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I didn't want to weld an exhaust system, so i bought a universal kit on Amazon. I went with stainless. I then bought a bunch of straight and step clamps to hold it all together. I can say after a couple thousand miles.... best decision ever. The whole system looks and works great.
Started by welding on an adapter onto the factory pipe I had cut just behind the O2 sensor (this was just a tack for mock-up. It's fully welded now).....
Started running pipes. The universal kit had all kinds of bends and straight pieces.....
Making my way rearward.....
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I wanted to paint the rear cab corners I had to weld in, to match the back of the cab. All the other rust repair was hidden. These corners were too... mostly. If you looked between the cab and bed, you could see the new black replacement panels.
So I taped it off......
and sprayed an orangish primer. It actually matched some surface rust color.....
Then I saw a tip somewhere to spread coffee grounds on the primer......
Then I painted a color that I mixed up in a plastic bowl of several spray paints (red, burgundy and brown) to get s somewhat close color. Then i dabbed it on with a brush and then knocked off the coffee grounds. Turned out okay. Definitely good enough for how hidden it is.....
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Random pic... The grill and bumper are back on.....
Also, you can see the temporary exhaust out the back of the muffler. This setup was soooooo loud. Resonating under the bed and cab. I changed this later on......
Have you all heard of Penetrol? It's a latex paint additive. But someone, somewhere figured out it can restore and ad gloss to old faded paint. Better than linseed oil because once it dries, it's not tacky or sticky (like oil). Here is the back of the cab where I did a test....... (you can see my hand painted patch in the bottom corner.)
Found the door bushing were shot. Replaced those, only to find out they were so shot, they wallowed out the hole in the actual hinge 'arm'. Had to buy another set of hinges on ebay. They were original Ford hinges, but in much better shape than mine.....
Remember, I'm using the factory Marauder harness. The stock harness has the fuel pump driver module mounted in the trunk of the Maruader. I mounted it to the back of the wheel well in the bed. I have since made a cover for it made from the section of bed I cut out when I shortened the bed. (paint match. lol)....
I decided the brand new front struts I bought were not what I wanted. I went with some QA1 coil overs in front that are designed to bolt right into the Marauder/Crown Vic sub-frame.....
I had some rubbing, so i bought a roller for the fender edge. Yeah, that doesn't work on the square(ish) wheel well shape and the heavy gauge metal. Waste of money. I ended up using a hammer and some wood blocks. All 4 wheel wells took about 2 hours and they turned out fine. (especially for a patina truck with hand painted weld seams. haha).....
pre- rolled. I had to cut about an inch off the inner lip. You can see how close the cut edge is near the tire.
My truck came with a tailgate, but it was so rusted, it was unusable. I was looking on ebay and found the exact color of my truck. It may not be a '67 (no idea), but it's a bumpside in the right color.
It was missing one trim piece, but i have since bought a reproduction piece of trim. It turned out great.
i moved to the interior. The trim around the headliner was rusted and pitted. I didn't want to buy more. So i used a brillow pad and some comet(like) cleaner and they turned out like new. Was so thrilled at the result......
Also decided the rear tail lights needing replacing. they were just too far gone to clean up.....
