North Fl Tyclone

randy merritt

randy merritt

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Re: North Fl Tyclone

Progress from today. My buddy called me this morning and said this would be a good day to paint. So at around 2:00, we were here:



Then sealer:



Then color:



Then first coat of clear: Supervised by Rob.



Last coat of clear:



The truck is ready to cut and buff as soon as the clear has set up. Next will be painting the cladding.
 
randy merritt

randy merritt

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Progress today. Today was cut and buff day. We started at about 4:00 with wet stick 1000 grit, then 1500, then 2000, followed by compound, then glaze. We finished about 8:30 tonite:









It turned out pretty nice.
 
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nastety92

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Re: North Fl Tyclone

Looks great I really like the silver. What color is the cladding going to be?

Nick
 
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nastety92

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randy merritt said:
same silver. I am considering paint the grill black, though.
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Yeah maybe the inside of the grille and headlight buckets black and the GMC letters silver. Then do black Typhoon and GMC truck logo's. I think that would look good.

Keep up the good, quick work Randy. Get ERR Done.

Nick
 
randy merritt

randy merritt

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More blocking on the cladding today. I hope to have it painted thursday or friday. I may be able to put the exterior of the truck back together this weekend. Next will be the wheels and interior.
 
randy merritt

randy merritt

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Re: North Fl Tyclone

Thanks. I decided to keep the door things, per Jimmy's advice. Sorry, Mark. I still need to spray the front bumper cover, driver's door cladding, and cowl piece. I should have it together next week.
 
Quickstop [UK]

Quickstop [UK]

Combating adversyty.
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No worries man :D

That truck looks great! :tup:

Some have said that because it hasn't got a Ty VIN, it's a good parting candidate but I am glad you saved it and have given it a new lease of life. Hell, it runs better than a lot of "real" Typhoons. I hope you get to enjoy it a lot longer.

Great work with the paint Randy - definitely different and it came out well!
 
randy merritt

randy merritt

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GAShan said:
Looks great, bring it down to the FAST meet!
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I would, Gary, but my wife is having some major surgery on Monday, and I should probably stay here. I will be back at a later date, I had a great time last time I was at your place.
 
randy merritt

randy merritt

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I pulled out most of the interior today. I will be installing new carpet in the front of the truck, and it will give me a chance to clean things up a little, and half way straighten out the old speaker wiring mess. (The beer can on the tailgate was added to give proper perspective on the size of the job.)

 
DaveP

DaveP

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I'm still watching. I look every time the thread "goes red" in the index of new posts. Keep it coming.

In the pic above, who's wht/wht is parked in the lift bay?
 
randy merritt

randy merritt

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Re: North Fl Tyclone

DaveP said:
I'm still watching. I look every time the thread "goes red" in the index of new posts. Keep it coming.

In the pic above, who's wht/wht is parked in the lift bay?
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That is Typhoon Rob, as we call him. His screen name is Rob2000gt, and he lives in Tallahassee. He brought his TY over to change the door pins using my lift to support the door. Good guy, and he helps me out, plus it is a bonus having a buddy with a stock TY to compare my clone with.
 
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