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DEVELOPING: Cruiser is off to paint! Pics to follow.
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It's been a while since I've posted anything meaningful in here. A lot of that has to do with the fact that I haven't made a lot of progress on the landcruiser as of late. Or at least it seems that way. I did manage to finish up almost all of the bodywork and lay down a coat of primer on everything but the tub. I even managed to turn my garage into a makeshift paint booth, complete with cardboard covered floor. (Protip: don't to any welding or grinding in a garage with a cardboard covered floor!)
Up until recently I've been gung-ho about painting the cruiser myself. I even managed to get some white laid down on the fiberglass cap as well as the bezel. I was using the Ace Hardware equivalent of Rustoleum (Ace Rust Stop). It took a few coats to get good coverage, and my little compressor turned out to not quite be able to keep up with my sprayer, but the results were looking good. Probably more due to the paint than my application skills. It was taking a lot longer than I would have liked, having to do so many coats and all the cleanup between coats. I could see that when I got around to doing the spring green it was going to take at least 3 phases to get everything painted. I didn't have enough space to hang everything, the tub and hardtop took up a lot of room, painting the parts on all sides that couldn't be hung, etc. And that's about when the cold started to hit, as well as life started to get a little overwhelming, so I pretty much put the landcruiser project on hiatus for the winter.
I didn't completely quit working on landcruisers. I've helped Airrider paint all of his pewter bits as well as recover his bench seats, and Volcanic Iceberg and I have gone in on another 40 to fix up and flip which has taken a fair amount of work thus far. I mention the fix-up project because it came with a little straighter bezel than I had for mine, so I swapped bezels for my painted one since that would be the only white painted part on the project (which will end up rattle-can beige with a soft top, mild lift and 33x12.50's on black wagon wheels). Well in the process of handling the bezel (not babying it mind you) I noticed the white paint was starting to chip in places.
Not something I wanted for the rest of the truck, so I started to seriously reconsider painting the cruiser myself.
Cue "Crash", the local underemployed automotive airbrish artist. I had talked with him before about having him spray the cruiser in his carport, but my unending stubbornness and desire to complete this project on the cheap wouldn't let me do it that way. Fast forward abot a year and now Crash is starting up a full-fledged paint shop, complete with heated booth, set to open this week. I was able to sneak the cruiser in with some other early projects and beat the rush. It should be a pretty quick project for him since I've already done all the body work (I'm sure he'll skim a coat of glaze here or there). It should be finished in another 2 weeks or so, ready for reassembly. He's going to paint it in a single-stage urethane, and as much as I think I'd love it matte, it's going to be sprayed in gloss. Oh well, I'm sure I'll love it in gloss as well.
Anyhow, here are a couple of pictures of it loaded up and ready to head off to paint.
You can see a lot of the larger parts on the flatbed and underneath the cruiser. There are a lot more parts inside as well. I hope I managed to keep track of all the little parts!
I've done a lot of parking on g the street with my landcruiser exploded in my garage. It's started to take over parts of my house as well. It will be really nice to have everything back together and only taking up one car space.
Notice the pretty white roof? It's getting sanded back off and repainted with something more durable.
By the time everything is back from paint the weather should be warmer, the curent flip project should be sold and I should have my schedule cleared to be able to put in some serious hours getting everything back together. I'm probably not going to run into many little problems, am I?
Up until recently I've been gung-ho about painting the cruiser myself. I even managed to get some white laid down on the fiberglass cap as well as the bezel. I was using the Ace Hardware equivalent of Rustoleum (Ace Rust Stop). It took a few coats to get good coverage, and my little compressor turned out to not quite be able to keep up with my sprayer, but the results were looking good. Probably more due to the paint than my application skills. It was taking a lot longer than I would have liked, having to do so many coats and all the cleanup between coats. I could see that when I got around to doing the spring green it was going to take at least 3 phases to get everything painted. I didn't have enough space to hang everything, the tub and hardtop took up a lot of room, painting the parts on all sides that couldn't be hung, etc. And that's about when the cold started to hit, as well as life started to get a little overwhelming, so I pretty much put the landcruiser project on hiatus for the winter.
