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[QUOTE="powerstroker66, post: 516999, member: 8580"] All right guys im going to start a thread here on my truck restoration project. It should be a wake up call for some of you guys that are considering in doing the same thing, this should put in perspective what it takes to do these trucks the right way and not paint rust! Truck started out as a 95' ECLB truck that had 200k on it and living in the NE its life it certainly saw its amount of rust. [ATTACH=full]99929[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99930[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99931[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99932[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99933[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99934[/ATTACH] Truck doesn't look terrible right? WRONG check out what i ran into when the bed came off.... [ATTACH=full]99935[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99936[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99937[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99938[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99939[/ATTACH] Once i saw this it was no longer going to be a quick job...at this point everything had to be gutted from the frame... [ATTACH=full]99940[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99942[/ATTACH] once it was down the the frame where the bad rust was it was time to tackle the front end. Once again it wasn't going to just be a "replace the fender" job..after seeing the condition of the Rad support, i decided i would strip the front end as much as i could. [ATTACH=full]99943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99944[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99945[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99946[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99947[/ATTACH] alright so now that the truck was as striped as i wanted to go in order to sand blast the rust i decide it was about that time. [ATTACH=full]99948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99949[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99950[/ATTACH] After 6 hours of sand blasting in 98 degree weather the truck was basically rust free for the first time in 15 years. everything got blasted including cab corners, inner fenders, tanks, leafs, all misc. brakets etc. etc. Then i started the task of painting, a 2 part PPG epoxy primer is the way to go for bonding the best. The from the cab back where the frame was pitted u used 3M shutz to coat it and give it texture. For the rest of the truck i used a 3-part urthane. I know all of you guys love POR 15 but when you break down the science of it its still a single stage paint that has limited durabilty in relivance to a 2 or 3 part activated system. [ATTACH=full]99951[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99952[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99953[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99954[/ATTACH] once it was curred it was time to start assembling. New leafs and all new shackles, brakets and lines were done. [ATTACH=full]99955[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99956[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99957[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99958[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99959[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99960[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]99961[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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