We'll have to see how it holds up. I had used Zero Rust with crystal coat on my 58 and that didn't last 2 years before the clear hazed up and the thing looked like it hadn't been painted.
I then painted the JD last year and it still looks very good. So that got me on to this paint for this truck. Who knows if it holds up, but a top coat sure won't cost much.
The bed is going to get spray in bedliner (Dupilcolor) once I get the cab finished and painted. I figured that I didn't have to worry about slopping the paint about in the bed when I spray on the booger liner. I used that same stuff in my 47 jeep on the flooring and it really made it look a lot better. I have already painted my big industrial rear step bumper in that bed liner, and I will probably paint my brush guard with it as well.
The brush guard was a nice find - someone down the block (about 4-5 houses) put the thing on the side of the curb for the garbage man and I saw it and thought 'wow that ought to fit my truck'. Sure enough it seems to have been made for it! I got the truck itself from next door neighbor sans engine/tranny for $100. AC bits all had been removed as well.
I didn't go perfect in the bondo on the thing mainly because with white, at 1 ft away you can't hardly see the problems anyhoo. However with the new finishline III gun and easy spraying BPS Gloss white, well, I am halfway proud of it!
As soon as I get the paint did I just have to hook up my TV cable for the 700R4 and fill it with goo, plus put in the radiator, etc, and it should be ready to rock and roll. It has a 230 I6 with clifford intake/exhaust manifolds on it so it should have ok POP off the line and good economy. Will eventually replace my car. I got 96 excursion seats for it too. See my tech tip on seat cleaning.
AC, coil springs, and a hydramatic, man, you could take u a woman in that!
