After much doubt from certain individuals and actual requests for positive proof, we are providing photographic evidence that John does indeed do his own work on the truck! The paparazzi captured this little gem of a shot after an hour or two of John wire brushing inside the cab. (Autographed copies of this picture may be purchased from the photographer with all proceeds going towards the upholstering of the front seat...)
Once more, photographic proof that John DOES work on cars. I call this one "The Sandman." Hmm...shall we see if he can change the oil?
Progress is being made on Pimp Daddy's Slow-Moving Ride...just check out those door panels. We think we did a pretty good job for people who don't know what the heck we're doing. No need to comment on the order that progress is being made. Since we're saving money for the big improvements, we're making small but important changes as time and funds allow. Plus, there's that small grime and spider fight we're determined to win. Fortunately, as our project gets rolling, the laughs are starting to outweigh the arguments. Tracy really would love to keep the truck green and go with a John Deere (or John Dear?) theme as a tribute to her distant farm roots. John stubbornly clings to the Rat Rod image, and basically anything else BUT John Deere green. We both can agree on a nice, clean truck, though.
This is one of the things that this past week's work has produced: door panels without rust, scratches, or fuzzy thing-a-ma-jigs hanging off of them.
No more rusty box! Or red fingernail polish...our guess is that Mike the previous owner had one of his girlfriends out for ride in Stutius when he hit a bump while she was painting her nails. How far are we from the truth, Mike? :) (Curious, though...the polish was actually on the inside of the glove box door...was she painting her toenails?)
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Hold the boat Jesus, John is actually working on a vehicle. And much to his mothers state of happiness it is a studebaker.
Funny how moms equate kids with certain brands of cars.
I am also going to pass this web site on to John Dears cronnies. For it is a fact they have never seen him out of designer shirts. And dirty no less.
Now about the fingernail polish????
daa/aka GD/aka sman
How about the color green it seems to have been originally? Isn't that what RESTORE means? I'm hearing primer orange. That might look good on Halloween...but how about the other 364 days of the year? :-)
Are you guys using any solvents to help take the rust off, or just elbow grease? For chrome, I know guys who swear by coca-cola and aluminum foil.
restore, gawd no it's a rat rod. Green is for envy and something not to wear on thursday.
Go orange dude break away from the herd. Then some cool 50's scallops matbe in orange or blue. But whatever don't hang any of dem fuzzy dice on him. (I agree with Tracy this is a male truck thats why it was named Stutius) I all my 50's 60s days i never seen a pair of those things except at a california (San Fransisco) car show.
Now about that green, if someone will donate the green to buy the green. Go for it, there is a cool green satin primer which would be good with orange scallops. Hell even i'd pimp the truck if it brought in the sheckels.
smano
Right after the Toe nail painting incident is when I put on the new shocks.
Green, blue, purple, orange....we don't really care. We ARE accepting corporate or private sponsorships, though, so if you pay, we'll paint your way! Also willing to accept donations for hubcaps, front grill, AC, headliner, and a visit from Truly Nolen (those California spiders don't die). Hmm...if Truly Nolen sponsors us, think we could dress him up in some ears and a mouse tail? (That's the truck, not John. Although Tracy's willing to pay extra for that...)
P.S. Jeff, we are doing the rust removal with a grinder and a cup brush and the finish sanding with a disc sander. Thanks for the idea, though. John pictures us wrapping it up in foil like a big baked potato and pouring in the Coke. Science Fair, here we come...
I always knew John was a dirty old man *evil laugh* Wait, did I say that out loud? :D
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