1965 C10 Uncle's truck

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the bed after stripping with a 40 grit brown 3M scotchbrite bristle disc in a 4.5" electric grinder. This was 6 layers before stripping:


The tops of both bed rails were bowed upward quite a bit. I used 2" thickwall box steel, two wood blocks, and a large c-clamp to get them flat. The passenger side was hammered badly in two places, and I had to work out the dents and then do quite a bit of shrinking to get them in decent shape. I skimmed the sides with rage gold to hide the years of abuse and then used PPG Omni high build primer in about 4 applications to get it fairly straight. 3M seam sealer went in the seams. Omni primer sealer, one layer an hour before the paint.



Hot Rod Flatz metallic silver:

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Parts:

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An in progress shot of the bed. The cab is mostly blocked out. I will sand it again this weekend and hopefully go right to primer sealer and paint. I sure hope I got it straight enough.



You can almost see the layers: Factory black primer and green paint, Rustoleum Brown (YUCK!!) Automotive primer, primer sealer, light blue paint. That paint job was done under a plastic enclosed carport in a 4 day weekend 28 years ago by a younger me. In that time I had forgotten what areas I had mudded up because I didn't own body hammers.

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Finally getting some sunlight on it:

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Looks like some of my photos are missing.