I didn't completely quit working on landcruisers. I've helped Airrider paint all of his pewter bits as well as recover his bench seats, and Volcanic Iceberg and I have gone in on another 40 to fix up and flip which has taken a fair amount of work thus far. I mention the fix-up project because it came with a little straighter bezel than I had for mine, so I swapped bezels for my painted one since that would be the only white painted part on the project (which will end up rattle-can beige with a soft top, mild lift and 33x12.50's on black wagon wheels). Well in the process of handling the bezel (not babying it mind you) I noticed the white paint was starting to chip in places.
Not something I wanted for the rest of the truck, so I started to seriously reconsider painting the cruiser myself.Cue "Crash", the local underemployed automotive airbrish artist. I had talked with him before about having him spray the cruiser in his carport, but my unending stubbornness and desire to complete this project on the cheap wouldn't let me do it that way. Fast forward abot a year and now Crash is starting up a full-fledged paint shop, complete with heated booth, set to open this week. I was able to sneak the cruiser in with some other early projects and beat the rush. It should be a pretty quick project for him since I've already done all the body work (I'm sure he'll skim a coat of glaze here or there). It should be finished in another 2 weeks or so, ready for reassembly. He's going to paint it in a single-stage urethane, and as much as I think I'd love it matte, it's going to be sprayed in gloss. Oh well, I'm sure I'll love it in gloss as well.
Anyhow, here are a couple of pictures of it loaded up and ready to head off to paint.
You can see a lot of the larger parts on the flatbed and underneath the cruiser. There are a lot more parts inside as well. I hope I managed to keep track of all the little parts!
I've done a lot of parking on g the street with my landcruiser exploded in my garage. It's started to take over parts of my house as well. It will be really nice to have everything back together and only taking up one car space.
Notice the pretty white roof? It's getting sanded back off and repainted with something more durable.
By the time everything is back from paint the weather should be warmer, the curent flip project should be sold and I should have my schedule cleared to be able to put in some serious hours getting everything back together. I'm probably not going to run into many little problems, am I?
I also Love the Satin look...
But some day I dream of having my truck straight enough to get away with a glossy paint job... Won't be any time soon... Maybe one day.
Congratulations, can't wait to see the finished product.
But some day I dream of having my truck straight enough to get away with a glossy paint job... Won't be any time soon... Maybe one day.
Congratulations, can't wait to see the finished product.
MicahMan
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Just read the whole thread nice work! Gives me inspiration and hope!
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Thanks Micah, glad I could inspire you a little. I took a peek at your build thread and it looks like you're pretty much done. I look forward to the day I get to drive this thing. Maybe I'll bring it up north to one of the Wasatch Cruiser runs sometime.
I had a few things to discuss about the paint, so I ran out to the shop this afternoon. They haven't started on the cruiser yet, but I took the opportunity to snap a couple pics anyway. It's going to look sweet when it's done.
Here it is outside among some of the other projects.
And here's a couple of the bigger parts waiting for their turn under the gun.
I had a few things to discuss about the paint, so I ran out to the shop this afternoon. They haven't started on the cruiser yet, but I took the opportunity to snap a couple pics anyway. It's going to look sweet when it's done.
Here it is outside among some of the other projects.
And here's a couple of the bigger parts waiting for their turn under the gun.
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I had to swing by the paint shop again today because there was a small issue with the transmission hump -- it didn't fit. The hump that came on the cruiser had a cutout for a PTO shifter, and I am not ging to be puttin gthe PTO back in this cruiser, so I wanted to use the uncut tranny hump I had from an earlier year. Evidently there is more to tranny hump fit than just bolt pattern, because the one I wanted to use did not follow the floorpan correctly on the passenger side. I'm not sure which year it was from, but it was definitely off another 3-speed cruiser. Anybody know which years are compatible (I ask without searching the archives)? I'm not a fan of the 20 minute drive out and back to the paint shop with the cost of gas these days, but I guess I'm just going to have to get used to that, aren't I? Anyhow, the point of this post (aside from the tranny hump thing, btw I welded up the cutout in the other hump so it will be clean as well) was to let you all know that they had already begun prepping a few of the pieces, so I'm sure it won't be too long before it comes back. Woohoo!
Anyhow, the point of this post (aside from the tranny hump thing, btw I welded up the cutout in the other hump so it will be clean as well) was to let you all know that they had already begun prepping a few of the pieces, so I'm sure it won't be too long before it comes back. Woohoo!
If you have one for a '70 that is wrong for you, I'd be interested...
Sorry, just saw you have a 70. Doh!
