79 F100 Restoration...

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

alright i took some pics of the bodywork so far. Its not finished. I took them pics as i was waiting for some to dry and be sanded. Its all light patches except for 1 spot where it was dented on a crease(sp?) and i had to use bondo to fill the dent and put the crease back. And i just took another inside shot since its different.

and the inside -

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

did some more bodywork today..took off the grille, bumper, and inner fender wells getting ready for primer and paint. Got a new steering stabalizer shock im putting on wednesday. Heres a couple pics for now...

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

oh and i ran the vin # and found out this was originally a 2wd truck and someone did all this custom suspension or put a 4x4 frame under it. It has a big block 351 modified which is a 400 block with a smaller crank.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

painted the front when i got home from work. Still gotta paint the front half of the frame also.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

Painted part of the front frame with rubberized paint....im going to repaint the back half with the same stuff cuz it looks better. I also put on the new steering stabalizer. Looks plain so im going to find a rebel flag sticker to put on it.

 

[kickerlivinloud 10+ year member]

Man this thing looks dirty!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully I'll have a little project of my own starting up here in a while.

Jon

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

im going CHEAP on paint so im going with a tractor international harvester red....i bought 2 quarts in red primer today, going to get the cab sprayed down tomorrow probally then i still gotta do all the bodywork on the bed.

edit: after looking up the color i might get a quart of black and add a little into it to make it darker. Its not quite as dark of a red as i want. Or theres a gallon of mack red on ebay for $61.

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

Bought a red paint called sunrise red.... Been doing some more bodywork on the truck...took the mirrors off and started painting them...Got the 2 back tires off popping the seals on them because AFTER paying $40 to have a valve stem put in i tried putting air in the tire the other days and it fell inside //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/rolleyes.gif.c1fef805e9d1464d377451cd5bc18bfb.gif..... ill add a couple pics of the new rims and tires im getting... Most likely pick up the rims in 2 weeks when i get my check.

15x10.5" wheels -

38.5" tsl sx's

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

painted the cab today...as said before color is gloss sunrise red... Heres some pics...gettin rebel flag stickers made to cover the bottom of the doors.... And its just a cheap paintjob since its a offroad truck. Going to get a thing of metal flake and some clearcoat to put on it. The paint cost $16 lol

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

dosent look bad for a 16 dollar paint. should be a bamf on the trails.

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

for $16 id say thats not bad at all lol

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

looks better since it has dried..got more of a gloss to it....im about to take some pics and ill post one up in a little while

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

it looks pretty good in the sun...wish it was on it...but anyways heres a couple more pics since its dried

 

[pitbull12887 10+ year member]

took about a hour to do this today....didnt quite space the words out far enough but o well...

says "mud... O' hell yea!"

 

[jeeper07 5,000+ posts]

actually it says MUD..OHELLYA haha im jk looks good get it put back together with soe wheels and tires and go tear up some land