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Well the Navy Blue truck is done. Overall it turned out great, it's an 18K mile truck so not much to complain about! David

Yep, that's a very fair shop rate for "resto" work. David

That is a VERY good price! David

Thanks Wallew! The Paint code is SW6244"Naval". The paint color is darker than these photos as they were taken when it was still wet and in full sun. This morning I came out and it was some darker and flatter. The rockers are tricky. The patch panels are cheap but the time to install them is...

Painted Took advantage of the nice weather and painted the truck. It's SW Kem 400 Naval Blue. I am going to use this paint on all my trucks from now on. It's much tougher than the Rapco paint. The paint is still wet it will flatten out and get darker once dry. David

bodywork... Got both rockers installed and first coat of filler, I still have to go over it again. I have about 80% bodywork done. I am looking forward to painting this truck as is going to be Dark Navy Blue. David

Yep that's the stuff Sher-Kem 400...VERY tough stuff and sticks to anything then is hard as nails...great product for Army trucks. My paint guy says he can mix any color so I am going to see what their 383 looks like in the SK 400. SW are the ones who supply the current CARC Mil spec paint and I...

paint Well, I used the ole Rapco stuff for awhile but now I am using a higher quality Sherwin Williams industrial paint with hardener. Its a little shiny but that fine with most folks. David

progress on the M1009... Sill in the early stages but it's coming along. should be painted in the next few weeks. Got both sides of the rockers in...man those take a good 10 hrs to do both sides. David

M1008 done The M1008 is done, I was waiting on the install of the new tires. They are Nitto Trail Grapplers in 285/75/16.

Cucv Hey thanks Joe, glad you found the site. [thumbzup]There are a lot of great guys here and also most of the stuff you are thinking about has been done or discussed in various threads. You can search the site and find most anything about the CUCV's and in the TM's. I would encourage you to...

Color Not yet...but soon:beer:

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I thought I would share the 2 new trucks in the shop. The 383 Green m1008 is almost done and is the strongest running 6.2 I've ever had. The truck is going to a friend of mine and will live in Austin TX. I will post more photos when I am done. The M1009 is a new project fro a customer here in...