Caveman's 'Anti-Rescue' rig '74 4x4

[Deaf Bob]

Well... lol, def wasn't planning on putting oven cleaner into the pressure washier...

IF I do try oven cleaner, I'll have a face shield and gloves, and a gentle dribble to rinse it off. Oven cleaner is lye, which is a base, which is neutralized by acids... and we have A. pretty hard water around here. and B. I'll spray it down with lemon juice or vinegar after to neutralize it.

But I WON'T get oven cleaner on aluminum!! Instantly starts to eat it!

Wasn't saying run oven cleaner thru the pressure washer... That'd be... Well ya know...
Isn't baking soda the neutralizer? I know vinegar and baking soda opens drains....

[Beagle]

Wasn't saying run oven cleaner thru the pressure washer... That'd be... Well ya know...
Isn't baking soda the neutralizer? I know vinegar and baking soda opens drains....

Baking soda is basic - so is Lye. Lye is so basic that it is caustic. You neutralize Lye with water (a lot) or something acidic, like vinegar which is mildly acidic. Sodium bicarbonate makes a good antacid for belly aches as well, but pretty bad if you're supposed to be watching your salt.

Drag that bitch to the carwash.

[Caveman Tony]

Drag that bitch to the carwash.

LOL.... Dude, it weighs like 6000lbs without the engine in it... Sure, I'll just toss a clothesline over the bumper and jog it down to the carwash... if you don't hear back from me, it's 'cause I got killed when it ran me over from behind going downhill in my own driveway... lol. Itsa BIG bitch.

[milner351]

One of the best things I did with the falcon was leave it on the trailer and take it to the quarter car was - I was soaked when i was done - but it was the best way to get the most crud off in the least amount of time.

If you're planning on repainting anyway - I think EZ OFF maybe the best way to go if the stuff is really caked on there.

[Caveman Tony]

Did a little corrosion protection... aka, battle with the Rust Demons.

I shoulda taken a "before" pic... this hood had been baking in the AZ sun for it's entire life, then it spent a winter out behind the garage in MASSA-freakin'-choo-setts. SNOW, RAIN... yada, yada, yada.

What little paint was left was a chalky mess, and the rest was just surface rust. Luckily, we caught it before it got too deep...

Deaf Bob, we took your advice and used EZ-Off for removing the paint lol.... EZ, as in... 100 grit and about an hour of elbow grease...

I enlisted the little lady.

Yes, we wear scrubs when we 'operate'... lol...



I dollied out a few little dings, but left the real small stuff.. this ain't gonna be no show-truck. I thought about bondo, but said "screw it, I ain't got the time"...



I almost thought about clear coating it right here... forgot to take pics of the primer, but that's boring crap...

It's in three coats of Rust-Oleum right now, in the barn, waiting for me to re-install it.

[Deaf Bob]

Ahhh looks like too nice of a place to ruin with caustic stuff.
Lil elbow grease never hurt nobody!


Always nice to use clothes somebody else washes! Or do you wash and sterelize your scrubs?

[Caveman Tony]

Only need to sterilize the scrubs if I somehow end up bleeding! Lol, I spilled enough acetone while wiping it down to sterilize quite a bit....

crappy cell phone pic, but here's the red... Needs another coat I think. Rattle cans are a PITA, but this truck will see plenty of tree branch scratches, so I'm not real worried about it...

Hammerin' out some dents prior to priming... had to get creative with what I used for a dolly, as a couple dents were in spots inside a double walled panel. Oh, well. Got most of 'em.



Lol... What you can't see here are the 2 spiders I painted over, and the bird that crapped on it while it was drying...

[rightpedal]

Sooo Tony spill it. Give a five min update on the rig........

Steve

[Caveman Tony]

So, it's been a year... Sorry for the delay guys, but I got a new job, moved, had a kid, got engaged, blew up a motor, rebuilt it (AGAIN! &@$%#!!) and am now finally getting it done and will soon be pouring concrete so that I can actually roll it over to the truck and install it.

[Caveman Tony]

[JOES66FURY]

about damn time...Congrats on the ankle biter...

[DanStokes]

Cute kid. Thank Whomever he/she takes after his/her Mom........ (I heard that a lot when mine were little).

Dan

[Caveman Tony]

The captions work funny from the iPhone.... Hafta hold your cursor over the photo to see 'em. Weird. Spent 3 hrs today leveling a dirt hole for a concrete pad... THAT should make dropping this big bitch in a bit easier than doing it on gravel, lol...

[yellomalibu]

The captions work funny from the iPhone.... Hafta hold your cursor over the photo to see 'em. Weird. Spent 3 hrs today leveling a dirt hole for a concrete pad... THAT should make dropping this big bitch in a bit easier than doing it on gravel, lol...

Absolutely. My driveway is gravel, and when I had to pull the engine out of my truck last year, I was able to use a bit of my garage (mostly for the engine hoist - the truck would be too tight in there.) and butt a 3/4" sheet of plywood up to the slab so the engine hoist had something to roll on besides gravel. Worked out great for me. Of course, if the gravel wasn't exactly 3/4" lower than the slab already, it would have been a bit more work - because those steel wheels on the engine hoists don't like to roll over uneven surfaces.

[SuperBuickGuy]

You really just need to get better tools


I think I've mentioned this project before.... last I heard Brian passed out from the awesomeness



72 Chev 4x4 truck, iirc navistar diesel....