my 77 4x4 rebuild

[winky]

^^ lol. I have some updates to post later on tonight when I get time

spent a week and a half hammering this fender out... removed about 4 lbs of bondo and and 6lbs of paint off it. the truck i got this bed off of had 8 coats of paint...top coat was flaking off then the the third coat was also flaking in spots... between the two they used some type of industrial paint at some time... 36 grit wasn't touching it.. anyways 4 cans of air craft stripper and a ton of sanding pads and a little bit of body filler and it looks pretty decent.


started stripping the bed and other fender yesterday while at work... bodo galore and just way too much paint.... everything really needs to be sand blasted and fixed but i don't have a sand blaster that can do it time efficiently. not only that but everything is so rough it would take a TON of work to fix it right sooooo.... i pulled out the angle grinder on the bed its going to get bed lined and the fender, i just fixed the major stuff i could with 80 grit on a da and left the rest. its a mud truck its going to see some more damage. also the paint im using is rustoleum hammerd grey it costs around $50 to paint the entire truck so when i go out and mess it all up ill just repaint it one weekend staying budget friendly on the cosmetic part of this truck

[Tonka]

Looking real good! What color is it going to be? Love that stamped Chevrolet tail gate!!How much of the original bed were you able to reuse?

[winky]

its going to be hammered grey. define original bed haha. the bed that was on the truck when i bought it is sitting out back. its a fleet side in mint condition. i bought a parts truck about a year ago and stole the step side bed off it to use. as far as that bed goes  im using all of its original parts. fixed rusted out side steps and cut all the rotted/rusted floor out of it going to reinforce the bed and put a steel floor in it. i have a scrap bed that i had planed on cutting the floor out of to use in this bed but we will just have to see. i think for now im just going to lay a plate in there to get me by.

[87V20Kansan]

Cool old truck Winky. The picture of the kid swinging from the door jamb is just classic.

[winky]

thankyou he is a mechanic in the training follows me everywhere even spreads my  sockets all over the grass for me when im under a truck working on it lol

[winky]

Got a little bit more done this week. the bed is pretty much done as far as metal work. and i also got my twin sticks in monday still have to modify the floor some floor those. (2wd cab)

[Greybeard]

Cool! Looks heavy now LOL.

Just curious, is that your personal shop or where you work? That is about what I used have at my job, and I could keep my stuff inside there while I was working on it. My truck sat inside waiting three months to get it's engine back in. 

[winky]

its where i work. i wish it was my shop. i work at a collision repair shop and im on straight commission so when we are slow or have nothing to do i always try to keep something there to work on

[winky]

got a little bit more done today, sprayed bed liner on the bed sides and the tail gate

[bd]

Coming along very nicely.

[winky]

thankyou. i need to put some kind of design on the hood in black to help it go with the bed. i dont want racing stripes though lol

[bake74]

     That sprayed on bed liner does not look all that bad, the pictures are a little bit grainy to see a clear picture, but I think it is going to look good.

[Greybeard]

Lookin Good!

Is that the hot Rhino lining stuff or the cold Line-X type stuff? I guess it's all pretty much the same anymore.

We had our 98 Rangers bed Rhino lined when we bought it new. I really liked the hot version, solid, thick, strong and resilient. Didn't let anything slide around because it felt like hard rubber with texture.

[75_chevy]

sick truck nice work!!


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[winky]

thanks everyone i have pretty much finished the bed now. the bed liner i was using is a mix of dupli color and finish masters bed liner i ran out of the finish masters bed liner (its a hot bed liner and it is pretty tuff) the other is a cold bed liner never used it before... guess we will see how well it hold up. ill try to get some better pics if i can find my camera. hopefully loading my truck up in a few hours if i can find a trailer big enough and caring it to the shop