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Originally Posted by PanelDeland
I would like to see more interior shots. I assume the rear walls are covered with something but it looks like the floor is stockish.
The truck looks great. I really like that blue. Someone(maybe you) did some over the top bodywork on it.
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The paint is base/clear the original color.
The floor is stock and there is no rot...I hope to get around to at least refinishing it one day.
The interior is Mahogany paneling stained a reddish cherry color and the urethaned.
Thanks for the compliment on the body work...That's three and a half years worth of body and mechanical work and a month and a half of guidecoat blocking. Another few weeks of color sanding and buffing after painting. I still have some of the roof to go. As I worked on it it seemed to get bigger and bigger. It really is a lot of real estate to cover. It's like color sanding two regular vehicles.
I wish I had a before picture of it but you'll just have to take my word for it when I say it was rough with lots of rust below the beltline. I had to fabricate a lot of patch panels all the way round the vehicle. Partial floor pans and the bottom of both door jams. The top jam on the passenger side. Rocker panels, inner and outer, below the front doors. The rear barn doors took two sets of doors to make two good ones and several patch panels on the rear door jams. Patch panels on the cowling and firewall...hidden but never the less rotten and full of sand, dirt and leaves where it's supposed to drain.
I thought I'd never get through it...I burned out and had to walk away several times. Then I'd see a Trucking magazine or a TV show build and get inspired to go back at it. I've kept up with how much I've spent and it's a huge amount of money but spread over time it's not so bad. I learned that next time I'll buy one in better condition to start on.
The satisfaction I guess is having done it all myself.
