My winter project. 1974 W100 Utiline

[Badart]

Well I have worked almost 40 hours in three days installing some new equipment at work, but today I finally finished up my exhaust. I think that it turned out good and only cost me about $60 because I only had to buy the Y pipe and muffler.

 

[sireland67]

Are you going to be painting the frame with por 15 or something like that?

 

[Badart]

Are you going to be painting the frame with por 15 or something like that?

It's all surface rust. I am just hitting it with a wire wheel and spray paint. Heck my 02 dakota has as much rust on the frame. O

 

[Badart]

More paint and bodywork. Stripped the hood and doors. Applied primer and base under the hood and jambed the doors. Now I get to block and guide coat the entire thing. Wahoo! :angry7: I hate bodywork.

 

[73_Dart]

Wow. Nice truck. I looked into getting a 1975 dodge w100 ext. cab. I thought about selling my dart to buy it but decided not to.
Good luck with the truck.

 

[Badart]

I think that my arms are going to fall off. Guide coat, then blocking and more filler. She is smooth now. I know that it looks like a ton of filler, but it is just skim coats. Hopefully I will block one more time then the fun stuff starts.

 

[Badart]

Picked up my seat from the upholstery shop today. I am very happy with it. It should wear good too, being marine grade vinyl. The color is actually darker than the pictures show.

Nothing says 70's Mopar like 2 tone blue.

 

[Badart]

Oh yeah while taking a little break from body work I decided to do something about the factory dash speaker. These are Infinity 3 1/2" speakers.

 

[Badart]

I found one last low spot while I was blocking. I am now just waiting for the urethane surfacer to dry overnight, then that spot will get wet sanded. The rest of the truck has been wet sanded with 400-600. Tomorrow it will get rolled out and get a good bath, wiped down then color is going on. Wahoo! Finally. This will all happen after the garage gets a good cleaning and I set up my redneck paint booth.

 

[TexasCummins]

Good job so far!

 

[Backtobasics]

Still following this impressive build....

 

[HemiMark]

2 :thumrigh: up

 

[sneke_eyez]

Beautiful!
I've always loved those trucks, someday I'll track one down.
I'll tell you what though, $500 for that truck is a DEAL!

 

[Badart]

Wahoo! Finally some color. It turned out pretty good other than some orange peel. I still need to wet sand it and cut and buff it. I had a couple of runs in the clear and a couple of tiger stripes, but they should disappear quite a bit after buffed and the paint cures.

 

[Badart]

I had a big box show up the other day too.

 

[HemiPar]

The truck looks awsome. Looks to be the same color I painted mine about 15 years ago. Maybe after I finish my Dart I can get started on my truck. Love them wheels too.

 

[Backtobasics]

:cheers::cheers::cheers::cheers:

 

[kork340]

Looks great!

 

[Badart]

Well when I started shooting the blue I really liked the contrast with the gray primer. That has been in my head since I shot it. I am going to do it. The truck is almost completely wet sanded so it would be a perfect time to do this color down the sides. I think that it will look awesome and set this truck apart. I am having a problem finding pictures of two tone Utlines on the internet. I know exactly how I am going to mask it on the cab, but the bed will be tricky. I have an idea what I want to do, but I will need your input about the bed once it's ready to paint. Here is the color.

 

[Revhendo]

That's looking great! I like the idea about the two tone. Back when I worked at the dealership, they had a similar combo on the new Rams at the time that I really liked. If I remember correctly had a red pinstripe between the two colors that really made it pop.

 

[Badart]

Back when I worked at the dealership, they had a similar combo on the new Rams at the time that I really liked. If I remember correctly had a red pinstripe between the two colors that really made it pop.

I do remember that color combo and I have always liked it too. That pin stripe would be cool too and actually my wife mentioned that. Maybe I should listen to her more often. :thumbup:

 

[Dartnut]

Looks good, i can almost smell the fresh paint!
It looks great that color.

 

[Badart]

This is what I want to do. It's not the best example, but I don't have photoshop.

 

[Badart]

Well she is wet sanded now and I started cutting the hood.

 

[Badart]

Well she is two tone now. I really put the clear on thick to help cover the pinstripes. Now I have a ton of wet sanding to do over the next day or so. I am happy with it.