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1948 Ford F1 budget resto-mod build
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hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
Thanks and welcome to CK5 forums.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
So I got tired of the white door on the passenger side and am attempting a faux patina on it. I bought some of the brush or roll-on rustoleum mixed my own blue and laid down some coats of gray and green before the blue. I think it's looking okay for the most part.
The red is some original paint already on the door.
The red is some original paint already on the door.
Looks good to me.
coming along nicely 
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
I stained the bed wood last night as well as the bed sides but didn't get a picture of those and this was after dark so it looks darker than it actually is.
I didn't do any prep work except clean any loose dirt off the wood, so there's old paint and stains under the varnish.
You can see the gas filler door as well.
I didn't do any prep work except clean any loose dirt off the wood, so there's old paint and stains under the varnish.
You can see the gas filler door as well.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
mounted the spare tire this weekend and left room underneath and near the front of the bed in case I ever go bigger
Wanna walk us through how you did the door?
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
For the door I began by sanding it smooth to apply the new paint but also to see what other colors were underneath the white. The door had some sort of old graphic or logo painted on it so there were probably close to 6 different colors to sand through.
Once I had sanded to a point I felt was far enough, basically a point where I was tired of sanding, I got some brush-on Rustoleum colors, grey, green, blue , and white. The blue and white I mixed to try and copy the rest of the truck as close as I could get.
I brushed on the grey first, then green, and finally the lighter blue mixture. I let all these dry then began sanding these new layers until I felt satisfied with the look. So basically just a series of sanding, brushing, and more sanding. Really not much too it and you can't really do it wrong since it's not all one color anyway. The way I see it is it looks like at some point that door was swapped out with a door from a different blue truck.
And a small update from over the weekend, I got all the heater controls hooked up and working. The blower, housing , and heater core are out of a '72 F250 I pulled from the wrecking yard. I chose this unit for a number of reasons, the simple manual operation of the ducting, it only has defrost and floor vents, it's 12 volt, it mounts to a flat surface just like my firewall, it was cheap and heater cores(which I replaced) are cheap and easily sourced, and it fits under the dash.
I was going to use the control panel that came with it but it's kind of an odd shape to mount, basically a 45 degree surface that really needed to be flat and I would've had to cut the dash or make a bracket to hang it below the dash.
This got me thinking, I remembered that the pick-n-pull near my house had an old dodge D100 from the 50s I believe. I drove out there to see what I could find and luckily for me the dodge had heater controls very similar to the 48 Ford controls.
What really made this even better was that the cable ends attached in the same manner that the '72 heater unit did. I paid all of $16 for the knobs, cables, and panel; brought it home, drilled four holes to mount it under the dash where it would've been mounted hooked up the cables and I was done.
Once I had sanded to a point I felt was far enough, basically a point where I was tired of sanding, I got some brush-on Rustoleum colors, grey, green, blue , and white. The blue and white I mixed to try and copy the rest of the truck as close as I could get.
I brushed on the grey first, then green, and finally the lighter blue mixture. I let all these dry then began sanding these new layers until I felt satisfied with the look. So basically just a series of sanding, brushing, and more sanding. Really not much too it and you can't really do it wrong since it's not all one color anyway. The way I see it is it looks like at some point that door was swapped out with a door from a different blue truck.
And a small update from over the weekend, I got all the heater controls hooked up and working. The blower, housing , and heater core are out of a '72 F250 I pulled from the wrecking yard. I chose this unit for a number of reasons, the simple manual operation of the ducting, it only has defrost and floor vents, it's 12 volt, it mounts to a flat surface just like my firewall, it was cheap and heater cores(which I replaced) are cheap and easily sourced, and it fits under the dash.
I was going to use the control panel that came with it but it's kind of an odd shape to mount, basically a 45 degree surface that really needed to be flat and I would've had to cut the dash or make a bracket to hang it below the dash.
This got me thinking, I remembered that the pick-n-pull near my house had an old dodge D100 from the 50s I believe. I drove out there to see what I could find and luckily for me the dodge had heater controls very similar to the 48 Ford controls.
What really made this even better was that the cable ends attached in the same manner that the '72 heater unit did. I paid all of $16 for the knobs, cables, and panel; brought it home, drilled four holes to mount it under the dash where it would've been mounted hooked up the cables and I was done.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
and it's registered for it's first car show this Sunday...photos to follow
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
Got a little more done today and tonight. We had a windshield installed while I was at work and my dad drove it to the scales to get weighed for registration purposes. The truck only weighed about 3200lbs pretty light I'd say and this evening I mounted some seat belts because those are nice to have sometimes.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
In preparation for the car show sunday I've been finishing up some details on the truck. First item was to finish installing the door windows, which went surprisingly well after a few frustrating attempts. Next was the interior, I just couldn't leave it bare with all the dynamat material everywhere.
I went down to O'reilly's and grabbed two rolls of their universal black carpet laid some on the floor, trimmed along the door sills and cut a hole for the shifter then screwed it down with some sheetmetal screws and those little conical trims washers.
Then my uncle suggested when he stopped by the house that I cover the door inspection covers and I thought why didn't I think of that. I used elmer's spray glue and cut the fabric into thin strips to go around the curved edges more smoothly and used the same trim washers to finish it off.
I went down to O'reilly's and grabbed two rolls of their universal black carpet laid some on the floor, trimmed along the door sills and cut a hole for the shifter then screwed it down with some sheetmetal screws and those little conical trims washers.
Then my uncle suggested when he stopped by the house that I cover the door inspection covers and I thought why didn't I think of that. I used elmer's spray glue and cut the fabric into thin strips to go around the curved edges more smoothly and used the same trim washers to finish it off.
Good progress. When I had to make panels like that I used some old steel prototype blueprints from a machine shop. Basically, the are pieces of sheetmetal, coated in blue dye, with lines and numbers scribed into them. If you found something like that to make close out panels from they would really fit the look of your truck.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
Thanks, and that would be a cool idea, I wouldn't even know where to find old layout sheets though.
So Sunday was a success at the car show. The truck drove there fine, showed great and drove home just as well. I didn't take a whole lot of pictures but this one black Ford coupe did catch my eye with the roots blower on the flathead V8.
So Sunday was a success at the car show. The truck drove there fine, showed great and drove home just as well. I didn't take a whole lot of pictures but this one black Ford coupe did catch my eye with the roots blower on the flathead V8.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
here's a few more hi-res photos my uncle took at the car show
Well done!
79rustyk10
3/4 ton status
That thing is awesome. Good job.
That black 36 is badass. I love the stockish look, with the hopped up flattie.
That black 36 is badass. I love the stockish look, with the hopped up flattie.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
Thank you, I drove the truck 70 miles one way tonight down to were I stay for work and I'll drive it back home tomorrow, but made it without any trouble, just tach's high with the 4.10s and 3 speed auto, 55mph is about all I can do, which is fine by me. Stoplight to stoplight it moves though.
hd44blazer
1/2 ton status
Did a little local show sunday morning and finished up my radiator overflow tank that afternoon.
That is one cool Ford!
I like all the little details you keep adding to it.
I like all the little details you keep adding to it.
