Painted the work truck. 56k warning

[surewhynot]

Well, my work truck has been in need of some fresh paint ever since I bought it. The nasty green that was on it was faded and flat. I figured while things were slow, I might as well go ahead and get it taken care of, so I used up some leftover paint and shot it. My business cards and all of my advertising has been basically blue and white, so I stuck with that theme for the truck.

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After-

 

[F 150Cobra]

i hate you... i just do..

















great work!! great frkn work!!

 

[polarbear]

Looks great Tony!

 

[1985 Ford F-150]

Great work Tony dont suppose youd come all the way out here and paint mine would ya?

 

[surewhynot]

Thanks guys. It was a quickee job with just leftover paint. The blue was a dark blue that I had less than a quart of, so I mixed it with some silver and came up with what was on there. I'm not sure I like the white wheels, but I'll leave them for a little while and decide.

 

[flareside_thunder]

Looks good man...Why are you missing a gasdoor?

 

[surewhynot]

The rack wasn't designed for that year bed. Before my old employer bought that truck (new in 97) the rack was on a mid 70's Ford. With the filler door on it, you can barely get it open enough to fuel up, and some pump nozzles won't fit at all. I took the door off, so I can re fuel easier.


If you notice in the top pic, you'll see what I'm talking about.

 

[CaFordDude]

Lookz good Tony. You got some serious skills

 

[89frankenford]

seriously tony.....that looks GREAT!!! i really need to go down to florida so you can paint my truck grabber green

 

[countryboytn]

Looks REALLY good!

Wanna paint my truck?

 

[surewhynot]

I guess I need to host an FTF paint-athon.

 

[89frankenford]

haha make it next September and im there! ill be going to florida then for about a week

 

[blackhat620]

I guess I need to host an FTF paint-athon.

Looks good Tony.

BTW i have some leftover latex house paint, will that work?

 

[flareside_thunder]

Don't go to Tony's....Tampa Smells funny. And you might get a tire F'ed up too!

 

[surewhynot]

Looks good Tony.

BTW i have some leftover latex house paint, will that work?

I could do an eggshell finish.

Don't go to Tony's....Tampa Smells funny.

You think Tampa smells funny? Try taking a shower.

 

[Skandocious]

Holy smokes! Put a chrome grill on that damned thing and it's a show truck!

 

[flareside_thunder]

Ha....me takin a shower won't cause my tire not to rip the sidewall in half though will it...that's ALL Bradenton. I put street tires on it last week anyways....looks like a gasser.

 

[blackhat620]

Tony,

Did you use lacquer or enamel (I'am guessing enamel), and was it a single stage, 2-stage or tri-stage system?

Also do you have a booth or did you just use your garage?

 

[flareside_thunder]

I imagine he did it outside...he doesn't have a booth and his dad's car and all of his tools are in his storage unit.

 

[Skandocious]

I beleive he painted the silver truck in the storage unit