My Grandfather's pick-up

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The powdercoating on the wheels for the IH was done about 7 or 8 years ago and it still looks fantastic. The Fairlane's powdercoating was more recent, but is in perfect condition.

The IH spends all of it's time outdoors, rain or shine, hot or cold, and it's held up fantastically. So I'm pretty confident that it's the way to go with my wheels as well.

 

That's good to hear. I was thinking about it for Joe's (Leadslead) '73 CP.

 

I highly recommend it. It's way tougher than paint and from my experience the finish stays looking great for a long time and is very easy to maintain.

 

Speaking of Leadsled, what's he been up to? I haven't "seen" him in quite a while.

 

*Joe whistles*

 

I have known about this truck for a while now, It belongs to a gal who works at the Six Robblees down the street from where I work. She drives her truck on occasion, but I can never seem to drive mine the same day she drives hers.

Well, the other day it finally happened.


Her truck has the full hubcaps, while mine has the dog dish hubcaps.


Her truck has a white top and the chrome strip to separate the two colors, other than that the paint is the same.


Both are Custom Cabs


I have the "fancy" rear bumper, her truck has the step bumper.

Another thing that I found extremely interesting was the paint on the hood of her truck. When I buffed my truck out for the first time after I brought it home I noticed that the paint on the hood was thin in a number of places. I figured it must have been repainted at some point because the rest of the paint on the truck didn't seem to have the same issue.
Welp, her truck has the SAME issue!
My hood:


Her Hood:

Pretty crazy.

All in all, it was fun to get the two trucks side by side.

 

I like that hers still has plates from way back when. I f%&king hate how the State of Washington, in its quest for ever more money, has screwed up the plate schemes so badly, you can't ID a car or truck by the plate number.

 

Well, that's Olympia for you. More and more out of touch every day.

 

Funny you say that. We call Santa Fe 38 square miles surrounded by reality.

 

I think the hood paint issue was akin to the front fender cap issues that you see especially on ‘71-‘72 full size Fords. I don’t think the spray arms gave those sections as full a sweep. The paint always seemed to thin out in the same place on both sides over time.

 

It's that way on most of those cars and trucks; the sharp edge in the stamping had a way of 'splitting' the coat(s), causing the thinning. Took better paints and electrostatic application to eliminate it.

 

The F-100 hasn't been running great. I had a sneaky suspicion that it was the carbinator. I asked one of our mechanics to look at it and he confirmed my suspicion. So, in that moment I decided it was time to upgrade to 4 barrel induction. I'll be honest, I don't know for 100% what the diagnosis is for the carb. I rebuilt it once already about 9 months ago and it's never been right. I think that the 16 year old me is inside saying "well, you know, since the carb is bad you might as well upgrade to a four barrel."
And I have given in to 16 year old me.
I asked our local engine builder if he had an intake and after a couple of days he had scrounged one up for me. Even threw in some carb spacers and the thermostat housing. Paid him $100 for it.

 

Round holes under the plates.

 

That should also give it a bit more umph off the line too. Good luck with your swap out.