Started today off cleaning out the "sanford corner" beside my shed. With all the bed parts nearly gone from it except the passenger fender and bed strips it is pretty well emptied out.
My bed strips needed some straightening. Also the rear bed sill is in terrible shape. I never really looked at is since I took it off the truck. I am going to straighten the best I can for now but it needs to be replaced.
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You can kinda see my cleanup in the back of the photo. If you look real close you can see the line on the fence where the bedsides where. The fence still looks new. The bed sill looks like it was run over by a train.
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Bed strips all hammered straight. I will have to buy at least one as my BIL cut the very middle one to install the stupid rear gas tank he fumbled together.
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After some hammering on the middle of the sill. It looks a little bit better.
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Still bowed like crazy.
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And the tailgate is bowed the other way. What a mess.
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After messing with it for a little bit started on the bodywork for the driver bedside.
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6 applications of filler later and it is looking better.
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Ready for some primer and then some blocking and probably a little bit more mud in a few places I missed.
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I was able to knock 99% of all the dents that where in the top rail out.
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That's it for today.
Thanks for looking,
Bret