Interior Primed... and Exterior Body Work

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » September 19, 2010, 2:55 pm

Got the interior striped down and cleaned up and primed.. and exterior is all
down to bare metal.. got a guy helping me with the metal work.. should be straight with holes filled and primed in a month or so hopefully. Here are a few pics of the progress.. going to do a bit more body work on the inside to make it right.

Post by **Casey 65** » September 19, 2010, 3:21 pm

Looking good!

Post by **foodstick** » September 19, 2010, 4:03 pm

Looking very nice, you are going to have a sharp truck...

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » September 19, 2010, 4:28 pm

Thanks, Im anxious to get it done.. well. it'll never be done.. but painted and drivable.. I've been almost a year without driving it.
It was hard to tear it down and strip it.. but. it will be worth it I feel. I will keep you all updated as we go along.

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » September 19, 2010, 5:23 pm

looks awesome!!!

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » September 19, 2010, 5:42 pm

I actually had a guy ( who knows cars and body work ) ask me why I painted the inside grey.. lol.. I was proud of the kid who sprayed it.. ( I'm letting my friends High School Class do the paint work.. and labor.. They have a great program here.. the shop is better than most pro body shops )

This was the kids first spray of the school year.. we shipped the truck off to the teachers personal shop aftwerwards where he has his on business .. he has a former student working for him there.. he is going to do most if not all the body work for around $300 it may take two rounds to get done..total of 600..not too bad.. This kid won 1st at skills usa in body and metal work.. talented kid. but he got his girlfriend prego.. having twins he needs cash and is doing all he can working 3 jobs. so dont mind helping him out. I'll be over there doing my share of the work as well.. lots of metal work to do in the bed that im going to tackle.

olliesshop · Post by **olliesshop** » September 20, 2010, 4:20 am

Sounds like a great program !!! Truck looks great too

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 17, 2010, 9:27 pm

progress report.. metal work almost done.. fiberglass and filler applied... going to get it up to the other shop so we can clean it all up and prime it. and continue body work.

this is where a vinyl graphic rusted out a 7 inch long hole.

radio antennae hole filled.. truck was ordered with out a radio.. why is there a hole?

holes in the bed where rails where attached.. and spare tire holder.

Gas filler filled and coated in fiberglass to smooth it all out.. kinda looks funky now.. but will look better soon.

There was a HUGE bracket here that someone pried up with a screwdriver and put a big dent under it.. and the western style mirror holes filled.

64 trim holes in hood welded filled and sanded.. fender straightened.

Thats the jist of it.. theres more done.. just small dings and what not.

Heading back to the school from the teachers shop tomorrow hopefully.. and will get primed and continue smoothing it out.

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 17, 2010, 9:50 pm

a picture from when bought... check out the front fender... it had over almost an inch of filler on it.. half of which had flaked off.. and wasnt needed.. see above .. same fender. . . lol. this was the only body repair that had been done to the truck before I got it.

This picture reminds me that I have filled in the hood ornament location as well.. and replaced the 65 upper grille panel with a 64 panel to smooth it all out.

HiBoy63 · Post by **HiBoy63** » November 18, 2010, 1:34 pm

Nice job lookin good in primer. Even better when the color goes on.

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 18, 2010, 5:21 pm

Thanks, yeah.. Im very Eager to get it in for final body work and prime and paint.. Im tired of fighting the battle of (worrying over really) light surface rust for a few months now.. gotta love it. I coated it with ospho earlier this year which has worked for the most part.

Sarg · Post by **Sarg** » November 18, 2010, 5:53 pm

I can't wait to see the finished project. That is going to be one smooth slick!

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 18, 2010, 6:19 pm

first initial clean up of the hole in the side of bed... a lot of this metal was not good -- too thin--

Post by **foodstick** » November 18, 2010, 6:32 pm

I have some sand blasted parts that have set 4 years after being ospho'd they look great..some even got wet, and the parts still look good.

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 18, 2010, 6:42 pm

yeah. im pleased with the performance of the ospho.. The bed has been stripped for almost 2 years.. back in jan. feb. this year I removed all the surface rust for about the 4th time and and ospho'd it.. and even through the wet season, it remained rust free.. it turned all the deposits black.. you can see that well in the photo of the holes in the bed rails .. kinda cool how it works.. certainly makes me feel better to know its on there.

Sarg · Post by **Sarg** » November 18, 2010, 7:28 pm

I'm sorry, what is ospho? Is that a brand name of a product?

Max · Post by **Max** » November 18, 2010, 8:59 pm

Ospho is a brand name of a rust neutralizer made up of Phosphoric Acid.

This is also pretty popular:

There are many different brands of basically the same thing.

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 18, 2010, 9:39 pm

Picked a gallon at ACE hardware for about 12 bucks.

blackagatha · Post by **blackagatha** » November 23, 2010, 4:40 am

NICE WORK those kids are doing!!!! SWEET!

that is odd it has the antenna hole. I also thought the slotted dash was only in trucks with a radio and a speeker in there. guess not... lol

65fordguy · Post by **65fordguy** » November 23, 2010, 8:24 pm

Thanks, ...Well you would think with all that there would be a radio.. but no dice..ok though.. I like the smooth look.. the odd thing is I've seen some that dont even have slotted dash and have a plate where the radio goes. and a hole on the outside.. ??? who knows.

I'll post progress soon.. should be primed soon.