FORGOTTEN 1986 Ford F250 INSANE Paint Transformation! 

I don’t understand why a lot of people love the patina….that truck has the bones of a BEAST!! Redo it all the way!!!

Lot of work to get that done. Since your family are the original owners I would hope that you have a complete service history. There was a period of time when Ford had a service bulletin for repainting some mid-to -late 80's and early 90's trucks.

These Bull and Brick nose Fords are becoming a POPULAR build here in Texas the last couple of years because they are the last of the actually affordable classic truck, I'm seeing more and more of them show up to cruise-ins and Cars and Coffee's. I work as a Government Civilian in San Antonio and there's a young soldier that has a 81 2wd F-150 that he's building into a street truck, we were talking the other day and asking him how it was going and he was saying it was going slow because he doesn't have access to a shop so he's doing it in the parking lot of his barracks and in the Auto Craft Center (shop the base has) when he can get in there so I offered him my storage shop, which is nothing more than one of those cheap car ports with the sides built on it and any big jobs I'll let him use my actual shop. I also have a homemade Paint booth that I'll let him use when he paints it, He's not going to do a full on build, basically a build as he drives truck, The one thing he REALLY wants is bucket seats and I just happen to have some bucket seats out of a 99 Escort that I picked up a couple years for like $25 that's probally never going to use, so I'm just going to give them to him, they are in really good shape, they just need cleaned up and dyed, his interior is Brown and the seats are grey so I just have him pick up a couple cans of duplicolor brown dye and i'll teach him how to dye seats. Nice job on this one but I think I would done a cheap rattlecan paint on the light silver, Maybe go grab 4 or 5 rattle cans of the Krylon Brushed Nickel rattle cans and then throw a cheap clear coat over the whole thing. I personally don't mind a patina paint job but there's a difference between Patina and Rust......

Update to my comment… 1. Wash with degreaser or dawn 2. Scrub panels using polisher with a wool pad on second wash 3. Spray down iron remover on the panels 4. Clay bar Then you’re ready for sanding and then use clear Poppeys Patina for a top coat

man thats a beautiful truck cant wait to see all the new parts go on it!

I have a Mercury Colony Park Wagon of a similar vintage I've been working on. I've been excited for the release of this video cause I've wanted to try to fix the chalky faded paint for a while now and didn't really know how it would turn out, let alone what the steps were to fix it. So thanks for making this!

Big fan of older trucks showing some patina but clean look. Loving the video.

Beauty of a truck, love to see the progress on it.

I got the entire grill, trim, and headlight bezels from LMC Truck, and its condition is holding very well. Had them on my 84 Bronco for years now and still looks great.

Fantastic - my first 1 ton was an 86 350 6.9 4 speed XLT truck with that exact paint and interior. I miss that old beast - love the old trucks.

I stumbled onto an 84 F150 XLT a couple years ago. It had some work done to it and I invested into a little body work and a new paint job ( body wasn’t bad as it was originally a NC truck). We love driving our Bullnose… great job!

Looks great Craig....def can see the results after the elbow grease, can't wait to see the next phase.

Just did this to my 86 Blazer -started with 400 grit, finished with 600, then buffed it out, looks amazing

Awesome vid! Thank you for the amazing content Craig

SOS pad on the bumper will bring it back easily.

Looks sweet! Thanks for sharing each step! Looking to do this to my 86 F150 soon. 25+ years of sitting outside in Ohio has taken a toll.

Dude I love the things to do in that old truck keep up the good work I am restoring my 96 Chevy pickup single cab short wheel base I've been working at its last five years

Hey Brother thank you for the how too video ! My 1978 Ranger Lariat looks like hammered hell on the body and I wasn't sure how to proceed on the paint. There is no rust through anywhere on this truck and only light surface rust underneath but the entire body is surface rust and very dead paint and i cant afford a new paint job so I'll follow your lead and clean it up the best I can. Man I appreciate the help and I dig your BLUE OVAL videos so keep crankin` em out !

I’m ok with the patina but the center panels with rust and different colors takes away from the look. I’d get rid of the Rusty center section and either match or find a good contrast color.

Outstanding. Best color combo for those models in my opinion.

Big fan of bed mats. Horse stall mats arent expensive, and theyre not hard to cut to shape for a pretty professional look. They work great to keep your bed floor dent free, and they're easy to remove when you dont need the protection.

Your chrome is going to make that rusty patina pop Craig. Tons a polishing products out there. Good work!

I can’t believe you used the same pad over the rust as the better paint, that’s ballsy. Love the patina though, it wears it well.

It's about time!!

The rusted sides looks pretty cool, almost intentional like a distressed rustic camo. The body is pretty good and straight too. It might be good enough to not go to Pick n' Pull

I dig where you're coming from about it being a shop truck, but I would repaint it since it is so nice.

