- Joined
- May 15, 2020
- Messages
- 2,389
- Reaction score
- 3,880
- Points
- 113
- Age
- 68
- Location
- Atlanta
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 1987
- Make / Model
- Ranger XLT x2
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0 & 2.9
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 97 stock, 3” on 87
- Total Drop
- N/A
- Tire Size
- 235/75-15
- My credo
- Never put off ‘til tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely
72, overcast, high humidity, perfect day for driveway paint & body. I finished the sanding and thought I finished the body work ‘til I wiped it down with thinner (actually my buddy’s diesel/gas mixture from his thank you fill up). Boy, I’m rusty (yuk yuk). So a little more Bondo and sanding, all teeny dings, the stuff that makes you crazy.
I’m doing black above and below, with a red wainscot. Black covers great, but I want the rusty metal primer under the red. That primer band was as far as I got. Actually the last two panels’ roll and tip was done by brail! I also primed anything I sanded bare or filled. Pictures tomorrow.
So I was trying to think of a name (I name all my toys). The more I sanded, I thought “Mosaic.” You Red Ranger fans are represented by the drivers door. @lil_Blue_Ford , the left front fender. The Bronco II guys, the right front tan/brown fender. And apparently the hood was black. The rest of it was a maroon/blood red like the interior, and the tailgate was/is a smoke gray metallic. Whoever put it together did a great job though, everything is 99% straight and I can’t find any damage underneath.
I also took the mirrors and the window visors and a couple other chrome things into the kitchen and cleaned them up with a Brillo pad. I’m sure you guys know that trick, you don’t scrub them, you just run the pad over them lightly. The chrome is harder than the steel in the pad, so if you don’t press hard, it takes all the crap off and they look like new without scratching. Including the aluminum arms on the mirrors.
And I stuck the leftover Bondo each time on the 97 where needed, not much.
Oh, and I also painted 3-4 bricks in my driveway by accident, little spill. Have to move them to the back of the carport before the Redhead sees them.
I’m doing black above and below, with a red wainscot. Black covers great, but I want the rusty metal primer under the red. That primer band was as far as I got. Actually the last two panels’ roll and tip was done by brail! I also primed anything I sanded bare or filled. Pictures tomorrow.
So I was trying to think of a name (I name all my toys). The more I sanded, I thought “Mosaic.” You Red Ranger fans are represented by the drivers door. @lil_Blue_Ford , the left front fender. The Bronco II guys, the right front tan/brown fender. And apparently the hood was black. The rest of it was a maroon/blood red like the interior, and the tailgate was/is a smoke gray metallic. Whoever put it together did a great job though, everything is 99% straight and I can’t find any damage underneath.
I also took the mirrors and the window visors and a couple other chrome things into the kitchen and cleaned them up with a Brillo pad. I’m sure you guys know that trick, you don’t scrub them, you just run the pad over them lightly. The chrome is harder than the steel in the pad, so if you don’t press hard, it takes all the crap off and they look like new without scratching. Including the aluminum arms on the mirrors.
And I stuck the leftover Bondo each time on the 97 where needed, not much.
Oh, and I also painted 3-4 bricks in my driveway by accident, little spill. Have to move them to the back of the carport before the Redhead sees them.