Started my 83 M35A2C cab restoration today

[rtjraleigh]

Well seeing i havent worked in a while and the construction biz is in the crapper i decided to redo the cab of the 83 M35A2C that i am selling.

Day 1 - jay, james and I disassembled everything in the cab, replaced the widshield frame and sanded for a few hours. We then had lunch and decided to convert it from a bench seat to a double air ride. after everything was wiped down and taped off we broke out the rapco and went to work.

tomarrow we will be taking it up to have the floor rhino lined and we will be sanding down the seats frames. pics to come.

I am thinking i will have a good four days just getting the cab right.

 

[jcappeljr]

looks good.

 

[clinto]

Yeah, that looks really good. Are you going to tint the rhino liner or just do it black?

 

[ctmustang]

hey man looks good. inside of my deuce is almost olive drab in color do yaw think this is the right color? keep up the hard work talk to yaw later.

 

[bulldog_mack13]

Id be happy to help you repaint CT.

It was alot of fun help taking the Duece apart and working as a club project on a members truck .

 

[bigelk50]

Looks great. I am in the state of doing the same to the inside of my m818. Dual air rides, new paint... etc. Great job and keep the pics coming!

 

[cmvpa]

I think we are gonna keep the floor in black. the green just looks dirty after awhile. And great! rain for the next few days. It never ends.

 

[DeucesWildM211]

Cab Remodel

Oh Yea, We aren't doing much remodeling in houses right now so we can get some much needed work done on the truck. And it looks AWESOME I might add.

 

[vtach]

How are you going to keep the paint job durable? This is a rattle can paint correct? There are no hardeners in that stuff and a shoe is enough to scratch it?

 

[rtjraleigh]

its gonna get messed up eventually.

 

[BKubu]

Beautiful truck! I have an 83 A2C, too. Did you get yours from Lejeune? Mine came from there about a year or so ago. Good luck!

 

[rtjraleigh]

It came from an Air Force base somewhere. So atleast we know it wasnt abused. A few neat mods. like milled hood handle, side mounted air bleeders and a drop down standard hitch for civi trailers.

 

[rtjraleigh]

Day 2 - re-assembling some of the dash. Spent alot of time cleaning data plates, mounting fire extinquisher and the m11 decon. Its getting there. Did not make it to rhino liner due to rain.

Hopefully tomarrow we will be able to get the springer seats and the back of the cab done. Enjoy the pics. rob

 

[cmvpa]

outstanding!

 

[KsM715]

It came from an Air Force base somewhere. So atleast we know it wasnt abused.

Dont be so sure of that. I was in the USAF. I saw my fair share of abused vehicles. If it was on an actual Air Force base it was probably treated pretty good, if it came from something like a Forward Air Control detachment or a TACP Squadron then it was probably abused like all the field equipment we had.

Looks good, and Im sure its in better hands now