The Old Girl gets a cheap facelift

[RobbieD]

Well, the old truck was getting a little ragged looking, so I decided to try my hand at painting her up.
But, I didn't exactly have a lot of money to put into this project. Here's how she looked back in April.

And, here's how she looks now.

I spent a grand total of $218.09, not including tax. The paint is Tractor Supply Co. tractor paint; straight Ford Blue on top, and mixed with International White for the middle part. The rocker panels are done in Krylon rattle-can Black Metallic Hammered Finish; and the bumpers are rattle-can Semi-Gloss Black. I got some better junkyard window channel weatherstripping and emblems, and new window beltline weatherstrip from LMC. Oh; and a $10 tape stripe kit from AutoZone, and I rattle-canned the wheels, too. Otherwise, it was simply a matter of taking everything apart, prepping it, and painting it.

It ain't much, but I like this old truck. And the buzz I get now when driving or looking at it is PRICELESS! To me, it was well worth the $218.09.

Thanks for looking, and be nice to those remaining old Rangers.

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

You did the old girl some justice my friend...................awesome job!

 

[CJREX]

That looks terrific!

Great job!

 

[99RangerBoss]

she looks gorgeous very good job, its like she just rolled outta the factory floor

 

[pwrranger88]

looks awesome

 

[GB4000]

That actually does look very very good. Well worth the money I'd say!

 

[skippy]

Looks great Robbie,good job!

 

[WhiteRanger4x4]

That is a very find job!Looks Great!!

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

That looks really sharp.

After flip flopping around on colors I think I have about settled on the older dark Oliver green... also a tractor color.

 

[jakerson]

she looks gorgeous very good job, its like she just rolled outta the factory floor

 

[RobbieD]

Thank you all; I'm humbled by, and greatly appreciate, ya'lls kind words.

I have to say, I'm very impressed with the Tractor Supply tractor paint. It sprayed and laid great, and was very forgiving to holding a heavy coat and not running. It's been almost two weeks since I sprayed, and it seems to be curing into a very hard finish.

I had sort of a wild hair, in doing the rocker panels in the Hammered Finish paint, but it does look pretty cool, and it's thick and seems to be a very hard and durable finish. Since the rockers get beat from road crap, I wanted something that would be easy to touch up down the road.

Thanks again.

 

[crawlin91]

another great rattle can job

 

[jranger86]

wow that looks really good, truck has held up well for the years tho, they dont build them like that any more unfortunatly.

 

[Mac]

Love the job!. Sure wish they still did two tone paint jobs today.
Dave

 

[DRIFTGOD187]

very nice