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Has anyone had any luck getting there Deuse insured through farm bureau in TN. I've talked to one guy and he was no help. I talked to my agent and he said if anyone has been able to do it . He would use there to policy to show tha underwriters that it has been do already. I know I can go...
The tires are michelins. They cam on the truck. Ther are probably others on the forum that can tell you more. I know that the are definity bigger that the military tire. The truck sets a lot higher that the others.
Like I said earlier the truck was in pretty good shape. Most of the loose rust was removed with wire wheel in a drill. Then I primed with a rattle can primer. The heave rust an loose paint were removed with a needle scalier.
The stencils were cut from vinyl. I have a vinyl cutter at my disposal so it saved me money so that I didn't have to buy any. The stencils have an adhesive on the back that holds them in place. After I put them in position I used a plastic squeegee to make sure all the surfaces were down. So...
As Pete said I used Rapco paint it's top quality. It took 2 gallons to do the truck(inside, out, and underneath). It took about a week with the prep work and painting then stencils. The truck just had light surface rust so most prep was done with a drill and a wire brush. I had my son use a...
The nice thing about this truck was it had only been camoed once. If you folded the seats down or removed a panel it was semi gloss OD. And yes I was lucky there was no carc on the truck
I'm the one in the photo spraying the truck. HVLP gun with a 20 gallon compressor I used about 40 psi so there wasn't much overspray. The truck is not strong enough plus you don't want it running for hours. The masking takes the longest but it was not hard to spray. There are a few small...
I have just received my first deuce. A 1971 am general with drop sides. While inspecting the truck I noticed that it has only been painted twice. It is now in camo but if you look behind the seats and under the truck it is still on semi gloss OD. I would like to take it back to its original...
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