Restoring Rusty

[69Tom]

Originally Posted by gmcpainting

I ended up stripping it and did it over, I went lighter on the base coat and it’s looking better this time.
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What color did you end up using?

[gmcpainting]

Originally Posted by 69Tom

What color did you end up using?

For the base I got a can of Krylon “satin brown boots” and for the gel stain I went with Old Masters golden oak. For the clear coat I am using an Old masters Spar-marine varnish rattle can in gloss.

[gmcpainting]

I thought about putting a supercharger or turbo kit on the 4.8, but both kits cost more than a ls2 from a tbss with a t56 set up set up from a local junk yard, so it looks like I may be going that route instead
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[Blue GMC]

With paint work coming what color are you thinking? Staying with lime green or another color.

[gmcpainting]

Originally Posted by Blue GMC

With paint work coming what color are you thinking? Staying with lime green or another color.

I am still undecided between some kind of orange and the lime green

[Wide Open]

What's going on with Rusty? I've been offline for a while and don't see any updates since late last year.

[Rich84]

He has another thread somewhere on here. He is going electric.

[Wide Open]

Originally Posted by Rich84

He has another thread somewhere on here. He is going electric.

Yeah I saw that but that’s for his 71. Dusty I think.

Don’t tell me Rusty has been kicked to the curb!

[gmcpainting]

Hi everyone, it’s been a long year, sorry I haven’t updated y’all on Rusty. Rusty has not been kicked to the curb, I am in the process of getting body work and paint done. It has been at the shop for about 5 months now but I hope to have it finished within 2 months. Right now it’s almost prepped and ready for primer. I am going with the original Lime green by the way. I really do believe these old trucks have soul and character, Rusty turned right on after being parked for months. I can’t wait to show you all when it’s done with paint!
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[Gregski]

Wow, he naked!

you can use a free product called IrfanView to rotate and save your pics prior to posting to ensure they turn out up right, it sucks that we have to do that but that's the iPhone world these days

[gmcpainting]

They are finally starting to spray Rusty! I will upload some pics here in a minute, it keeps logging me out when I try to upload photos

[gmcpainting]

down to bare metal…. Rusty is finally out of the spray booth, time to wet sand; buff and put it back together. Shout out to Gregski for really cleaning up the truck his hard work does not go unnoticed

[gmcpainting]

It has been a long year with rusty down at da body shop since the end of March. Sorry, everyone for not keeping up with this thread, there has not been much to update… until now that ol Rusty is finally painted. I will be posting pics I have taken on my iPhone and analog point and shoot cameras.

[gmcpainting]

[69Tom]

Great color!

[gmcpainting]

Rusty is out of the body shop. I just need to adjust the Eddie Motorsport hood hinges I got and a new windshield. Pretty happy with how it turned out

[Rickysnickers]

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[maxx442a1]

Lookin' good!

[gmcpainting]

New windshield in, I bought some wheels and tires they should come in this week. I’d like to put a QA1 coil over suspension but it is pretty expensive so I’m going to save up for that. Still haven’t adjusted the hinges but I’m happy with the paint job.

[gmcpainting]

New American Racing 18” wheels for Rusty

[Rickysnickers]

Nice

[cadillac_al]

I checked out this thread because it was a 74 med olive truck. That has been my new favorite color for the past 10 years. I used to hate it lol. Your new paint doesn't look like the 74 color though. It looks more like the 76 Lime green color. It's still a sharp truck though.

[doowopper]

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[gmcpainting]

Hi everyone hope everyone is well. I haven’t kept up with this thread because I’ve been busy with work, not much has been done to ol Rusty since paint and wheels back in January, and quite frankly I’m just not as cool and witty or knowledgeable as my pal Gregski. I will try to do my best and update you guys more often. I’ve been looking into buying an under the dash old time air ac system cause I wanna keep the dash trim so I will keep you guys posted. Here’s a pic I took last month

[Gregski]

Originally Posted by Chaplain

As usual. Nice job sir. Thanks for another tutorial.

You're welcome I appreciate the kind words