2 year repainting project finally done.
 

I have been doing body work in my spare time on this truck for 2 years now. I just painted it myself two weeks ago. After spending days color sanding another project car I have I was very careful to put the clear on without runs or orange peel. It turned out pretty good. I also got some new wheels, 16" Mickey Thompson Classic II wheels on Goodyear Wranglers.
My theme with this truck is "How they should have built it" It looks pretty stock but it has a high compression 350, a 200-4R trans, 4 wheel disc brakes and power steering. So it drives like a modern vehicle.

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Great Job!! That looks real nice.:thumbs:

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Great job like the color My uncles was that color

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:agree:......looks nice.

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Truck is as good as the DIY attitude and modernization. I like it!

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Nice 65.

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Good work truck looks awesome! :metal:

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great job, I hope mine turns out that nice!

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Very nice!

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nice looking truck!! :cong:

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:metal:

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Looks great! Is that the factory blue color?

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Beautiful!

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Sweet truck. Nice job!

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That's how I want my 66 to turn out. Nice stock look. I even have a similar rear bumper. I thought about changing it out for the standard chrome version, but it's just so dang functional, I'll leave it as is.

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I really like that orange!;)

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Yes, this was the original color of this truck. I had to go to a couple different paint shops before I found one that could match the original color code. Its Urethane and the original was lacquer so it might not be exact. When I replaced the windshield gasket and looked at the blue in there it was a lot more dull. The clear makes it shine a lot more.

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This bumper has been customized slightly by a previous owner. They usually have sides that touch the rear fenders. Someone cut those off and filled in the back side of the bumper with diamond plate. The section under the tailgate had diamond there too, but it had been hacked up for different things over the years so I welded on a new thin metal plate. I'm going to mount my backup lights and a trailer hitch on that plate. I have been looking for a factory photo of a truck with one of these "Step-&-Tow" bumpers, I don't know if they were a dealer add-on.
I wanted to keep this truck functional. I see a lot of great looking trucks at car shows, but I want to be able to use mine. I am getting the bed sides, rails and the top of the steps covered in body colored Line-X in a couple weeks. No worries about dings that way.

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I can't picture any other vehicle that would look good in this color, but for some reason it works on this truck. Thats for all the replies everyone.

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Be sure and post pics when that's done. I'll be doing the same thing.

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nice work....looks real good

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You give me the hope that that I too can paint my own truck and parts. Would you give a brief explination on what you did and where you painted the truck? Was it in your garage? etc.

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The wheel and tire combo match perfect with the paint and the truck's stance.

It's got that "Yeah, I'm a classic" look, "but I can still haul the fence posts."

Mac.:chevy:

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That turned out very nice. I like the overall look of the truck as well.

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All that hard work has paid off! That truck looks GREAT!! :metal:

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X2

Looks good man....Must feel good now, doesn't it ?

Awesome !

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Excellent job. That truck should last forever! Phil:metal:

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Mind sharing whos' brand you ended up using? I am a big North Carolina basketball fan and want to paint mine that factory color...will be looking for paint soon.

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Nice work! The truck is beautiful...

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She's a beauty!!:metal:

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It was a long journey. I started by taking the bed off and apart to replace the wood. Then while it was off I painted the back of the truck. I just did it in my carport. I worked on the pieces for about a month at a time, each fender, tailgate and hood. My father and I built a spray booth in the carport with PVC pipe, hooks, rope and plastic sheeting. We even had an exhaust fan. I painted the rear fenders and bed sides in there and some other small parts.
When it came time to paint the hood it was a calm day and we were to lazy to setup the booth so we shot it in the open. It came out ok, one bug and some orange peel. For the rest of the truck we decided to use a booth, I have a friend who paints cars in a converted garage and he let us use that. But I could have painted it all in my carport. The thing is, the clearcoat gets EVERYWHERE. Luckily my neighbors didn't complain, but I had to clay bar the windshield of my Toyota which sat 30ft away from where I sprayed.

I used a HVLP gun from Devilbris, $160, for paint and a siphon gun for primer. I put down sealer primer first, then lacquer primer afterwards because it seems to sand easier. Also, since it was 2 different colors of primer it helped in finding low spots.

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The brand is called Nason. The paint guy explained it was not the most expensive but much better than the shop-line stuff. This color should do well in the sun too.