You did a super job on those seats. Better then a seasoned pro did on mine.
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Talked to Crash today. Almost everything is ready to be primed. He got a couple ounces of paint mixed and the plan is to shoot a couple of small pieces tomorrow to test the color before he shoots the whole thing. I'll give my nod of approval on Wednesday, and assuming everything looks good it's off to the booth. 
Can't wait for reassembly. Volcanic Iceberg and I finished up our flip project this weekend and took it out for a little shakedown run with our families. It was a blast. That was the most I've ever driven a 40 in one sitting and the bounce and jostle over the rocks is pretty addicting, as as the smiles and squeals from all the little ones. I can almost count the time I have left on this project in weeks instead of months at this point...
Can't wait for reassembly. Volcanic Iceberg and I finished up our flip project this weekend and took it out for a little shakedown run with our families. It was a blast. That was the most I've ever driven a 40 in one sitting and the bounce and jostle over the rocks is pretty addicting, as as the smiles and squeals from all the little ones. I can almost count the time I have left on this project in weeks instead of months at this point...
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Okay, a little cruiser porn today.
First up, the landcruiser Volcanic Iceberg and I went in on as a flip. We found a good deal on a '66 with a bad transmission a couple of months ago. Buying cruisers in non-running condition is a little risky, and this one had sat for more than a year after the transmission went out. (I had an extra transmission already and offered it to the seller for a great price, but he decided to pass.) The cruiser was riddled with trailer lights in place of factory lights, enough mudflaps bolted to the body and fenders that it was starting to look like a tornado-chaser vehicle, rusty chrome wagon wheels that were too wide even for the 33-12.50's on it, holes in the soft top, a spare tire bracket made from fenceposts and bolted to the bumper so the barn doors couldn't open. (I wish I had a "before" picture.) But best of all was the 15 layer paint job. Outside was a hideous beige, purplish brown and black rattle can camo job. Inside was a mix of beige around the tub, maroonish dash, orange "accents" like the inside of the windshield frame, and several other colors peeking through depending on what layer the paint was chipping off down to in the area. It was kind of a hot mess, but it was pretty solid structurally and had some decent upgrades like bucket seats, a 22 gal. auxillary tank, rhino-lined interior and a Con-fer rear bench. Well, $900 for the cruiser, another $500 in lights, seatcovers, paint, and other doodads, the donated transmission and some other donated parts, and a half-dozen evenings or so and this is what we ended up with.
We got to take it out for a couple of shakedown runs before we sold it. What a blast. The best part is watching 3 little kids in the back seat squealing with delight as their heads bobble over every bump and rut. It was a fun project and I'm happy to report that another cruiser has been rescued.
The other bit of cruiser porn has to do with the fact that Crash has been working on my '70 for a little bit now. I wish he was making faster progress than he has been, but it's starting to get there. As you can see, he's had to undo some of the work that I did. Here's my split-less split hood as it get's ready for a final skim-coat and prime.
And here's the tub, banished to the corner of the shop as it wait for it's dose of TLC.
With the paint shop being officially open now Crash is starting to get some collision work, which always gets to move to the front of the line. Where I though I was within a week from habing my cruiser back, I now think the best case scenario will be 2 weeks from now. Maybe longer. It's hard to complain after as slowly as I've progressed thus far. I was supposed to swing by the paint shop today to approve the color on some parts that were already dry. Instead I got to see them wet. Hopefully the color doesn't change much, because I approved it as is, mostly because it looked awesome.
Here is the color I'm going with. It's basically spring green, but I'm sure a purist would take exception to the fact that it is based of the 40+ year old faded and dirty paint left on the cruiser, and it's been tweaked a little to not be quite as colorful as what I've seen in other pictures of spring green cruisers. That said, it's a hard color to photograph and have look right. It washes out in the sunlight in pictures, but not as much in real life. Crash wanted to include his business card in the pic for some free advertising when I told him the pics were for the web.
You can see the color pretty good in the shadows of the container.
Here are a couple pics of the rocker panels after just being sprayed, under some artificial lights in the paint booth.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, my share of the profits from the cruiser VI and I flipped will pay for the entire paint job, plus the majority a new 12,000lb Harbor Freight winch. Since the flip was of a landcruiser I've lumped it in with the overall project. Not bad to be able to have your cruiser professionally painted and still get to consider it a budget build.
