update finally got a car to drive from enterprise a 2011 challenger with 825 miles on it so it will do for now pretty cool car. my 65 f-100 is apart waiting for me to finish disk swap on the frt half way there . probably work on it tomorrow . st farm adj is coming mon so im getting my adjuster tool ready a (big f****** hammer) and ive got my parts coming all new 05 frt end header / lights / complete bumper / grill should look sweet when im done.still deciding on two tone or what im gonna do with the paint as i have to represent my shop its gota look good. i will post pics as i get-r done.

 

update st farm wrote a good fair est. little over 6 grand and i drove it back to the shop. after we pulled the bumper off the tires with the tow truck. . no Chinese or Taiwan parts a used hood and fender the rest new ford . i coulnd not believe that there is none available threw my usual (recycled parts ) venders on the east coat . i had the guy from lkq one of my big suppliers . the hood i wanted was in Louisiana the guy called from there and said it had 6 or 7 dents in it do you still want ? NO!! GOT NEW, these things dont get totaled much i guess. or if they do they get striped quick. like honda stuff. well im going thru my parts now lots of pretty new boxes of shiny stuff. and i should have some left over for some more boxes from clay . will post pic of finished job.

 

Glad they gave you a fair estimate. I have had state farm for about 15 years now, and have no complaints on home claims or vehicle, have a great local agent.

 

My accident was 100% the other guy's fault. Officer wrote them a ticket and wrote in the report that it was 100% his fault. Too bad the body shop was kinda crap to deal with, but they got it done.... eventually. If I ran my projects the way they did, I'd be unemployed in about a week. You got your frame checked out, right?

 

brendan , i have been a body man 23 years (well started out as a helper ) but now i own and run a body shop . witch makes things alot easier for me yea i got to do a small pull on the rails where they squeezed together his (b) post (between the doors) hit dead center and i drove it into his car 2 ft . but im really impressed with the hit this truck took and would still drive. i should be back on the road next week but im gonna paint the whole truck shes showing her age a little but apaint job and the new 05 frt end it will be a new truck

 

almost done here is a couple of pics . figured you guys might want to see how much has to come apart to do a quaility paint job.

 

im getting there i did a two tone with original gold and a very dark blue that has blue pearl that when it kicks in the sun it looks sweet. cant wait to finish .gonna put a single silver stripe as a in between the two colors.

 

Dude. Looks SWEET!!

 

Excellent. Is that Dark Lapis Blue? I LOVE that color. Might have even put some on my truck... ;-)

The blue/gold color combination really looks good! Way to go!

 

thanks costa wait till 05 frt end goes on really gonna change the look



thanks ,no it is a custom mix we made here i started with a color chip dont know what it came on as my variant color deck probably has at least 2000 colors ,i looked at colors for three days till i came up with this one but than we tweeked the pearl a little.

 

There is a dealer in Diesel Power mag selling the frontend up-grade for 999$ FYI Another thing to look into.

 

I agree with Costa, that looks SWEET! cant wait to see it finished.

 

well i couldn't wait for the out side in the park pics but i thought i would finish the story on a good note .gotter done tonight ect for alignment tomorrow . lota work i dont see how tv custom paint and body work jobs in one two days is real . i got maybe 40 hrs mostly sat and nights. then there was a couple more guys for prep / paint / buffing . maybe 35 man hours more . but she looks sweet i am really needing to go for a ride its been along time .

 

That truck looks sexy now I like the bear in the bed too lol

 

Wow! That truck is freakin BEAUTIFUL!!! I love those colors together! Very nicely done!