The cab of the Power Hoe had three different top coats on it before you got down to the factory primer. Believe it or not a razor knife was used to skim off all the layers of paint in one fell swoop!

Almost down to bare metal on entire cab. The body is absolutely mint, no rust, no dents, no issues.

Here is the roof, you can see the leaded seam, pretty nice work for back in the day.

As the underside of this truck so pristine the decision was made not to remove the cab or subject the vehicle to any media due to all the hydraulics. Here are the results after the razor knife did its work.

After that the primer was taken off with an orbital sander and 320 grit paper. Now it’s time for a little fresh primer.

The passenger side cover really turned out awesome! The craftsmanship in this project is outstanding.

Very little filler was needed in the roof area considering the large task of “Bubble-topping the Power Hoe. A great deal of time was taken in this concept and it really shows in the final product.

Very little spot filling was needed, mostly spot weld areas and we’re almost “Booth Ready.” The door cut lines have been determined and the interior is in the process of being bagged.

Passenger front area needed very little prep work.

The passenger side door is all finished up and looks great!

One last go over and it's ready to go!

One thing that was very important to the history of this truck was to keep the original green interior that had survived remarkably well. In the process much of the old silver and yellow sloppy overspray was removed so there is a clean tape line for the exterior yellow. It would have been easier to remove the front bumper brackets but originally the yellow was sprayed with them in place so the plan is to keep them on the truck while in the booth. Let’s shoot some color!!!