Bisquik1959 Posted November 7, 2020 Author Share Posted November 7, 2020 Yes, nicely done! It looks perfect. I was walking by the truck today and noticed a screw sticking out of the grill. In true me fashion, I had to investigate. That led to painting the faded gray headlight bezels and ordering a new chrome grill. After seeing the background color on the grill, I will probably just order matching bezels to make the whole front uniform. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I was walking by the truck today and noticed a screw sticking out of the grill. In true me fashion, I had to investigate. That led to painting the faded gray headlight bezels and ordering a new chrome grill. After seeing the background color on the grill, I will probably just order matching bezels to make the whole front uniform. That's me exactly. Oh, I need to fix "this". But wait, fixing that I have this other thing off, so why not fix it? Pretty soon you have a new truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 I was walking by the truck today and noticed a screw sticking out of the grill. In true me fashion, I had to investigate. That led to painting the faded gray headlight bezels and ordering a new chrome grill. After seeing the background color on the grill, I will probably just order matching bezels to make the whole front uniform. http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n78700/Resized_20201106_172510.jpg I was WAY OVER budget so I took the best head light doors and grille that needed less fixing and painted all parts an argent silver. The hardest part was tapping up the doors for painting. That's me exactly. Oh, I need to fix "this". But wait, fixing that I have this other thing off, so why not fix it? Pretty soon you have a new truck. That is kind of how my whole truck started If it needs floors & rockers and .......... I might as well pull the whole thing apart and fix it. Other than the used carpet that I did not have at the time the truck was put on the road and did not know of the bad T18, everything was done before it hit the road. Well did forget about getting the AC working Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisquik1959 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 I was walking by the truck today and noticed a screw sticking out of the grill. In true me fashion, I had to investigate. That led to painting the faded gray headlight bezels and ordering a new chrome grill. After seeing the background color on the grill, I will probably just order matching bezels to make the whole front uniform. http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/file/n78700/Resized_20201106_172510.jpg I was WAY OVER budget so I took the best head light doors and grille that needed less fixing and painted all parts an argent silver. The hardest part was tapping up the doors for painting. That's me exactly. Oh, I need to fix "this". But wait, fixing that I have this other thing off, so why not fix it? Pretty soon you have a new truck. That is kind of how my whole truck started If it needs floors & rockers and .......... I might as well pull the whole thing apart and fix it. Other than the used carpet that I did not have at the time the truck was put on the road and did not know of the bad T18, everything was done before it hit the road. Well did forget about getting the AC working Dave ---- The truck was missing pretty bad the other day. Found the contact to the rotor was broken and one plug was arcing outside. Tune up fixed her up nicely. My chrome grill showed up and looks nice with the painted bezels. Just waiting on a new emblem thats on order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 The truck was missing pretty bad the other day. Found the contact to the rotor was broken and one plug was arcing outside. Tune up fixed her up nicely. My chrome grill showed up and looks nice with the painted bezels. Just waiting on a new emblem thats on order. Glad you found those issues and got them fixed. Man, that can really cause it to run badly. And I do like that grille. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Glad you found those issues and got them fixed. Man, that can really cause it to run badly. And I do like that grille. X2!!! The truck is looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisquik1959 Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 X2!!! The truck is looking good! I finally found a set of bumper guards and got them installed. What a royal pita it was to remove the old bumper bolts. Ended up drilling them out. Now I am not sure if I like them or not. I was going for that 80's look which this definitely does. But they are bulkier than I thought. Next is a hunt for the 96 Alcoa style wheels. I really need to hit the only yard around here and see what they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I finally found a set of bumper guards and got them installed. What a royal pita it was to remove the old bumper bolts. Ended up drilling them out. Now I am not sure if I like them or not. I was going for that 80's look which this definitely does. But they are bulkier than I thought. Next is a hunt for the 96 Alcoa style wheels. I really need to hit the only yard around here and see what they have. I think they look classy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I think they look classy. Yes, they add to the truck. Dress it up if you will. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bisquik1959 Posted December 9, 2020 Author Share Posted December 9, 2020 Yes, they add to the truck. Dress it up if you will. Still working away on getting her prettied up. Found a set of my favorite Ford wheels over the weekend. They were rougher that I had hoped and had some damage from the clearcoat failing. I got them cleaned and stripped. Looks like I will have to sand and polish before installing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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