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  1. slong

    She is finished!

    The tires are michelins. They cam on the truck. Ther are probably others on the forum that can tell you more. I know that the are definity bigger that the military tire. The truck sets a lot higher that the others.
  2. slong

    She is finished!

    thanks for the comments. Papabear I don't undestand "stand off" trucks?:?:
  3. slong

    She is finished!

    Like I said earlier the truck was in pretty good shape. Most of the loose rust was removed with wire wheel in a drill. Then I primed with a rattle can primer. The heave rust an loose paint were removed with a needle scalier.
  4. slong

    She is finished!

    The stencils were cut from vinyl. I have a vinyl cutter at my disposal so it saved me money so that I didn't have to buy any. The stencils have an adhesive on the back that holds them in place. After I put them in position I used a plastic squeegee to make sure all the surfaces were down. So...
  5. slong

    She is finished!

    Rapco says to thin 25%. I even have a small amont left over. I put two coats on plus my troops seats got three.
  6. slong

    She is finished!

    Yea. he's 19 years old. He also helped me restore a vintage BMW R-71 with sidecar.
  7. slong

    She is finished!

    As Pete said I used Rapco paint it's top quality. It took 2 gallons to do the truck(inside, out, and underneath). It took about a week with the prep work and painting then stencils. The truck just had light surface rust so most prep was done with a drill and a wire brush. I had my son use a...
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