Hey everyone. For a while now, I've been in the process of doing rust repair and body work on the '94. Some of you guys on here have been following my process over in the "what have you done" thread. So, here goes...

Started with this:

Still looked pretty good, but showing its age. 15 years of PA winters were not kind to the metal either. So I stripped the donor, painted up the frame and did some other small things. A brake line, shocks, emergeny brake cables, leaf springs and hangers, and radius arm bushings.

Then I had this:

Solid again, but the rare quad-tone paint wasn't getting it. I drove it most of the summer like this.

Then I stripped it down and sent it off to paint. I picked it up Saturday, and here she is:





I'm really pleased with the outcome. My painter changed up the stripes just enough that I know they're custom, but unless you study them closely, the average passerby will never know the difference. It needs a bath now because there's compound in a lot of the nooks and crannies, and a little overspray in places. All I have left to do is install my new fender emblems and bodyside molding. Then in the spring I'm getting some custom 4x4 decals made, but that you'll have to wait and see. I've got something that I think is pretty trick up my sleeve.

 

Looks good.

 

dang. thats a nice looking truck. i wish i had the money to do that to mine. lol

 

I like it !

 

Just a damn good looking truck !!!!!

 

Looks good. I'm considering going to a "Two-Tone" scheme on my red 97 HD, thinking about adding a white center. The only draw back is going to be the super high prices on the lower body moulding to hide the edge between the red / white.
Really like the green's on yours, might be an option for my green Dump.

 

Very sharp looking! I love the two tone on these trucks! Do you know if the whole truck was painted one color first? I believe this is how the factory did them

 

Looks great! Looked really good to start out with, now it looks even better.

 

Looks real good, not that it looked bad before. Close up shots really tell the story though.

ps. Dave, how's Architecture in PA?

 

If you want the original Ford molding, than yes, very expensive. I bought the aftermarket stuff from LMC for $99. I haven't put it on yet, so I can't vouch for its quality, but it looks like it'll get the job done. It looks identical, except for the ends, but I"ll live with it. My old moding was kinda banged up or I would have re-used it. You don't absolutely need the molding, the lower pinstripe is the color break. I'm only putting it on since my truck had it and it wards off parking lot dings.

I'm not sure if the painter did that, but thats how the factory did. They painted the dark green first than the light. When I did the bodywork, the DA exposed the layers of paint. I sold the tailgate of my donor to a buddy of mine, and that truck was painted grey first, then blue. At first we were baffled by this, but then we thought about it and it made sense. It's easier to mask off the middle or bottom of the truck than the entire truck. It uses more paint, but when they were assembling these trucks, it was all about time and production.

And thanks for the comments guys, glad you all like it.

 

that sucks he buffed thru the drivers fender

 

Looks great. Just need to get it sitting level now.

 

Yeah, I know. You don't really see it in person, but the camera picks it up well. He said if there's anything I want taken care of, no problems, just have to make an appointment. I havent decided if that spot is worth it, but there are a few other areas that need looked at. Nothing major, just me being nit-picky I guess.

I'm gonna put new front coils under it by spring hopefully. Money's tight right now with the holidays comming up. I doesn't help that I just bought a paintjob either lol.

 

pretty truck, i was considerein the 2010 f150 xlt emblems for my truck

 

It's tough, but I like it a lot. The Penn State program has its advantages and disadvantages though. (Sorry, don't mean to hijack this thread)