Home Forums Gear Hunting Trucks and Four-Wheel Drives 1978 F-150 shot box 4x4- New project

Some day I'm going to apply rhino bed liner to the outside of a truck with a roller. I think that would be the ultimate hunting truck "paint job". Exterior latex house paint works well also! Did a friends 77 Blazer in a latex camo job, it lasted for years and stuck well even to chrome plating.

I was behind a guy today that had undercoated the tailgate on his 80's blazer. Back when I had a Jeep, I was seriously thinking about undercoating the whole thing.

I'm going to "paint" the bumpers with bedliner.

Yesterday I put in new wheel cylinders on the rear drums, new break lines for pretty much the whole truck. There were a few places I didn't have to. And replaced some cracked fuel line.

It's starting to wear on me a bit....I'm ready to just drive it. Too close now to the end to quit on it, but man I'm ready for it to be finished!

It's been awhile since I've posted or even worked on this truck. Finally did some work on it last weekend. Painted the roof so I could get the running lights on it, sprayed the door jambs, and put most of the interior back in it.

My dad did the painting. I primed most of it but I'm not confident enough to spray the permanent stuff. The color is Desert Tan. It's the color of the military vehicles. The paint is from PPG, and is a single stage. It's not even thinned with reducer. You can add a bit of hardner if you like, but it's also not needed. My pops said the paint laid really nice and it dried REALLY fast. The next coat was ready to be laid in 15 minutes per the instructions.

Here are a few pics.

Probably my least favorite part of this project, the masking of parts I don't want it painted.






Putting in the carpet wasn't as easy as I thought it should be. I goofed too, I have to pull the front half of the carpet back and put the shifter and trans case boots in correctly.


Here is a shot with some color. It's actually Desert Tan, but for some reason, it looks yellow in these pics.




You can see the paint a bit better here. The running lights even work.
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Not a ford guy but I remember when those were new and always liked that mid 70s ford style. Keep us posted I love old trucks..

Like the color when time and money alow I have always wanted to build your truck but with 60's front and rear a a 4BT cummins.