Hope to have our 1987 F800 ready to paint by next summer. Have an ideal what I want to do with it. But as always open to ideals. Never know someone may have an ideal that knocks mine out. And not going to say that would be a bad ideal.
Always loved the Old School Peterbilt Tri color paint jobs and the factory 2 tone ones. Something like this.
Link to the one I like. http://www.flickr.com/photos/3148682...7629709324424/
Ideal is to get it to look good with this in tow.



So if you have an ideal or layout that would look out of this world with the camper. Give me a heads up on it. Will say not looking to match the swirls on the camper. But more like the Fenders and lower the dark color and then the middle the main body color of the camper. Then top of the cab and sleeper and sun Visor the dark.

Forgot to add the truck is now a dark Brown somewhat like the dark brown on the camper. And thought about just putting a roll on bed liner on it . And leaving the old rough paint. Back sides of the sleeper don't match that well. For some reason the color does not match on that.
Pete

 

Nice looking truck. What engine in that F-800?

 

Thanks.
It has the 7.8 I-6 in it. Around 10,000 miles on a reman motor. Runs like new and fires up even in freezing weather like its 80 degrees.

Pete

 

Is that the Brazillian made engine? I had a 8.2L Detroit in an 84 F-700 which I blew up. Scrapping the body and bed.

She was a good old girl.

 

Yes that is the one. Not a Power house but does a great job with the Above 5th wheel camper. 16,000+ lbs tall and 41ft long. Have not hit any Mountains with her yet. But in our hills it pulls with my Duramax on the hills here. May even beat it a touch. But then again the 7.8 is turned up and hot. She will lay a pair of smoke tails behind it if you lay into the fuel. Will be turning the Smoke screw back down just a bit, don't want to have to wash the camper after 400 miles.

Still have lots to do with the truck, and get it painted. Finish ripping the sleeper apart, replace the floor and add a fold down sofa sleeper. TV, Fridge and microwave. Thinking hard about doing the sleeper in Easter Red Cedar. As I have lots of it air dried. And think it would be something on the walls. Along with hard wood flooring in the sleeper.