Came out really good, great work. Put on factory mirrors and leave it the way it is. 👍👍

Came out great! Detail work is a science for sure

That transformation is impressive! That’s awesome.

Love the truck, reminds me of a buddy's back in the day (F250 extended cab longbed w/460). Same color combo. Wonder if yours was repainted under recall, my buddy's was. Tip on the chrome. Mothers Mag wheel polish and 0000 steel wool. Stuff is magic on dull chrome, used it on the bumpers on my 67 Buick and several vintage BMX bike frames.

Does this truck have any kind of a lift on it or stock? Love watching the progress on the truck!

great out come, for a shop truck I think a rhino liner would be in the best interest

I'm so used to watching the variety of folks who I watch that I see some dude out and it's sunny and I'm like wtf

the truck looks amazing, great stuff thanks.

Man awesome job. Especially liked that you did it for us DIY'ers that aren't really detailers. I have the same year truck and digging those wheels and tires. Just have skinny stock ones on it now but it's our farm truck and it needs some more meat. Can you share details on them. Liked and subbed. Cheers brother!

Looks like it just rolled off the production line, man what a transformation.🤑

Beautiful work and beautiful truck

I was observing the back ground and I think it’s Escondido love to see this at grand on Friday

Blow it up already!😂 👍

Brings back memories of my first car a 1983 Chevy Blazer K5 lots of surface rust the first thing i did was go over the whole car with a green scouring pad and then used some rattle can clear coat afterwards obviously i didn’t know what i was doing but it look ok! 😂

Came out great, I like it😀👍

000 Brillo and basically wet sand the rusty areas and it’ll take the rust off and the factory paint will still be under the rust basically the surface rust is above the paint it’s amazing how much difference it makes

Nice Bro !

Dude you have my heart bringing the souls back out in these old fords

Its crazy. 15 years ago when I was starting out, all I could afford were these junky old Bullnose trucks. I could buy a rust free bullnose in Oklahoma for $1000. Popularity is rising FAST

I've been so excited for this one

909 baby ✊🏼 living in az ND keeping my 909 area code number

Awesome truck man. Great job.

I’ve used repop bullnose headlight and grill chrome and for the price it looks great. The area recessed around the headlight is actually supposed to be black, and it will change the whole look of the front of the truck with just the surrounds changed.

Sweet truck!! Actually my 06 Ford F-350 FX4 Diesel states in the manual to wash the engine...albeit you have to cover up the fuse and relay boxes...It actually states "A clean engine runs more efficient"...

Very helpful! Gonna do this to my Jeep

Awesome, came out great, I like it👍

Hello. Great video. Will this same technique work on a vehicle with peeling clearcoat? I understand it won't look factory fresh. Thank you

The amount of time and effort, you could have just sanded, primed and repainted. Just saying. Love the truck though.

Awesome Video, where’d you find your Front license plate. Been looking for one of those for my truck, and they are hard to find? Thanks

super nice restoration. I have a 92 that needed this kind of love, went through five passes of heavy cutting and polish. I could see my crystal clear reflection in the hood. Felt so good about it and then a week goes by and its cloudy again. Apparently my paint cant hold a shine due to its age and exposure. I wonder if wet sanding can fix this issue.

Nice work! Cool truck!

Hey like your show. You might take the trim panel off the tail gate. I bet it will look great with out that but not my truck. And it looks great.

yes more truck

Have a 92 f150 that has some patina on it not much but definitely do want to keep it.

What’s the wheel/tire combo? Looks awesome!

Love to see it!

beautiful truck, wish to own one for myself one day

Nice work man. Should clear coat the whole pickup and lock in all that beautiful patina.

Very nice, I found one of these trucks I want to go ask about soon…

I bought a 72 international travelall. All of the lenses were faded. You can paint them with tinted clear coat to make them the proper color and get the shine back.

Im just getting a 1986 F350 XL, wondering good places to get parts and aftermarket items to fix her u0

Peeps stang looking slick in the background.

put the bed liner back in that is the only thing that really works to save truck beds .That spray on garbage ruins beds.

SEM sells Clear Chip Guard that you could run to texture the bed a bit but leave it painted.

my ol 1989 f150 needs a paint job too! just struggling to figure out the best color for it

The nylon ball bearings in the window motor are likely toast. Replace them with some 3/8 or 1/4 inch nuts then you’ll be good.

Do you guys have CLR in Cali? Calcium Lime Rust remover. Good stuff. Take some CLR and a worn down green scratchy pad, and knock some of that rust down. Not trying to remove it all, just take it from a sunburn to a sun tan.

What a transformation!

Sweet old truck!!

