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I have a pretty nice original 70,D200,383,727.power steering, and air conditioning. I am kicking around the idea of media blasting it, putting it in epoxy primer, and spraying it with the original poly gold color. The problem i am having is that i am removing 40 plus years of cool, the original pai
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Re: To restore or preserve, that is the question.
Posted by:
Kaegi
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Date: November 26, 2011 07:10PM
maybe just paint the hood and wax the rest? looks great like it is. But even if you do end up in it 10K, you will have basically a brand new reliable truck that can tow a whole bunch of weight if needed. if you went out into the market to replace it with a more modern truck you would ahve to shell out 10K for something as capable as a big block swepty. big block Dopdge trucks were the equivalent of Cummins turbo diesel of today. and cost of ownership is very low.
