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 Bringing it home today, will start to make it look better. Runs like a top.
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3-on-the-tree!
That's one you don't see any more. Excited for you. It is always great to get a vehicle back running like a top. 
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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Congrat's!!! You are going to love it.
Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile
Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
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I like that!
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For some reason, the PO took the F-O-R-D letters off of the hood. They gave them to me in a bag. They were still very nice. The plastic sleeves were still in the holes on the hood. Voila! Good as new.
Before:   After:   I got rid of the front license plate too. The PO spray painted it white. He spray painted a lot of things white which I'll be cleaning up.
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Another thing the PO spray painted white. The horn cover. I started cleaning it with lacquer thinner. A tedious process. Will post pic when done.
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Here's a pic of the horn cover cleaned up. I used Lacquer Thinner and a small bristle brush. Then Purple Power and water. Finally, a spritz of Armor All. Not great, but not white. Top of it is not white, but daylight makes it look that way.
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More white!
White hub caps with white letter tires!! White on bed & tailgate.   
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Maybe a reaction to the 'murdered out' craze we saw a few years back?
White must be angelic or 'pure'.  I guess the PO can afford a $.99 can of spray paint but not the $4 roll of blue tape?
Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake. Too much other stuff to mention. |
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Just got my Marti report. Realized that there was no AM radio or bumper. The only extra-cost options were the cloth/vinyl seat and power steering. And one no-cost option, the exterior sound package. The tires listed were standard.
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So no radio on the Marti report makes some sense of my Bezel. A pic of how it looked before I took it apart, a pic of the 2 pieces, and a pic of the part number. Determines that it is a radio delete bezel that someone drilled/cut out to install a radio. If it wasn't for the bezel job, you would think that it came stock. Radio, speaker, and antenna look factory.
  
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Found my buildsheet. Part of it was stuck to the floor. I've pulled many buildsheets out, but couldn't save part of it. I wet it, but to no avail.
  
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