BC_99 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 So about 10 years ago my dad and I decided we needed a truck to pull our skid steer/trailer with....we found this old blue flat bed turd. 1979 Chevy C30 Custom Deluxe. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20130509_193138_zps30f6291c.jpg Years later we found the dump truck which works way better for the job, but the old chevy had new tires just installed and has always been handy for going to Lowes to get building materials or whatever. So, we decided to keep it. It only costs a couple hundred bucks a year to keep it insured and licensed, so it is a cheap convenience. When we bought it, it had new paint and a freshly rebuilt engine. The only things I have done to it in 10 years is replace the tires and front rubber brake lines and the grill and headlight bezels and the front bumper, and add the stainless wheel covers. Fast forward to the present.. So, the years sitting in the sun hadn't been kind to the super cheap paint job and the roof and hood started peeling. I got some cheap paint and primer and figured I could just sand it down and shoot it over Easter weekend, since I was going to have a 4 day weekend. Well I got home that Weds. night and began stripping it down and started sanding on the roof. It should have been easy...the paint was already peeling....and I was using 40 grit sand paper on my air sander....NOPE. 4 hours later I had the roof sanded. and it was dark out. I started estimating the time it would take to finish and the $ I would spend on sand paper and or paint stripper and decided the next morning to call one of the local mobile blasting services to get a quote. I did just that and the quote was reasonable, compared to 3 days of sanding on this dang truck and spending a large chunk of money on sandpaper and stripper. So, they came right out that after noon and I thought...."Great, I will spend a little money here, but I will be painting tomorrow! Wrong again! When I came out to see their finished work, I realized that the guy who had done the bodywork and painting before, should probably be selling his bondo sculptures to museums, because he is a true artist. I couldn't believe the sins that he had hidden under this old paint job. The guys who blasted it, were in disbelief also, as they both thought it just looked like a solid old truck that needed a strip down and paint. To say it had some dents and dings is an understatement. It was dented from the windows down on both doors and had patches welded to the outside of the doors for the towing mirrors to bolt up too, and rust holes in the bottoms of both doors. The fenders were in very similar shape, dented from end to end and top to bottom with rust holes in the lower areas. So here are what the doors and fenders looked like after they were done. now understand that they have sat outside since Easter so they have started to scale over with rust.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_115129_zpsyaxtjrwm.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_115157_zpsdlv6zgnx.jpg So, I was dejected. Now what??? Replacement panels were in the $600-$700 range for all of them, and I just didn't want to spend that $ on this truck. I was going to spend weeks doing bodywork to patch it back together and probably be embarrassed by the outcome, as I can do metal work, but I am not much of a body man. Then it hit me...Screw the paint job. This old truck isn't worth a decent paint job anyway....it is a work truck and should look like one. So, I set to rough bodyworking the rust holes up and filling them in and sanding them as best I could and ordered up some Spray bed liner. Well, while I waited for the spray in bedliner to come in, my compressor had some issues and I had to wait to get it fixed before I could spray the truck. and parts. Good thing....The Carolina Auto fair came to town and me and my buddy Joel headed out there as we always do and wouldn't you know it...I found 2 brand new fenders for $100 for the pair....and then stumbled upon 2 new doors for $100 each. $300 and I had all new metal...WOOT! So I bought them and some new weather stripping for the doors and windows and set to fitting it all up. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150416_174012_zpscedbkmsa.jpg I got the panels all fit up and sanded down for the bedliner to be sprayed and got my compressor fixed and was ready to go.... I spent some time last week and this week spraying it all. Here is the progress so far. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154209_zpsqr1fudib.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_105703_zpstidkgsai.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_105640_zpsbgel5fhj.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_105603_zpst3egc0nl.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154105_zpso5yizpcl.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154033_zpss76s9gip.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154011_zpsvjmid1zs.jpg So that is where it sits now. Everyone says the pictures look like the coating is black, but it is a very dark blue. I will post up some pictures as I get it put back together and ready for the road, I have some repairs and black bedliner coating for the flatbed before I put it back on. What do you guys think? BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmyers151 Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Looks great man. I can think of so many things that I could use a truck like that for, and even more for the dump truck. Jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPGorBOOST Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Looks Bad Arse!! I'm considering doing a bed liner coating to the bottom half of my work truck. I really dig the heavy texture! