1989 FarmTruck project

[farmboi]

The driver’s door was the cause of most of the noise while driving. Given the hole where the door check should be, I expected that those pieces rattling around in there would be most of it. Also found that a repair had been done at some point and they just dropped all the trash inside, which didn't help. Pulling the door card I did find the build sheet mostly intact and with minimal moisture damage. So that was cool. The last couple rattles were fixed with some mesh cable sleeve and cloth tape.

[farmboi]

Finding a defroster bezel that matched the new dash proved impossible. They were all heavily faded / sun damaged. Found a spray

paint at HD that matched really well; ‘Orion gray’ by Behr. It only came in gloss so had to tone it down a bit with some satin clear. Really happy with the result. I think the color was discontinued unfortunately, as they didn’t have any when I went to buy some more.

[farmboi]

Got a deal on a set of actual Comanche buckets, so I won’t be putting the bench back in.

I know people talk about how well these cleans up but it really exceeded my expectations.

Used purple power and just the pressure from the hose nozzle and WOW. After that I ran them in the washing machine on delicate and hung them on the fence to dry. They look great.

[farmboi]

While they’re apart, I re-welded a couple spots that had popped loose. Going to remove the surface rust from the frames and hose them down with rustoleum before reassembly.

 

[neohic]

54 minutes ago, farmboi said:

Got a deal on a set of actual Comanche buckets, so I won’t be putting the bench back in.

I know people talk about how well these cleans up but it really exceeded my expectations.

Used purple power and just the pressure from the hose nozzle and WOW. After that I ran them in the washing machine on delicate and hung them on the fence to dry. They look great.

Heck yeah! Purple Power and a pressure washer for the win!