My Father's 1963 Ford (eck!!) Ranchero (Now mine)

I painted summer of 07

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RIP Richard J. Bury 7/10/17

As my dad bought it in 2005
Both side lower panels had rust
Previous owner had drilled holes for a tonneau cover
First couple of welds werent so good
Got pretty good after 3 or 4
Filled 7 holes on tailgate and 6 in the back of the cab
Filled 22 holes on bed sides
Ford made taking off this gate a nightmare!!!
Had to Impact the hinge screws off
Lots of surprises hiding under the paint
Drivers side filled and smoothed plus the new lower quarter panels (had a bodyshop do those)
Passenger side filled and smoothed
Just about ready for primer, fixed tons of little dings and chips
3 coats of primer, shot in my dad's garage
Waiting for the weekend to get painted
Ready to be rolled into the paint booth
Dad washing out the bay
In the paint booth ready for masking
3 coats of 2007 Ford Mustang blue
Basecoat applied
3 coats of clear applied
 
Back home in the garage
Sparkly and shiny, but needs wet sanded and buffed
Getting ready to buff
Smooth like glass
Metal flake
Finished buffing
Time to detail the motor
Dad did all the this
Finished product
2016, My father has been battling cancer for the last 2 years and not sure how much longer he will be around, he gave me the Ranchero so I got these plates in tribute.
Fathers Day 2017
Dad's last ride. Got him out of the nursing home and took him on a long drive. He would pass away about a month later
Miss you Dad!
My brother followed us, just in case. (and found out one tailight was stuck on)
Took it to work
Going up on the lift to figure out what the rear end noise is
Drivers axle out, bearing was toast
I think there are suppose to be more than 3 bearings in there.
Was pulling to the left when braking, wheel cylinder was leaking
Back from test drive
New bumper time
Both fronts
New rear
Painted plate box
Old bumper had spray chrome on it
Had to store Ranchero at my brothers for a bit (don't remember why)
Back home to install bumpers
Tires were shot because of bad alignment
Off to dads garage to swap to new tires
Had the SS stored there so had to switch garages
Ready to dismount
Wheels off and headed to the tire shop

 

Back from new tires mounted
Replacing faded tail lights

 

Carb started leaking so removed for rebuild and this came out of the carb filter
Carb tore apart, runs much better now.