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One of your posts above you say you are not very good at painting but I completely Disagree with you on that as it looks great to me .I cant wait to see this beauty finished ,what craftsmanship you have put into this truck .I wish I had your talents .
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Great progress, really enjoy reading about your in depth tips. I did collision at one point, but never got into this type of detail. Thanks for the lessons. Fantastic!
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John, I'm speechless. It looks amazing!!
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Amazing work and attention to detail.
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Wow! You've done a beautiful job on this truck. Thanks for taking the time to explain all your steps and capture them with pictures.
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To finish the cab I undercoated it and stuck the dash back in before the owner brought the frame over. We mounted the cab and he hauled it back to a shop at his friends place. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...49963140_n.jpg I masked the top of the dash and shot gloss clear over it, then wetsanded and buffed it before installing the dash panel with new stainless screws. I also installed the glove box and radio delete plate. The delete plate was originally held in with spring loaded clips and I was able to find new clips and paint them to match. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...63781548_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...58315127_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...96007781_n.jpg With the doors painted I bought new stainless hardware to bolt up the door components. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...50338299_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...28459309_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...16571717_o.jpg Sound deadener was applied to the inside of the door skin and the bolt on panel. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...70810191_o.jpg |
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Before sending the cab home I mixed up a batch of cavity wax and soaked the cab corners and front kick panel pockets a couple times to seal the metal and seams from the inside out.
I used a gallon of mineral spirits, two pounds of paraffin wax, and a quart of thin sewing machine oil. I grated the wax so it would dissolve faster. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/852c038d.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/16c00e51.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/750b8482.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/5d9a5944.jpg I tested this stuff on a piece of bare metal and it held up pretty good out in the weather so it should do great in a cavity. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/9c627192.jpg Water beading up on the treated side. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/fa52cbb6.jpg To apply it I used a cheap $10 buck weed sprayer which had a decent wide/fan pattern, and soaked each area a couple times until I felt like I had completely coated the inner panels. I kept a bucket under the drains since it was running out the bottom. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...m/2825e09a.jpg |
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Didn't realize it had been so long since I updated this thread. Photobucket it uploading (well, supposed to be...) about 175 pictures of metalwork on the bed. I'll start posting them once they're up.
Here's a few straight from facebook until photobucket finishes the import. https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...57166837_n.jpg https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...99988731_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...83131867_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...89091810_n.jpg https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...83743645_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...22474100_n.jpg https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...76396827_n.jpg |
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oooooooh that's ruff
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Cant wait to see more impressive improvements .
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I NEVER noticed your location before... your right down the road from me!
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Glad to see you're back at it, looks like that bed led a hard life. Any idea of the history of the truck?
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The first thing I started on was separating the old bed floor flange from the bed sides by drilling the spot welds. Also had to grind down the old welds from the replacement bed floor. The left rear corner was just about the only spot that I didn't have to completely cut out and remake, more on that later. The rust that was under the flange was sandblasted.
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...18771248_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...06675261_n.jpg Easier to see the old bed floor flange, and the welds and edges of the replacement floor here. It's an 8' bed so there was 16 feet of this to fix. This was the easiest spot, the rest had to be completely cut out and replaced. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...57404847_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...66944803_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...82099753_n.jpg Cleaned up the body line on the outside of the panel. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...52050741_n.jpg |
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The top rail of the left bedside was badly kinked. I had to cut the area out and use a porta-power to straighten it.
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...78573619_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...58839735_n.jpg Damage cut out to relieve the tension. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...43297432_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...95805812_n.jpg I over-straightened the rail, knowing the metal has "memory" and spring back some once I removed pressure from the porta-power. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...89628477_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...23053160_n.jpg |
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You got skills but you already know that.
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Here's more of the deconstruction. I drilled out the spot welds and removed the rear cross brace, then welded 1"x1" tubing with turnbuckles welded in the middle to adjust the width. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...62541359_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...87533986_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...90497498_n.jpg Drilled out the welds and removed the front header panel. I didn't have to do anything to the bottom, the rust had separated it already! http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...77839616_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...51146110_n.jpg It has a side mount spare tire and the reinforcing plate had rusted through. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...D182E96489.jpg |
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The lower edges of the fenderwells were trashed so I cut them out and made new pieces to weld in. On the driver side, I cut the whole fenderwell out since it needed alot of straightening and welding a whole new piece in wouldn't be that much more welding.
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...63380246_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...72789750_n.jpg Cut a new piece of metal and bent the bottom edge 90 degrees like the original. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...56499765_n.jpg Clamped it in place then scribed the cut line. I like to scribe the line instead of using a marker since the scribe is more accurate. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...42742918_n.jpg Trimmed and fitted, ready for welding. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...64510825_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...70632568_n.jpg Welds ground down inside and out. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...35016671_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...38498002_n.jpg |
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The other side wasn't as bad so I just replaced the bottom.
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...00504325_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...63867968_n.jpg Same process- new piece cut, edge scribed, trimmed and fitted. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...15788536_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...36297937_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...72700646_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...60463670_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...21491927_o.jpg There were alot of dents in the fenderwells too so I straightened those out. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...15618806_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...38068878_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...77177881_o.jpg After straightening. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...18810569_o.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...29690116_o.jpg |
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Great work!!!
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Both rear corners were mangled and the welded in nuts for the tailgate hinges were rusted and cross threaded.
http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...48333818_n.jpg Blasted and straightened, and new stainless nuts welded in place. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...63006996_n.jpg Inside channel blasted and sprayed with weld-thru primer, ready to weld back in. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...11069875_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...18447071_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...06789260_n.jpg Welded in and welds ground down. http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...77046771_n.jpg http://i557.photobucket.com/albums/s...86941181_n.jpg |
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Right side corner repair.
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