Elyza Dual-little. 1985 F350 DRW

[Gsmblue]

Small update..

Shifter boots are on and screwed down.

Headliner is up and being supported by the dome light (the spare crappy one, the good one is in hiding apparently) and the b pillars (not screwed in as i cannot find the good screws - must be with the dome light somewhere safe).

So, the pics:

Booties and removed fluff so the screws could find the holes.


Headliner, the dark smudge is actually a defect in my phone’s camera.

[Gary Lewis]

Looking good!  But the good dome light and screws will show up as soon as you use other screws to put the boots on, so you might as well go ahead.  

[Gsmblue]

My trip to the breakers was almost a bust. Nothing for Elyza. But I did find some Bronco speaker grills from a bricknose..

Back to Elyza.

Got the carpet in and all the screw holes located. Got all the trim in too, best of all I found the good dome light! 🤣

It is raining here and I am done for the day. I need to get the shop vac out and have a quick clean up then the rear bench goes in. I guess that will happen tomorrow along with the rear door cards and front door pockets. Then I will get some glamor shots.

In the meantime here are some awful pics..

[Gary Lewis]

That's good progress.  EDL is looking good!  

And glad you found the dome light, but were the good screws with it?

[Gsmblue]

Well remembered! Yes the bloody good screws were with the good dome light.

They were in cahoots…

[Gary Lewis]

Gsmblue wrote

They were in cahoots…

So where is that?  Maybe if I knew I could find some of my parts.  

[Gsmblue]

I am still missing a teaspoon, a steak knife and a mixing bowl…

How much is a return to Cahoots???

[Gary Lewis]

Well, in the immortal words of one of your countrymen:

She was a day tripper
One way ticket, yeah

In other words, I don't think there is a return.  Once you are in Cahoots I think you stay.

(Yes, I'm aware of what the term "day tripper" alluded to.  nudge-nudge, wink-wink)

[rcarlisle]

Looking good.

[Gsmblue]

The flaked clear coat on the hood, top of fenders and the vents finally got to me today. Dry sanded with 120, 220, 320.

There was a hole on the front drivers side from a wind deflector and a big low spot that both got bondo.

Hoping the weather stays clear for the next few days to allow for sanding, priming, sanding, painting…

Also dealing with a couple of spots on the fiberglass fenders..


Pic taken during sanding, you can see the hole and low spot that get bondo in the next pics

[Gary Lewis]

Man, you got SERIOUS!  I could do the same on Big Blue, but I'd have to fix the cab corners and bedsides before painting, so I'm living with it.

But you are on a mission.  

[Gsmblue]

A moment of madness…

It is going to be cold, wet and windy for a week here! I may get lucky and have a short window to get some primer down…l

Pretty poor timing!

[rcarlisle]

Nice prep.  I need to do my top - showing a little more patina than I'm comfortable with.  

I'll be watching to see how this goes.

[Gsmblue]

Well, we have rain and 30mph winds today, gusts of 55-65mph. So NOTHING happening today except making sure I have bar oil for my chainsaw..

Looks I am going to take the day off work tomorrow to catch up on some chores. Then I can get some more sanding done and may be able to get the rattle cans out... I will have to put my 10x10 pop up over the front of the truck I think.. urgh. I really timed this badly!

Wish me luck!

[rcarlisle]

Sending all the luck your way that I can.  

[Gary Lewis]

Has the weather settled down?  How's the painting going?

[Gsmblue]

Weather has settled but i have been caught out. Wifey has me running errands and doing chores!!

Looks like no paint today, tomorrow it will be a priority!

[Gary Lewis]

To borrow a phrase, a happy wife makes for a happy life.  

[Gsmblue]

The forecast for next weekend is 60F and sunny. So i will prob hold off until then. Maybe i can get the roof done too!

[Gsmblue]

Looks like the weather is going to cooperate this weekend :) So I will rattle can the hood!

In the meantime I changed out the rear light clusters and found the sound deadening for the rear doors.  

There is a very real chance I will have all this buttoned down by the end of the weekend. Very excited. Once it is all done I will take some nice pics of everything.