We picked up this truck from a fellow TBHer, thanks Curt! This is going to be my 16 year old sons first truck.
We plan to keep the paint as is for the most part, I plan to have the roof repainted after we get all the little holes filled to keep the inside sealed off and we may spray the rest of the truck with a clear to preserve the patina. He would like to redo the inside of the bed with a nice wood.
We are going to keep the engine and transmission in it for now as it has a newer 302, ‘85 and seems to be fine. We changed the starter, fixed a few dry rotted fuel lines, cleaned up the carb and had it out driving down the road yesterday. We will tune it up and service the transmission before he starts diving it daily.
I am going to up grade the front breaks to disc. We may do some new wheels but both agree that will be one of our last worries and depend on the budget by the time we get to that point.
On the interior we will recover the bench seat that’s in it and put in a new floor. We will add the door panels and put a headliner in it. We will like to put a new dash cover and maybe instrument cluster. He definitely wants a new stereo and we will probably add a few speakers in the door?
This will be an on going project and we will try to keep this post up-dated as we go through it. We are not mechanics but we do enjoy cars and the smell of gas. I know it’s going to be a lot of work but most anything worth having is work and the time together I know is something we both will look back on.
If you have questions, comments or advice please feel free to join in!
We plan to keep the paint as is for the most part, I plan to have the roof repainted after we get all the little holes filled to keep the inside sealed off and we may spray the rest of the truck with a clear to preserve the patina. He would like to redo the inside of the bed with a nice wood.
We are going to keep the engine and transmission in it for now as it has a newer 302, ‘85 and seems to be fine. We changed the starter, fixed a few dry rotted fuel lines, cleaned up the carb and had it out driving down the road yesterday. We will tune it up and service the transmission before he starts diving it daily.
I am going to up grade the front breaks to disc. We may do some new wheels but both agree that will be one of our last worries and depend on the budget by the time we get to that point.
On the interior we will recover the bench seat that’s in it and put in a new floor. We will add the door panels and put a headliner in it. We will like to put a new dash cover and maybe instrument cluster. He definitely wants a new stereo and we will probably add a few speakers in the door?
This will be an on going project and we will try to keep this post up-dated as we go through it. We are not mechanics but we do enjoy cars and the smell of gas. I know it’s going to be a lot of work but most anything worth having is work and the time together I know is something we both will look back on.
If you have questions, comments or advice please feel free to join in!
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