Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Head lights

I've always thought it would be cool to have an old ride that has the nice new upgraded headlights that have the bulbs you put in the back like on new cars.  I researched it and found a pair.  ebay, 40 bucks.  they look sweet.  Pics? Of course.









I'm so going to get another set for the high beams.  I should probably polish those bezels.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Committed now.

It's official, I've begun the stripping of the trim off of the old truck. I'm sure old Grand Dad is frowning somewhere. I've been looking at many a pic of restored trucks and it seems that most people are in favor of my desire to have a cleaner exterior. I'm not sure if it's all going or just the upper set. I've started with the uppers and plan to leave the rest until I'm sure what to do. Unfortunately now that I have the trim off, I've got lots of holes in the body of the truck. Interestingly there are more on the left side than on the right. It appears that the passenger door has been replaced (which I knew about), and possibly the passenger side of the truck bed (which I didn't know about). Both of those parts are missing all of the holes because the trim was applied using stick on clips. who knows when or for how long. Here are some pics. you can compare them to pics in previous posts.