looked at my future 72'
 

Well my good friends dad decided to sell me one of their 5 72's...this one is a Ocre yellow 72' LWB fleet, 350,350, factory WORKING A/C. grill isnt busted. one problem...


This thing is ugly, has all the trim but the paints faded off and rusted, the cab is a mess, the bench is torn up,,needs a rocker and cab corner replacement on one side. but im only paying $800 for the truck and it runs and drives, doesnt eat tires, just has a mean exhaust leak.

My Thoughts are get it, take two days off work, hit it hard and strip the paint, clean the rust off, and throw it in black primer till i can get some qaulity time with it, then De-grease and clean up the engine bay, and then take out the interior, do some cleaning in there, maybe find a new bench? and while i have that all out, rhino line the floorboard. The inside smells like a grease rag so maybe cleaning that will work that out.

As for as the motor, this drivetrain is reallly solid. maybe do some headers, and a full exhaust. and be done.

But what would everyone do about the paint? i really just want to get it into one color for the moment. ive heard use naval jelly on the rust spots but here is my total thoughts

Stripper
Scrapper
Naval Jelly
80 Grit sand paper
masking tape
newspaper
self etching black primer and go to town.

i think i could knock the truck out in 2 days.

Re: looked at my future 72'
 

you'll want to use epoxy primer to keep it from rusting, and it'll cost more than a cheap paint job.
I'd just leave it alone till you can do it all correctly.
Navel jelly is good stuff, but if you don't get it all off the metal, off every nook and cranny, it will cause trouble down the road. On an assembled vehicle, you are better off just going with sand paper.

Re: looked at my future 72'
 

I'm not a paint guy by trade but some of my best friends are . I think you are going to have to cover the eitch primer with an epoxy type primer if you are not going to paint for some time..I'm sure there are some paint guys on here that know for sure....Good luck with the truck........

Re: looked at my future 72'
 

i had a thought for a quick fix type deal to use John Deere Blitz Black

Re: looked at my future 72'
 

Bump...send low budget fixes please!

Re: looked at my future 72'
 

I've seen some posts here where people have done a roll-on paint job on the cheap.. I did one with rattle cans, when I was young and dumb. (16) and it faded in 30 days..