Detailing Ron Burgundy - Trials and Tribulations of Restoring 40 Old Paint

[jb3t]

OK... I admit, this is a little bit of a ripoff of the "Restoring Rusty" thread. Sort of like "Joanie Loves Chachi" was a ripoff to "Happy Days".

Anyway... meet our 1978 Chevy C10 pickup. His name is Ron Burgundy. This is actually my teenage son's truck. We got lucky with Ron as he's a one owner from 1978 with little rust, all original, but boy is the paint faded, oxidized, and full of small scratches. From afar, good ole Ron looks decent but up close, you can see the poor dude's age.

During this thread, I am going to document the process I went through. Maybe it can help someone or maybe folks can shoot holes in by process. I can tell you this, I am half done and the truck looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor.