Engine painting #1

Everything Painted ...almost

At the same time picking up the Cab

 OHHhhhh My!! I cant wait to get this beauty on the chassie.

Quick visit at paint sop

I couldn´t keep away for long. Underside and inside painted.

Time to get the cab to the paintshop

This was about 2 weeks ago, but I am dragging the blogger post a bit ;-)

Picked up up hood, running boards, gravel pan and tailgate from paint shop

Picked up the freshly painted doors

A couple of weeks ago i picked up the freshly painted doors.
Aren´t they looking lovely!!

Mounted the tailgate this weekend

OHHH my! what I have been longing for this moment when the parts start falling together!!!

Rear fenders mounted to bed

Got the fenders mounted a couple of weeks ago. This is really fun!!

Picked up 1st batch of painted parts

A picture of a color is never gone make it justice but MAN when I came to the paintshop today and fell over these beautiful fenders just inside the door. BAM!! I just knew I had made the right choice.

Bed primer and color code decided.

Bed parts primed and we finally got the right color code mixed and sent to us from PPG.  Looks great. Can't wait to see the final result 😊👍. Might have the bed painted and ready by the weekend.

Bed back on chassie, atleast temporary

Bed in primer back on the chassie. Moving ALL the stuff to a different location......

But it starts to look kind of promising

Bed primer and assembly

All the boring things with prepping went undocumented ;-) Here is the first coat of primer.

This is when the rivets holding front to sides has been put in place. 

Power steering pump, paint

After one coat of 2 component polyurethane

I am plaing on going with the paint the truck left the factory with and according to the plate is left the factory with "torch red". The only part of the truck that still has some parts left with the red paint, is the interior of the cab. So I decided to take one before picture and some after picture. Between them I took some polish and went at it for about 15 minutes. Wow what a differences! even if it has its dings and scrathces, it still showed some shine.

Above: Before picture. I had actually tested some polish form the centre of the speedo hump and to the left.

After:

Third member paint

Time for some paint!! my new best friend, 2 component urethane!

Picking up the frame from media blast and paint

Picked up the frame and all small parts yesterday. What a day! I cant wait until I get all the nuts and bolts zinc plated, so I can start assembling everything.

Primer: Jotacoat universal

Topcoat: Hardtop flexi

Loading up for paint, chassie

Time for media blast and paint, Friendly neighbours helped me out loading up the frame. Thanks Magnus, Lars-Arne & Anders.