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Some place builds a floor liner that looks like the old flare side truck made of wood for the newer trucks, I'm not a carpenter and just nuts & bolts type. 4X8 plywood between the wheel, wells from numerous leaking future projects. Stored inside, stinky from rear axel grease, who cares.
I do wash my flare side before shows other wise I just drive it.
In the 2+ years its been on the road I have only waxed it once.
My 02 Durango when I lived up north when it got dirty after a snow / ice store I would hit the car wash.
For $20 they vacuumed it out, hand wash no spinning brushes, spray water the under side, blow and hand dry, clean the glass inside and shine the wheels.
Could not beat that. I never hand washed it.
Been down here, NC, 7 years and think I have only washed it 2 times? And I am sure one time was after I had done the pick up as everything was still out.
I have never waxed it. Could it use a waxing he11 yes but it does not look that bad and with the up north washings no rust.
Think I washed the wife's car 3 times in 7 years, because the stuff was out the her car was right there.
Other wise I dont wash / wax anything other than the pick up.
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Some place builds a floor liner that looks like the old flare side truck made of wood for the newer trucks, ... etc ...
Haven't seen that yet.
Originally Posted by 5851a
... etc ... I'm not a carpenter and just nuts & bolts type. 4X8 plywood between the wheel, wells from numerous leaking future projects. Stored inside, stinky from rear axel grease, who cares.
Oh, if it's got good paint, I know I am gonna wash ... & wax occasionally.
My stepbrother got a wood worker friend from his workplace help him do something like that for a near new Chevrolet, looked great too. I mentioned the steel bed floor under it, told him the'72 C-10 step side (we swapped / sold it back and forth a few times) was just the wood and steel cross members under the wood. I never heard him say if it rusted. If I did wood, would want the steel floor gone so rain could drain. I liked even the old well used oak, it drained good and was tough as all heck.
Hey Bear,
I am with you on these old trucks. My 79-250 was purchased to work as a farm truck in Western Ga.
I purchased it from a farm in southeast Ala. Being the 3rd owner I just wanted to keep it presentable as a WORK truck.
Did very little body work, little sanding and had a friend shoot it. With paint that is.
Anyway the small dents and dings give it character. Like you, I was not going to make a show truck that I would be afraid to work or drive. I put my time and effort into the engine and running gear,
I used the rattle car bed liner on my bronco, it's thinner than the two part more professional bed liner stuff. I'm happy with the way it looks. I just wanted it to be presentable with no rust holes. I've had nice paint before, and I don't feel its worth the hassle. Got to go over it again with some olive green, admittedly not the best picture . Guess it all depends on what you want. This thing will never be a show vehicle and I'm perfectly fine with that.
Whoever resprayed my truck used rubberized undercoating below the racetrack trim and painted over that. It looks equally awesome…..
So ... they painted over the undercoating? I vaguely recall a product intended for that purpose.
I have seen a Dent here with black bed liner sprayed below the narrow race track, it looks good and likely will suffer less corrosion than those stick on precut stainless rocker protector kits I used to see. At some point in the past, it was painted a blue all over, both in and outside the race track.
So ... they painted over the undercoating? I vaguely recall a product intended for that purpose.
I have seen a Dent here with black bed liner sprayed below the narrow race track, it looks good and likely will suffer less corrosion than those stick on precut stainless rocker protector kits I used to see. At some point in the past, it was painted a blue all over, both in and outside the race track.
correct I don’t think they used anything intended to work together, doesn’t even appear to have a flex agent in the paint. Just wanted the truck to look like drywall texture I guess.
I prefer the single color with racetrack than the body accent panel.
In the end, I went with a nice paint job, Ford Oxford White BC/CC for several reasons, like new sheet metal, new tailgate all already bought and if had done bedliner job, been just as well off to have just fixed my rust first by patching .. and painting it really wasn't much more than bed-lining it. The permanence of the bed-liner was something I also shied away from as I've just had the truck so long now (36 years and counting) and as much as I like the look of the bedliner jobs like the one in post #23 above, I wasn't ready to do it to my '77. Maybe if I bought another old truck and just did it from the get go.
Anyways, Thank You to all whom chipped in with an opinion!
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Haven't seen that yet.
. Guess it all depends on what you want. This thing will never be a show vehicle and I'm perfectly fine with that.
