Clark Walker

72 F100 First Look — Part 1

clarkwalker — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:59:26 +0000

Here are photos of how the F100 looked before detailing. First thing is to clean the wheels & tires, they make the vehicle and haven’t been cleaned in awhile. Next the chrome and glass. Not much chrome on this truck: front bumper, small emblems and one mirror. I’ll be showing those details in future posts.

The wheels turned out really good after a couple of hours of cleaning with extensive elbow grease.

The bed of the F100 was totally destroyed and missing some boards. The previous owner had purchased the oak wood replacement kit and it was included in the deal. Here are the photos of the bed before and after taking out all the bad boards. Cutting out the old bolts will be the challenge with this project. I’ll post later on the specifics of the bed restoration.

No more wood. The underneath and frame are in really great shape and now you can see the bolt cutting project.

Overall the body is in great shape except for minor dents and a little surface rust on the hood. The rubber around the windows needs to be replaced. The back bumper is custom made out of heavy steel and more photos on that later. Here are a few shots of the body of the truck.

I will go into more details in future posts with more photos and stories to come.

72 Ford F100 Stepside Shortbed Project

clarkwalker — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:06:56 +0000

1972 Ford F100 Stepside Shortbed, 302 V8, Automatic.

I was looking for an older truck that had been partially or totally restored at a good price. I found this truck posted on Craigslist 1-9-12 in Ukiah, California. I took it for a test drive and looked it over early in the morning on 1-10-12. Here are the photos the owner posted on Craigslist.

I purchased the truck on 1-11-12, and drove straight to the DMV. It happened to be about a block away on the same street. I didn’t have to wait in line very long, that was a miracle, then it was official. I was the proud owner of a 1972 F100 Stepside, pictured here with keys in Ukiah before the drive home.

On the drive home I realized there was no heat, the lights worked and it sounded strong. I’ll be posting future work being done, with more photos and stories to come. Check back when you get a chance.

Lights Out! Van Gogh sheds new light

clarkwalker — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:13:58 +0000

Last night while walking through the, de Young Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, viewing the Van Gogh, Gauguin, Cézanne and Beyond: Post-Impressionist Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay exhibit. I had the opportunity to see Van Gogh paintings again. The first Van Gogh originals I had seen in Los Angeles years ago, they had such movement, I could see them move from down a long corridor. I was drawn to them like a magnet, like I had seen them before, the energy around the strokes and color, made me feel like I was looking at one of my own original paintings. So last night was great, I viewed the whole show and at the end went back for a second look at the Van Gogh works. I was able to get closer this time because the crowd was gone, as I starred at the self portrait and watch the flow of energy around the colors, BAM! the lights went out, total darkness. I stood still looking forward into the darkness, around a minute later the emergency lights came on, no spotlights on the paintings. The color was very different and you could see the texture of the underlying strokes and canvas, the guy next to me said, “I was just thinking what it would look like without the spotlight“, I guess he found out. The energy was still there the color a lot darker than before, as I walked and looked at the, Encampment of Gypsies with Caravans, the color was amazing, the brush strokes intense, and Starry Night Over the Rhone was dark, the colors so close in value the strokes heavy, I really enjoyed having the ability to see both sides of the light. OK, time to go, the staff started moving people out of the exhibit, closed, luckily we had viewed the whole show. Outside into the storm, wind, rain and movement, from color to reality, what fun!

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clarkwalker — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 09:31:56 +0000

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