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  1. Mean Green
    I use paint from summit racing it looks good and is not that expensive I think what happened was it was a bit wet outside and not that warm so that was against me and this paint has lots of metallic and I have been having trouble with it striping so I went a bit heavy I should have cut back on the paint and went a little lighter on the coats .I did get it set on the frame and it looks good I have to make new stack brackets to move them out and forward to get the sleeper as close to the cab is possible
  2. Mean Green
    its bad lol I tried hiding it with lite coats it didn't look too bad till it started to dry I might try wet sanding it after it's dry then buffing if anything it's only one door I can just sand it down and get more paint I used the last I had from painting the truck originally
  3. Mean Green
    Gave it its last sanding and got the paint down on it got a run in one door so after I get it on the truck I'll have to take it off and re spray it but it don't look too bad I can't wait to see it on the truck
  4. Mean Green
    Thunder Run is a good one . https://youtu.be/pydPbih6lCw
  5. Mean Green
    Thanks Matt its going slow but I hope to have it on to put it back in storage for the winter
  6. Mean Green
    Brockey it had a pretty fat pack in the rear and they were under the axle witch was strange and the humped frame is odd too next time I'm there ill look again from my understanding the owner just passed away
  7. Mean Green
    In my work travels I came across this frame can find no markings has dayton front and rear leaf springs with added coils in the rear was wondering if anyone knew what this would have been from its kinda short behind the rear axle definitely an odd set up
  8. Mean Green
    from what I understand if you have the local police check it over and they provide a written statement that it has been checked through the stolen vehicle data base and everything is good you pay the nada tax value to Vermont and they will issue you a plate and registration you then take that and pa will accept that for a title
  9. Mean Green
    title in pa is tough can you find any documents like old registration and who ever names on it they can apply for a title there should be a tag on passenger door with information I have heard you can go through the state of Vermont and get a title
  10. Mean Green
    Got the dents smoothed up and epoxy primer on most of it and did all the jambs painted and all the doors back on and latches back in . Could not get the bottom latches to work and checking my older pics found I had swapped the lower doors from side to side I thought all the handles were in the lower corners . Now need to epoxy primer the doors them high build primer and then some paint.
  11. Mean Green
    If I rember the measurement right Will your sleeper was a bit to long and would have been close to the duals of the truck I hope you can find somone who can use it
  12. Mean Green
    My B model started out with single 4in straight pipe that wasant bad then I went to dual 5 in straight pipe no turbo and it was super loud then I turbocharged it and it sound way better but it's a thermodyne so to compare it to your cummins isn't a really good comparison . Keep up the excellent job your truck looks amazing
  13. Mean Green
    I can't Matt the doors are the width of the sleeper so I'm just going to adjust the stacks the best I can
  14. Mean Green
    yes I did Matt . I wanted to get the top of it closer to the height of my cab so when I took the mount off I found the aluminum had rotted on the front and back and somone had poked 2 holes with a fork lift so I killed 2 birds with one stone by cutting and lowering it the next problem I have to fix is I need to push my stacks forward some but I have to move my fuel tank forward to get some more clearance and make new lower stack mounts that are wider and move them down on the frame because the lower sleeper will hit them and I want the stacks wider to fill the gap evenly so the sleeper dosent look too wide
  15. Mean Green
    Got the floor welded back In came out ok got all the doors sandblasted now all I have to do is finish sanding all the old paint off and I can start with the body work
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  17. Mean Green
    The truck looks great top side or under side your work looks great !!!!
  18. Mean Green
    2 new latches for the doors came in today I only ordered 1 left and right cause they didn't have a pic listed 35 bucks each on ebay ended up using ones for a Navistar tractor inside door handel. I'll just have to get 2 more ordered
  19. Mean Green
    I'm picky on some things but I know there are others here that there work looks amazing I just like it shiny and straight and everything to work if you look under the cab you can still the men working on the sign I used to make the new removable floor section you can't see it unless your all the way under it lol
  20. Mean Green
    Thanks Bob its been mostly paint stripping and sanding . All the nut serts were bad so I had to replace all those and I finally got some new door handles ordered it looks like Navistar interior handles are the same so I ordered 1 set and if they work will order a second set for the upper doors
  21. Mean Green
    cut the floor out last night now I have to get the floor pan cleaned and start fitting in my new c channels on the sides
  22. Mean Green
    We used to haul out of a plant and it was a bi product of steel making and it would get on the wheels and frames and was like concrete had to spray them down with limeaway toilet bowl cleaner then pressure wash
  23. Mean Green
    The hole is there I just took out the rivets for the trim then used the same holes to install the aluminum plate to cover it .I run dual 5 inch stacks and I would have a big gap between the cab and sleeper I can't move the stacks farther forward cause it's up against the fuel tank allready and the tank is bout touching the fender maby once I have it on and fitted ill change my mind but for now I think I'll just leave them separate
  24. Mean Green
    It is paul I think once I have the floor cut and welded I'm going to paint strip it one more time and pressure wash off the last of the paint I also covered the hole to climb in from the cab I just can't bring my self to cut my cab open
  25. Mean Green
    Got some work done on the sleeper got it stripped down all the hinges were bout rusted solid used air craft stripper and removed the 5 layers of paint over all its in good shape.Found some corrosion at the lower mount its steel on aluminum and after some measuring I think I'm going to cut the center of the floor and lower it down over the frame and weld in some c channel to fill the gaps on either side this will remove the corrosion and bring the top down closer to my roof and line up the bottom to the rocker on the cab a little better

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