63' Squire Painted and back on Texas roads!

Hello everyone. I know this is supposed to go in restoration folder but it's been so long that I posted I thought you would forgive me(I hope so anyway)
I decided not to sell and go ahead a strip and paint her. I couldn't afford a full resto like Blacksnakes Mercury. So took all the trim/shiny pieces off, pulled the old wood off(it kind of fell off) and sent her to the paint shop a stones throw from my house. It cost $900!! but turned out pretty good(better than a Maaco job)
Got her home and started putting it all back together. The trim was easy. The wood vinyl was another matter. I went with the cheaper Avery product $140(the 3M would have been $450) Went through about $40 worth before I got the hanh of hanging it. Ended up with a few small bubbles but a needle took care of that. Anyway am pretty happy with the result. Just need to start work on the interior now. Thanks in advance for comments

 

That came out looking great!

 

I believe I would be happy with those results too!

 

Beautiful, congrats!:2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

You should be proud. Anybody would be to have the joy of driving such a beautiful car down the road.

 

dw, YOU ROCK! I love how great your Fairlane Squire looks!

You should be very happy and proud!

All of the hard work you have put into this rare, wonderful wagon was so worth it...fantastic results!
I bet you can't even believe you ever considered getting rid of it...glad you stuck with it and brought this back to beautiful! Job well done!

David

 

You've done a beautiful job on your Squire. Its stunning. Looks like bumpers are the only thing left to do to make it a show winner. (From personal experience I reccomend Tri City Plating rather than Bumper Boyz when you buy or have your existing bumpers straightened and rechromed.)

 

Bumpers

Yes I am saving up to have my Bumpers(I will look up Tri City) done especially the front. Thanks Fat Teddy for blowing the picture up! Yes it is a vast improvement over the rusty primer. I lucked out with by body wor(or lack of it.) A small hole in the driver side rear quarter just above exhaust. It shows good in the photos but I still have a way to go on the interior) Will keep on plodding along. Yes am glad I hung onto her! Thanks again for all your kind words of support.

 

Congrats DW. Phenomenal job; it really looks great. You've got to be so psyched; I know I would be. I love how the front end of the Fairlanes were just a smaller version of the full size '63's. Very nice Squire. Does my heart good to see such a wagon given a second life.
Ya done good.

 

Very nice finish! The 63 Ford woodies always looked great in blue, white or red. Nicely done!

 

DW....you will be my hero for the remainder of the month pal

she looks bloody beautiful

as for the bumpers.?....wanna try an old trick?

get yourself a can of Coke a cola...pour it into a saucer of sorts....steal the wifes roll of tin foil....make yourself a big wad of tin foil....dip it in the Coke....scrub the bumpers with it

you'l luv me

 

DW;
NICE JOB!!!!!:2_thumbs_up_-_anima

 

Great lookin little wagon. Bet you are glad you kept it. Not a bad price with a bunch of work to have such a nice ride. Keep after the interior and bumpers and you will be so happy with it.

 

Tinfoil and Coke!!

Thanks for your suggestion REV. I have read about that before. Will give it a try.

 

Love this gorgeous Fairlane Squire! I may just need to make a little trip to Ft. Worth to see it up close! OK David?

I think there needs to be at least one or two big pictures of this beauty on each and every page of this thread! :2_thumbs_up_-_anima

David