What cermic coating did you use I have a mint 86 short bed f150 4x4 manual

Liking the new f150 man ! That means a lot from a bow tie guy

Its worth it....! Body is so straight, I can't believe it. Check this.... I looked, and looked for a early 90s 4x4 F-250 it had to have a ZF trans, 460,reg cab bench seat. I live in LA. no luck. I found one in Portland Oregon, ( 90,91,92,and this one is a 93) all 460s. Ebay is where I saw it. Funny Wifes and Vehicles I never thought tooo. Absolutely beautiful paint body interior, look like it was kept in the garage. The first thing rip pi ed off the spare tire... What was worse is the bracket they took. Didn't think I would ever find one. Then a drunk cholo side swiped it all the way down the left sids, I was lucky the 2 cars behind me destroyed. Hit and run. Then the catlitic converter $3100, then pry bared the hood open less than a month old battery. AND THIS HAS ALL HAPPENED WITH OUT LEAVING THE CURB. While looking for a shop to tow the truck to for the converter, I went to get a number off the truck. Its gone. I go to LAPD cop shop and an say I hope you guys towed my truck off, because if you didn't I got a even bigger problem. IT TURNED OUT TO BE GOOD NEWS THEY DID...... $650 impound, $125 tow to the muffler shop, $185 battery. I swear to god this is the truth. And after it is done I get to park it right back where all this happened at.... Yea.! I am a 73 yr old Army Vet with PTSD., 100% Service connected unemployable. I could not stand it, I started sleeping in the truck 10 pm till daylight. Then go in my apt. That freeked out the manager of the apt and he called the cops on me. My very favorite toy for protection is a Japanese pull saw 24" handle, very sweet, and a oak table leg. I sleep like a rock in that truck and no body ambushes me and I am left alone. I put heavy black plastic trash bags on the visors and that blacks out the world front and cut a third one apart for the driver and passenger door windows. (lay the third bag cut the 3 edges leaves ya 2 pieces. I was a Pipefitter /welder and designed the best antithief configuration for converter I ve seen. I love ZF S5 42 TRANSMISSIONS. Being in LA you would think pick a part yards would have Ford parts. 30 years I guess thats along time for picken parts.

Dude it sounds so good how do I make my 94 5.0 sound like that?

im new to detailing, do you need clear coat to polish up a paint job? or is it that with enough effort you can polish anything? ive got some exposed base coat on my 03 chevy that i want to shine up without getting crazy with a respray

I have used Ajax or Comet first with sponge and then hand was with dawn

Were did you get the bed liner. I can’t find a bed liner that is made for the old bodies

all i saw was the top of that mustang and knew what it was, whose is it?

Has anyone tried rust converter on the exterior of the body? I’ve seen it used underneath on the frame, but I wonder what it does to the body exterior? Maybe an easy sanding afterward and it’s ready for some paint? I’m not a huge fan of patina quite that rough as it is on the sides of the truck.

Looks awsome where did you got those wheels?

That turned out really good. All those silver and grey trucks got repainted in the 80s or it would not have any paint left on the roof hood

I love the truck. I may have to paint my 86 Ford.

I would have definitely skipped the sanding and used a medium to heavy cut compound, then a fine cut with diminishing abrasive and finally a polish. Edit: But I have to say it turned out killer. Well done!

This gives me hope , on my 2005 ford f150 😅

My buddy had an 86 350 with the 6.9 na. truck got totaled and flipped 9 times.

It looks awesome now

Great job l am working on a 95 f250 4 x4 what size tire is on you truck

The main reason I have not even bothered to try to fix the paint on my 2000 dodge ram laramie slt quad cab long bed 1500 4x4 was it's clear coat is almost completely baked off, and the front doors are actually bright red and a lower level trim truck or maybe a sport ram truck, and my truck is gloss black with most of the white pinstripe so it would really look like crap, right now everything is mostly covered in black so even though the bed is the shiniest part of the truck,it only kinda looks like crap,id probably have been ok with the doors being swapped out 1. If they are the right doors they are not they came from either a regular cab or a older second gen club cab ram and probably a lower level trim truck, and they are haphazardly blasted flat black with spray cans I know because it has taken me forever to remove most of the over spray off the windows, and the truck is factory gloss black with the white pinstripe, and factory black grille and bumpers which is really odd for a loaded laramie slt trim truck but it is missing things most laramie trucks have in the interior as well, and 2.my truck is a northern Ohio truck and it Rusty around the edges but the front fenders are shot they are rusty to the point that the bodylines are disappearing!!

Where’s the 5 speed crown Vic video? Lol I’ve been waiting for it

I miss my old bull nose.

AWESOME!!!!!!

Any tips on 90s paint with that crappy flaking clear coat? 1993 ranger I want it to look good but can't afford to repaint

Super sick

Wow, wish my truck looked that good

Two wheel drive 86 f250 302 v8 base model 8' ft bed could get 22 mpg on the highway... That was n still is great mpg for 3/4 ton