if the paint was original and the rust wasn't there i would totally leave it alone. but since it's gunna need some work i want to go satin black. i have a long time love of hot rods, but can't afford one.

 

Cough satin red cough

 

have you given thought to a patina paint job? layer some different colors, sand it down, then flat clear it. It'll give ya that rundown look and still have clear. Plus its alittle different from flatblack (not that theres anything wrong with flat black )

OR

you can buy my Belair, then you'll have a hotrod

 

no, i did not think of a patina paint job, but i might look into it

and i already have a 64 impala, and 66 mustang. not really hotrods, but old american iron. i really want a chopped 27 T. there used to be one near my work, rusting away. i offered the owner $5,000 for it and she wouldn't sell it. it's still setting today

 

i'd kill for a tudor sedan. But theres a model A truck literally a 1/4 mile from my house, my uncle tryed to buy it from the guy like 25 years ago and wouldn't sale it. Its in the same spot right now. Such a shame its going to waste, its a complete car

 

I can't stand when people do that. You know it's one thing to buy a project vehicle and store it for a few years but it should be a crime to let something rot in a field knowing damn well that you are never going to touch it and still won't sell it. I'd like to take these guys out behind the barn and knock some #%#^@^@ sense into them!

 

I got some parts for my belair from a car a guy had on the side of a mountain. He had been a wrecking service on like a 100 miles stretch of interstate for prob 50 years. He had well over 500 classic, and HIGHLY rare cars. Could have gotten millions prob if he would have addvertised it alot and sold them, but he got quick cash and crushed ALL of them

I have pics of it on my myspace under "car graveyard"...
www.myspace.com/humanmachinehead

 

sam you were right man! i seen overspray and thought the truck was repainted, but it touch up from a fender bender.

i seen all the old hilux's on here getting shined up so i figured what the hell and hit it with some wax. i still got to finish it though......my arm hurts.

 

Nice job man, i hated waxing mine but it was worth it

 

Thats how mine was when I got it but i hit it with some rubbing compound and a buffer before I waxed it. Looking good though. When are you going to finish her up?

 

I like how the color naturally blends w/ rust

awesome find
keep her runnin'

 

thanks guys. hopefully i'll finish waxing it soon. and maybe get the suspension done before wcn next month....

 

old motor.



1uz-fe. it's complete, i just took off the plastics to clean them before i took the pics...

 

You have too many awesome projects... just give me one and you'll feel better

 

great, now i want a V8 in my hilux




in all seriousness, that is gonna be some sick ****.



since you have a bunch of yota motors around, could you do me a favor?


measure the height/width/legnth of all you got floating around (8/18r 2Xr 1uz ect)?



and do you plan on going as low as the 86 with the hilux? any plans yet to deal with the less space of a V8?

 

i had the rims off the 86 today so i stuck them on the hilux to see how it would look.....








**if you look closely over the hood you can see the door from the 86 stading up next to it**

 

you could remove the front springs and almost set the x mem on the ground.


to check for front wheel clearance that is

 

Bern..... you got a f''king 1UZ-FE.... sigh, wished i had that.... GAWH! BERNN!!! hahah

 

well as i wait for my garage to have some space , i worked on my grille shell today. 4 hours worth of hand sanding and i'm half way done. somewhere in the last 27 years somebody sprayed "mexi-chrome" on it, and it was a bear to sand off.





i primed it, then painted the face of the center fins with ceramic aluminum engine paint. then i masked it and sprayed the flat black. i think it will fit the theme of the truck overall.

 

got the grille done. i need to straigten out the front apron and get some paint on it now.