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Okay all, I am planning to do some body work/ paint my 3/4 ton.

I want a utility coat sot hat I am not afraid to use the truck, I have the all original 49 1/2 ton, so I am rigidly flexible on the 3/4 ton. The truck will be original in the mechanical/electrical sense, the engine will be the correct gray color. I like the Valspar hunter green color- like a faded forrester paint-
and The interior will be the Jim Carter interior paint that is original color.

My basic plans are to take a fender at a time(the right front and right rear fender are getting replaced) and media blast it, then etch primer, then spray some basic guide stuff on there to catch any dents, then sand, primer, sand again, then shoot the single stage valspar(tractor supply kind) in four coats, probably letting each coat get tacky in between coats.

then the hood

I plan to do one at a time, then the cab and doors in one job(not one day, together as one item)

Then the bed fenders and little sub rear fenders
then the box and tailgate,

then the running boards and inner fenders(in black)

I then will put in a new treated pine wood bed with painted black rails and hardware.

Like I said, I want it to look decent, but not be afraid to drive it.
Does this seem like a decent plan, I am new to body work(I do have a couple patch panels to put in on the cab- corners- anyways- plus retack the floor to the firewall in one spot.)

Thanks,
Sam