Austin's 1990 F-Superduty Build Thread

[Austin]

Bleh, I don't like tape! The PO left the marker lights on the truck while painting around them. Took me all of 3 minutes to remove them But they've been tape clad for about 4 months now.

 

[Austin]

All done!

 

[Mil1ion]

Nice......

 

[Austin]

Thanks Dennis.

I'm still not sure if I want to paint the bases or not. I think it will clean them up, but I kinda don't want to mess with them.

 

[73F100Shortbed]

There goes that front clip you wanted

 

[Austin]

There goes that front clip you wanted

The pain will stop sometime!!!

 

[73F100Shortbed]

 

[Austin]

Thank you 78F250SCCS for being awesome! I got some EB FSB trim off of him. Way cool!

Anywho, a little modding is needed for a proper fit. My only hurdle is what was the window/rear defrost buttons - my fuel tank selector has to go in there... I'm scheming.

Any takers? I have the radio trim too.

 

[78F250SCCS]

I'm happy its going into another truck. Better than being crushed this summer. Can you swap the Rear Window tag for the Fuel tag? And then have a open spot for some other type of switch.

 

[Austin]

I'm happy its going into another truck. Better than being crushed this summer. Can you swap the Rear Window tag for the Fuel tag? And then have a open spot for some other type of switch.

Thanks again. I haven't played with it yet, but it looks like I'll be able to fab up room for both the fuel switch and an aux light switch.

 

[Austin]

This post is for Steven, who dealt his way into getting some insulation at discount while at the Auto Fair.

I bought a roll of the stuff and grabbed some 3M spray adhesive. Learned real quick that fiber fill doesn't like razor blades... or scissors... or misc sharp objects I own.

Plan was to clean up the surface (using magic erasers - my best friend while detailing boats, btw) then apply the insulation in strips.


This was about as far as I was going; too much like work.

(Note the rust spots... read more in the next post)


Laptop for tunes, marker for... marking.

Looks like a hack job, but I didn't want it all in 1 piece for optimal attachment.

I also took a moment to clean up the seat belts.

 

[Austin]

I took some time to try out the Rusoleum rust reformer (say that 3 times fast!) on the frame and parts of the cab floor.

Let me start off by saying that I thought somebody poured sun block into the container; smells and looks just like it.

Application is straight forward; just brush it on.

After a few minutes it looks like it all disappeared... it's there; I promise!

Takes 4 hours to 'cure', but I beg to differ. I let it sit over night. What you get is dead rust and a black primer.

 

[Austin]

6 hours of work into the truck today. Jambs and doors as well as fenders. No pics of that because I was excited about this:

Broke out the paint remover and removed... not paint! There's a little pitting, but it's a nice 20 foot touch.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Won't that just rust again?

 

[Austin]

Won't that just rust again?

Yep, but if it's kept up every now and then it should do well... maybe I'll hit it with some high heat clear

 

[DNFXDLI]

That might work!

 

[Austin]

That might work!

I'll polish a little more tomorrow and lay some clear down; should be nice!

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Austin. If you get this truck looking nice, I will personally ship you a beautiful stainless steel tip.

Ryan

 

[Austin]

Austin. If you get this truck looking nice, I will personally ship you a beautiful stainless steel tip.

Ryan

If you insist! I'm aiming to have it DONE this week; I've been slacking.

 

[Austin]

No paint today, but I did install my new reverse lights... aka "You've pissed me off because you're tailgating me at night" lights.

Also got the bed on the truck!!