Sunday, October 10, 2010

Done! Done! Done!

I can't believe it's done! It took twice as long (60 days) and cost twice as much (don't ask) as I thought and the results aren't that bad. Everything went wrong with this project,It had way more rust than I thought,I got a chunk of metal in my eye,My air compressor had a massive meltdown which necessitated a hasty trip to sears to procure a replacement. The biggest problem was most autobody supply stores are closed on weekends which was when I did most of the work,So if I ran out of anything I was screwed.Auto parts stores carry a limited selection body supplies.The final night of painting culminated in a 17 hour thrash.
It took me a day to put everything back together,The drivers side door received a new handle and inside latch since the originals were wasted.The front side marker light lenses are NOS chrysler (I was to lazy to clean up the originals). Installation of the windshield was the one task I hired out.The wheels are 15x8 Cragar soft 8 with Nexan 31x10.5x15 tires,these were the one splurge I made on the project. In my lifetime I've owned five Dodge trucks with this body style and they were all huge piles of crap,I'm glad I finally have one thats nice.Theres still a laundry list of small things to take care of,But I think I'm just gonna drive it and be happy.

1976 Dodge Powerwagon