First up, the landcruiser Volcanic Iceberg and I went in on as a flip. We found a good deal on a '66 with a bad transmission a couple of months ago. Buying cruisers in non-running condition is a little risky, and this one had sat for more than a year after the transmission went out. (I had an extra transmission already and offered it to the seller for a great price, but he decided to pass.) The cruiser was riddled with trailer lights in place of factory lights, enough mudflaps bolted to the body and fenders that it was starting to look like a tornado-chaser vehicle, rusty chrome wagon wheels that were too wide even for the 33-12.50's on it, holes in the soft top, a spare tire bracket made from fenceposts and bolted to the bumper so the barn doors couldn't open. (I wish I had a "before" picture.) But best of all was the 15 layer paint job. Outside was a hideous beige, purplish brown and black rattle can camo job. Inside was a mix of beige around the tub, maroonish dash, orange "accents" like the inside of the windshield frame, and several other colors peeking through depending on what layer the paint was chipping off down to in the area. It was kind of a hot mess, but it was pretty solid structurally and had some decent upgrades like bucket seats, a 22 gal. auxillary tank, rhino-lined interior and a Con-fer rear bench. Well, $900 for the cruiser, another $500 in lights, seatcovers, paint, and other doodads, the donated transmission and some other donated parts, and a half-dozen evenings or so and this is what we ended up with.
We got to take it out for a couple of shakedown runs before we sold it. What a blast. The best part is watching 3 little kids in the back seat squealing with delight as their heads bobble over every bump and rut. It was a fun project and I'm happy to report that another cruiser has been rescued.
The other bit of cruiser porn has to do with the fact that Crash has been working on my '70 for a little bit now. I wish he was making faster progress than he has been, but it's starting to get there. As you can see, he's had to undo some of the work that I did. Here's my split-less split hood as it get's ready for a final skim-coat and prime.
And here's the tub, banished to the corner of the shop as it wait for it's dose of TLC.
With the paint shop being officially open now Crash is starting to get some collision work, which always gets to move to the front of the line. Where I though I was within a week from habing my cruiser back, I now think the best case scenario will be 2 weeks from now. Maybe longer. It's hard to complain after as slowly as I've progressed thus far. I was supposed to swing by the paint shop today to approve the color on some parts that were already dry. Instead I got to see them wet. Hopefully the color doesn't change much, because I approved it as is, mostly because it looked awesome.
Here is the color I'm going with. It's basically spring green, but I'm sure a purist would take exception to the fact that it is based of the 40+ year old faded and dirty paint left on the cruiser, and it's been tweaked a little to not be quite as colorful as what I've seen in other pictures of spring green cruisers. That said, it's a hard color to photograph and have look right. It washes out in the sunlight in pictures, but not as much in real life. Crash wanted to include his business card in the pic for some free advertising when I told him the pics were for the web.
You can see the color pretty good in the shadows of the container.
Here are a couple pics of the rocker panels after just being sprayed, under some artificial lights in the paint booth.
Oh, and in case you're wondering, my share of the profits from the cruiser VI and I flipped will pay for the entire paint job, plus the majority a new 12,000lb Harbor Freight winch. Since the flip was of a landcruiser I've lumped it in with the overall project. Not bad to be able to have your cruiser professionally painted and still get to consider it a budget build.
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While waiting for the paint to dry (I wish) I went ahead and added a thread about how to build the hard top storage dolly in post #10.
hard top storage dolly
hard top storage dolly
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Snapped these pics with my phone, so the quality and color isn't as good as the others. Plus the parts were still wet. I dropped in to the paint shop yesterday because I was on that side of town and I was glad to see some progress being made. It's looking like I'll be getting the cruiser back from paint in another week or so. 
When I stopped in Crash was working on the hard top, so I volunteered to bring the dolly over to use for painting the inside surfaces and for moving it around the shop. And for those of you who noticed the bezel in the 2nd pic, it's not going to be green. The official word was that the green was just a base coat that could be wetsanded down to perfection before laying down the white. Sounded pretty BS to me, but whatever. I'm jsut excited to be getting it back soon. Time to start cleaning up the garage in preparation.
When I stopped in Crash was working on the hard top, so I volunteered to bring the dolly over to use for painting the inside surfaces and for moving it around the shop. And for those of you who noticed the bezel in the 2nd pic, it's not going to be green. The official word was that the green was just a base coat that could be wetsanded down to perfection before laying down the white. Sounded pretty BS to me, but whatever. I'm jsut excited to be getting it back soon. Time to start cleaning up the garage in preparation.
