sandman666

Bought out of a pasture for $100!!
Took her home and got it to start after new starter and fuel pump. Fuel filter kept clogging up so I replaced all the lines and put a fuel cell in the bed. Carb was trashed, so I bought a weber after about 2 weeks of fighting with it finally running pretty good.

Built front and rear bumpers.




Then decided I wanted to bob the bed, do all required body work and repaint the entire truck



12" gone!!!

sandman666

And just for the hell of it. This is a toy I built and sold about 10 years ago.

sandman666

And here's where I am as of last night. I don't have much time usually during the week. This bed had quite a bit of rust, cut it out and weld new metal in.


How many bud lites does it take to sand down a tailgate?

83 trail rig

I see the time frame for da ing the tailgate was four beers

sandman666

Bought a sandblaster from harbor freight and that really sped things up. I also got paint and primer in. After opening the paint and seeing it in real life, I had to see some on the truck!!! Since this is my very first attempt at painting a vehicle I decided to do the tailgate first. Didn't turn out too bad. Besides Mosquitos and gnats landing on it. I'm not looking for perfection or anything close. This truck will be used and beat on now and then!!! Here's a shot in primer

83 trail rig

What no beers this time

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sandman666

And now paint!!!! I am stoked about the color!!! This is a real motivator for me to get the rest of the truck done!!!!!

83 trail rig

Are you going strait green or two tone

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sandman666

Straight green. Besides wheels, bumpers, mirrors, door handles,and sliders will be satin black

83 trail rig

I like the color
I'm still trying to figure out my paint but I have time to think about it

What color it your interior

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sandman666

Right now the interior is blue and it is trashed. I'm going to go black with the new interior

83 trail rig

The interior in my truck is beige and brown and the pickup itself is brick red yuck
I sprayed it desert sand and black then noticed about every pickup out there is the same color scheme so back to the drawing board

It did look good in those colors though

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sandman666

I got a lot done in the last day and a half. Both front fenders stripped. Banged out a few dents, a little bit of filler work and right now they are primed waiting on a lil sanding and paint. I am going to spray tomorrow and then I will post more pics.

bruzer

Looking good, cant wait to see it finished.

sandman666

Was looking great till the Texas Skeeters came!!! Oh well guess ill sand them out later and shoot another coat!

83 trail rig

Seems like they stay just out of sight till you turn your head
They will not land on equipment I spray outside but anything you like they ruin

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dig the color

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sandman666

thanks. it is sublime green single stage acrylic urethane from tcp global

sandman666

I have spent a lot of time reading over Kawas build thread and thanks to him I decided to order a powder coat gun. I originally planned on painting all my handles, wheels, grill etc flat black. But i now think it would be a lot better to powder coat them

kawazx636

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You won't regret getting the powdercoating gun! I will warn you on the flat black powdercoat though, it had the exact same properties as any flat black paint - get grease or oil on it and it will never be the same. It would go with the satin or semi-gloss black powder. The look will be close to flat against a glossy paint, but you won't get all those flat black problems.

Nice progress so far though!