Glad to hear it. Seems like that's always everyone forgets to do and it drives me crazy. One of my favorite parts of these trucks is the base model gate lol

 

I don't think I'm going to do that with mine. I'm leaning toward the Bronco style badging on it. I have a fifth wheel gate right now, so I figured I'd switch to an aftermarket plain tail gate and use the Bronco's F-O-R-D lettering kit. In a corner. I think the chrome will pop more with old Highland Green paint.

 

See I never liked that on this generation. The next 2 sure because it fits the truck but the stamped letters keep these classic IMO.

 

I understand the classic look, but I am going for a "Bullit Tribute" build on mine, so I want a few touches to set it apart from the rest of the fleet. And nothing overtly obvious.

 

Oh I will paint those letters at some point, I think they look much better painted than not.

 

Totally agree with you.

 

And the finished product for the most part.



The blue turned out almost flawless.

 

What color are the letters going to be?

I think they are available as vinyl stickers. (I know I can get them for my later tailgate)
Much easier to apply cleanly than paint.

 

I can get them in blue for 1980-86 as well. If I don't go that route, I'll just use the same blue paint I used on the cab and tailgate. I thought I'd have used a lot more paint than that. I only used 1/2 quart of paint itself for the roof and tailgate, then the reducer and hardener. I only used 1/2 pint of white, and that's after 4 coats trying to fix a plastic disaster when it flew up on the paint. Can't really see those anymore! I was not expecting this Sherwin Williams Dimension paint to cover that well. Stuff covered excellent and is easy to work with.

 

I don't know how anything can be more rare than "one of a kind"!

 

For 1984 [could be other years as well], 2 wheel drive trucks which came with dog dish hubcaps were black. The 4 wheel drive trucks with dog dish had white wheels. [trivia - 2 WD was 5.5" wide and 4 WD was 6.0" wide]

 

Oooh, that's subtle and stylish!

I like it..

 

Thanks, Gary! Glad you got to drive it... don't you love that big rush of power and you roll on the throttle?

 

Now the truck won't look like a hillbilly deluxe anymore, especially when I go have the back of the tailgate lined to match the bed. I'm pretty sure that's what Ford did, used the same color for the lettering as everything else on my model. At least that's what it looked like in the 2007 pic of the truck sitting in the original owners driveway on Google maps lol.

 

My truck is a rustbucket looking for a place to fall apart.

I would like to fix it if I had the space.
I have had all the parts and paint for over a year.