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Most of the small parts are back from paint now. Most of the big parts have the undersides painted, but the outsides still need to be shot. The hard top is finished, but the tub still hasn't seen any paint. It's all looking really good. Crash is trying to have everything ready ready and dry by the end of next week. All I can say is I'm missing some prime wheeling weather. Hopefully reassembly goes smoothly.
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Tub comes home from paint tomorrow! Woohoo! I got a preview of things when I picked up the doors, hood, bezel, tranny hump, hard top, etc., as the inside had already been painted -- it looked really good. The only reason I wasn't able to pick up the tub at that time is Crash wanted to wet sand the exterior one more time to remove any overspray from shooting the interior. I'm going to have to do a little touch up here and there, but overall it is looking very nice. I'll be sure to post pictures of the trip home.
Now the race is on to get it all put back together.
Now the race is on to get it all put back together.
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Okay, the race is back on. Cruiser is back from paint and now it's time for reassembly. I just checked and I originally purchased my FJ40 in the middle of July, 2010, so the possibility of wrapping this whole project up in under two years is a real possibility. Actually, it's almost a necessity since I'll be getting remarried before then and I'm pretty sure the new 
will want access to the garage.
The cruiser came out looking awesome. It was never intended to live its life in a showroom or be a trailer queen, so we left a lot of the ripples and spot weld marks in the sheetmetal. Most of the dents and dings were taken care of, but if you sight down the body you can see that it's far from perfect. But they didn't come from the factory perfect, for one, and I intend to scratch up that shiny paint and get a nice thick layer of dust on it just as soon as I can. This truck has always been intended to be used. It just so happens that when I got it it was butt ugly and needed a makeover, and I'm a little too OCD to just slap a coat of Rustoleum on it and drive (although believe me, in nearly 2 years I could have done a lot of driving). If it had a nice original patina like so many of the ones you guys own I would have, but the peeling canary yellow plus brown rattle can stripes paint job just had to go. But now it looks awesome.
Here's a couple of pics leaving the paint shop.
In the second shot I tried to get a picture showing how the green looks against the native red rocks. It was hard to do while driving, but even harder since every camera seems to photograph this color differently. The color is a modified version of T28 Spring Green, which was the original color as best I can tell. I wanted to do something that was a little less fruity than the other spring green (often called seafoam green) cruisers I've seen. Of course, I'm finding that the "fruityness" might just be from the camera. This color is a little desaturated from the paint that was left on the car that we matched to get the starting point for the color. Lighting plays a big role as well, as does whatever backdrop is behind the cruiser. Sometimes it looks a little too bright, but most the time the color looks juuuust right to me. I'm really excited to see it with the seats in and the front end put back together, but I'm just going to have to exercise patience until I can get all the mechanicals done.
This picture is a pretty good representation of the color, at least on my monitor.
With a sky like this I should have wheeled it out into the street and tried to get a shot without my shadow in the picture.
With a little work I was able to clear some space between messes to fit both the cruiser and the hard top in the garage. Part of the reason for the creative parking was that I had already flipped the hard top so I could install a headliner.
The headliner installation went pretty smoothly. I would much rather do one with the hard top dismantled, because I had to do a lot of awkward reaching to get to everything on the back half. I don't know if this is common knowlege because I didn't search mud for headliner writeups ahead of time, but doing the headliner in sections, alternating between gluing and trimming, seemed to work pretty well. I started by aligning the headliner based on the rear corners, without tucking any of the edges under the top rail yet. Next I glued down about a 2' x 2' section in the center of roof about a foot in front of the seam. Doing this allowed me to work on tucking the headliner up under the rail and "marking" it by poking it with a utility knife. I left the front edge about 3/4" long so I could trim it last, but if you get the sides sufficiently tucked up in the trimming is less critical. After "marking" it, I could pull the leadliner back out and trim it with scissors pretty easily. I trimmed everything back to almost where the seam is, test fit everything, and then glued it all down. Make sure you mask everything off well because when that spray adhesive stuff gets airborn it gets everywhere. I used some 3M trim adhesive for gluing down carpeting that specifically said not for vinyl or headliners, but I live dangerously. Anyhow, with the front down it was just a matter of triming and gluing about a 1 foot full width section at a time. I made sure to make one of the section breaks right at the headliner seam. This way I was able to get the seam to all lay the same direction the whole way across, and then for the next section pull everything tight so the seam is as invisible as possible. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
Hopefully the remainder of the reassembly goes as smoothly as the headliner. Yeah right. I've already determined that I'm going to need to rewire the entire truck, after spending several hours trying to undo all of the hack and splice jobs from the previous owners. Unfortunately that means it will be a little while before I can even fire it up, assuming it will even run that is.
