1965 Resurrection - a Re-Rebuild of my 1965 F100

This truck has been in my family for forty years. Its first build was in the early 1980's by my father. He took the 1965 truck and dropped in a 390, C6 transmission, 9" rear end, power steering and brakes. About 1993 I bought it and rebuilt everything he did and a fresh paint job. I drove it for a few years before parking it, covered in a shed. It sat for the last 20 years until spring of 2018 when I pulled it out of the shed, dusted it off and began to bring it back to life.

Monday, August 20, 2018

Cover Holes Left by The Old Towing Mirrors

Since I am not going to repaint this truck, I need to find creative ways to cover and/or fix blemishes. One such blemish is the holes left over by the old towing mirrors.

Not a great picture, but as you can see below the holes. I was just going to pop in some chrome button caps, but these holes are such an odd diameter, that none that I could find would fit.

I decided to take two different approaches. First, I used a pair of Chrome Button Head bolts to fill the top holes. Here you can see them installed. You can also see well the major smashing damage that was done by the body shop after they over-tightened the old mirrors on soft paint. There is nothing I can do to fix this.