Hello all. First time here but expect to be on more while I try and get my old 65 on the road. Just got it painted. Unsure of whether or not to drill holes and mount a set of side trim I found. Any thoughts?

 

hipdqwik1, Welcome to FTE & the Slick 60s Forum.

Depends on how good your trim is, Robert here rehabs trim, maybe he'll chime in.

I saw a very interesting tu-tone paint job that might change my mind on trim over the weekend.


John

 

Post some pics of the truck so we can see what it looks like with no trim

 

I will try and resize a pic of the truck. It is a 65 longbed with a 96 F-150 carbureted inline six. 96 OD manual trans too. DJM lowered with 17 Dodge Ram steel wheels for now. It's not running yet...

 

personally, i think a long bed needs the trim to break up the length. while a shortbed looks better with out. i couldnt stand my truck without the trim...

 

Trim looks bitchin' if you ask me...

 

Why drill holes? Think outside the box. Here's my trim. on a longbed.

 

I tried uploading pics from my phone but the size is too big. I will take a few pics in the morning of my truck in a lower resolution. That works, I just uploaded a photo of my longblock to my album using the lower resolution. Gangstakr that is a real nice paint job!

 

I vote no trim, but that's just me.

 

Thanks for that Robert! Your truck makes me drool on my keyboard!

 

You think your drooling now, wait until I complete the next step.

 

His trucks always make you drool