Uh...whats weird in this pic?

[Ray Cecil]

[Gary Lewis]

The black dots around the door opening?

[Ray Cecil]

Thats what I noticed too. I asked them about it. Said they are factory plugs??? Ive never seen that many plugs....im not sure if the door jambs even have any plugs at all.

[Rembrant]

Funny, the first thing that caught my eye was what looks to be a steering wheel from a van? Obviously the seats. But the black "dots"...true enough.

They don't look all that unusual to me though...there many be a few more than usual, but that's what vehicles look like around here when they're drilled to spray rustproofing. Both of our cars look like that....just not quite so many plugs.

[Ray Cecil]

Cory, Its a beautiful truck. He did it right. Ive just never seen that many plugs in a door jamb. I wonder if the truck started life up north then.

[Gary Lewis]

I'll bet if you look elsewhere you'll also find those plugs, and I'm sure they are for rustproofing.  The fact that the truck is white is what makes them so visible.

Very nice truck!

[FuzzFace2]

Gary Lewis wrote

I'll bet if you look elsewhere you'll also find those plugs, and I'm sure they are for rustproofing.  The fact that the truck is white is what makes them so visible.

Very nice truck!

Yep rust proofing. Zbart was known to do it this way as it was the only way to get the rust proofing in areas, like that roof areas that likes to rust.

I first saw the seats, the black dots were not a big deal to me as I had seen this before on cars & trucks when you live in the rust belt.
Dave ----

[salans7]

First thing I saw aside from the dots, was that it looks to have a black interior. Didn't black get axed around 83-84? If so it's either been sprayed like mine, or he swapped in a factory black interior from an earlier truck. I mention both options because I've done both. lol.

[Ray Cecil]

Its a nice truck. He wants $10,000 for it.

He is getting it back from body shop with a new hood paint matched. The original was sand blasted and warped.

Has a steel powder coated flatbed, coil load assist helper springs on the factory f150 suspension. LEDs on bed.

Looks amazing, but I dont know about 10g's.

300 I6 and a manual. For 10g's Id like to see at least a 351. I love a 300I6, but not for that kind of dough.

[Rembrant]

Ray Cecil wrote

Looks amazing, but I dont know about 10g's.

Ya...it looks great, and I actually dig the flatbed (and I usually do not), but $10k?...I think that's pushin' it.

[myrl883]

Those plugs are also used by paintless dent removal services, but that's still a ton of them!

[kramttocs]

I don't know exactly how the companies apply the rust proofing but with the diy options I've seen that could have been done with 1 or 2 plugs and a length of hose. Have the kit ready to do it for the cargo light and cab corners/rear supercab section.

Really nice truck though. Admittedly I wouldn't be happy at all with all those plugs if I hadn't been told about it beforehand and agreed to it.

[Ray Cecil]

I would have filled them in and smoothed them out before paint. But its his truck....

[Rembrant]

The rustproofing companies here are using some different color plugs these days (when they have them in-stock). They used white plugs in one of our cars...can't remember if it is my wife's Lexus or the white VW I sold a year or so ago. They don't stand out as much as black plugs on a white vehicle.