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Bill's 74 Super Duty Shaker Modification

  • You have to actually make some money to cover overhead, employees, materials, labor and etc.  But, then there are these jobs that just need to be done right.  When this is the case I can only hope that my hard work will win other's jobs for our shop.

    • You have to actually make some money to cover overhead, empl…
  • There will always be a person that will complain about something.  First of all the major complaint will be that it is not an OEM Color.  Then the next will be that it is base coat, clear coat.  Then you will have the whole gammut about the fact that 7...

    • There will always be a person that will complain about somet…
  • I am one of the Glass is Half Full kinda guys.  If the project looks good then just say so.  If the materials were top of the line, the performance of the task was over the top then I say "Good Job"

    • I am one of the Glass is Half Full kinda guys. If the proje…
  • I really wanted to show off the hard work I had to do to get the old adhesive out of the edges in the shaker.  This has to be a real clean area if you want the replacement frame to fit the shaker proper.

    • I really wanted to show off the hard work I had to do to get…
  • Now you will notice that the ears have been replaced.  They were in need of repair and as such I have made them far more stable when it comes to doing their jobs.

    • Now you will notice that the ears have been replaced. They…
  • In his case there was one other item that was in great shape.  I still do not know what the heck that other piece of bent over metal was for but it is there.

    • In his case there was one other item that was in great shape…
  • You can just see it in this picture.  It is still in great shape and not rusted to heck.  That is what is wierd about these things.  They sometimes rust thru in some spots and then do not in others.

    • You can just see it in this picture. It is still in great s…
  • My back was hurting when I got off the Glass Bead machine.  I spent a bit of time carefully getting all the rust outa the baseplate of the shaker.  Now that was a real pain in the ass because you have to change the angle of the gun several times to get...

    • My back was hurting when I got off the Glass Bead machine.…
  • When it comes to the installation of the water drain nipple there is only one way to do it.  Glue the shit outa it.  That is right, put a whole heck of alot of glue under the nipple base and then push it past the nipple on the other side also.

    • When it comes to the installation of the water drain nipple…