Recent content by Tatertot51804

Finished painting the front of the truck today. Just need to get us army and my numbers painted back. The star is much larger than I'd like to have but that's the size the old one was and it was still visible through the new paint. I pulled the grill and headlights out tonight so I can replace...

Picked up a hard top and gas tank from Sturmtyger this week! Hard top has a couple of holes from a light or something I have to weld up but the gas tank appears to be good. Had a couple of previously sealed holes that I resealed. I bought another gallon of paint so I could keep going. Finally...

I was looking at that one. I think it would be hard for anything to cover up the brush marks at this point. One more gallon of paint should be enough for me to finish the truck.

What are you using your apply it? Looks like it went on really well. I'm putting mine on with a brush and roller. It's dry to the touch but when it gets wet it changes colors. It gets really light. I'm painting mine in the driveway where it got dropped off when I bought it so unfortunately I...

I told myself I wasn't going to let this truck take a long time to do. Trying to get done what I can. Still have a long ways to go. I'm using behr exterior latex paint. Kind of wish I hadn't though. Too late to change. I got the paint code off of this site. The color looks good. It just doesn't...

Got a set of troop seats for free the other day. Only minor repairs are needed. Most of the paint is done. I'm holding off on the front of the truck until I'm done crawling all over the fenders. I also got the stars painted on today. Weather forecast showed now rain. As soon as I finished...

Whoever parked the truck 30 or so years ago removed the water plug from the transmission and the drain from the radiator. It looks to me like the head gasket blew and they parked it with plans to fix it eventually and never go around to it. From what I can see the cooler looks nice and clean...

Can anyone tell me what the numbers on my truck mean? RB 17 and 81C R 988 GS

Unfortunately there's not much gas tank left. It's pretty much rotted away. Someone had put an external pump on it at one time. I need to take it apart and clean it to see if it's still good. Current plan is to get it running and try to get it in gear to make sure the Trans will move it. After...

Picked the cylinder head duplicate from the machine shop today. Had it decked, pressure checked, valves ground, guides knurled and had it cleaned. Nicest part on the whole truck now. I dropped the rest of my oil and coolant lines off to get remade so once I have those back I can finish reassembly.

Thanks! The paint seems to be doing pretty decent for going on with a brush. Just need to get more primer.

Took advantage of the break in the rain. Wire wheeled and sanded some rust and loose paint off the truck in spots and got the passenger bed side and part of the drivers cab in primer. I am by no means restoring this truck to its former glory. There is just too much rust. I just want it to be...

I'm not complaining!

Finish date will be a few months. I currently don't work and stay afloat with side jobs. Used my taxes to buy this truck lol. Hoping to get a few things done in the next couple weeks so I can get the oil and coolant lines remade and pick the head back up from the machine shop. I put the oil pan...

I never thought I'd meet someone on this site that lived so close. Thank you for having me over to check stuff out. Hopefully we can work something out on some parts!