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott87star Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Very cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeph_tsi Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Totally dig the bedliner! I bought a limo a couple years ago with a bad vinyl top which is the kiss of death for a limo. I removed the vinyl, cleaned up the welds a bit, and sprayed on a cheap bedliner. Looks great, plenty durable, and most people never even realize its a bedliner until they look really close or touch it. best of all was getting it done in a weekend for under 200 bucks! Looks great on your truck, your gonna love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edde Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Classy, I like it. Might start a new trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntercooledFlatty Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 that's some love right there cuz i would have plasti'd it right where it sat and been dunn widdit BUT, you did it the correct way and for that, hat's off to ya bud that spray coating stuff you used is radical, it's on the underside of Olive's hood with L05 mixed right in it. we did that with a very thin coat to hide the ugly underside of the glass hood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyWadd Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I see the other pictures but my eyes focus on this... http://i1187.photobucket.com/albums/z388/starionkiller/random/taillights.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 Great idea. Over time it might fade due to the sun. But next spring just toss a new coat and it's done.Easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twojayzeestarion Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 looks good i dig it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 Nice to be able to do it at home.pics when its all done.looks good so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randy Posted May 16, 2015 Report Share Posted May 16, 2015 So about 10 years ago my dad and I decided we needed a truck to pull our skid steer/trailer with....we found this old blue flat bed turd. 1979 Chevy C30 Custom Deluxe. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20130509_193138_zps30f6291c.jpg Years later we found the dump truck which works way better for the job, but the old chevy had new tires just installed and has always been handy for going to Lowes to get building materials or whatever. So, we decided to keep it. It only costs a couple hundred bucks a year to keep it insured and licensed, so it is a cheap convenience. When we bought it, it had new paint and a freshly rebuilt engine. The only things I have done to it in 10 years is replace the tires and front rubber brake lines and the grill and headlight bezels and the front bumper, and add the stainless wheel covers. Fast forward to the present.. So, the years sitting in the sun hadn't been kind to the super cheap paint job and the roof and hood started peeling. I got some cheap paint and primer and figured I could just sand it down and shoot it over Easter weekend, since I was going to have a 4 day weekend. Well I got home that Weds. night and began stripping it down and started sanding on the roof. It should have been easy...the paint was already peeling....and I was using 40 grit sand paper on my air sander....NOPE. 4 hours later I had the roof sanded. and it was dark out. I started estimating the time it would take to finish and the $ I would spend on sand paper and or paint stripper and decided the next morning to call one of the local mobile blasting services to get a quote. I did just that and the quote was reasonable, compared to 3 days of sanding on this dang truck and spending a large chunk of money on sandpaper and stripper. So, they came right out that after noon and I thought...."Great, I will spend a little money here, but I will be painting tomorrow! Wrong again! When I came out to see their finished work, I realized that the guy who had done the bodywork and painting before, should probably be selling his bondo sculptures to museums, because he is a true artist. I couldn't believe the sins that he had hidden under this old paint job. The guys who blasted it, were in disbelief also, as they both thought it just looked like a solid old truck that needed a strip down and paint. To say it had some dents and dings is an understatement. It was dented from the windows down on both doors and had patches welded to the outside of the doors for the towing mirrors to bolt up too, and rust holes in the bottoms of both doors. The fenders were in very similar shape, dented from end to end and top to bottom with rust holes in the lower areas. So here are what the doors and fenders looked like after they were done. now understand that they have sat outside since Easter so they have started to scale over with rust.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_115129_zpsyaxtjrwm.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_115157_zpsdlv6zgnx.jpg So, I was dejected. Now what??? Replacement panels were in the $600-$700 range for all of them, and I just didn't want to spend that $ on this truck. I was going to spend weeks doing bodywork to patch it back together and probably be embarrassed by the outcome, as I can do metal work, but I am not much of a body man. Then it hit me...Screw the paint job. This old truck isn't worth a decent paint job anyway....it is a work truck and should look like one. So, I set to rough bodyworking the rust holes up and filling them in and sanding them as best I could and ordered up some Spray bed liner. Well, while I waited for the spray in bedliner to come in, my compressor had some issues and I had to wait to get it fixed before I could spray the truck. and parts. Good thing....The Carolina Auto fair came to town and me and my buddy Joel headed out there as we always do and wouldn't you know it...I found 2 brand new fenders for $100 for the pair....and then stumbled upon 2 new doors for $100 each. $300 and I had all new metal...WOOT! So I bought them and some new weather stripping for the doors and windows and set to fitting it all up. