1987 ford f-350 wrecker

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Hotbo

here is our wrecker we have had a long time.always looked bad but got the job done.

lots and lots of bodywork,lol!!!!!!!

on the passenger side i bet i dig out 3-4 inches of mud from previous damage :mad:

it still got alot back but not near as thick once i spent a full day heating pulling,ect.

the truck is very rough,still not going to be show car by any means after wards .

we use and abuse it,so im not going to spend alot of time blocking and re-priming.

i talked to Barry about it today and he was very generous,Thanks Barry.

i have a gallon of single stage Omni Frost white i got gave to me so i thought keeping it on a low budget this would be a good time to use it :D

after talking with Barry im going add my gloss hardner then the next morning lay 2-3 coats of UV clear on top of it so it will last more than few years.

im only painting the outside body.the inside of the Bed and Boom will get white SPI Epoxy later.

dont make to much fun of the ole girl and all her BONDO,LOL!!!!!Shes been around the block and i plan on her taking me there a few more trips :D

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Remember be gentle,lmao!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
time to go make some more flower :cool:

Barry you still want your name on the side of the ol Girl :confused:,lol!!!!
 
my ole man 66 years young,opened his first shop in 64
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me ready to make some flower :cool:
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Later Travis
 
having second thoughts on the color

i had planned on getting paint on it by this weekend and getting it out of the shop,but i got a decent job in this afternoon and maybe 1 more for the weekend,then i have 2 for next week so i gots to get primer on this sucker by tomorrow night and kick it out.


if you guys were doing a wrecker and had your color of choice what would you go with?
 
I'd paint it white and do some red and blue graphics on the front end. White hides a lot and touches up well, easy to fix etc. The bed should stay mostly all white because it will get beat up and touched up a lot. Some diamond plate on the tops of the bed rails will help.

Just my 2 cents...
 
crashtech;2386 said:
I'd paint it white and do some red and blue graphics on the front end. White hides a lot and touches up well, easy to fix etc. The bed should stay mostly all white because it will get beat up and touched up a lot. Some diamond plate on the tops of the bed rails will help.

Just my 2 cents...

yeah i do agree with the white being easy.

but man i don't know,lol!!!!!!!!

me and the wife have been in the office looking at a ton of different spray cards and have pretty much summed up we both like charcoals,lol!!!!!!!!

we picked lots of charcoals out and 1 really dark blue met,almost black.

and some lighter silver grays.


to many choices :mad:

heck knowing me ill make 100 circles wont be able to sleep and then stress over it.

when its all said and done it'll be white :p unless i surprise myself and that happens more and more
 
got lots more done and its looking better than the pics i took,ill take some more tomorrow or the next.

all i know is my shoulders and back are killing me from all the grinding,sanding,in-lining and blocking large areas.

been a long time since this has taken place,lol!!!!
 
The thing about charcoal, is that it reveals body waves and orange peel really well, and touches up poorly.

It's way down on my list for a working vehicle, though it does look nice on a straight vehicle all sanded and buffed.

I did an '84 F-250 in Kaiser Gray Metallic for a customer, it looked sharp when it was done. It was all for show though, even though it rode on 38's.
 
yeah i was dreaming,lol!!!!!!came back to my senses as if i had any.

the more i talk about it white is the best for the working wrecker for many factors that you pointed out.as i already knew them something just came over me and said hey make this thing really slick and do something nice on it.


well it wont stay nice for long im sure,1 big chain slap and all the fancy nice paint is gone!!!!!!!

cable break or anything and its over.


so white it is
 
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