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So...over the Christmas break I spent WAAAAY too much time on fantasizing about the paint job for my '82 Ford project. Typical Clay: planning for step 5 when I'm stuck on step 2 with no engine or transmission yet! Call me visionary...

 

But, I'd love to post a poll for CR's opinion on what to paint it in the early spring. Stock color is red with red vinyl interior with white steel wheels and silver bumpers/accents. The paint is faded with some spots of rust (which I'll repair), and for a $1k truck I am not wanting to do a ton of body work when additional rust repair will likely pop up in the next 2-3 years. Cheap paint job (Rustoleum? Summit single-stage urethane?) is in order. I will do the necessary prep work to get the surface as smooth as I can, and fix a few dents along the way, followed by a primer as necessary. Color choices?

 

1) Rustoleum red with white wheels

2) "rat rod" matte black/gray with red wheels

3) Epoxy primer, then different top coat altogether

4) Leave it rusted-and-busted.

5) Farkas "dub-style": de-arched rear leaf springs, cut front springs, white body paint with rusted red hood, neon-green stock steel wheels with no hubcaps. :)

 

My skin is thick, and this is my hobby truck so fire away. Also, feel free to Photoshop below. Thanks!

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=669&pictureid=5384

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=669&pictureid=5383

http://www.columbusracing.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=669&pictureid=5382

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Richard Cranium Newbie

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I would keep the rusted and busted look to it, but I would fix any rust and keep it from degrading further. Maintain it as a solid platform for the next owner, or if you decide to customize it later you won't need to do a crap load of rehab. Mechanically good, structurally good, cosmetically ......
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I'd give it a more budget friendly "in progress" look. Leave the body alone, but give the wheels a fresh coat of white with some new white letter tires, then polish up the center caps and front bumper/grille then repaint the rear bumper silver. If the center caps can't be saved I'd just paint them with the same silver you use on the rear bumper. A slight drop would look good and make it easier to load/unload things.

 

I think if you're not going to go all out (which I would not suggest with that truck lol) then its best just to restore it back to oem. I think repairing and repainting the whole truck would just be throwing money down the drain if you don't intend to keep it for a long time.

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Let me backtrack on my zealousness...most of my research involved looking at instructables.com, rickwrench.com, HOT ROD Magazine, etc... on "cheap" paint jobs. Roll-on Rustoleum paint jobs and the like that are so popular on the web these days. Spending $200 or less on a 10-20ft paint job.

 

At the bare minimum, I will clean up/paint the bumpers and wheels. The hubcaps are straight but too much surface corrosion to polish...and I'm not paying someone $30 an hour for polishing or spending money on new hubcaps. Painting will be the way to go. I already removed the front bumper by cutting the bolts, just because I knew that I would at least sand/paint the frame to keep the surface rust from getting worse. The truck is SOLID overall...minimal rust-through on the bed floor and a pinhole on the hood. That's it.

 

Hobby truck: looking to experiment with welding in new bolts for front bumper and cutting/smoothing the front bumper. Trying my hand in filling/painting rearview mirror holes. This is the truck to do it on, which is why I bought it. I'm not experimenting on my Passat or Odyssey DDs. :fuckthat: Plus, Cleetus (Chevy Diesel) is too straight - with minimal blemishes - to "experiment" on.

 

EDIT: If I keep it "Rusted-and-busted", I need to deal with holes in the door from the rearview mirrrors. Weld, fill, and primer? Patch paint the primer with red paint?

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weld and fill mirror holes, slight drop to aid in load/unload and rid some of the monster gap in the wheel wells, primer black with a nice wet sand, gloss red wheels and cheepo center cap/beauty rings.

 

also, look into a grill for it. I forget which years (newer then yours i believe) they used the FORD on the hood and no blue oval in the grill. should be a cheap junkyard/jcwhitney find.

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Respray it the stock color, so you dont need to respray door jams/etc. Look into Napa Martin Seymour paints, it is cheaper than the other brands and is it pretty good quaility.
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