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150416_174012_zpscedbkmsa.jpg I got the panels all fit up and sanded down for the bedliner to be sprayed and got my compressor fixed and was ready to go.... I spent some time last week and this week spraying it all. Here is the progress so far. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154209_zpsqr1fudib.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_105703_zpstidkgsai.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_105640_zpsbgel5fhj.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150515_105603_zpst3egc0nl.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154105_zpso5yizpcl.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154033_zpss76s9gip.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150507_154011_zpsvjmid1zs.jpg So that is where it sits now. Everyone says the pictures look like the coating is black, but it is a very dark blue. I will post up some pictures as I get it put back together and ready for the road, I have some repairs and black bedliner coating for the flatbed before I put it back on. What do you guys think? BC_99 Man you scored on those new parts and great looking work truck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2015 Thanks guys. I have made a little progress, but also had the Allstar showdown race Friday night, and the Allstar race last night, and am fighting a sinus situation of some sort, so I haven't felt like doing much today. I may go take some current pics and post the progress in a few minutes for anyone interested. I am happy with it do far. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 New clearance lights for the roof.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150517_195118_zpsuhyqehfw.jpg Getting parts bolted back on and fit.http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150517_185038_zpszmjwa1wp.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150517_184914_zps7nhwdiab.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150517_184841_zpsdugtlfug.jpg BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 18, 2015 Report Share Posted May 18, 2015 That's a nice truck. I've seen that bed liner finish on a 70s Ford truck and some old Toyota Land Cruisers. I'm just curious about what happens if the finish gets damaged, scraped, cut etc? Can it be resprayed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) It can be touched up with a brush or resprayed. Here are some pics of the current progress. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150523_162710_zpszqpcmzzc.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150523_162755_zps75ic1w9m.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150523_162831_zpsftsegnce.jpg I still have to rebuild both vent windows with new rubber seals, and put the new felts and channels in both doors for the roll-up windows and reinstall the handles and latches and lock mechanisms and roll-up window assembly in the drivers door, and then install the new door panels. Put the hood back on and get it lined up, and then it will be time to move on to fixing the rusty flatbed so I can spray it and put it back on. It is coming along. In the mean time... I bought a new dd to save some gas and miles on the Tacoma. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150521_202019_zpsayw8nrxm.jpg I hate the civic crowd, but hey...32+mpg and it will run for a long time if it is maintained properly. BC_99 Edited May 25, 2015 by BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
93 GSX TURBO Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 I was averaging about 37mpg in the city and 44mpg on the HWY with my 02 Civic 5spd, definitely the perfect DD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuze Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 OK, who's the first to spray their Starion? I dig it. Low maintenance paint is where it's at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted May 28, 2015 Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 (edited) Truck looks good! civic eh. Gotta do what ya gotta do fer saving money I keep seeing that "33" on your garage wall... Is that an old David Pearson relic? Edited May 28, 2015 by 87redcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted May 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2015 Nah bud. The first team I worked for at a professional level. Bace motorsports. Driven by Tony Raines in the Busch series from 00-03. BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC_99 Posted June 5, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2015 Well, here are the update pictures. Cab, body, etc... is finished. I need to wire in the new tail lights and get to work on the bed now. I also intend to install new gas tanks while I have the bed off since both of the tanks have developed leaks in the last few years. It needs a new windshield maybe some window tint, and the seat needs to be redone, and think it will be done. http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150604_194251_zpsplqvn0db.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150530_212431_zpsyioa7lzv.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150604_194316_zps5ifzmtrl.jpg http://i601.photobucket.com/albums/tt93/BC_99/Other%20vehicles/20150604_194338_zpsh66oxhj6.jpg Thanks for the compliments guys. Cheers, BC_99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesey Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Looks pretty bad tail man. Probably don't have to worry about scratches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freebird Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 thats awesome!I'm kinda doing the same on my 1950 3100 chevy project....just on the floor and rust area's not the entire truck. Great looking truck man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Looks like new!Nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikoFab Posted June 6, 2015 Report Share Posted June 6, 2015 Very cool Britt...nice work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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