuff that Alzheimer's can't touch. Primed the extensions, the brace and the receiver hitch.

My cousin and I did a ton of ETs in that old shop.

And the stool and the walker, this was from the days when the knees were shot. I went through two of those walkers before the knees were replaced. There was no stopping the ET production.

The truck and the parts are going back to the shop this morning for re-assembly, more pictures will follow. The customer needs to use it in this form to pull the trailer for some warranty repair on his trailer and have some fun this summer. After that we "resume" with the bed design and build.