Today we had some signs that this long winter might be ending - there were some bugs and pollen in the air!
I smugly noticed this while the final coat of clear slowly dried on my truck.
My primary goal with the Frazer was to drive it around the yard under its own power. Having done this my interest for now has turned to other things.
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| The Frazer is parked and ignored for now (je suis attendre) |
Most things that interest me have a flathead 6 in them. The best flathead 6 of all is the one in my "real" truck. This is the truck my father and I rebuilt when I was in high school - a 1950 Dodge B2C stake body. The story of this truck is long and thrilling (way too much for right now). In short, it was my daily driver until 7 years ago when I decided it was too rusty and needed another major overhaul. Fast forward to the past couple of weeks and final prep before painting.
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| Lots of body parts to fit |
Over the years I have collected some useful sheet metal - fenders, doors, running boards and a hood. Combining these new parts with my old cab and nose reduced the rust repair a lot. Getting them all to fit nicely was not that hard.
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| Matching the fender and door lines |
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| Rust free fenders from OK |
Stripping off paint, welding a few problems, a little bondo and a lot of sandpaper to make it all perfect.
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| Bodywork done |
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| Time to prime |
I used Eastwood's self etching primer, but I must have been doing something wrong because it took forever and my spray gun did not seem to like it. Priming took a long time.
The next day I sanded all the primed areas and began spraying on my base coat. Last year, after much deliberation, the decision was made to go with Sea Spray Green. This is a one year only color used by Plymouth in 1956. TCP Global supplied 2 gallons of urethane enamel and a gallon of clear coat. I have never painted a car or truck before, but I was eager to get this done. I already experimented with it by painting the cab and that seemed to go pretty easily.
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| All one color again. Is that planter part of the truck? |
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| don't forget all this other stuff that needs to be the same color |
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| to paint or not to paint - they're both looking good |
I put on 3 coats of base and 3 coats of clear - uncountable drips, runs, orange peel... No one is going to mistake me for a professional, but it looks pretty good and, thanks to our late spring, there are no bugs in it.
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| Dogs love trucks with bench seats |
I am going to call this truck painted.
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| Are you done doing boring things? Can we go on a walk now? |
