some of ya'll know I bought BRUISER's old tow rig, the '92 F-250 7.5L gasser...
towed great to Tellico, Uwharrie and Devil's Playground...
just hated not having A/C, and the mileage wasn't that great (surprise, surprise)...so I started looking for a diesel...
figured if I followed him with the Ford, might as well find me a 1st Gen Dodge...so I picked this up week-and-a-half ago:
here's a close-up so you can see what the paint looked like before I worked on it:
'89 D350, 2WD, DRW, 5-speed, long bed...bought it from the original owner, 256K...stock except for some Bilsteins and some pimp air ride seats...
I took a clay bar, a mild buff and some wax to the paint, got the windows tinted, sprayed the grille area black since the fake chrome was flaking, and took some rattle-can to the hood, just to make it all the same color...I didn't work on the area below the trim on each side, so you can see the difference in how the paint turned out...
a couple pics from today:
the F-250 was a long bed, so I kept that feature...but I upgraded 4 of the 6 things I was looking for:
1. auto to 5-speed
2. gas to diesel
3. no A/C to A/C
4. SRW to DRW
left on the list someday:
5. 4x2 to 4x4
5. reg cab to extended cab
I sold the Ford on Ebay, and the guy's paying me to deliver it to the Lousiville, KY area...so I get to find out how the Dodge tows this weekend...
Greg
towed great to Tellico, Uwharrie and Devil's Playground...
just hated not having A/C, and the mileage wasn't that great (surprise, surprise)...so I started looking for a diesel...
figured if I followed him with the Ford, might as well find me a 1st Gen Dodge...so I picked this up week-and-a-half ago:
here's a close-up so you can see what the paint looked like before I worked on it:
'89 D350, 2WD, DRW, 5-speed, long bed...bought it from the original owner, 256K...stock except for some Bilsteins and some pimp air ride seats...
I took a clay bar, a mild buff and some wax to the paint, got the windows tinted, sprayed the grille area black since the fake chrome was flaking, and took some rattle-can to the hood, just to make it all the same color...I didn't work on the area below the trim on each side, so you can see the difference in how the paint turned out...
a couple pics from today:
the F-250 was a long bed, so I kept that feature...but I upgraded 4 of the 6 things I was looking for:
1. auto to 5-speed
2. gas to diesel
3. no A/C to A/C
4. SRW to DRW
left on the list someday:
5. 4x2 to 4x4
5. reg cab to extended cab
I sold the Ford on Ebay, and the guy's paying me to deliver it to the Lousiville, KY area...so I get to find out how the Dodge tows this weekend...
Greg