68 f100 restoration.

[Fordkid68]

I removed and started cleaning the brake hose mount for the left side. I could not take off the right side because it was riveted and not bolted.

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Also removed the steering box, so I can clean and paint behind it.
The frame looks pretty bare now!

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To show you how much my family likes cars, even my deer supports NAPA!

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[LeoZelig]

Hi Adam, I take a break from Fordification for a couple weeks and you've made amazing progress!

You are certainly giving me inspiration for my cab. I found even more swiss cheese on my passenger floorboard, so I'll be putting a pan in, too, once I've solved the leaks. One thing at a time...

Thanks for taking the time for such good photos showing your progress.

[Fordkid68]

Thanks Leo!! I really appreciate the support. Its a bummer to find more rust, but sometimes that is standard on 50+ year old trucks! even my truck had more rust than I thought at first, but it's all fixable with enough hard work.

[Fordkid68]

Well, the frame is now ready for paint. I spent a couple days prepping and am confident it's ready, Now I just have to have good weather.It took a couple of days to strip paint off of the frame. I just did it with a wire wheel in a drill. Then degreased it with Kerosene.

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Seam sealed the cab patches.

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Primered all of the bare areas to help the paint stick.

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[jimmy828]

Great work , keep it up. The fun part is when all the new parts start coming in and things start looking even better.

[Fordkid68]

I masked the cab, and put plastic on the floors.

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I decided to spray it instead of brushing. So I got a gallon of tractor paint and reducer, which is supposed to make it the perfect consistency to spray. I also got a cheap Harbor Freight HVLP gravity feed spray gun.

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Although I am ready to paint, the weather has not been ideal, so in the mean time I will be working on smaller things.. Like getting the steering box cleaned and ready for paint. I like to use a wire wheel in a drill to remove paint. Then I wiped it down with Brakleen to degrease it.

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[hfdco4]

Really good work on the cleaning and paint prep. The finished product will show your attention to detail I am sure!

[Fordkid68]

Really good work on the cleaning and paint prep. The finished product will show your attention to detail I am sure!

Thanks for the kind words!

[Fordkid68]

Well, I finally got the frame painted! It went pretty well, and I'm happy with the results so far. This was my first time using a spray gun, so It is not professional by any means! The only setback was when I was prepping the gun It said to tear it apart and soak and scrub all of the parts. Which was easy BUT I tried to take the fluid tip off to clean it and could not get it off. It says it takes a 19mm wrench, but a regular wrench won't fit it because the slots are to skinny. So I googled it and and online it says to get a spray gun wrench, but Harbor Freight does not even sell them! and all the other ones that are made supposedly do not fit it. I figured all of that out today and ended up trying to make something that would fit, but it did'nt work, so eventually I just yanked it off with vise-grips! So when I put it on to spray I just did it finger tight so it's easier to come off.

My first test piece was the transmission cross-member. After I got the spray good on cardboard.

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It looks extra shiny because it is still wet, but it is Gloss black so it will be interesting to see how glossy it is when it dries.

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[Fordkid68]

The finish on the floor pan is actually nicer than the paint on the body!

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The frame rails came out pretty smooth too.

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I would say that I am definitely happy with the results, I think it came out better than I expected!

[yellercat]

Looks good Adam! Keep after it; you will have a sweet ride.

[hfdco4]

Awesome work Adam!

[Fordkid68]

Today I worked on the tie-rod. In stead of buying a new one I decided to refurbish it my self. I got it torn apart, cleaned up and put back together. It now looks a lot nicer than before!
Here are some before and after shots.
This is when I started taking it apart.

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This is what it looks like now. I tore it all apart wire-wheeled everything, wiped it down with brakleen, and put it back together with some never-seize.

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Also the paint on the floor pan is just as shiny after it dried. I really didn't want it to be this glossy, I was hoping for a semi-gloss, but all the store had was gloss or flat and I wanted it a little shinier than flat. I am still happy with it even though it is shiny.

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[Fordkid68]

I also got the cab flipped back down! It looks so much more like a truck now. (or at least a part of one)
It still has a long way to go in just 6 months!

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Here it is beside our 1949 F1.

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[cumminskiller]

Nice! You're cruisin'! You can make in 6 months!