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Old 03-19-2014, 05:31 PM   #151
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Re: Bringing the '65 back to life

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

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Old 03-20-2014, 09:03 PM   #152
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Looks great. What product are you using for seam sealer? I will need some soon.

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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.



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.
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Old 03-21-2014, 06:48 AM   #153
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Thanks so much RaceCougar!

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Old 03-22-2014, 06:23 PM   #154
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No problem, Bret!

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

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Old 03-23-2014, 04:41 PM   #155
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Re: Bringing the '65 back to life

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.



Stripping away the old seam sealer revealed deteriorated A-pillar drip rails on both sides.



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.
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Old 03-23-2014, 09:21 PM   #156
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Thanks so much RaceCougar!

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Filed in my "Need to buy" folder… Thanks for the info on the sealer...
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Old 03-25-2014, 09:47 AM   #157
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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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Old 03-28-2014, 05:23 PM   #158
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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.

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Old 03-29-2014, 07:24 AM   #159
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Re: Bringing the '65 back to life

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.

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Old 03-30-2014, 12:33 AM   #160
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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.
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Old 03-30-2014, 11:42 AM   #161
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Looking good! Keep it up!
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Thanks! I shot the second coat of primer on the firewall and cowl this morning. It should be satin black by the end of the week.

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Old 04-01-2014, 07:20 PM   #163
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Just after spraying the first coat of satin black on the firewall and cowl tonight.

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Old 04-01-2014, 07:30 PM   #164
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Looks awesome. Can't wait till I do that.

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Old 04-01-2014, 08:17 PM   #165
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Looks good!
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Old 04-05-2014, 02:34 PM   #166
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Shot the second coat of satin black on the firewall and cowl today, then unmasked it like a big Christmas present.

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Came out really good.
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Old 04-07-2014, 08:29 AM   #168
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Looks Niiiice!
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Thanks guys! The firewall was still wet in that picture, hence the difference in sheen.
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Old 04-07-2014, 10:47 AM   #170
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Old 04-14-2014, 05:53 PM   #171
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Re: Bringing the '65 back to life

How did you go about narrowing the cab supports? Did simply narrow the "rear" end and not the part that connects to the floor? Thanks.

Amazing thread btw. I'm too lazy to actually make one, but everyone on here is great at documenting and what not.



[QUOTE=racecougar;5938956]Work has continued over the past few weekends, but there hasn't been much worth posting pictures of. Lots of time spent getting the panels to fit correctly. The only piece thus far that has been way off was the rear cab support. I ended up having to narrow it and rework the outer angle to match the original and fit up to the floor and rear pillar correctly.

As of today, the cab supports, floor pans, door pillars, and kickpanel are in. The rocker panel has been fit, but has yet to be installed. As long as I get time next weekend, I should finish up a few plug welds on the long floor support brace, move on to finishing up the kickpanel, then hopefully get the rocker installed. After that, it's time to do the cab corner, finish up my seam welds, and get started on the driverside.

Here are a few pictures from today:





In other news, I got engaged last Friday (March 1st)! The truck now has a "running/driving" deadline of December 2014, as I'd really like it to be present at my wedding (provided that the weather cooperates on that particular day).[/
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Congrats on the engagement !!
My wife and I are the 23rd of December, it was as close to Christmas as we could get anyone to do it.
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Old 04-15-2014, 08:45 AM   #173
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How did you go about narrowing the cab supports? Did simply narrow the "rear" end and not the part that connects to the floor? Thanks.
The outer ends of the rear cab supports were narrowed by way of pie cuts, then the angle of the flange that meets the vertical portion of the floor was corrected by reshaping it.


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Congrats on the engagement !!
My wife and I are the 23rd of December, it was as close to Christmas as we could get anyone to do it.
Thanks. Hard to believe that was already over a year ago. We'll finally have our ceremony on December 13th this year (she wanted that date, 12/13/14, and didn't mind a long engagement).


I took last weekend off to knock out a bunch of side projects and go to a ball game. I plan to get back to work this coming weekend.
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Old 04-15-2014, 09:29 AM   #174
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Congrats on the engagement. I tie the knot on Nov 8, 2014....and shes in full planning mode. Im in full mode to get the truck done, same as you.

Work looks great...keep up the updates and pics!!!
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Old 04-20-2014, 06:49 PM   #175
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I took last weekend off to work on other projects and go to a ball game, but we were back to work on the '65 this weekend. The Raptor bed liner coating is drying on the underside of the cab as I type this.

This just felt so wrong. Scuffing up the newly painted underside in preparation for the Raptor.


All scuffed and ready to mask, wipe, and shoot.


It's difficult to really capture it with the camera, but it turned out great. We shot the underside, as well as the front fenderwell areas. I set the regulator to deliver 60 psi at the shutz gun, and it was a very simple product to lay down.

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