The first proper step for any vehicle project…hell, for any project, period, vehicle-related or not…should be a cleaning and organization period. You don’t start anything that is unkempt and unsavory. If it’s an old house, you get rid of all of the crap that the former owners left behind, you rip up the carpeting that is housing things more frightening that Corvid-19 will ever be, and you start from scratch. When it comes to a vehicle, you start with a bucket of soapy water, a sponge, a hose, and a trash can nearby for everything that needs to come out. Or maybe you just go ahead, quit screwing around, pop the floor plugs and break out the pressure washer with the “strip a cow to the bone” nozzle on the end and don’t quit washing until you can see the shine of the original paint…or bare metal, whichever comes first.

In the case of the bumpside Ford that Junkyard Digs recently dragged out of a barn after a couple decades’ worth of quiet time, it didn’t look too bad. For Kevin, it’s almost a Cadillac. The bed isn’t even flapping in the breeze…that’s an improvement! But years in a barn will leave enough dust to flare up allergies in even the most unaffected individual, and it leaves the beautiful white sections of this truck looking rather raunchy. So, what to do? Apparently fans love YouTube videos that involve cars being washed after being dirty for years. A recommendation for next time, guys? Either score a pressure washer and just spray the dirt away, or find some bathing beauties to work the suds. Nothing against you or Luke, but at times I could hear younger Taylor Swift singing about that boy across the road with the beat-up truck…and I didn’t like it one bit.