August 14, 2003

Now that Taz is back home, and I have a week left before the fall semester starts, I have been busting ass trying to get the body slicked out and painted. Everything has been done in my garage or in the driveway, and I bet I have had at least 10 other Bronco owners stop by to check out my progress. I am thinking about starting an early Bronco club here in Starkville, because living smack in the middle of town in plain view of everybody cruising Montgomery Street has turned my project into a well-known event. It is starting to look like a bad-ass Bronco...

I've tackled it in sections, starting with the front cap. I set up a table in the garage, then primed and painted both fenders and the grille. Once that was done, I started by spraying the outer fender wells, and bondoed a few dings and dents, sanded the door jams, and primed the driver's side. Once I had that finished, I began work on the floor pans. Using an electric drill with a paint and rust stripper, I roughed up the floors and treated it to a nice bath of rust converter, which turned all the rust black. Then I fiberglassed a few patch strips over some of the spots that had rusted through, and lined the floors with Herculiner, a do-it yourself bedliner kit.

TAZ HOME