Restoring Rusty

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rusty76

Are sure the license plate isn't in the way? Lol.

good guess, the license plate is dangling by two white zip ties, a tribute to the boyz of Roadkill

but you are in the right area, The Greg just had to get the roll pan with the license plate recess so sure enuff it hits the 2x4 at the back of the bed, so out comes the blue tape and the Wheel of Death

it was roughly 27" from the side to the indent on the pan, so I went 26 1/2 to make the cut just to have a bit of wiggle room, then I just bent the metal back instead of cutting it all out, you know if and when the time comes to put this NUMBERS MATCHING barn find to spec in time for 2038 SEMA

[Gregski]

I was too lazy to take the tailgate off before drilling the holes, and only after I scratched it up drilling the outside two holes (one on either side) did I put the blue tape on for "protection" to make you guys think I was that careful, but guess what even with the blue tape I mucked it up, ha ha - hey IT'S A TRUCK!

it was dark it was late, and I was sweating profusely = beer time

I took as many pics as I could (without getting off my butt) to show you how it looks all moched up, I will remove it and make it GREEN soon

also the phillips head screws they give you to hold this thing on are COMPLETELY and utterly useless, you need a hex head on a self tapping screw, just sayin'

[rusty76]

It looks good but where is my zip tie tip of the day? Lol

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rusty76

It looks good but where is my zip tie tip of the day? Lol

Ha ha, good one, well we aint got to the wiring yet, so stay tuned

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by rusty76

It looks good but where is my zip tie tip of the day? Lol

I told you we will have one....

the rubber radiator hold down thingies did not quite fit, so we improvised

[rusty76]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I told you we will have one....

the rubber radiator hold down thingies did not quite fit, so we improvised

Awesome. You did clip the ends correctly didn't you? Lol

[eric8]

Originally Posted by Gregski

I told you we will have one....

the rubber radiator hold down thingies did not quite fit, so we improvised

Just curious, but did you have to improvise with these because the Northern radiator wouldn't fit in the stock rubber mounts in the core support?

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by eric8

Just curious, but did you have to improvise with these because the Northern radiator wouldn't fit in the stock rubber mounts in the core support?

which Post # are you referring to bud, I don't know exactly where to look?

[eric8]

Originally Posted by Gregski

which Post # are you referring to bud, I don't know exactly where to look?

It was near post 4983 where you put in the new radiator. It looked like you had some improvised rubber mounts. Was just curious if it was a true direct fit radiator, and how it is holding up?

[Gregski]

decided to finally mount the horn back up, hey pretty girls ain't gonna honk at themselves!

[Gregski]

then I remembered why I was in no hurry to git it back on, it don't work, or so I thought

luckily Mopar Seth came by and the dude is a wizard with [my] Multimeter and in about 2 seconds flat he goes your brand new Grant steering wheel horn button is DEFECTIVE, that's college kid speak for BROKEN

he says, just buy a new universal one and call it good, then he went inside to get a beer

that was both good news (in the sense that I wired it up right) and bad news in the sense that I hate buying new stuff to replace new stuff

so by the time he came back out I had the button in a million pieces

turns out that gold dish cup thing was not dished enuff so we set it on a big nut basically a round donut with a hole in it and punched it with a punch and a 3 lbs sledge once and dished it out proper

and whalla problem = solution

[harley87ta]

I think we need a sound clip of the horn working. hahaha

[Gregski]

so I figured spend another $18 bucks on a can of factory match paint that don't match or spend half that on POTENTIAL, ie Plasti Dip Camo Green [ahem] Verde

[Gregski]

this is what we're going for

[Gregski]

first coat, you shoot them 30 minutes apart

[Gregski]

second coat - with a close up

[Deer_hunter_088]

beautiful truck!!! rusty better stick around for a long time

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Deer_hunter_088

beautiful truck!!! rusty better stick around for a long time

Rusty's been called a lot of things, but "beautiful" now that's a first!

[Deer_hunter_088]

Originally Posted by Gregski

Rusty's been called a lot of things, but "beautiful" now that's a first!

Eh have you seen my c10! Makes rusty look brand new

[Jeramy]

the world needs more od green 2wd chevys. but thats just my personal opinion.

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by jeramy

the world needs more od green 2wd chevys. But thats just my personal opinion.

lol

[Gregski]

third and final coat

[Gregski]

found a pic of a shrink wrapped C10

[rusty76]

Tell me your not going to change colors of the old boy. Lol plasti dip the whole truck. Might be expensive. I do like the green and if I squint real hard I can see rusty looking like the Ferrari. Lol

[Gregski]

so bolted up the plasti dipped roll pan, not quite the green I was hoping for and the sun behind me makes for a bad pic with the shadows but its done