12-10-2009, 11:36 PM
I thought I would start a thread of my winter project on the 66 stocker.
I have read with interest all the great build threads of these awesome off
road rigs so this may be a little mundane but I find it a real challenge to
research the original '66 broncos and try to take mine back to stock form.
My plan this winter is to restore the interior back to factory specs.
Unfortunately I don't have the money to paint the whole bronco right now
but it's a driver and my kids love to ride in it. I can't see sinking thousands
into paint and then have to worry about it everytime I take it out. Besides
all the interior paint is original and I kinda like it that way.
Like most of us I don't have a bunch of cash and with a busy family, not a lot
of time so I'll do what I can with what I have.
So here we go'
Bill, A.K.A. "66stocker"
So here's where I'm at so far ...
The dash is out and ready for sand blasting. What's kinda cool is I found a
"PAINT OK #2" stamp on the bottom of the dash under the speedo hole.
Now I have to figure out how to sand blast around it and paint the dash
without destroying it. I might just scotch brite the bad spots on the dash,
scuff the original paint, mask off the stamp and re-shoot it. Any advice from
the paint gurus here would be welcome. The rest of the bits and pieces will
be blasted and painted.
One note here ... the interior color for the '66 was Bronco Gray Poly. It's a
'66 only color and thankfully still available.
I have read with interest all the great build threads of these awesome off
road rigs so this may be a little mundane but I find it a real challenge to
research the original '66 broncos and try to take mine back to stock form.
My plan this winter is to restore the interior back to factory specs.
Unfortunately I don't have the money to paint the whole bronco right now
but it's a driver and my kids love to ride in it. I can't see sinking thousands
into paint and then have to worry about it everytime I take it out. Besides
all the interior paint is original and I kinda like it that way.
Like most of us I don't have a bunch of cash and with a busy family, not a lot
of time so I'll do what I can with what I have.
So here we go'
Bill, A.K.A. "66stocker"
So here's where I'm at so far ...
The dash is out and ready for sand blasting. What's kinda cool is I found a
"PAINT OK #2" stamp on the bottom of the dash under the speedo hole.
Now I have to figure out how to sand blast around it and paint the dash
without destroying it. I might just scotch brite the bad spots on the dash,
scuff the original paint, mask off the stamp and re-shoot it. Any advice from
the paint gurus here would be welcome. The rest of the bits and pieces will
be blasted and painted.
One note here ... the interior color for the '66 was Bronco Gray Poly. It's a
'66 only color and thankfully still available.
Socialism is GREAT!
Until you run out of other peoples money!
Until you run out of other peoples money!