Why don't you just say whatchya mean?

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I decided to paint my truck. I started fixing dents and putting down filler. Got the passenger side all done and ready for primer. Also order new clear blinker lenses from LMC and a new grille emblem. Man the clear blinkers sure give the truck a better look.

 

Thanks you all for the heads up on these, I was not aware of the rust issues they can have there.

 

Installed the heavy duty shocks on my '84.

Pulled the topper off my '86 so I can put my factory bedrails on soon.

Went to the junkyard today and pulled a pretty nice tailgate panel, tach/trip meter, woodgrain door panel inserts and a uncut **** style woodgrain XLT radio bezel off a '82 F150 XLT Lariat. Also pulled a really nice passenger door.

 

Here she is after installing the emblem, clear 80' blinker lenses, and doing all the body work down the passenger side. I am respraying the flat tan until I can prep it for paint. I am going with blue. I also debaged the fender emblems as mine are dull and i don't care to spend money on new ones.

 

Gave my core supports a quick look over today, all I saw outside was just a light dusting of occasional surface rust, but who knows under neath. The bushings look shot.

 

Got the rotisserie done and Brownie's cab mounted on it. Easy to roll around and easy to rotate the cab. The pivot points aren't quite at the center of gravity so it is slightly top-heavy, although one person can easily spin it. But, with the windshield and rear glass out it may be just right, and they are coming out soon.

 

Looking good Gary....I saw not long ago a unique rotisserie. It was literally just a cylindrical cage completely encompassing a VW beetle. So there wasn't any pivot point, you simply rolled the whole car and cage as one item. Simple, yet brilliant.

 

Thanks.

As for the cage, how would you work on the vehicle? Wouldn't it keep rolling on you? And wouldn't the cage be in the way? How about painting?

Access was one of the main requirements on my rotisserie. Marshall, my paint & body guy, came over and we looked things over while we discussed how much clearance he needed to do the job at each point. For instance, at the rear of the cab there's no body work per se to do but just sanding and painting. And, since it'll be covered by the bed it doesn't have to be to the same standards as other parts. But the firewall will need to be worked as there is some rust and a lot of seam sealer that appears to be loose. So I made the arms extra long to give him plenty of room.

 

Let me see if i can find the picture again. im not sure how they kept it from rolling, but all you would have to do is chuck up the cage like you do a car or truck you dont want rolling on you. Access to the body was the major advantage to this cage. It allowed access all over the body because it was so simple, the frame simply didnt get in the way.

 

Jason and I started the rework of the grill and headlight bezels for Whitey. Wehad to use a little bondo on the grill because it had some gouges where the hood on whatever truck it came from was closing and riding on it. The bezel I bough and the grill were different colors that the one I had on the truck. So I got some charcoal gray paint from wholesale paint and body supply to paint them over with.

We had to use some high fill primer on the plastic components first to take care of scratches and dings. Then sanded them out well with 320. I screwed up the ratios of the paint, hardener and reducer. So I had to mix way more than I needed. Turned out to be around 2 qts when I only needed maybe 1 qt. The paint turned out really well except for a run inside one of the grill recesses. We didn't catch it until we cleaned the gun out or we could have just flooded that area and let it run out. It is in such a confined area that I am scared to try to sand it out. I think it would do more harm than good. So I plan to just do my best to ignore it.

I need to modify the header panel today in order to accommodate the charge air cooler I retro fitted on to it a couple of years ago. Then its time to address the headlight debacle. I don't have time to wait for new lights so I need to fix up the ones I have. I am concerned that they may leak or condensate. I plan to look them over and come up with a plan to deter this. I may polish the lenses as well. Jason said he has a headlight restoration kit that has some polishing compounds in it.

I sent Gary some pics of the processes last night. We didn't wrap up until 10:30pm. So I slept in a little this morning. I plan to go hit it again pretty soon.

 

'Universal' plastic plumbing cement seems to work. (the kind for ABS, PVC & CPVC)
Oatey or Genova brand around here...

 

Today...I sold my truck. It is a very bittersweet moment. Ok, it's mostly bitter. I have to replace the power steering pump before they pick the truck up next weekend. Now onto shopping for a more family friendly truck. I hope they have good luck with the truck, I certainly have.

 

"family"???

Lol!

 

Same thing I was thinking, he needs a 4 door F350 460 long bed truck. Now that's a family friendly truck lol.