1949 Ford bobber build

[gold03]

that took a while...

Primed. The Hood is drying in the garage right now. Still need to do the inside of the cab.

All metal. No filler.

Work kinda took over for a while there but I have made some progress. Hoping to wire and install the glass this winter.

 

[Dr Crankenstein]

Good to see you, gold... don't wait another year to come back!

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[blacksheep]

That looks nice, right there. Good job

 

[05snopro440]

I was wondering what happened to you! Truck looks good, hope to see it on the streets in the spring!

 

[Tripper]

Sweeeeet... good to see u're still kickin'!!! [cl[cl[cl

BoB

 

[forbigpicture]

Looks great Gold, good to hear from ya....

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[gold03]

WOW!

I've been gone so long.... Torchie built a whole new car!

 

[skull]

back

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Later

 

[bob w]

Glad you're back, Gold. Truck is looking good.

 

[gold03]

copper plating

busy week. I have figured out how to copper plate my rear signal light brackets. The bottom is unplated. I have been able to plate SS and previously chromed items in test mode ... so you may see the direction this is going

 

[Old Iron]

It's good to see ya post and to have the project pic
I think ya need to give us a tutorial on plating

 

[Torchie]

I've been gone so long.... Torchie built a whole new car!

And Half a boat. [ddd
Good to see you back posting, brother.
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Torchie

 

[soltz]

Glad your back and doing well. The truck turned out very nice [cl

About Copper Plating [P

 

[DozerII]

Truck looks really good, good to see you back on the site.

 

[gold03]

plating

Here is the information on plating if any are interested. I have plated nickel, zink and copper so far with that recipe..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyhQ7n5w_KA

Supplier. I believe Caswell has outlets in the US

https://www.caswellcanada.ca/home.php

Have a look at the Zink plating for your bolts and stuff. Pretty easy.

 

[Old Iron]

Thanks for posting the method.

 

[Burgerman]

Thanks for posting the method.

2X. Very nice copper plating. Nice looking truck too.

 

[Torchie]

Thanks for posting the method.

My oldest daughter who is a Props tech for the mouse does plating. She plates not only metal but plastic and other types of mediums as well.
It cool to do as it seems almost magical.
Truck look just great,Gold.[cl
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Torchie

 

[Bamamav]

Thanks for the link Gold! Here's the link to the US site:

https://www.caswellplating.com/

I took a little look around, sounds interesting. I was thinking about later on setting up a small powdercoat operation here at home for some extra $$$$ after I retire, may look into a small scale plating operation, too. Doubt I'd ever do anything as big as a bumper, but small stuff like grilles, mirrors, door handles, etc might not be too hard to do. Don't know if I'll ever do it or not, but good to know where you can supplies if I wanted to.

 

[kenny c]

Glad to have you back and posting. Truck looks great. Wish I could find more time and ambition to get mine done.