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This is "Wookie" sitting about half way up Mt. Herman in El Paso county, CO, just outside ...

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Unfortunately for me, I have too many Bronco's, and one has to go. And although I'd drive this truc...

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First things first. Since the truck will be getting paint, and I don't trust a body shop to do the ...

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Even if I were going to paint the truck myself, I would still remove everything I can off of it. I'...

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As with most of our trucks there was rust. The bulk of the rust was on the tailgate and the front d...

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More metal cut out, and more surface rust behind.

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And this is probably the largest section of rust that there was to deal with on the truck, although ...

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This what the panels look like. I could have replaced half the tailgate panel with what they sent m...

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To keep the rust from continuing to form underneath I treated the inside of the tailgate with POR-15...

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Same same.

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The tailgate had a lot of paint chipping and pock marks that I thought I would address. Much like t...

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This is what I wound up doing with the front grille. It was originally that plastic-chrome looking ...

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Another shot of the grill and the headlight trim. I damned sure wasn't going to sand everything bac...

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Once its off the truck, disassembly of the headlight trim and blinker housing is very easy. The hou...

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'Almost' finished. I hate body work. Everytime I think I'm close, I see some other minor thing tha...

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Not much to do here, but of course hail had to hit the ridge in the center of the hood, making repai...

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And then I just 'had' to do this. At least my welds held up nicely. I guess I'm getting a new tail...

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And then I just 'had' to do this. At least my welds held up nicely. I guess I'm getting a new tail...

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Tailgate I picked up at the Junk Yard. Incidentally, its in much better shape than the one that was...

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This one had one little spot in the middle of the tailgate that was rusty. Lucky for me, the truck ...

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Prepping the rest of the tailgate. This tailgate originally came with a fancy cover. Not being ove...

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The metal underneath is prepped (no pic) and a new piece of sheetmetal cut. Tacked it into place wi...

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When welding sheet metal, its best to use the TIG. But, since I don't have any Argon at the moment,...

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Then we grind. And grind. And grind some more. Here we can see that I still have a way to go, but...

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When done grinding the spot may still be somewhat visible. A very very thin layer of fiberglass sho...

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Tow bar hooked up. Taking it to the paint shop now.