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This Vintage ’67 Dodge Travco Repaint Is A Good Lesson In Proper Body Work

This post was updated on March 15th, 2024

Primed and ready for its new coat of color.

primed and ready for paint
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When they applied the tape they used a premium household tape. It looks like “Frog Tape” which is good stuff for painting walls, but didn’t hold up to the solvents.

Use automotive refinish masking tape and don’t go for the cheapest stuff if you want good stripes and clean lines.

I made a couple of mistakes at this point but the biggest have to do with this green tape. First it is a high end household painters tape. I naively thought it would suffice for the job. But the solvents and nature of automotive paint blurred the lines just a bit. The other big issue was that I did not wait long enough for the white to fully cure. I should have waited days and not hours. The tape left an impression on the paint.

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The stripes are done in three steps, they look great!

tape stripes
Gostaverling
painted green
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stripes revealed
Gostaverling

We went with three coats of a 1950’s Dodge Truck color called Banner Green.

Fixing the Door on the Vintage Travco

The door had to have a patch welded in where some well-meaning owner did what they thought was the best thing.

Gostaverling found a handle to fit the original hole, and “voila” it looks good as new.

I am sure there were likely issues on the door jamb as well from the repositioned lock.

The door in three stages of repair, nice job!

primed repair area
Gostaverling
primed door
Gostaverling

fnished door

This is a new door handle and it was only 60 USD. It would have saved me at least 10 hours of work had the previous owner just bought the right thing.

Another Dodge Travco, Looking Like New

That paint job turned out great, and I think you’ll agree it’s a vast improvement, with a color that fits the retro styling of the motorhome.

Nice job, Gostaverling, I imagine some of our readers would likely hire you to do the same for them!

 Finally, the finished product, what a clean looking machine!

the finished product
Gostaverling

For more details of this 1967 Dodge Travco exterior remodel, visit Gostaverling’s album on imgur.

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