Unsure What to do with Truck
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
Leave it like it is! You can always make it shiny down the road in a few years when your tired of the patina look. You can work on mechanical stuff and make under the hood and interior shiny then you get both!
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
The best thing about a few dents, dings, and patina is that I'm not wary of parking it any where I want. A flawless paint job would make me "worry" unnecessarily about the finish.
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
Personally, I'm "picking" at mine. I'm concentrating on the mechanics. I'll get to the body ... eventually ... or not. But my #1 is to keep her on the road.
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
ya wanna pick up a good set of doors while your out therehdman90 wrote:Actaully ok68, we are headed to Montana this summer to go pick up a 69 F-100 Explorer for my son to work on with as he grows up!
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
Remember, she's only original once! The patina, dings and dents all tell a story of her life; some good and some maybe not so good. Now, I can see repairing some of the really bad rust and perhaps using a hammer and dolly to get some of the bad dents out but otherwise, I would enjoy her as she is. Really shiny and pretty cars are beautiful and bring a since of pride but there can be a ton of care and worry that can also come with it to.
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
I'm honestly considering replacing fenders, upper/lower grille panel and color matching the paint and leaving the rest. I love the truck the way it is, but the bent up panels are what bug me... and the incorrect mismatching grille, but I have a '68 steel that will do until I find a '69 steel grille... That way the truck looks fairly straight and still has an "original" look...
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Re: Unsure What to do with Truck
its your truck,do what you like to it,i would fix the rust spots and dings,i think it looks good the way it is,