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Nice work on the cab. I'm starting on door skins then I'll be replacing the same exact parts you did.

It must be an awesome feeling having all fresh primed metal :metal:

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Great Tool Idea!
Adapt and Overcome!!!:metal:

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I just sprayed the botom of my cab with the Raptor bed liner on Tuesday after spending many hours of prep work. Very easy to spray and looks GREAT! Bad cell phone photo, but I'm happy with how it turned out.

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Looks great.

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That's good to hear, 64chevmn. It looks really good in that photo. How many coats did you do, and how much product did it take to do the floor?


I was hoping to seam seal today, but with the ambient temps being so cold lately, we'd really go through some firewood keeping the shop above 60 degrees for enough time to properly cure it. Instead, we spent the afternoon wirewheeling the lower firewall, cowl vents, and front door pillars. Dad made up a tapped pad to replace the chinsy threaded inserts for dimmer switch, and I tacked that in place. If it warms up at all this week, the frame may take a trip over to the car wash for the first round of degreasing.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180669.jpg

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I bought the Raptor kit that comes with 4 bottles of bed liner, a bottle of activator and the spray gun. I used two bottles of the liner material; one for each coat. On the second coat, I turned up the air to 60 psi and shot the bed liner stuff from about 18-inches away to give it a more smooth texture. Covers very well and easy to use.

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That's pretty much exactly how I did mine and I am very pleased with the results, also. What all are you seam sealing underneath?

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Thanks! That's exactly the info I was looking for. I bought the same 4 bottle kit with the activator and spray gun for Dad for Christmas.


Any weld/panel seams that could trap moisture. I'm sure I'll post a picture when I do it.

Looking at the weather forecast for this week, I really doubt that the frame will be going to the car wash or that the cab will see any seam sealer. I have some work scheduled on a customer car this coming weekend, so it may be another week before I get back to work here.

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Well, scratch that. Dad just called to tell me he was trailering the chassis to the car wash as we spoke. :metal:

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Good call- supposed to be back to idiotic cold later this week. BTW-Having a Bobcat is cheating!

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We took advantage of the above freezing weather today and disassembled the frame. It's upside down on the trailer along with the front crossmember/suspension for another trip to the quarter car wash for a second round of degreasing. Since it's supposed to dive back into the single digits tonight, it'll likely be a little bit before that happens.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180787.jpg

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Before you hit the coin car wash do you pre-soak with any type of de-greaser?

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Yep. It gets sprayed down thoroughly with de-greaser beforehand. The first round went well, but the underside of everything still needs the crud blown off of it, so it's going back upside down for round two.

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After a four week hiatus due to an especially brutal winter, working on other vehicles, and other obligations, I was able to get back to work on the cab yesterday.

First up, a poll: What does the factory mark on the firewall shown below say? Chevy? A434? Something else?
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180926.jpg

I cleaned up the firewall, then welded up the holes for the three replaceable line clips, along with the hole for the clutch rod. The factory 3-speed will not be making a reappearance.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180941.jpg

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Looking good! Its been cold here too, tougher to get motivated to work on projects and grab ice cubes that say snap on or craftsman. Need a tool box heater!

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No kidding! :lol:

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Did a little searching here on the site and discovered that the firewall marking was "C1434", the model of the truck (1/2 ton shortbed fleetside).

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=463671

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Spent some time in the shop today blocking out the firewall. Like the saying goes, sand until you think you're done...then sand some more.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180944.jpg
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I also started brushing on the seam sealer.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180950.jpg


Quitting point for today:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180958.jpg


The firewall sans thirteen of its original holes and with a really light coat of primer.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180960.jpg

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Spent the morning at a swap meet and the afternoon finishing up sealing seams. Hope to prime and paint the underside next weekend, provided the weather cooperates.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1180983.jpg

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We took advantage of the nice weather yesterday and put some hours in on the truck. Dad ground down the rivet heads for the transmission crossmember, and we knocked it out of the frame. The frame is ready for blasting.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190057.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190067.jpg


We also shot the last coat of primer on the underside of the cab. I'm hoping to get back over there this week once it warms up (it's sleeting here currently) to shoot a couple coats of satin black.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190064.jpg

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Progress...:metal:

In the pic with the frame only, (Dad not in the Pic) What is hanging off the deck looking structure, Deer Stand? Looks like a Bomb casing...:bann: or am I just :crazy:

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Under side looking good man nice job

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That would be a old WWII-era practice bomb hanging from my childhood club house. :)

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I may have called the bomb right, but that doesn't mean I'm not :crazy::haha:

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Looks great. What product are you using for seam sealer? I will need some soon.

Bret

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I meant to snap a pic of the seam sealer supplies tonight, but it slipped my mind. I should be over there again Thursday, so I'll try to do so then.


We've finally reached the point where paint starts going on instead of only coming off. :D Shot the first coat of satin black on the underside of the cab tonight.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190093.jpg
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Underside of the cab came out great.

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Thanks Bomp! I've been watching your progress on Steiner. Looking good!

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Looks awesome man. I'm finishing up the second of my door skins and just got all the parts to fix the rot on my cab.

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Cab is looking great.....nice work!!!

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I agree looks great. With any luck I will be doing that very soon.

Bret

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Here are the seam sealing supplies. I've only used the brush on seam sealer on this project thus far. The Dynatron tube is left over from the rust repair project on my '95 F150 last October, and it worked well there. I'm sure I'll end up using a few tubes of it on this truck as we go along.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190140.jpg


Sprayed the second/final coat of satin black tonight. We'll let it cure for a few weeks, then shoot it with the Raptor bed liner coating.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190161.jpg

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Thanks so much RaceCougar!

Bret

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No problem, Bret!

We put in a solid five hours today prepping and priming the firewall, cowl, etc.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190197.jpg

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Today we welded up a little rust we found yesterday, removed the rusty A-pillar drip rails, and continued stripping old paint and seam seal.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190231.jpg


Stripping away the old seam sealer revealed deteriorated A-pillar drip rails on both sides.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...8ed29ead44.jpg


We were both relieved to see that the A-pillars weren't rusted through. They're pitted, but still sound. I'll weld in new drip rails once the cab is sitting upright again.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190239.jpg

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Filed in my "Need to buy" folder… Thanks for the info on the sealer...:metal:

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I borrowed a borescope from a friend yesterday so that we could check the condition of the sheetmetal inside the roof cavity, A-pillars, etc. and determine whether or not we would need to pursue some form of rust treatment in those areas. After all of the rust repair we've done on this cab thus far, I was quite surprised at just how clean it is inside. I did find more insulation in the roof cavity that we'll need to blow/vacuum out of there (thanks, mice), but the sheetmetal is all in great shape. At most, we might use a cavity wax at a later date, but honestly, if the sheetmetal is that clean after the life this truck has led, it should have no troubles with the pampered life it will lead from here on out.

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Seam sealed the cowl and shot the A-pillars with weld-thru primer in preparation for the replacement drip rails today.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y20...0/P1190282.jpg

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Does the seam sealer take paint well? I too am worried about underneath my roof and places I can't see. My drip rails are in real good shape with little to no surface rust. My truck had a ton of paint on it. Truck is looking good.

Bret

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Seam sealer has no trouble being top coated with primer/paint. Actually, I plan to shoot a coat of primer on the firewall/cowl tomorrow morning. Thanks.