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My 1995 F150. 302, 4x4, 5 Speed. Track-Lok front and rear. I spent the better part of the last year restoring this truck. Belonged to my neighbor who was going to scrap it as it had gotten so rusty. I bought it from him instead. I replaced the front floor pans, the front cab mount supports, both rocker panels, the core support and the inner and outer cab corners with new sheet metal. I sourced a replacement tailgate and a bed from Texas for it, which still needed some work on the wheels arches. I've replaced the cab bushings with polyurethane ones from energy suspension. I installed a new carpet, new fuel vapor line, new brake lines, new calipers, wheels cylinders, rotors, pads and shoes. Also replaced the emergency brake cables. The entire truck was repainted the original colors, Calypso Green and Oxford White. The inside of the bed was sprayed with tinted Raptor Liner, and underneath painted with SEM Rust Trap and top coated with U-Pol Gravitex. I'm putting the final bits and pieces back in place now, but it will be back on the road soon.
My 1995 F150. 302, 4x4, 5 Speed. Track-Lok front and rear. I spent the better part of the last year restoring this truck. Belonged to my neighbor who was going to scrap it as it had gotten so rusty. I bought it from him instead. I replaced the front floor pans, the front cab mount supports, both rocker panels, the core support and the inner and outer cab corners with new sheet metal. I sourced a replacement tailgate and a bed from Texas for it, which still needed some work on the wheels arches. I've replaced the cab bushings with polyurethane ones from energy suspension. I installed a new carpet, new fuel vapor line, new brake lines, new calipers, wheels cylinders, rotors, pads and shoes. Also replaced the emergency brake cables. The entire truck was repainted the original colors, Calypso Green and Oxford White. The inside of the bed was sprayed with tinted Raptor Liner, and underneath painted with SEM Rust Trap and top coated with U-Pol Gravitex. I'm putting the final bits and pieces back in place now, but it will be back on the road soon.
Nice job!
Did you repaint the truck yourself? If not, are you sure the passenger side fender was painted? Because it looks like it still has the original pin-striping. Where as the rest of the truck does not.
Not that it's a bad thing, since the color is still a perfect match, but it's just something i noticed.
Did you repaint the truck yourself? If not, are you sure the passenger side fender was painted? Because it looks like it still has the original pin-striping. Where as the rest of the truck does not.
Not that it's a bad thing, since the color is still a perfect match, but it's just something i noticed.
I painted the truck myself. I do auto body for a living. The front clip, cab, and bed were painted separately. I put the stripe tape on the front fenders to see how I liked it, haven't decided if I'm going to stripe the whole truck or leave it with clean breaks.
I painted the truck myself. I do auto body for a living. The front clip, cab, and bed were painted separately. I put the stripe tape on the front fenders to see how I liked it, haven't decided if I'm going to stripe the whole truck or leave it with clean breaks.
I was thinking that maybe you added it, right after i posted.
For what it's worth, I think it looks better with the pinstripe. It makes it look more "finished", especially since it's a factory color combo.
Thanks for all the nice comments! I think I'm leaning toward pinstriping the whole truck. Originally it had very wide pinstriping maybe 1/2" wide, with 4 or 5 stripes in between. I like the simpler stripe I installed on the fenders. This truck was a huge project, but it's now taking shape. I just got all the parking brake cables installed today, and now the alternator died. So I took it to a starter/generator shop and they are doing a refresh on it. Hopefully nothing else decides to go bad!
Thanks for all the kind comments. I'm considering adding cab lights to the truck, not sure if I want to drill holes in the roof though. I think I definitely want to add the a set of Bores Bumper Guides aka "rookie sticks" on it. I just like the look of them.
12-04-2017, 03:12 PM
