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Originally Posted by daddyjeep
I like the thought of painting the trim. I have been thinking about that with my interior trim. I want something different and as an added bonus, it is cheaper than buying new.
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Being cheaper than new is one of the main drivers for me, but I have seen folks get in brand new parts that are all dinged up. So hopefully you will like the below shots I took tonight after I shot it in silver. Once the paint dries I will take a shot of the emblem and the panel together. Check it out!
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Originally Posted by LT7A
Hey 75, not sure I have much of a legitimate voice here, since I haven't been a part of your thread comment - wise until now. Although yours is one of the first threads that I read when I joined at the beginning of the year. The right word would be amazement at your fabrication abilities, and that you tackle suspension work and modifications yourself. I really like the truck as it sits. With the sleeper, I think there is a difficulty inherent in combining in the two body styles from different eras. Have you considered letting it look like an accessory? Let the contrast be the contrast? You could paint it the secondary of the two colors you choose. Put the ss trim on it. Not worry about the rain gutters. And let it be recognizable as a piece of a cab from the early sixties? I think trying to integrate that sleeper whether it's gutters, roof lines, C pillars etc, would be a lot of work and net a unit that may lose the coolness of its origin. So for what it's worth, I was just racking my brain about a way to have it be a part of your build, without the difficulty of grafting it on to your truck.
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Just so you know I was really happy to read your post, and by the way you have a very legitimate voice as far as I am concerned. I think one thing that the sleeper did was wake up a lot of folks imaginations as to what is possible. Not that they have to like it. Quite the contrary, I hope that it gets them to think outside the box and create their own thing. I also agree with you that the contrast needs to be the contrast and let it be what it is. So well said.
