well... as most of my household projects are begun, this weekend, I began by taking out a bush. 1.) it was in my way, every morning while going to wake up the '71 (nothing should be in the way of this process!) and 2.) we have been thinking about extending our garage roof line to make a carport. Of course its for the '71! we wouldn't want her to have to sit in the wintery rain, especially after she has had a beautiful paint job. So this carport... we are going to basically add on to our garage, keeping the same roof line, just extending it by about 12' or so. We may poor some strip footings, that way, if we ever decided to enclose it and make it a full on garage-mahal, then we could do so easily.
The carport will serve double duty really. Ok, my real motive creeps in in about 12 seconds... You see, I only have a one car garage right now. for the normal weekend warrior, this should suffice, so long as you don't plan on parking a car in the garage, OR you don't plan on restoring the love of your life WHILE remodeling your house. The garage acts as double duty workshop/storage for things to work on in the workshop. So... if I can have somewhere for the storage to move i.e. back of carport, then I can actually use the workshop as a 'workshop' or paint booth, etc. what? a paint booth? indeed! A decision has been made, I will be painting the '71, and she will be Rally Red, its the color red they used on the '67 corvettes (my dream car.)
I have done lots of research into the whole painting gig, what you need for tools, what is the best, what to avoid, how to practice, practice, practice. And how to do it all over again after you fudge it up. I have a friend from back in high school who owns an IMMACULATE '54? gmc.. sorry Chris*, I know the year is somewhere close. But he painted the truck himself as a teenager, so I consulted him, and it seems like if I get in any tight spots, he will be the guy to call. Yes, Chris, I signed you up for this :) Anywho... I figure If I'm going to go all out, and do this truck build, then I should have the facilities for it. And I'm sure at some point during construction, Satchel Page and Team will come slowly creeping out of the 8' tall blackberry patch that is my front yard, and start swingin' hammers with me to get it done...
So the drawing/planning/building will begin. The truck is in great shape right now. I have it to where it is a comfortable everyday driver, and in the meantime, before disassembly begins, I will be patching in some rust free rocker panels, and continue to clean things up under the baby's belly. sorry folks, no images for this post, so if you have made it this far into the reading, congratulations, and thanks for keeping up. I will put up pics of the "before" for the carport soon, and will update apppropriately, as needed.
*No names have been changed for protection of identity. his name really is Chris. and he's a good guy.
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