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Originally Posted by vwnate1
Here's hoping we'll get photos ! .
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Ask, and ye shall receive...
I'm working on the replacement fenders right now, so there are no photos of them on the truck.
Rustoleum seems to be working quite well...but I'm no longer rolling it on due to issues I had in getting the consistency right. I'm spraying with Rustoleum Flat White, not wet sanding, spraying at least 6 coats, in all directions, then finishing with a satin clear top coat, again without wet sanding and using at least 6 coats. The finish is slightly pebbled, which is fine for what I'm looking for. I didn't want to go black due to how much dust and crap flat and satin black shows. White seems to hide it, as well as minor imperfections and my lack of skill and patience.
I destroyed my 20 year old random orbital sander yesterday after many years of faithful use...so I'm headed to HF in the morning to find a replacement. If my air tank was large enough and the motor could handle it, I'd get a pneumatic sander...but the 2.8 amp model they have on their site seems to be close enough to what I had.
One thing to note...those that remember the pictures of what the truck looked like when I bought it 10 years ago likely remember it having dealer installed American Racing Wheels to replace the 16.5" rims with 16"...Ford was into screwing around with rim sizes then. Anyway, I got rid of them when it was proven that two of them had damage beyond my repair, and were warped a bit. Well, the guy in KY, who is a Ford truck man, stocking only Ford trucks and parts on his yard, has a set of the same rims, which are wider than the steel rims I'm using now. They need refinished, and I already know that cost...and will be selling the rims to me for $100. These are aluminum 8 lug wheels with 5 directional swooshes. He wasn't aware that they were a dealer installed item, and assumed they were installed by one of the past owners of a parts truck that came through. He's had them for the last 12 years, sitting in the loft of one of his buildings. He's pressure washing them for me, and I'll pick them up in a few weeks when I head back down to Northern KY.
Most of the parts I have needed over the years for the body are coming from the same truck in KY...the one that came from Oklahoma. His pricing is fantastic, and his knowledge, other than dealer applied parts, is pretty impressive.
The bed on my truck...you can see it's sides are shot. The box is in great shape, with no rust. I'm seriously debating on just buying replacement whole bedsides at $410 each, and inner wheel wells for $65 each, cutting the sides off and spot welding them in place on my own. I'll clamp it in place, and rose weld in each hole to attach it...which is what the body guy I saw recently said that they do when the do the whole sides. I have a welder, and the price of paying someone else to patch versus my doing the sides myself are about the same. I just need to get a couple strong friends over, give them lots of beer, and have them remove the bed from the frame.