Cleaned up the 40

[1973Guppie]

Just finished a general cleanuup of the 40. The paint was very bad, many years of it, probably scraped off 20 coats of paint, came off in sheets. Scraped it down to bare metal, pulled most little parts and then got it shot at uncle earl's for cheap. Came out decent, I am happy, it's a trail truck. Cleaned up the fenderwells with bed liner, as well as the rockers and fixed a bunch of little things that were bugging me. Had a bunch of parts powdercoated as well. Amazing what a few bucks and a LOT of elbow grease will do.

Noah

 

[1973Guppie]

and the end result.....

 

[1973Guppie]

more bling.......

 

[1973Guppie]

had to replace one of my optima's yellow tops because the truck sat so long, that was a bummer, fyi, optima is giving $25 rebate on their batt's right now, and amazon has them for $156, free ship and no taxes, so all in all, about $130 for a new optima, not bad!

see ya,

Noah

 

[Eshu Elegua]

Love the color...very clean job...put some gas n hit the trail....

 

[apeterson]

very nice noah!!

 

[My wife said no FJ!]

Looks Great

 

[calixto]

Nice brudda, can't wait to see it.

 

[hedonist]

sweet lookin rig

 

[copasspupil]

Great work and love the bottle opener. Must come in handy...

 

[landcruisnman]

SWEET!!!!!!!!

 

[Bad Mojo]

Looking good. Do you like that fold down step?

 

[1973Guppie]

to be honest don't use the fold down steps much, have been on there for years, but they do come in handy when packing the back of the vehicle. or when I need to get into the car and grab something out of it.

 

[marks69cruiser]

Looks great Noah! Taking a break from painting my 40 as I type this! Nice motivation! Does that 40 have a body lift?

 

[1973Guppie]

no, SOA on stock springs with some long add a leafs I got from man a fre.......

 

[landcrusher909]

Nice Work !!! What does Earl charge these days ?

 

[romegadave]

very sharp to me.......I am jealous.

 

[allan man]

Thanks for sharing.....always enjoy your improvements....keeps me motivated...

 

[Toxarch]

Wow, looks great.

 

[tmarx]

Very nice !