Slick 60's

The interior of my Slick is complete but I haven't installed the heater yet.

I'm debating on whether or not to paint the plastic portion or leave it bare. Thoughts? Pictures?

i sprayed my in a light light rattle can spray. i made the mistake of putting paint on the motor rubber gasket thing and had to take that off but a light spray gave it a good look. i think there are some photos in my 1965 build, not the 66 build.

If you are going to paint it the Rustoleum Textured Black paint when painted on very lightly, as mentioned, will have the look of stock plastic.

I did mine in semi gloss black and looks OK

To paint the textured black use Duplicolor Spray can bedliner - VERY similar texture. I used it on the underside of my inner fenders, core support front, the pedals and will probably use more elsewhere.

Two coats DP40 epoxy primer and 2 shots of SEM Hot Rod Black. Looks nice and the finish is easy to keep clean.

the SEM is good stuff... i just did my console with it.

I had to do a little "body work" on the Plastic housing and that is why I had to paint mine.
I sprayed mine with satin black then dusted it with a little silver rattle can and gray primer rattle can. Then satin clear to pull it together. Just to see how it would look. i shot other pieces with different blacks, satin, gloss, etc. Nothing fancy and It works for me.

I soaked the rubber housing on the fan motor mountin bracket in evaporust.



Painted the heater box and air intake duct with duplicolor vinal black



I painted the fan motor with rustoleum satin black.


This is the completed housing. Im happy with how mine came out may be a little darker than stock but im not restoring it all the way back to exact original.


I think your probably starting out with a heater assembly that is still in pretty good shape from what your interior looks like. Good luck please post up some pics of what you do.

This is what I started with

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Looks Great!


I took my heater box completely apart. I painted all of the tin parts gloss black since they can't be seen and had more gloss black paint. I painted the motor satin black but didn't paint the rubber. The intake duct cleaned up like new with 409.

I still need to paint the outside of the plastic case and I'm going to do that in Satin Black.

I'll get more pictures up tomorrow.

I'm picking up a new heater core at NAPA today. How can I not replace it for $31? I know if I use the old one, as soon as I put the heater back in the damn thing will leak.

Painting the plastic heater box today (satin black).

I'm thinking of adding a filter to the inlet. It would be a pain to change but probably worth it. There was a TON of dirt in the inlet and heater box.

Hey Mike,

If you happen to find a filter that fits the inlet, please be sure to post the brand and part number (and maybe a pic of how you installed it)... That might be something I'd be interested in adding too.

Cheers,
Dion

thats gonna be a sweet looking truck when done.

slickmainer wrote:thats gonna be a sweet looking truck when done.

Thanks! A little bit at a time!

Got the housing sprayed. Decided on some Hammered look paint.

I use that on a LOT of stuff.

Greg D, Ive had mix results with DP spray bedliner in a can. I find if you over spray a wet area, the stuff peals off. Anyone have any tips for applying this stuff.

I used Duplicolor bedliner on my Jeep grill and it has held up great. I wouldn't use it on the bed of a truck though. It doesn't feel like a bedliner, it's very smooth.

If you want the toughest bedliner in a can, get Rustoleum. I used it when I got a new bumper for the Jeep. It holds up great and is very tough. The bumper came in bare metal and I used a self-etching primer first.