Jspafford's former ride

[86isuzu]

As the title says, this is Jspafford's old truck, that I bought from him Sept 2014. It wasn't that rough to begin with, but I wanted to keep this thing going for another 25 years.
Then:


And then I started gutting the interior:

And working on the body:



And then putting on the new panels:


And started sanding:


Next Sunday I'll be finishing the sanding, and hopefully primer it.
Paint will be the original dark blue.

 

[JerryC]

Nice work, looking forward to seeing your progress.

 

[kayakcrazy]

Looks great.
I'm envious of your body work skills, I'm learning as I go. getting better but still a ways to go.

 

[86isuzu]

Thanks, I'm learning as I go too. A friend of mine is showing me how. This is my first body work project. Thankfully I have a relatively solid BII to work with.

 

[86isuzu]

As promised, a lot more sanding:

And Memorial Day Monday was able to get it taped and masked and started primer. But we ran out of self etching primer, so next Saturday I should be able to finish that and see where I lie with any more body work.

 

[86isuzu]

Unfortunately, yesterday was rained out completely. Next week, more progress!

 

[86isuzu]

As promised primer is complete:


The taping at the bottom is going to be stone guard, for a little texture and protection, and also to cover up my screw ups


And now paint!
Slowly putting the interior goodies back together. On a side note, anyone know of a place to get the rear interior panels for a BII? I didn't see anything on LMC Trucks' website.



Sure looks purty in the sun



Next up is wet sand and buff

 

[JerryC]

Nice!

 

[Jim Oaks]

It's great to see another Bronco II being saved.

 

[kayakcrazy]

Looks great!

 

[86isuzu]

Thanks guys. Finished up the wet sanding today, I'll post a pic later. Next up is polish and reassembly. Its a lot of work, but I think its worth it to attempt to save these classics.

 

[86isuzu]

I left my digital camera in the truck, which is an hour away, so I'll post a slightly out of order cell phone pic

 

[86isuzu]

Ok back to the timeline

When wet sanding, be mindful of high spots in the body so don't screw up and burn through the paint
...like I did



Tomorrow will be the final day polishing, hanging the mirrors, and badging.
Then the exterior will be "done".

 

[86isuzu]