The $55 dollar paint job

[Tyler Killgore]

Alright. So I has a 1973 Ford F250 Ranger XLT, Camper Special, 390. The previous owner added a carb spacer, 600 cfm Edelbrock 4bbl, and headers with a dual exhaust. I’ve re curved the distributor and added a free flowing air cleaner.

So I’ve owned it for about 7 months now and I have completely redone the interior on it. Now that the interior is done, now comes for the outside. Well I don’t have a lot more money, but I want a black exterior. So without further adue, here is the Chronicles of the 55 dollar paint job.

I am going to attempt to cheat as little as possible. I do still have a bit of masking tape from a previous project, as well as some sanding blocks and other random supplies, but no paint whatsoever.
Now this will be a step by step guide more or less so it shall be fun to go through. I am working in a driveway and am not able to separate the bed, so that ought to be funs.

The starting point
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This was my 73 the day right after I bought it. I gave her a good wash and took pictures. Some chrome was in the bed, tailgate hinges missing, just tons of things wrong. But hey she was $500 bucks. The search for a name started.

The next visual upgrade
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So during a lull in my interior work I moved on to stage 1 of exterior makeover. I sanded down the wheels and shot them with black. I was also in the process of removing the chrome support tabs (sold off the chrome to feed the stereo addiction). This is more of less how she (Betsy) sits right at this moment.

The monies as of 7/4/2013 @ 2:18
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This is the 55 I have left over from a trip. This ought to be interesting to keep in budget the whole time. In no way am I nervous, it will just be exciting. Any help would be appreciated or just subscribe to this and sit back and watch the fun.

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[Fanny]

I just want to say that I love the paint job!

[David]

Hey guys,

Sorry to jump in here, just have a quick question.

I’m looking to touch up the paint on my car within a budget & I’m limited to aerosol.

Just wondering, when I sand back the areas to be repainted, I understand if I sand back to bare metal, I’ll need to re-prime (epoxy primer?), but what if I sand back the base coat & the factory primer is still there.
Do I still need to apply a primer coat over the factory primer before laying a base coat ? or can I just spray base on-top of existing primer ?

Same again if I sand back old clear coat to old base paint.

I think most of the damage is sun damaged causing the clear coat to flake away and dull the base colour.

My car’s an old 98′ Hyundai Excel (98′ Accent in the U.S) which I’m hoping to try sell off soon.

(I’ll try post some pics asap to show what I’m dealing with)

Thanks guys 🙂

~ Dave ~

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