will want access to the garage. The cruiser came out looking awesome. It was never intended to live its life in a showroom or be a trailer queen, so we left a lot of the ripples and spot weld marks in the sheetmetal. Most of the dents and dings were taken care of, but if you sight down the body you can see that it's far from perfect. But they didn't come from the factory perfect, for one, and I intend to scratch up that shiny paint and get a nice thick layer of dust on it just as soon as I can. This truck has always been intended to be used. It just so happens that when I got it it was butt ugly and needed a makeover, and I'm a little too OCD to just slap a coat of Rustoleum on it and drive (although believe me, in nearly 2 years I could have done a lot of driving). If it had a nice original patina like so many of the ones you guys own I would have, but the peeling canary yellow plus brown rattle can stripes paint job just had to go. But now it looks awesome.
Here's a couple of pics leaving the paint shop.
In the second shot I tried to get a picture showing how the green looks against the native red rocks. It was hard to do while driving, but even harder since every camera seems to photograph this color differently. The color is a modified version of T28 Spring Green, which was the original color as best I can tell. I wanted to do something that was a little less fruity than the other spring green (often called seafoam green) cruisers I've seen. Of course, I'm finding that the "fruityness" might just be from the camera. This color is a little desaturated from the paint that was left on the car that we matched to get the starting point for the color. Lighting plays a big role as well, as does whatever backdrop is behind the cruiser. Sometimes it looks a little too bright, but most the time the color looks juuuust right to me. I'm really excited to see it with the seats in and the front end put back together, but I'm just going to have to exercise patience until I can get all the mechanicals done.
This picture is a pretty good representation of the color, at least on my monitor.
With a sky like this I should have wheeled it out into the street and tried to get a shot without my shadow in the picture.
With a little work I was able to clear some space between messes to fit both the cruiser and the hard top in the garage. Part of the reason for the creative parking was that I had already flipped the hard top so I could install a headliner.
The headliner installation went pretty smoothly. I would much rather do one with the hard top dismantled, because I had to do a lot of awkward reaching to get to everything on the back half. I don't know if this is common knowlege because I didn't search mud for headliner writeups ahead of time, but doing the headliner in sections, alternating between gluing and trimming, seemed to work pretty well. I started by aligning the headliner based on the rear corners, without tucking any of the edges under the top rail yet. Next I glued down about a 2' x 2' section in the center of roof about a foot in front of the seam. Doing this allowed me to work on tucking the headliner up under the rail and "marking" it by poking it with a utility knife. I left the front edge about 3/4" long so I could trim it last, but if you get the sides sufficiently tucked up in the trimming is less critical. After "marking" it, I could pull the leadliner back out and trim it with scissors pretty easily. I trimmed everything back to almost where the seam is, test fit everything, and then glued it all down. Make sure you mask everything off well because when that spray adhesive stuff gets airborn it gets everywhere. I used some 3M trim adhesive for gluing down carpeting that specifically said not for vinyl or headliners, but I live dangerously.
Anyhow, with the front down it was just a matter of triming and gluing about a 1 foot full width section at a time. I made sure to make one of the section breaks right at the headliner seam. This way I was able to get the seam to all lay the same direction the whole way across, and then for the next section pull everything tight so the seam is as invisible as possible. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.
Hopefully the remainder of the reassembly goes as smoothly as the headliner. Yeah right. I've already determined that I'm going to need to rewire the entire truck, after spending several hours trying to undo all of the hack and splice jobs from the previous owners. Unfortunately that means it will be a little while before I can even fire it up, assuming it will even run that is.
Looking good. I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.
I'm also going to do a rewire some day... But for now it's running so the new harness will remain in the drawer.
I'm looking forward to seeing it finished.I'm also going to do a rewire some day... But for now it's running so the new harness will remain in the drawer.
Still subscribed... waiting and reading! Looks incredible.
