Not A ? But A Statement

[55 Fargo]

Hey all, although this is not a question, feel free to throw in your expert advice or 2 cents.

I could have posted this on the truck board, but am posting this here, as it applies generically to cars or trucks, and I started on this "car side" many years ago.

Okay so here is what not to do, with my Fargo truck, when I slapped her together, (she was originally intended to be a rough errands/parts hauler), had to sell my beloved 47 Chrysler Royal, so this truck is my 1 and only.

I did minimal prep, filler, blocking etc, shot on hardened enamel paint.

The metal work and welding was done well, but as mentioned above, was supposed to be a "rough truck".

So now, I have an interior of my truck, that needs to be prepped and painted, including the inside of the doors, roof, dash etc, right now it's multi colored.

I will never do something like this again, lesson learned, this should have been prepped and painted right along with the rest of the body.

So I now have a choice, pull everything out, prep and paint, or drive as is, and paint it when the rest of the truck gets the "real paint" later, maybe in retirement.

I am making a choice, very soon and if I decide to prep and paint will get at it, this of course will now involve a lot of masking and tarping of the rest of the truck....

 

[Eneto-55]

Well, about 35 years ago I did the opposite.  I bought my 46 (P15) intending to just get it back on the road, so that I could sell my only other car, and get out of debt.  I kept seeing one more thing that should be done, and pretty soon I had the body off of the frame, and I was under it patching holes.  All the doors came off, and the glass, latches, window runs, everything came out.  I soaked the doors in a vat to remove the many layers of old paint, and cad plated all of the screws & bolts, and a bunch of other parts.  (I worked in a plating shop.)  Then I met my wife about two years into it, and it still sits the same way as it did then.  I have never driven it once.

[DJ194950]

What ya got against rainbows? 

 

DJ

[55 Fargo]

14 minutes ago, Eneto-55 said:

Well, about 35 years ago I did the opposite.  I bought my 46 (P15) intending to just get it back on the road, so that I could sell my only other car, and get out of debt.  I kept seeing one more thing that should be done, and pretty soon I had the body off of the frame, and I was under it patching holes.  All the doors came off, and the glass, latches, window runs, everything came out.  I soaked the doors in a vat to remove the many layers of old paint, and cad plated all of the screws & bolts, and a bunch of other parts.  (I worked in a plating shop.)  Then I met my wife about two years into it, and it still sits the same way as it did then.  I have never driven it once.

Well I had the frame for this truck first, think I would have cleaned and painted it.........LOL

I built this truck from parts from at least 3 or 4 trucks, it's Dodge/Fargo, 52/55/56

[knuckleharley]

IMHO,the main question you need to ask and answer is "How long can I live without the truck on the road?",and go from there.

MY personal experience is the "casual off the cuff" answer seems to usually be " A few hours. A weekend,tops",and the reality is other stuff happens and it takes months.

A good plan might be to look around for a used pu at a good price that you can drive for a year and use to chase parts and materials,and then sell when you get this one back on the road and get your purchase price money back.

If you go this route,go ahead and plan on pulling the bed and the front clip so you can clean and paint it all at one time and be done with it.

[55 Fargo]

17 minutes ago, knuckleharley said:

IMHO,the main question you need to ask and answer is "How long can I live without the truck on the road?",and go from there.

MY personal experience is the "casual off the cuff" answer seems to usually be " A few hours. A weekend,tops",and the reality is other stuff happens and it takes months.

A good plan might be to look around for a used pu at a good price that you can drive for a year and use to chase parts and materials,and then sell when you get this one back on the road and get your purchase price money back.

If you go this route,go ahead and plan on pulling the bed and the front clip so you can clean and paint it all at one time and be done with it.

HUH, man its damn near winter here, and this job ain't too big, but a bit of a pain.

I ain't pullin off sheet metal this go round, if I get at it, will paint inside the cab, the door jambs and the insides of the doors, it's inside the cab, not under it or the box that's not the issue right now.

When the time comes, off comes the box, and front tin, for a complete and thorough job, but hey thanx for the reminder....LOL.

Nothin I undertake goes on for "months", too obsessed to complete it.....LOL

I don't need another truck, have my van, my Hemi Ram, and trailers to haul anything around, heck I don't haul with the Fargo anymore, it's all pleasure.

 

Edited September 13, 2016 by Rockwood

[rhelm1953]

Since you are asking the question clearly the current state of the interior is detracting from your enjoyment of your truck, so you are going to paint the interior.  My suggestion is to do the same to the interior that you did to the exterior, give it a quick "touchup" now with the intent that when you repaint the rest of the truck years from now you will redo the interior at that time as well.  Clean it up, mask it off, shoot it and get back to enjoying your truck.

[55 Fargo]

57 minutes ago, rhelm1953 said:

Since you are asking the question clearly the current state of the interior is detracting from your enjoyment of your truck, so you are going to paint the interior.  My suggestion is to do the same to the interior that you did to the exterior, give it a quick "touchup" now with the intent that when you repaint the rest of the truck years from now you will redo the interior at that time as well.  Clean it up, mask it off, shoot it and get back to enjoying your truck.

Good idea, thanx

[RobertKB]

On September 13, 2016 at 1:50 PM, rhelm1953 said:

Since you are asking the question clearly the current state of the interior is detracting from your enjoyment of your truck, so you are going to paint the interior.  My suggestion is to do the same to the interior that you did to the exterior, give it a quick "touchup" now with the intent that when you repaint the rest of the truck years from now you will redo the interior at that time as well.  Clean it up, mask it off, shoot it and get back to enjoying your truck.

Ditto

[55 Fargo]

Okay been working on this truck cab insides, a lot of prepping has been done.

Today painted dash, front window header, and kick panels, next is roof, floor and door jambs, this will be followed by the inside of each door.

A tough and tedious job now, should have done it first.

I elected to paint the dash first and by itself to avoid overspray and dry spray, if i was painting the inside ceiling at same time...the results