The old & the New

[mikeB]

Hey guys. you may have seen the other post of my dads old Beater truck.

The 79 F150, well i got sick and tired of lookin at it so did some small things to it..

[mikeB]

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[mikeB]

Lemmi know what you guys thinkk

[Mxjunkie]

I like the wheels, another cheap and easy thing you guys could do which a lot of people over look is painting the underside black such as the rear, leaf springs etc.. you'd be surprised of the differnce if makes! :macho

[mikeB]

hmm.. ill look into that.. but how would you prep the leafs?! any suggestions?!

and what kinda paint? anything special!?

[03warriorrider]

nice truck..... I have a 78 f150 that I am in the process of restoring now.

[416exfreak]

I love my '79 F100.

She's a bit quicker than she was 29 years ago though:devil:

[mikeB]

IS that 78 a 8' or 6' Bed???

myns a 6 and i cant find a bed ANYWERE to replace that flat bed..

[Mxjunkie]

Originally posted by mikeB
hmm.. ill look into that.. but how would you prep the leafs?! any suggestions?!

and what kinda paint? anything special!?

Wire brush to knock loose all the loose pealing paint and surface rust then clean with either simple green or reducer/thinner. Air dry then you can take undercoating and spray any given areas you would like to be textured, allow it to dry for atleast an hour so it will have time to flash.. Take your semi gloss or gloss black paint and apply..

Every 4-5 months you might have to go under there and clean it up with some fresh paint to keep it looking " new " but it's worth it in the long run.

All kidding aside the bed is kinda cool! maybe if you sanded the wood railing down, stained and then shot clear coat over them it'd make it look very clean with a old work truck retroness to it hah.. Some gloss black would look nice on that bed too! You can make the truck look very appealing on cheap budget and some spare time to burn, hey that's what the old trucks are for anyways right. :D

[Flyin-Low]

That truck would look a lot better if it had some bigger more aggressive tires, I'm not talking big and fancy though.. Just keep those rims and go a couple inches up on the tire. Everything else looks big and mean!

Too bad it's a Ford though.. haha :devil:

[rollie]

meatloaf?

[blacknblue#2]

my very first truck was identicle to that only F250 with 8 foot flat bed........i would give damn good money to have that truck back. I would trade one of my spare quads straight up for it in a heartbeat :( i had some fun nights in that thing.

[03warriorrider]

Originally posted by mikeB
IS that 78 a 8' or 6' Bed???

myns a 6 and i cant find a bed ANYWERE to replace that flat bed..

its a 8 ft camper special bed. id much rather have the 6' imo it looks alot better than the 8. best bet to find one is go to some car swap meets. last fall i had found a 6' bed in MINT shape for $400 but passed it up cause i didnt want to shorten my frame. the bed i have is all rotted out so i bought some new bedsides and im just going to pretty much rebuild the whole bed, set me back a grand :grr:

[mikeB]

Originally posted by rollie
meatloaf?

CHEA ROLLZZ!!?@

SUP DEWD.?!

MANNN the one thing this truck needs its brake lines.. everyone thinnks im gonna get killed and hit a telephone pole.. and needs a E brake.. but both of those are pretty cheap =)

Also wouldnt mind if i was a tad louder. No more tail pipe didnt do the trick for me.. and dont wanna snap anymore bolts on the exhaust HA!

[mikeB]

bump..

Anymore suggestions? comments?

[mikeB]

OOO DAYUMMM

Tmro gettin a cherry bomb off my bud for 15$

GONNA PUT THAT **** ON TEH truckk. HA

Any ideas on how to mount.. I got a 1" 1/2 exhaust and the inlet and outlet are 2 1/2 on the cherrybomb.

I was thinkin bout *iggerin somthin together.. not sure tho.

[mikeB]

Had the muffler on it then.. but now i got the cherry bomb on it.

And soon enough will have new mirrors and new brakelines along with that.