Gunmetal Gray Luber No More - Meet "Mallory," My Mallard Green Rig!

[ILikeBond]

More pics.

 

[ILikeBond]

I hit the front half of the frame next.

 

[Mountain Ram]

Sweet build... Your motor looks a lot like my 347 build. This makes me wish I would have taken my build further... Will be watching!

 

[Fireball05]

WOW! That is a labor of love. Looking great, keep up the hard work.

Approximate number of hours and/or beers involved in all that cleaning prepping and painting??!

 

[ILikeBond]

Here are some comparisons, and additional pictures showing the Chassis Saver paint job. It will need some touch-up in places and some completion as a few more things come off (radius arms, front spring and shock brackets, etc.), but I have 85% of it covered now. Only part missing is the undercarriage from the firewall to the front floor pans. I'm planning on laying Lizard Skin down there, and not sure which to put on first, so I held off on the Chassis Saver for now.

 

[ILikeBond]

Here are some photos of the dash tear-down. This is a little out of order - did this the same time as disassembling the engine compartment. Flipped down the windshield and was pleased to find no rust. Last few pics are what the interior cab looks like all cleaned out.

 

[ILikeBond]

Apologies for a couple mis-oriented pictures. Even though I rotate them on my computer, they upload in the original orientation. Frustrating, but c'est la vie.

 

[broncoitis]

Nice build and nice to see it comin along. Keep at it and it will get there. ;D

 

[ILikeBond]

Approximate number of hours and/or beers involved in all that cleaning prepping and painting??!

Hard to say, I didn't really keep track. I would say it was probably less than I expected. Probably a half-dozen days of 3-4 hours of work, I'd say maybe, for the cleaning. All the paint shown here I did this Friday and Sunday, again, 3-4 hours each day, but not necessarily all of it painting (some breaks, etc.). I still have some left to do, as well as the Lizard Skin on the firewall, tunnel, and front floor panels, and body paint in the engine compartment.

 

[ILikeBond]

Work was slow today, so I played hookey for a half day and used the time to touch up the Chassis Saver I had laid down, and to hit a few areas I missed, including the inside of the rear fenders, the front wheel wells, and the motor mounts (was originally going to keep them bare steel, but decided against it).

First set of pics are what it looked like after the first coat - found plenty of areas that needed touching up or were thin and needed another coat.

 

[ILikeBond]

Still needs some touching up here and there, but it's getting closer. The only area that's getting Chassis Saver that hasn't been hit yet is the front floor pans/tunnel into firewall area - holding off on that until I have Lizard Skin ready to put on over it in those areas.

I may end up hitting the whole thing with some rattle can black over the top just to ensure complete coverage and kind of blend things together a bit - some of the nooks and crannies can be very difficult to get with the Chassis Saver using just paint brushes like I'm doing.

 

[Adarcy]

Gunmetal Gray Luber Build - Streetable Rig with Credible Off Road Credentials

Looking good. Where in SD are you again?

 

[ILikeBond]

North Clairemont.

 

[SDlivin]

Dude, looking good. Just stumbled across your build thread.
Labor of love, my friend. You have more patience then I did/do. I tried doing my build in manageable phases that actually let me drive it now and again to keep the motivation level up. Git r done so you can wheel that beast!

 

[ILikeBond]

Little update here.

My driver side front clip had some rust and PO damage. A brother on these boards (Tony) hooked me up with a guy who came and did a great job repairing these areas. Front clip is getting closer to being ready for paint.

Here are some before, during, and after pics of the biggest repair.

 

[ILikeBond]

Same side, looks like a PO cut out a square, probably to remove some cancer, but never repaired it correctly.

 

[ILikeBond]

Last area, there was some cancer on the striker post. Since it's under the fender, I was just going to use Chassis Saver and be done with it, but since the guy was repairing the other areas, I thought I'd take the opportunity to do it right.

Sorry the pics are on their sides. They're correct on my computer; its frustrating that they don't upload correctly.

 

[ILikeBond]

Outer fender portions of front clip got Chassis Saver today.

 

[jagdprcp]

Looking good! I'll be doing alot of the same repairs once my Bronco gets out here to San Diego. If you ever need help spinning wrenches, I am free most weekends! I'll PM you my number...

Skeeeter

 

[ILikeBond]

Skeeeter - more than happy to let you hone your skills on my build. ;D Let's get together one of these weekends for sure.