Well, I had Olathe Armature rebuild my starter and generator- the turnaround was about 2 hours(I was hoping for less that two weeks, But I am not complaining-
I got the first quote back for the body work- if you are not sitting down, please sit down-
They quoted between 15K and 25K for bodywork and paint- towards 15K for single stage enamel, towards 25K for paint and clear(modern paint job)
So after the hopes of not having to do body work I pulled out the old sandblaster-
Hooked up the compressor- cleaned the nozzle- and shot a few beads- just cleaned of few small areas- I need tog et a tarp and more blast media, new googles, gloves mask etc.
So the new plan is to blast- prime- do some corrective work, then touch up primer- I would do the body work first- but I want to see what is under all of the grey primer that coats the entire truck-
I am now thinking of Hunter green from valspar for the truck body color- I know it is not the original color(not far off) but I really like the way it looks-
and I am planning not to clear coat it-
My thoughts are that I want to not be afraid to drive the thing- and if it gets scratched up I can touch it up more easily-
so my thoughts for now- first the cab outer, then the door outers, then the fenders- then the inner fenders in black, then the inner doors and cab,
I plan to assemble that, and get the truck complete sans bed-
then do the bed box and fenders- running boards-
then put the wood in-
I love an always changing plan,
I have one small part on the parking brake that is stopping me from tipping the cab on it back so I can rust treat the underside and then touch up the frame-
Did I mention I cannot wait to drive this truck when it is finished?
