M1008 troop seat project

[ABN173]

Hey guys,

I just thought I'd post a small troop seat project that took up most of my weekend. I just added these not even a week ago but they needed painting really bad so This weekend I sanded by hand the slats until I realized I had a hand planer still new in the box.....anyway this weekend I only did the seat backs, next weekend I will hit the bottoms, I removed the slats, then sanded and painted all six sides of each slat board. I only had one bolt that was so rusted I had to break out a inox metal cutting blade on. I went with a VALSPAR exterior flat black since I thought it would offset the tan carc better than green would.
Attached are some before and after pics

-Dale

 

[86M10086.2L]

Looks good. Did you sand the paint completely off the wood? Or just enough to stop it from flaking off? I need to redo mine, just looking for some ideas of how other people did theirs.

 

[ABN173]

Well I stopped with just keeping it from flaking........that is until I found the hand plainer then I redid them all down to the wood. I plan on replacing the wood eventually but none of the slats were broken so I just decided they still got some life left left in them.

 

[Cucvnut]

i like !! my m1008 is tan also gives me some ideas !!

 

[papabear]

Do you still the "Unofficial" Use Only Decals on it ABN?? I couldn't tell!
Oh yea...the seats look good

 

[ABN173]

Roger that PB, I still get funny conversations about it or puzzled looks especially when I come through a different gate or get chosen for a full inspection.

 

[aboonski]

Wonderful looking truck! I also have an M1008A1 and used some fiberglass troop seat material from a set of FMTV troop seats and they worked out great! If you add the cargo cover the troop seats will last forever!

 

[AaronW]

Looking good Dale!

 

[MFF]

WTB CUCV M1008 acc.

Hi to everybody out in CUCV land:
I'm looking for following parts for my M1008:
CARGO COVER (tan preferred)
Trailer that matches M1008 (tan preferred)
Antenna Mount (tan preferred)
Dashboard
Seat

Thanks for helping!


Chris

 

[niferous]

Ah man just use green parts. Then it will really look authentic military!

 

[MFF]

Available for sale in green?

 

[Logistics]

Looking for the tie down strapsnfornthe bows. Broke two of mine installing my new cover. Thanks!

 

[Firehound]

Hey, do the back rests fold down at all? I hate to loose all that visibility...

 

[Terracoma]

Hey, do the back rests fold down at all? I hate to loose all that visibility...

The back rests, or sideboards (as I call them), do not fold and are fixed in place.

Only the seat bottoms fold up/down, and visibility is very poor with all eight seats folded up.