1965 Chevy Pickup & Hemi Hydro combo

A couple of closer shots of the garbage I've got to sand. fill and generally make look like it belongs here!





A bit of filler applied to close off the gaps around the edges...like I needed more work on this beast!





The good news is, the filler piece did reduce the warp in the cab a bit, the gap is at least passable now!

We'll move back to the boat so I don't get any more aggravated with the truck tonight, I got the boat re-primered, and sanded down a couple of spots that needed a bit more attention. The area where the water pickup will go had some bad scratches, so they got taken care of....



There were a few small lumps in this area that had to be smoothed out again....



And finally, I painted the interior side panels with some Dupli-Color Fabric and Interior paint in Silver, then mocked 'em up real quick. I had already sanded on the bottom edges to get them to fit in the boat easier (And hopefully avoid any further cracking trying to install them!). I found at this point the tube for the water pickup needed to be removed so the interior panels can be installed later, no big deal there, it's easy to glue back into place!

Time to show the progress I made on this truck's cab and hood. The hood is in much better shape now, but I may end up having to add a shim to the driver's side at the front corner, we'll see!

The front end all sanded down and cleaned up...I should be able to throw some primer at it now to see how it looks!

It's strange, some times the hood sits beautifully all the way around like this shot, other times it's slightly up on the driver's side...aggravating piece of plastic!







I glued the back of the cab in place to insure that I had the warp straightened out....



And I cleaned the glue joint up a bit on each side. I don't want it smooth, since there is a nice seam there on the 1:1 truck, but I don't want it looking nasty either!

I got the cab set up on the chassis, which amazingly fits perfectly! So it appears the warp is now completely gone from the cab! I've still got the slight gap at the front driver's side of the hood though, it's visible in the first pic....



The passenger side of the hood is flawless at this point though!



The head-on shot looks great too!



And this shot of the driver's side, without the gap. It's frustrating, I can't figure out why sometimes it's got a gap, and other times it's perfect!