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What color? repaint it original or redo the old metalflake Blue respray

original light tealish color (i dont think thats faded any?)
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the old sunfaded metalic blue
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cant beat the Patina of a well used truck....
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another seat swap 86 split-back bench into my68 F250CS pics

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:evil:

I love my new seat! it just sucks that i finally had to remove the vintage 70's speakerboxes off the B pillar :lol:

but i'm more mad that i have to modify the gunrack or move it up
i know i cant have guns on it in IL but they look like they were the first add-on to the truck so they'll stay :D (maybe i can make a pair of fake shotgun's lol) :hmm:

and i found what i can resonably assume is what she looked like originally a light teal that doesnt look like a bad color, but someone had done a halfa$$ed repaint with a nice (but sunfaded/weather worn) metalic blue at some point. so i started thinking...since i've sprayed more than a couple vehicles with decent results maybe i should repaint at some point...

as for now i like the "Patina", looks like a well taken care of "Manly" truck :lol: the engine patina is vintage 68 road grime :D

Pics! (i didnt take any of the old stuff i found under the mat and seat! :cry: )
Before!
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Finished! (I'm slowly disolving the rust on the drivers floor to primer it paint and maybe Hurculine it, without mixing up those rubber chunks)
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my old man got me these for my Bday, perfect for the truck!
he's an OTR driver for TMC, so he picked em up at the huge truck stop in Iowa. i got a pair of mudflaps from TMC also but i dont know if i want em on there (these are huge mudflaps!)
and yes she was a nekid model...you can see the nips!
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Before: (note the debris!)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/ ... efore2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/ ... efore1.jpg

Old seat:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/ ... hseat1.jpg

New seat (was still cleaning it!) from my old 86 F150/250 Frankentruck
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v452/ ... hseat3.jpg

Al sfter he just pinched his finger in the track, i just managed to capture him in the shot!!!! he was doing it since he has smaller paws to put the bolts in! boy i saved myself from that headache!!! :lol: :D
It really wasnt too hard putting the 68 brackets on the 86 seat, a couple smacks with the hammer removed the 68 studs and we just used the 86 bolts on the seat (did a little grinding to get the fronts in there)
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now i just need to do the frontend swap, and the brakes, and the gears, and the............... :D

BTW It fired right up after sitting for over 2 months 8)

I love this truck!
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[/whoring about my Bertha] :lol:
1994 Olds 442 (425 cid-4 wheel drive-2 V6's) http://www.cardomain.com/id/94twinengine442 13.81 @ 98.2 MPH 1.9s 60's
68 F250 Camper Special 390FE/NP435/3.73D60
soon: 79 F350 disk brakes w/ 3.55 D60, pneumatic, 1750w AC inverter, Vector 1600w lightbar, 200A 3g alt, all a mobile gearhead needs
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Post by spartman »

Your old man stopped in at Walcott then and got those items for ya.

Been there and what a PLACE!!!!!!

Think I should go back and get a set of the train horns they have. :evil: :evil: :evil:
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Post by turbocharged400sbc »

walcott! i couldnt remember the name of the joint...he said it's huge so i'll have to believe him lol

they were the only place where he could find mirror image neked chicks for me...

yeah my mind is in the sewer, but i'm just a chip off the old block :D

i dont have trainhorns but i got a pair of airhorns for my truck :evil:

i have sooo much stuff to install...bertha has no clue :lol:
1994 Olds 442 (425 cid-4 wheel drive-2 V6's) http://www.cardomain.com/id/94twinengine442 13.81 @ 98.2 MPH 1.9s 60's
68 F250 Camper Special 390FE/NP435/3.73D60
soon: 79 F350 disk brakes w/ 3.55 D60, pneumatic, 1750w AC inverter, Vector 1600w lightbar, 200A 3g alt, all a mobile gearhead needs
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Post by flyboy2610 »

turbocharged400sbc wrote:
i dont have trainhorns but i got a pair of airhorns for my truck :evil:

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You set 'em off in town and cause an accident you will be liable.
I've been to Iowa80, the name of the truck stop. It is huge!
It's a real PIA to find a parking spot for a semi after about 8:00 though.
Get there early if you're staying the night! :wink:
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Post by foghorn »

I will atest to the no parking bit. But that is the case with any truck stop. More so out on the east coast.
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