401 Suburban Resto

[ML3 2,113]

I just turned heat up in garage.  -12 this morning.  I leave heat set @40° in garage so nothing freezes. Since garage is very well insulated it warms up quick. 

 

Gonna get out on 654 & plow the couple inches off driveway before the big snow predicted to start later today comes. 

[ebinmaine 77,018]

38 minutes ago, sqrlgtr said:

I figured you guys had one of them there indoor shops?

 

Absolutely do but we ain't paying to heat it.  

[kpinnc 16,976]

On 1/24/2026 at 8:42 AM, Achto said:

The mercury has plummeted to -19F this morning. 

 

Good grief!

 

On 1/24/2026 at 9:00 AM, SylvanLakeWH said:

Sunny and warm here... -13...

 

Yeah..... I don't want any. 

 

It's 19 here on the other side of zero. Plenty cold enough for me. 

 

Opened the door this morning to let the dog out, and he just looked at me like I was stupid and ran back to his doggie bed. I think he's pretty smart. 

[kpinnc 16,976]

Double post...

 

 

 

Edited January 25 by kpinnc

[Achto 30,745]

Could not handle another day of boredom so I decided to warm the shop up & do something. Took a bit to get it from 7F to 60F but once there I was able to get the sheet metal blasted.

 

Started the filler work on the hood. It was littered with several dings.

 

[Achto 30,745]

Weekend up date.....

 

Finished the body work on the hood, with all the hand sanding with a block it should be strait as an arrow.

 

Seems the tranny does not need to come apart, I wire wheeled it to strip the paint off.

 

I pulled a  8" plow apart, sandblasted & painted it. Note: I did not blast the polished surface of the share or moldboard. Hard to see all the parts in the pic.

 

Question - Did  use a decal on the early 60's implements, if so what did they look like ? 

 

Weather permitting I hope to make some paint fly next weekend.

Edited February 2 by Achto

[WHX?? 54,397]

1 hour ago, Achto said:

decal on the early 60's implements,

Pretty sure they are the ones in the middle rear  of the fender pan. 

[Achto 30,745]

15 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Pretty sure they are the ones in the middle rear  of the fender pan. 

 

Didn't think those came out until the square hoods did? 

[Mike'sHorseBarn 3,415]

11 hours ago, Achto said:

 

Didn't think those came out until the square hoods did? 

 

If I remember and that a big IF, I'll look at some of my literature for the early stuff and see what the pictures of the implements show me.

[Racinbob 12,619]

14 hours ago, Achto said:

Question - Did  use a decal on the early 60's implements, if so what did they look like ? 

 

The decal on the tiller looks to be identical to the 1960 decals on the Suburban.

 

[Achto 30,745]

Spent some quality time with my spray gun today. It has been almost a year since we've been together. 

 

Sheet metal all received a generous build up of urethane primer.

 

 

Seat and rims are now blanketed in IH Off White.

 

[wallfish 19,014]

10 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

Sheet metal all received a generous build up of urethane primer.

Plus some other stuff in your garage with the over spay dust too! 

Nice Job!! All you do on your stuff is a real restore compared to just a simple spray bomb job on some of the sheet metal with new decals then call it "restored". 

[WHX?? 54,397]

5 minutes ago, wallfish said:

spray bomb job on some of the sheet metal with new decals then call it "restored". 

See a few of them at the BS and they are quite proud of them. Not to mention the paint brush jobs. Now you know why I took up work clothes & patinas. Oh well to each his own. 

[Achto 30,745]

20 minutes ago, wallfish said:

Plus some other stuff in your garage with the over spay dust too! 

 

Just wait until you see the fresh coat of red over spray that I get all over every thing tomorrow. 

[wallfish 19,014]

5 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

Just wait until you see the fresh coat of red over spray that I get all over every thing tomorrow. 

That's the sacrifice of winter time painting! Not to mention the heat bill for the shop. 

I don't paint much but I still have red tinted everything! LOL

[Achto 30,745]

1 minute ago, wallfish said:

That's the sacrifice of winter time painting! Not to mention the heat bill for the shop. 

 

True, but NO BUGS landing in your fresh paint is totally worth it to me.  

[wallfish 19,014]

4 minutes ago, Achto said:

 

True, but NO BUGS landing in your fresh paint is totally worth it to me.  

Ya know, I didn't really think of it that way but you're 100% absolutely right!

There's something to be said for a lot less aggravation! Bugs in the new paint really sucks bad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

[squonk 45,319]

On 2/1/2026 at 7:15 PM, Achto said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Question - Did  use a decal on the early 60's implements, if so what did they look like ? 

 

 

 

Edited 24 minutes ago by squonk

[WHX?? 54,397]

The vintage plow I got from @stevasaurus has got that same one that's why I thought that's what they used. He restored it tho so maybe he just put that on there because it looked good 

[squonk 45,319]

10 hours ago, wallfish said:

That's the sacrifice of winter time painting! Not to mention the heat bill for the shop. 

I don't paint much but I still have red tinted everything! LOL

I can spray paint outside in the summer on a calm day. Park my truck 5 blocks away upwind and still have red paint on the clay bar when I detail it! 

[squonk 45,319]

1 minute ago, WHX?? said:

The vintage plow I got from @stevasaurus has got that same one that's why I thought that's what they used. He restored it tho so maybe he just put that on there because it looked good 

I had an original patina'd  "side shifter "dozer plow and it had that same decal on it. 

[WHX?? 54,397]

Don't need help wet sanding ? Not really alot of parts on that little girl to do. 

 

Show 'Fish a pic of the exhaust fan Dan! It was an old POS furnace fan I rigged up in a window. Can't believe it still runs. 

[WHX?? 54,397]

1 minute ago, squonk said:

I had an original patina'd  "side shifter "dozer plow and it had that same decal on it. 

Yep come to think of it the orginal 502 plow had it too. 

[squonk 45,319]

On 2/1/2026 at 9:01 PM, Achto said:

 

Didn't think those came out until the square hoods did? 

Yes 65'

[squonk 45,319]

12 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

Don't need help wet sanding ? Not really alot of parts on that little girl to do. 

 

Show 'Fish a pic of the exhaust fan Dan! It was an old POS furnace fan I rigged up in a window. Can't believe it still runs. 

We have a little hot water coil ceiling heater in one of the generator rooms at work. The fan motor died one winter and we needed heat fast so I hung one of those 9W refrigeration fans up there. It's hung with zip ties strung together. Been up there close to 15 years!