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Slowly but surely...I hope by Friday morning to start priming the area that will be covered by the Deuce cab, then start working on the rear doors.

We'll miss you all, but we understand.... We'll do everything we can to make sure your trip is set up right from the get-go.

More progress this morning!

Congratulations! The big guy in the last photo looks mighty proud of that trophy... Very well-deserved, that's an extremely clean 5-ton!

A-HA! Found a good method today: used my angle grinder & 4-inch braided wire cup to remove the tan paint; this left a primer coat on top of the original CARC 383 green & red oxide primer. Then, I switched to a flat 4-inch braided wire wheel on the angle grinder, which did a fine job of removing...

About half of the CARC is flaking off; I figured it would be easier to just remove as much as we could in order to start over with properly-applied coats of primer & paint. Not to mention the rust in a few places. Thanks for the advice & the tips on the NAPA abrasives!!

Congratulations! Like Ridgerunner said, you were in some might fine company and it says a lot that your Deuce was able to so closely compete with such fine autos. Good job!

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That's a real shame about PFC Walls. Sorry to hear that.

Thanks for the suggestion! We've been using these same items; the areas that were brought down to bare metal in the pics were done with those same wire cup wheels...right now the average time to remove paint is about the same between those and the needle scaler. I've found that I prefer to use...

Isn't that something? Taking into account what others have posted earlier, it seems that a GL forklift caused the input shaft damage, and the buyer drove it home from Barstow which caused the damage. I'm glad that there wasn't any damage to any other components, although I will take the...

Well, DANGIT. I hooked up my sandblasting attachment to Airbornebandsman's pressure washer (rated at 2550psi), and it didn't work so well. I think I went through about 5 pounds of abrasive material, and it didn't even scratch the CARC paint. Plenty of sand everywhere else though, but no...

At least that shows you're not afraid to get full enjoyment out of your truck! Good job! [thumbzup] That's what it's for, right?

IIRC, the thought process of the USMC in the late 70s/early 80s was to try to standardize as much as possible, since the Corps was so small and had such limited resources, we wanted to standardize our gear as much as possible to make it easier to deploy on short notice. And with the advent of...

I was in the Marine Corps from 1985-92, as a tank crewman...I was at Camp Pendleton from 1985-88. By then (the mid-80s), the yellow lettering/numbering had been largely replaced with black lettering. NO unit markings were generally present on vehicles assigned to combat units, but there might...

WOW, that came out nice!! Good job!

As it turns out, Airbornebandsman has a pressure washer that I believe will work just fine with my sandblasting attachment...I think I have about 30-35 pounds of sand media left, hopefully that will get the front done & part of the sides. Especially if I use my needle scaler around edges & on...

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Slowly but surely; made more progress today. Some areas (mainly the large, flat expanses) seem like the paint is baked on, it's tough as nails! But in other areas, the paint just flakes right off. So I think for now I'll follow the easy route & get as much of the easy spots chipped off first...