I really considered the black/silver, but I finally decided on solid black.

 

How much POR 15 and Tractor paint did you go through on the Chassis? It looks like you just did the area under the bed. Will you be going back and doing the rest of the chassis under the cab?

 

I almost used a full quart of POR-15, and about 1/2 a quart of the Valspar.

And yes I only painted the frame under the bed, and inside of both bumpers for right now. But I will coat the rest of the frame before winter.

 

The body shop sent me a couple of pics yesterday

 

Just found out that my front gas tank is leaking.
Just one more thing to add to the list of repairs.

 

Looking Good!

 

Looking awesome!!! Congrats on getting it fixed up!!

 

Thanks guys,
I'm really looking forward to getting the body work finished so I can move on to everything else I want to do to it

 

You're going to have to give those tires some shine to keep up with the paint! Looks real good.

 

Well I just brought it back from the body shop today, before I get to pics I'll give you guys a list of everything that was changed over the past few weeks.

NEW:
RR spring hanger
Front gas tank, straps, and fuel pump
Wiper cowl
Passenger side door
Both fenders
Radiator support
A "new" bed with new bedsides
Both fuel filler necks
Evan-Fischer Grille
Ford headlight bezels


Future plans:
Line-X inside of the bed
diamond plate bed caps
Hella 550 fog lights
MT Classic wheels
New Ford mirrors

When I bought the truck 5 years ago



2 years ago



Today

 

Nice! The headlight swap and new grille are a huge improvement. Where did you find the headlight bezels?

 

Thanks, I'm really happy with how it turned out.

I actually got the bezels from a member on this forum. He knew that I was looking for some, and he had a brand new set still in the original boxes that he was not using.

 

Is it just me or did they not paint under the cowl?

To me, even as much as I dislike red, I like the old two tone better. But thats just me. Guess I am showing my age

 

I'm pretty sure they did paint under the cowl, I was out of town for a week so I didn't really get to see any progress for awhile.

I really thought about staying with two-tone, but it definitely would have been a different color combo.
I've looked through ALOT of pics of these trucks in pretty much every color combo, but the black always caught my eye.

I'm probably going to put the body side moulding back on, and maybe the fender trim (If I can get over Ford's price for them)

 

That may set it off enough then. Right now it is very....... plain