bumpin around with the 69

[austin]

ive been doing lots and lots of work to the old bump and i figured you guys would want to see pics heres a few the color is rustolem smoke grey and rustolem flat black on the rear bumper and fender skirts i installed a nose of a 72 and the seat from the same truck i also tinted the rear window with %20 tint so what do you all think?








heres the befores

[19ford71]

Wow, thats definitely an improvement. Looks good! It was probably easy on the wallet too!

[austin]

yeah i was about 200 bucks in parts 40 for paint 20 bucks in thinner and some other stuff masking tape, paper etc. i did all my paint/rust striping with a 20 dollar dual action sander and a 2.5hp 10 gallon air commpersor it took about a month to get the thing all cleaned up and i still need a better tailgate and grill
heres the old seat

heres my new seat

heres a recent engine bay pic too

[67nukeford]

Looks great!

[austin]

here some during pics



and a pic with me in it i was forced

[knightfire83]

Very nice work!! Looks Great.

[hazelnut]

Looks good,keep on bumpin

[67nukeford]

What did you use to strip it down with?

[austin]

What did you use to strip it down with?

i was useing a dual action sander it costed me 20 bucks but then i bought a 3m paint striper that goes on a drill it work alot better than the sander but i still had to go over the bare metal with the sander to get the scratches out that the drill thingy put in the metal

[67nukeford]

I have a small pot blaster, and I'm trying to decide between using it, with the soda blast adapter, or just stripping it with a disc like you did.

[austin]

i would try that pot blaster on the bed seams its very very dificult to remove the rust/filler stuff in there

[austin]

heres some of me painting it i will post more as i upload them into my photobucket account

[SoCalExile]

Looking good..keep us updated

[austin]

some more pics of my interor first is before and after of my gauge needles

before


after


and some diamond plate metal work i did and my custom painted hurst t-handle

[72stepside]

Yeah... another inline-6

If you decide to paint the interior, don't be afraid of it. It takes no time to get the dash pad, instrument cluster, seat, switches, door panels and heater controls out of the way so you can spray it. I did mine in the F100 in three nights (disassembly-paint-assembly) with a rattle can. Turned out pretty nice and only cost about $25 bucks (paint, tape, etc). I just cleaned the existing paint and roughed it up with some 240 wet dry. Still looks good after 3 years.

I hit all the switch bezels and other chrome parts with some chrome polish while they were out just to finish it off.

Good job!