Out of the Ditch = The Rebuild Begins ('72 GMC)

[GASoline71]

After mocking up and then removing the rear cab corner to cut/grind about 9,352 times... I got it sitting how I want it to start to weld it in. Some days I really wish I would have just found another truck to build. This side has been significantly harder than the passenger side. There was way more rust on this side that has made it more of a challenge. I didn't take any pics but I had to fabricate my own lower pillar mount and also fab up some metal to make the rusted out cab support useable. I know these panels are available to buy, but fabbing them up was kinda cool and gives a sense of some accomplishment that it is something I made instead of bought.

Slow progress wins the war! Should have the welding done later today.


Gary

[67ChevyRedneck]

Originally Posted by GASoline71

Some days I really wish I would have just found another truck to build.

Gary

Some days I think that too, but unless you get a completely unmolested original paint truck ($$$$ nowadays) it's near impossible to tell what you have when you buy a "new to you" truck.

I bought a set of wheel arches cut off of an AZ longbed truck to fix my rusty shortbed wheel wells. Looked 100% like original, faded paint. I started cutting an area I needed and found 1/4" of filler. It wasn't a big deal because I was able to grind it off and flatten it back out, but still, you just never know what's hiding under that new trucks paint.