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Here's some examples of zinc-rich powder coat primer on the parts along with bedliner on an engine cover along with some of the hatches with the final color coat and bedliner in select areas.
Thank you! I will need to get back with you on the deuce floors. For the time being we're trying to get caught up on projects already on the floor.
Here's the top going back on and you can see how the interior is starting to look.
With most of the detailed prep work behind us we're just about ready for the epoxy primer to go on. All the doors and a ton of misc parts were sent out for stripping and powder coat with zinc rich primer.
Here's an example of what we're finding on this rig, which is not really that bad considering it's age and the service it's seen. We cut the bad part off, ground the hull to clean metal then welded a new part made from stainless steel. Rust, twisted and broken parts along with stuck bolts are...
I've purchased everything to convert this one to a slant back. I'm putting the late variant gun ring with the gearbox operator...just as soon as I can finish the V150 and V100 we're working on...
2012 marks 75 years for the Georgia State Patrol and 50 years for the Sky Marshal Program :beer:
I have some great friends in both agencies who presented me with these really cool commemorative gifts that I thought I'd share :mrgreen:
New tires, powdercoated rims, new O rings, valve stem hardware along with new wheel nuts and lug nuts. The beadlocks were about the only part that was reused.
Thanks Matt :) I can't say for sure what else they fit but the late V100 leaf springs measure the same as the ones on this V150. We also added an extra short leaf on the left side rear because these vehicles all squat a bit more due to the engine being offset to that side.
We found a lot of damaged threads on the wheel studs, probably from the confusion that often comes with putting right hand threads on one side of the vehicle and left hand on the other. If that wasn't bad enough, there were both RH and LH on the same wheel :-? Anyway we punched all the old studs...
Sure do...we had Robert Sheppard here today and again tomorrow, he usually has folks with him that wants to look around. So by all means, shoot me a PM and we would be glad to have you:beer:
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Taking the axles out so we can replace the leaf springs and address a few concerns underneath and also removed the top assembly...rust had no mercy on this unit :neutral:
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