Painted my frame today

powerwagontim · Post by **powerwagontim** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:11 pm

Got the frame, axle tubes and a bunch of other goodies painted today. Weather was perfect for working (and painting) outdoors.
Tim

k8icu · Post by **k8icu** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 6:30 pm

Looks good....even if it is the wrong color...

No really it looks very very good!

powerwagontim · Post by **powerwagontim** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:54 pm

Thanks, I really like the color, which is a good thing I guess! It would suck to go through all of this and hate the color.

Tim

W_A_Watson_II · Post by **W_A_Watson_II** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:18 am

Tim,

Looking Awesome!

Tom P · Post by **Tom P** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:52 am

Hi Tim,
Looks Awesome!!!
I'm liking the AF blue more .
What are we going to use for Power?
You staying with the hot water six?
Keep the Pic's Coming!!!

TGP

m-37Bruce · Post by **m-37Bruce** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:50 am

Everyone else said it right, she's looking sweet!

powerwagontim · Post by **powerwagontim** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:25 am

Hi Tom,
Staying with a 230, I had a good T-137 engine when I started the project, went through it and did a ring job and new seals and gaskets etc, Re-built all of the exterior accessories and painted it all up. That is ready to drop in when I get some axles under it.
Thanks for the encouragement guys, I will try not to take a picture of every bolt I install!
Thanks again,
Tim

k8icu · Post by **k8icu** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:40 am

Looks like you have the frame set up like a spit. Can you show a pic of how you did the front of the fram... I'm going to be blasting and painting my frame later this spring or early summer and any advice on making it eaiser to rotate would be very helpful.

powerwagontim · Post by **powerwagontim** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:03 am

It was actually quite simple and worked better than I had imagined. I cut a piece of 1/4" plate the size of the radiator mount casting. I welded a piece of pipe across the plate and sticking out past the frame horns. I ended up needing a cross brace at the ends of the frame, as it wanted to bend too much. The rear is a piece of 1/4 plate a bit smaller than the pintle mounting plate. Another piece of pipe butted to this and sticking out past the rear frame horns. Cap off the outer ends of the pipes, and weld a 1/2" nut to the back for the pivot bolts. I used a set of large jackstands to sit it on, but they can be anything, even a set of stout sawhorses. A piece of angle iron with a 1/2" hole for the pivot bolt welded onto the jackstand (or screwed onto the tp of the horses) completes the deal. I was able to rotate it to where ever I wanted and lock it by tightening the pivot bolts. This picture is the best one I have of the set-up.
Tim
http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v246/ ... GP0453.jpg

M37UK · Post by **M37UK** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:27 am

I'm actually growing to really like that color after all !!

Looking good Tim !

Stu

NCmountainman · Post by **NCmountainman** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 4:04 pm

Gonna be another nice looking blue truck, one of the few. Anxious to see it all together.

Painted my frame today

Painted my frame today

Strata Blue