Noob poster here, joined the site in 2016 & have been lurking ever since. I got ahold of an 82 HJ47 and hope to start working on it soon. My understanding is the truck originally had a tray on it hence the different color pickup bed. The cab has been repainted, and in decent condition so I plan to just clean it up and polish it. I love the look of the trucks that have stripped the paint back to original, but I’m afraid of what I might find under there, bare metal etc. (love to hear your thoughts) My main question is what to do with the bed. Looks to be a good bit of bondo in it so I’m thinking I should sand all that out, prime the dents or whatever, and throw some rattle can white on that matches somewhat. I hate to paint the interior of the bed. I feel like I should just rust convert and fluid film or just fluid film and leave the beige that doesn’t match. I know it’s a matter of opinion, but what are your thoughts? Another question is what to clean up the engine with? Will the valve cover, intake, etc clean up with CLR? If you have other suggestions after looking at the pictures, please let me know.
