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Old 08-31-2017, 10:28 PM   #7
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Default Re: 29 Closed Cab Pickup Top, CHICKEN WIRE OR NOT

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Originally Posted by Osage Orange View Post
CCPUs and "higher speeds" seldom find themselves in the same sentence, but no, there is no chicken wire used in the trucks. The bows are painted cab color, usually rock moss green, but can look quite nice finished in clear polyurethane or stained, with the appropriate padding above. Not stock, but unless you're going for a full-out restoration and hungry for points, be a bit of a rebel.
Hedgeapple has a point. I've debated on doing the traditional paint it bodycolor or stain/poly as well and I think I've fallen back to paint.

Has anyone made a rock moss green tinted stain you could poly over? Something to preserve the wood would be nice.
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