I have been using the eastwood chrome powder

http://www.eastwood.com/hotcoat-powd...rome-8-oz.html

if I had a tumbler , it is suppose to be real shinny , just like chrome ... but no tumbler .

I'm ok with this look .. it's pretty close to chrome ....


edit : modified the link so it works



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crap load more sand blasting today ... hopefully some more powder coating tomorrow


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Your powder coating looks great!!!

 

Thanks Terry .. lovin the Eastwood kit I bought years ago .. seems to be working great


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started the tear down this morning .. pulled the truck in my shop and got to work .

canopy was the first thing to go




and then removed the bed
I was actually excited to see the out come of this , as I have only done this once before on one of my old beds . as I mentioned earlier , this bed was installed at my shop ~ 10 / 11 years ago , so I was anxious to see what it actually looked like after so many years . my personal DD has had it's bed on it's truck now for 15 years , but someone else's truck is always good "gauge" as well .

so heres what we got














other then the inner paint , and under side paint , everything is GREAT , I'm super happy with what I have to work with , and It should last at least another 15 years ... easily !!


anyway .....


also , got the tranny out



and the fenders off




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been collecting lots of parts for this build , and I'm pretty close to having everything I need ... just need to find some time now !


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Can't wait to see how it turns out. Looks promising by the way!

 

Time is the most difficult part to find

 

with summer approaching , it should make it easier to find time .

I was able to get some more shiny done











just about ready to build the engine now


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Bed does look good for all the years and the weather conditions that you have to deal with. A great testament for it. The rest of the truck looks like it has held up well too.

 

Very happy with those results .. worked a little on it today , got the seats unbolted , and the trim out , I just have to remove the 4 rear cab bolts , and steering column , and cab is ready to come off .
center console armrest bad is worn out as well , so I had previously removed it , and gave it to a friend , so while she was out shopping , she could look for some "cheep" leather for me ... well today , she was in "value village" and found an old leather coat , waist coat in great shape .. perfect color match ... $15.00 bucks ... bought it , so now I have some nice quality leather (real leather) I can make a new console cover , and shifter boots ... on the CHEEP



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little bit here and there ...
cab is ready to come off


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CAB OFF



and now I can get to work on the frame




also .. "blasted" the bellhousing and painted ... I just needed to see some color . I think the gold is going to go well with the accent in the original tribal decals that are going on the outside .. this is also going to be the engine block color






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Back half of frame and tank look to be in better condition then I expected to see. Overall truck looks to be in great condition.

 

so is the mojave tribute getting the 3.4upgrade??

i seen one of these 5 years ago rusted in ontario.. always wanted one and kick myself for not buying it.. with the brass numbered plate I wanted one since the 80s...

i cant wait to see your finished project.

 

its in really good shape overall ... its a perfect pallet I think

Yep 3.4L and if I can find a super charger , I might just do that as well .
or I might turbo it .. don't know yet .




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some color on the block today ...






now I can start striping and building




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frame back into the shop for the weekend ...




pulled the fuel tank,brake lines,torsion bars .. and other pieces , getting ready for the POR 15 treatment

cut off the 22re motor mounts as well, and now just building some new ones for the 3.4L

sorry for the crappy pic

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little more work in the last couple of days ..
my buddy Joel .. yep , supercharger 4Runner Joel ,( owner of a build I did for him a few years back ) wanted to help .. so put him to work cleanin the frame up ..





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[John Deer Green........UOTE=slacker;52251412]so I have a bit of a dilemma ....

I'm in the process of building the engine .. and im at the point of painting the block .

color is my dilemma

I don't want to paint it black because it will get lost in the "sea of black" on this engine already

BROWN , the same color of the truck is really what it should be , but , I'm afraid it just wont look that good .

RED , is the color I usually paint "custom" jobs , so I'm thinking this might be a good color

Blue , well I'm just not sure this will match anything else , and clash with ..well everything

I think red right ?


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