Calling All Patriot Blues!

[JBV]

joined the club. actually take delivery of the beast in a couple hours. this is it fresh off the auto hauler. it took only 4 days to go from the factory to the coast (in BC) and only 2 days to get trucked over to my dealer on central Vancouver Island. not bad, after a massive wait in between! it's filthy here of course. and wouldn't you believe it, it's pouring rain today (coastal BC in fall, naturally...) so not the bright sunny summer day i was hoping for on delivery. ah well, at least it's finally arrived:

 

[JBV]

a few mods in the next couple weeks to come (canopy, new tires, PPF, graphene paint coating) and i'll post some other photos. so far the paint looks pretty good, i didn't notice much orange peel, but i'll be going over this truck with a very fine tooth comb for quite a while.

 

[JoeCo]

A few more from the previous couple of months:






And finally a cleaning day yesterday for the truck (mostly the interior) and for it's 55 year old sibling which needed a cleaning bad, inside and out:

 

[PMac246]

My new 22

 

[JBV]

my first choice colour was olive green, which was discontinued (at least for the BH in Canada), so PB was my fall back. now that i've got it i'm glad olive green wasn't available!

 

[tj1964c90]

I guess that I'm late to the party but here I am!

 

[Idahoktm]

My new 22

Good looking truck. I probably would have gone with that color if it was available in a Night Edition Laramie.

 

[JBV]

first sunny day since i took delivery. the colour in the sun is amazing. canopy and tires this week, paint treatment next week, then i'll put up some shots.

 

[JBV]

all done!

 

[swizlstik]

Much better!

 

[JoeCo]

Some pictures on top of a hill:






Still loving the patriot blue, I prefer it in better lighting than these shots but think it looks very good like this as well. Pictures would have been a lot more dramatic a few weeks ago when fall was at its peak around here.

 

[Fcso227]

Much better!

Did you have that done? Or did you do it yourself?

 

[swizlstik]

Did you have that done? Or did you do it yourself?

I had it done. $650 to vinyl wrap all of the chrome. I bought new black emblems for the hood and tailgate then removed all of the others.

 

[BlueMoose]

It really is a gorgeous color...

 

[Fcso227]

It really is a gorgeous color...View attachment 113693View attachment 113692

I want your rims

 

[Idahoktm]

I want your rims

Those are chrome OEM Big Horn wheels. I see them for sale all of the time for about $400.

 

[BlueMoose]

Those are chrome OEM Big Horn wheels. I see them for sale all of the time for about $400.

This. My truck is a Lone Star, but that's basically just Texan for "Big Horn".

 

[Bigbags85]

Picked this guy up last Thursday!

 

[New1500customram]

love the two tone!

 

[Goatmann]

Picked this guy up last Thursday!

Yours is the third two-tone posted so far. Enjoy, sir.