Partial Restoration of the Mounty

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back in Oct 2010... i got a Mounty... not exactly the best of condition nor the worse..... wrong color...decal-less...missing parts.....rust....

this was how i got her

din had time or motivation to start anything till early this year....

diss e body apart

getting her ready for a strip down of paint...

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putting on layers of primer....

next up.... was the main chassis itself

tires cracked

in bits & pieces

The gearbox was also stripped apart

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And the restoration begins

old bearings replace with new bearings

clean up of all metal parts...

before n after

re-assembly of the chassis

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Next up was the body....

decided to use Bright Mica Red instead

rear bed sprayed black instead of body color

test fit the rear bed and front cabin to check the color uniform

mounted on the chassis

with the wheels & tires

Side indicators painted, touch up.... clear coat applied....

side by side with the Tundra

that's all for the moment... till i could source the decals, missing parts... she gonna stay on the shelf....

as usual.... comments are welcome

thanks for viewing

[roots]

That looks great. Well documented too.

[commiedoor]

and now your going to sell it to me for $50 ???

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and now your going to sell it to me for $50 ???

Hahahaaaaaa

[mongoose1983]

Looks really awesome. You did a great job with that resto! And I'm not even a fan of the Mountaineer model. You going to put the orig. decals on it? Again, it sure looks sweet!

[markbt73]

Looks great! But I don't see how you can spend all that time and effort on a restoration and not want to see it move under its own power, just once...

Guess that's why I stick to the re-releases, or old "survivors" like my Falcon. I don't feel guilty about scratching them up.

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Looks great! But I don't see how you can spend all that time and effort on a restoration and not want to see it move under its own power, just once...

Guess that's why I stick to the re-releases, or old "survivors" like my Falcon. I don't feel guilty about scratching them up.

Personally, i dun mind the time n effort taken to restore a vintage, especially when they turn out nice, juz like how they look when they 1st came out.... most of the time, the cars i got are usually used, unclean,no boxart, missing parts....etc.... u get the drift?

so when i finish up a resotration, i am very pleased when i can get them back to the original state.....

i do run my vintages once in while... supershot, 88avante, dyna blaster have all taken part in a vintage race......