Popular Post other dog Posted July 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2022 I haven't posted any updates on the old rustbucket lately, so here's the latest- my emblems that I ordered came today so I slapped them on the side. I wish they were about twice as big, then they would have covered up the other two holes from the original emblems. I should have closed the hood for the picture. Anyhow, here's a girl in a car, for no good reason. Zina from Gladys said the truck needed some stripes or something, so I said "no problem". A can of Rust-oleum later, we have stripes. I painted the grill, put some red reflector tape over the former blue oval, so now it looks like a Peterbilt oval, and painted that brush guard thing too, all with spray paint. I have a new brake booster in the shed that i'm going to put on it when I get motivated enough to do it, the old one has a constant vacuum leak so I ordered one from Rock Auto. And i'm going to look into why the rear gas tank leaks too, when I get around to it, it's too hot now. So here's a girl making lemonade. If lemonade doesn't interest you, I saw this hawk in a tree across the road one day, so I grabbed a quick picture. 3 1 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
GA_Dave Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Great pics, as always! Love the FJB emblems! Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502271 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Mack Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 I also liked the brush strokes in the paint job... I have a truck with the same style of paint work.. Just blue and white... .. jojo 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502272 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 Looking like the classy ride it always wanted to be 😂😂😂😂😂 The ute/ pick up is looking good as well Paul 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mrgumby Posted July 6, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2022 I would like a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade Please! 4 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 48 minutes ago, Joey Mack said: I also liked the brush strokes in the paint job... I have a truck with the same style of paint work.. Just blue and white... .. jojo I had a 71 F100 that I painted at home in the driveway with a brush and red implement paint from the hardware store when I lived in Appomattox. Didn't look bad at all, at least not compared to what it looked like at first 🤣 2 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502280 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post davehummell Posted July 7, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted July 7, 2022 Years ago, we painted the market van truck with sears easy living paint with rollers and brushes it looked pretty good for an old truck. 2 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502284 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechohaulic Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I bought the '49 EE dump the paint was a little faded and couldn't trailer home a rusty junk. wipe the entire unit down with some thinner; started at the left front ; sprayed the entire truck in primer. by the time i got back to the front primer was "dry". changed the gun to mack red i found at the shop and repeated the process. wouldn't say it looked like a million bucks= maybe 750 K (from a distance of course) LOL. quick brush and silver paint and all the chrome window trim was "brand new".. the fun days .. 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502291 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 First vehicle I bought in Southern California was a 51 Chevy half ton from a black preacher he was way cool but it was all brush painted… it looked pretty good blue and black great truck of course I wish I still had it .. Bob 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 Like most of you fellas,,, I have always liked that style I had 3 of them through the years 48-51-53 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502301 Share on other sites More sharing options...
1958 F.W.D. Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 20 hours ago, other dog said: And i'm going to look into why the rear gas tank leaks too, when I get around to it, it's too hot now. There's probably a hole in it somewhere. Quote TWO STROKES ARE FOR GARDEN TOOLS Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502336 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 7, 2022 Author Share Posted July 7, 2022 35 minutes ago, 1958 F.W.D. said: There's probably a hole in it somewhere. Oh, I hadn't thought of that. I'll just put a can of stop-leak in it. Black pepper might work too, works good in a leaking radiator. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502340 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 8, 2022 Author Share Posted July 8, 2022 I finally got around to putting that new brake booster on today. So here's a girl I saw walking around in the Piggly Wiggly in Winfall. Anyway, no more vacuum leak like with the old booster- ...but I don't have much pedal now. The brakes work, and I never disconnected the brake lines from the master cylinder, but the pedal goes almost to the floor. I checked the rod coming out that goes into the master cylinder, and they were the same length. Maybe they need to be adjusted up a little, I don't know. So here's a girl drinking a Miller Lite. I like Miller Lite myself. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsmackpaul Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 Sounds like the brakes might need adjusting, as long as when the pedal fully returns the master cylinder can fully return I think it should be okay Also might have some air in the system that now has more force from the new booster to push it and that might be the reason for the extra pedal Paul 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swishy Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 For a top job with No less brush strokes stand the paint tin in hot water so when U apply by brush the paint will run together carefull ............ U cood put an eye out with those Just paint on to your own desire LOL 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjc transport Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 top one: looks like she bumped something that deployed her airbags!! bottom one: nice paint job..... can i help with the fine touches?? 😁 1 1 Quote when you are up to your armpits in alligators, it is hard to remember you only came in to drain the swamp.. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502485 Share on other sites More sharing options...
other dog Posted July 9, 2022 Author Share Posted July 9, 2022 I'm sure Timmy sprayed the truck, he used leftover paint from when he painted this Freightliner so I don't know where the brush marks came from. There was a can of red paint left in the body with a stiff dried up brush stuck in it, so maybe he went over thin spots with the brush or something, I don't know. But there's still some over-spray on the glass and around the windshield trim. There was a lot on the grill too, until I rust-oleumorized it. 1 Quote Producer of poorly photo-chopped pictures since 1999. Link to comment https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/70063-pictures-of-the-week/#findComment-502505 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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