Decided it was time for paint on the D100. I do like the patina look. But after 3 years it was starting to looks a little worse, so I decided to preserve it with new paint. Going with the same original two-tone paint scheme.

Started with the inside of the box since it was in the worst shape.

Box was pretty crusty. It was used as a "truck" at one point in it's life.

Bottom of the tail gate had some rust through.

Inside of the box stripped.

Welded up the rust on the bottom of the tail gate. (Should have just found a better tail gate).

Next up is to knock the dents out of the wheel wells.

Finally I get to ditch the tri-pod mount mirrors and install the pedestal mirrors.

More soon.

You didn't even need to paint it, just removing those mirrors made the truck!

I have a similar two-tone paint on my '86 Ramcharger, no side mirrors and a lot more to do before I can think about paint

Wow! You have been busy, jstollfu! What did you use to get your bed stripped so clean?
Nice work

In retrospect I should have removed the bed completely and had it sand blasted. But unfortunatly, I have no way to transport the bed except on the frame of the truck. So I used 2 inch bristle discs to strip the ribs on the sides of the bed. Then I used a couple of wire brush cups on a grinder to strip the loose rust off the bed floor. Then I put 4-5 coats of Navel Jelly rust remover on the floor to get the deep down embeded rust off. That Navel Jelly really works, it has to sit for hours, not mins and takes a few coats but it cleaned up the bed floor fairly well.

It looks really good. I'm in the same boat as you, should get it blasted but no way to get it there. But its one of the last things on my list.

my 74 extended cab that i had was painted the exactly like your truck. it is looking good. i have a clean shaved tail gate with a flip kit that would look good on there.

I had a smoothed tail gate with the handle flip, and a rear roll pan on my 84 d150. I liked the look. However, this one is going to stay stock in appearance. Same two tone colors, as ugly as the colors are they have grown on me. All the stock trim stays. Hopefully I can get out in the garage this weekend, I feel like I sold my soul to the paint store yesterday for supplies.

Seeing that you live in Michigan, how do you heat your garage? I live in the "wet side" of Washington state and while today's temp will be mid 30s, my attached garage is not heated by itself. So the question remains, how do you heat your garage area so that you can work comfortably and safely?