Most of my experience has been chemical, sanding or blasting. I was griping about the crappy paint jobs but it sure made getting it off a lot easier than I thought it was going to be. I think it'll be pretty cool. It just needs some TLC.

@@ozarksethic I used some type of gel to blister paint and took a 76 Buick Electra down to bare metal once and my first pickup was a state dot truck. I sanded it by hand and dad sprayed it with Rust-Oleum gray. 3/4 Dodge manual with a granny gear. I loved that old truck.

@@PineyWoodsHomestead we used aircraft paint remover. Works well but is pretty powerful. I may buy one of the wet blasters for the metal tub on the other one. They are cheap and no hood required. I've spent way too much time in 90+ degree weather under a sandblast hood. One of my first trucks was a 66 chevy that was a phone company service truck. Took the service bed off and put a welding bed on it. Left it drab green but put Lincoln Mark 4 power seats in it. It had a 327 with a Weiand 3x2 manifold, Hooker headers, and a 5 speed we adapted to it. I drove that in HS until I blew it up...

@@ozarksethic sounds like a fun truck. I can't remember the exact year of my old goat but it was 80s something with a 318

@@PineyWoodsHomestead It was a lot of fun until I punched a rod through the block when the oil pump quit... It had a .456 rear end and I used to pull 4wd trucks around the mall parking lot. LOL! Guys thought their 4x4 was invincible. The weight of the bed with a welder on it plus low gearing and WIDE rear tires gave me a lot of traction. Plus it wasn't jacked up 4 feet off the ground.

LOL! That's like Hot Water Heater or Pre-heat your oven... I carry a Microstream with a lithium rechargeable battery and yes, my RAT is D2. It's a royal pain to sharpen but keeps an edge. Though I use my Leatherman for the dirty work. The thought of all of the stuff slinging off of the tires is what made me find the spacers. I was looking at how wide the fender flares would need to be. I may keep this one as a toy but plan to restomod the other one with stock wheels, the hardtop, etc. Not being a long-term Jeep guy, I don't know how they are going to handle, alignment problems, etc. (other than my experience in the Army and they were different beasts than these) I plan to add swaybars to the '74 since they didn't have them from the factory. The '80 has one but looks like it might have had 2 originally.