LUVVenture wrote:
As for the color Desert Tortoise, what is the paint mixture formula?
For the flat black? I've got no idea, sorry.
LUVVenture wrote:
That link with all the pictures are really nice. Ya I wouldn't be able to take it down to the frame. Would be nice to do that, but not feasible for me.
Most of us on here aren't that thorough either, I gather. That thread I linked is just one of the best overall references I've seen for restoring these trucks, and I thought it might help you out. You mentioned you had taken bits and pieces from the truck over the years, and his great big pictures are wonderful for figuring out "what went here???"
LUVVenture wrote:
I think I'll try to make some gaskets for the lense. Besides trying local auto parts stores, do you know where to get sheets of rubber gaskets material?
Buy it online to save some money. Just get something similar in thickness, and you should be in great shape. I'd use Silicone Rubber. Try this link
http://bit.ly/14P9f7dLUVVenture wrote:
When I get to the point of repainting, I would like to sand the entire truck. What do you do about the rust? Get a wire brush attachment to a drill? Or does Rustoleum paint really work?
Rustoleum might
stabilize the existing rust, but the correct way to do it is to get down to clean metal(grind, brush, whatever) and seal
that with new paint. I am not a body guy really, but any dummy can use bondo to fix pits, dings, and errors.
I have one tiny little 1" rust spot on the tip of my hood, but it is bubbled up so much in that one spot that I have chosen just to let it be, instead of sanding a hole through the nose of my hood, bondo-ing, and repainting it with something that won't ever quite match the rest. I tell myself I'll get to it one day. I have it a little bit easier than you in L.A.'s dry weather though.