Faded Glory (1971 med bronze patina refresh)

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The name Faded Glory came to me while dragging this truck home. Like a comfortable pair of well broken in jeans. A few tears and plenty of signs of use, but comfortable to wear.

It has a 350/350 setup with power steering and not a whole lot else. It was ordered to be a truck, and I can tell that’s how it was used.

I always like the upper trim only for some reason, and the white rims and bumper compliment the two-tone white roof.

This will be another “refresh”. My plan is to get the mechanicals repaired (tune up, brakes, electrical functional), new white stripe tires, replace the black interior vinyl, and clean ad detail everything. I haven’t decided if it needs hubcaps or wheel covers just yet. No lowering, cutting, or big wheels. Those are just not my thing.

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On the phone it’s one photo at a time mode…

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Cropped…

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Of course the bed was full of sh..stuff. Leaned all that out when I got it home.

Btw… that rope in the pic, I’m pretty sure is holding up an exhaust pipe haha

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This is a first… can’t spin open the gas cap without opening the door first.

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Loading it on the trailer was fun. Four flat tires, doesn’t run, and my manual trailer winch handle broke. Fortunately I always take everything I might need when I go herding turds, so I had a come-along and tow strap. Just took forever and wore me out! Unfortunately I was too occupied to take pictures of that.

Once back in town (after clearing out the bed), I swung through the car wash to knock off the webs.

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Tomorrow I plan to unload it, put it up on jack stands, and pull the wheels so I can get going on some tires. Then DMV shenanigans and ordering some things this week I’ll need to get it running.

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Some comparisons between caps vs covers… what do you guys think?