Brad's 1954 R Series Build

It'll be different that's for sure. I can't really tell how rough it's going to be. Is it "peel off skin" when you brush up against it or more of a modelled finish?

I think the rough surfaces will match the character of the truck.

It'll be different that's for sure. I can't really tell how rough it's going to be. Is it "peel off skin" when you brush up against it or more of a modelled finish?

Its really not too rough as far as the feel of it. And, by simply adjusting the PSI at the gun, as well as adjusting distance I can easily control the texture. shooting at 60 psi seemed to give me the look and feel that i like. And so far, what i have done looks to be uniform in the look.

the research tells me that prepped correctly, this stuff is highly durable, doesn't melt like a rubberized coating, and can be touched up fairly easily if necessary. And its a urethane material....so it is not supposed to fade (any worse than any other paint job i guess)

I exhausted my "test" supply, so i have ordered what i think i'll need to do the rest of the truck.

Sounds good. I'd like to look into a spray-in liner for the bed of my truck once I rebuild it.

after receiving a little "scuffing help". The cab is coated



The gunmetal gray is darker than i thought it would be, and i hope it ends up looking alright vs the black accents. And hopefully the streaks i can see in the pic...is the lighting or the fact that its still drying. But if not, i guess i'll fix that later

Brad did you get your tires and rims figured out.. I jsut finally got my right side inner fender on and going to test this weekend and see what i get for the rubbing ..I believe i have one and two inch spacers in the shop.. I will do some testing this week since the front clip is done drying and painted .. Will post pics later when i get them taken..thanks mark

Thanks Mark, I appreciate it. I haven't checked on it yet as i have been putting in all my time getting the cab and stuff painted.

I am guessing that an 8" rim with the right backspacing (and/or spacer) is going to workout OK on the fronts. For the rear, my plan of building out a wood bed again means that i can do whatever i want as far as wheels and tire size goes.

I did, however, have a conversation with some people at work today who are in town from Amarillo. Turns out all 8 of them are car guys.....and 1 of them has a line on a bed. So......my plans might be changing as far as the bed goes. Who knows what the fruits of that will be.

Thanks brad I havent been able to get the front of mine tested .. but working on it i just keep forgetting to check them when im out there working

not a huge update, but i did get the front runner assembled. I wanted to make sure all the parts were there and that they fit.

Looking forward to putting it all in the truck again.
54 IHC by isu_phi, on Flickr

dumb question alert..... based on how these tracks are on the windows....which one is driver and which one is passenger?