Jake's '84 Stepside build thread.
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Jake's '84 Stepside build thread.
I'm currently in the process of restoring/rebuilding my 1984 F-150 stepside. Wish I would of started this thread when I started fixing my truck, but I didn't haha. Now I'm new here so let me introduce myself. My names Jake and I'm from PA, I'm 16yrs old and I've been around cars all my life. My father owns a used car dealership here in PA and that's how I got this truck too. But let's get on with the pics! Going to paint the truck Dodge electric blue pearl, and get rid of the rattle can green primer job. So far it's going quick, but time will tell.
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One of the first things I did when I got the truck was rip all the old, torn, and nasty carpet and spray bedliner in it's place. I really like this because when it gets muddy, just hose it out a bit.
I also got my seat re upholstered because the old one was torn up and sucked you in like a old couch haha
I also got my seat re upholstered because the old one was torn up and sucked you in like a old couch haha
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When I first started getting it ready for paint, I wet sanded the entire truck down. Finding rust spots with rags shoved in them and bondo over them is always fun.
Shortly after that, I evened out the damaged fiberglass rear fender.
Shortly after that, I evened out the damaged fiberglass rear fender.
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After working on other things than the body for awhile, I put a tach in the center blank plate in the cluster, and put a set of headers on and a dual exhaust on. Also machined a fitting for my Trans. gauge temp sender to sit in. I placed the sender in the input line of the trans cooler. After that, I decided that I needed 2 new doors. The bottoms were rusted out, door panels were trashed, doors had dents. Tracked down a perfect door and painted the inside.
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You should really hang out here a bit more, it's real easy to add a factory tach to that space in the cluster that you have.
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While I was on the subject on painting, I painted the engine bay blue and my valve covers. I'm painting the insides of things so it's easier to shoot the truck later on with out the hassel of having to mask everything.
Sprayed on some bedliner on my bed sides and the bed rails. The hole in the floor towards the rear is for the underbed tool box i'm making. Kind of like the honda ridgelines.
The area between the bed pockets and fenders are a royal PITA to fix when they're all rusted. Grinded all the rust out and layed some duraglas down. Paint sticks work wonderful in that spot!
Then, I roughed out a cab corner in plastic. Had to cut the entire corner out and form a new one and weld it in.
Sprayed on some bedliner on my bed sides and the bed rails. The hole in the floor towards the rear is for the underbed tool box i'm making. Kind of like the honda ridgelines.
The area between the bed pockets and fenders are a royal PITA to fix when they're all rusted. Grinded all the rust out and layed some duraglas down. Paint sticks work wonderful in that spot!
Then, I roughed out a cab corner in plastic. Had to cut the entire corner out and form a new one and weld it in.
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. I'm going to the junkyard next sunday so i might pick one up
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Yesterday I stripped the new driver's side door down to the shell. There was some rust on the bottom, but a lot less than I had before. Nothing I can't fix, and plus, the door came with a beautiful door panel and pocket. Grabbed the matching panel and pocket off another door while we were at the yard. $10 for door panels beats new prices!
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I didn't get a pic of it, but i did cut the bottom out of that door and welded new metal in there. A piece of 2 inch exhaust tubing is great for forming the steel in the correct shape!
After grinding the studs for the moulding down, new door bottom and laying plastic down and primed.
Cut the back of the pocket out on the bezel that goes over the cluster and put in a small aluminum panel for my trans. temp gauge and 2 toggle switches.
How she sits right now.
After grinding the studs for the moulding down, new door bottom and laying plastic down and primed.
Cut the back of the pocket out on the bezel that goes over the cluster and put in a small aluminum panel for my trans. temp gauge and 2 toggle switches.
How she sits right now.
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Next door, almost. Our son and DiL just moved to Hockessin, DE and we are bringing the truck up w/a load of furniture in the not too distant future. Plan to get back to the outlets and my wife wants to get to the quilt shops in the Amish towns.
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