Project Charity Case

[VA72C10]

I'm glad you got the truck as it will be used for a good purpose and it's obvious you have the skills to fix it. I don't and honestly didn't realize the rust was as bad as it turned out being. Sorry you had the extra work and hidden problems. But the truck's value is now a lot more that the rust is fixed. Did you try the CLR on the bed? Interested how that came out since it was in such good shape.

[brn agn]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

I'm glad you got the truck as it will be used for a good purpose and it's obvious you have the skills to fix it. I don't and honestly didn't realize the rust was as bad as it turned out being. Sorry you had the extra work and hidden problems. But the truck's value is now a lot more that the rust is fixed. Did you try the CLR on the bed? Interested how that came out since it was in such good shape.

I used the CLR on the bedsides, but not in the bed. I am thinking about having the bed floor sand blasted and painted or coated...I have not decided yet.

I did try buffing the paint in one place with a Porter Cable 7424 and the paint shined up. My plan is to work on it a little at a time and try to bring the shine back.

The rust issues were not hidden. I had full knowledge of the rust that was hiding under the dash. In fact, I have pictures from when I first looked at the truck that show how bad it was. I know I have the protect-o-plate and the original owner's name, but do you know the history of the truck in between the original owner and yourself? Whoever it was really liked to lay fiberglass...and he smoked a pipe.

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by brn agn

I used the CLR on the bedsides, but not in the bed. I am thinking about having the bed floor sand blasted and painted or coated...I have not decided yet.

I did try buffing the paint in one place with a Porter Cable 7424 and the paint shined up. My plan is to work on it a little at a time and try to bring the shine back.

The rust issues were not hidden. I had full knowledge of the rust that was hiding under the dash. In fact, I have pictures from when I first looked at the truck that show how bad it was. I know I have the protect-o-plate and the original owner's name, but do you know the history of the truck in between the original owner and yourself? Whoever it was really liked to lay fiberglass...and he smoked a pipe.

I'm not sure but the guy I bought it from was the one planning on tubbing it. He told me he had bought it from the original owner. I didn't ever research it, but his story was the gentleman that had it used it to go back and forth to the grocery store and had it under a carport. Probably why it got the pine needles/leaves in the cowl and wiring gutter that created the rust issue. The pipe is supposedly the original owner's

[Becker67]

Brn agn love the truck. I think it looks perfect the way it is. Heres a pic of mine. it has a 4/6 drop from ece. Minus the the spindles. I made my own dropped a arms. It has 275/60/15 on the back and 255/60/15 on the front.

[bigblazerboy]

beautiful truck and thats some good rust repair you did man. keep up the good work.

[brn agn]

I was able to get a few things accomplished yesterday on the truck. The inside of the gas tank was rusted badly. A previous owner had installed a clear fuel filter prior to the carb and I was constantly cleaning the sediment out of it. So, I found a used gas tank locally. It too had rust in it, but it was not out of control like the stock tank. I used a product from KBS Coatings to clean and seal the second tank. Here is a picture of what the coating looks like when it is cured:



It seems like a decent product. So, yesterday I removed the original tank:



The 3 digit number on the passenger side of the cab caught my eye. I knew I had seen "846" before. That is when I realized that it is also written on the hood:



I assume that this was a sequence number used at the factory?

I installed the new/used tank and took the opportunity to blow out all of the fuel lines. I am pretty certain there was blockage in the line between the sending unit and rubber hose that connects to the fuel line inside the frame.

The fuel gauge has never worked, and I tracked it down to a bad sending unit. The tank that I bought had a working sending unit, so installed it as well. Now, all of the gauges are working. Most of you probably realize that there were two different size fuel lines available in these trucks: 3/8" and 5/16". Since this truck has a 2 barrel carb, it has the smaller 5/16" line. The sending unit I was using had the 3/8" line. I purchased a brass adapter fitting from my local Napa in order to connect the larger sending unit to the smaller lines in the truck. The other option would have been to change my fuel lines over to 3/8", but I was not ready to do that. Here is a shot of the "new" gas tank installed:



The next step is to install the sound deadener and rubber mat.