1963 Dodge W100 Town Wagon project.

bluefury · Post by **bluefury** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:32 pm

Some pictures of an on going project of mine. I have owned this truck for over 30 years now and killed it once. Am bring it slowly back. Actually I have stalled on it and haven't gotten anything done in over a year now. To many distractions..lol. But it's close and won't take much effort once i get motivated again.

slick · Post by **slick** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:42 pm

Looks pretty sweet and you're almost there

motomatt383 · Post by **motomatt383** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 7:55 pm

WOW!!! thats gonna be a sweet ride!

matt

mopardwh · Post by **mopardwh** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:07 pm

Nice project! Keep us posted.

PowerMan · Post by **PowerMan** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 9:45 pm

Looking sweet! My Dad and I are restoring our 1964 D100 Town Panel and are going to convert it to four wheel drive with the 64 W200 parts truck that came with it. I hope ours turns out as nice as yours has so far!

Power Man

Russ · Post by **Russ** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:33 am

That's quite a change from your first pic. It's looking great, and I love the paint scheme. Keep posting pics of your progress. We definitely want to see more of that truck.

bluefury · Post by **bluefury** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:35 am

bluefury wrote:Some pictures of an on going project of mine. I have owned this truck for over 30 years now and killed it once. Am bring it slowly back. Actually I have stalled on it and haven't gotten anything done in over a year now. To many distractions..lol. But it's close and won't take much effort once i get motivated again.

A couple more pictures, I'm getting motivated again now...! I'll get back on it once my current project is completed.

bluefury · Post by **bluefury** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:53 pm

Russ wrote:That's quite a change from your first pic. It's looking great, and I love the paint scheme. Keep posting pics of your progress. We definitely want to see more of that truck.

Thanks Russ. The colors, (Bell green and Sunset yellow) are actual 63 colors and were pretty common, (well as common as W100 town wagons get), on these trucks. I remember looking at one way back in the 70's that was this combo and it stuck with me. I photographed a factory two tone in a salvage yard and used the pics to determine the color "cut" lines.

Will.

crusty · Post by **crusty** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 6:18 pm

I might use the bell green on my crew. I just love green. I spraypainted this ford with rustoleum hunter green. I keep looking at other colors for the dodge, but keep coming back to green

Not trying to hijack, just love the color! Please post more pics!

MikePA · Post by **MikePA** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:56 pm

That's an awesome color combination! I wanted to get a TW but it wouldn't fit in my garage. Should have torn out the door and put a bigger one in.

Post by **Hobcobble** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:15 am

I like the colors you chose for your Town Wagon. Keep up the great
work and keep the pics coming!
John

OleRed66 · Post by **OleRed66** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:35 am

The poly in blue is a stark contrast to the engine compartment, it looks way good. There's an old Town Wagon around the corner from me, I've just got to get the cahonees to go talk to the guy about it. I don't think my wife would be too happy about that though.

bluefury · Post by **bluefury** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:58 am

Hobcobble wrote:I like the colors you chose for your Town Wagon. Keep up the great
work and keep the pics coming!
John

Thanks for the comments guys. I'm starting to feel motivated again...lol
These old Dodge trucks seem to take well to green, (and red). I liked the two tone version and concidered a lighter shade of green, or white as the second color but the yellow just kept jumping out at me. Most folks said i ws crazy until they saw it applied, then it was.... HUMmmmmm that looks pretty good....lol.
heres a couple more pic's.

Will.

SmokyMtnSwepty · Post by **SmokyMtnSwepty** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:28 pm

Looks great! Thanks for posting. I love the color combination also. :)

crusty · Post by **crusty** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 4:59 pm

Nice! Is that wetsanded? Also, what exact paint are you using? It looks great, and thanks for more pictures.

crusty · Post by **crusty** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:20 pm

Is that a red crew I see in the reflection of the second picture? I am thinking green with a white top for mine

bluefury · Post by **bluefury** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:49 pm

[quote="crusty"]Is that a red crew I see in the reflection of the second picture? I am thinking green with a white top for mine[/quote]

Actually the paint is just sprayed and has not yet been sanded and buffed. I'll do all that once its all assembled. It is Dupont Centurian base/clear.
Sharp eyes..... the reflection is my 64 crew cab. If you go to the parts and trucks for sale thread here you can see some pics of it. I'm offering it for sale if anyone interested. Check it out.

Will.

OleRed66 · Post by **OleRed66** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 7:36 am

Are the hood hinges painted?? What did you use. They look really good.

Ruckus · Post by **Ruckus** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:27 am

Holy AWESOME! I love my Willys, but the Town Wagon makes it look like a tinker toy. Oh well, play with what you got.

bluefury · Post by **bluefury** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:35 am

OleRed66 wrote:Are the hood hinges painted?? What did you use. They look really good.

Thank you. The hindges were bead blasted and then gloss clear powder coated. Powder coating has been used extensivly on the tw. Bumpers, wheels most all smaller brackets, inner fender aprins, brake backing plates, etc.

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