Building the damn yankee

[phipp13]

removing the bed the easy way

My 20 yr ols son sand blasting the frame

rear ready for fabrication/ modification

this is the military metal ID tag that was riveted to the glove box door. check out that fine looking olive drab interior paint scheme

the rockers were installed with screws i can't wait to look under these patches and what kind of surprise the PO left me

[Palf70Step]

Interesting build so far.

[VA72C10]

Nice fabricated parts...will be following the build.

[72BlckButy]

phipp... this is turning out to be quite the build. Keep up the great work and keep us posted on your progress.

[kookykrispy]

sweet burnout pics!!! love it. I also love the louvers. Cowl induction doesn't look right on these trucks... looks goofy and out of place. The louvers are cool and ol skool and different. I day keep the louvered hood.

[phipp13]

gettin down to serious bizzness. the more i opened it up the more rust i saw.i neglected to buy the front&rear doorjamb extensions but they're on their way as well as new cab mounts. thank god for my grinders and air chisel!!

this is the rough cut out still a little up the toeboard has to go to remove all the rust

skin was removed with an air chisel applying upward force as not to distort the doubler

prior to removal the cab north/south support was welded to bushing perch so the cab wouldnt shift when the floor was removed

this bar was welded in to keep the door post from moving while removing the entire bottom of the pillar imho if you don't do this you're screwed when it comes to getting it to all line up again

more photos to come as i'm doing the floor/ lower cab in quadrants to prevent any movement while cut out and to ensure it will line up with the new replacement panels.
most people would look for a new cab before doing all this work. in the mid atlantic region the rust free cabs are 1 on totaly restored trucks or rare as hens teeth and cost a bundle. i should have all 4 quadrants done in about 4-6weeks and aprox 300.00 in new sheetmetal repair panels.

[phipp13]

while waiting for my pillar extensions to arrive, i worked on my vent boxes, here are a few pics of the repairs i have made. i have more detailed pictures if anyone needs them pm me. v/r phipp13
might as well go all the way cut all the rust out.

pic of the flush repair i used a pneumatic step flange/hole punch tool . All the holes will be plug welded


hey look twins! except this ones worse the bottom is rotted out too. after i blast the cab i will POR15 these areas and paint them before welding them shut.

[tdave00]

Just finished up this vent box on mine. I had to cutout the bottom of mine too. I don't think I'll have to cutout the bottom on the drivers side.

Very detailed build. Keep it up. I am doing some similar stuff and need all the help I can get .

[my67chevytruck]

looking good bro.... keep at it!

[brendonak]

Looks great man! What are these gas delete things I'm hearing about?

[phipp13]

Today was a good day! the Damn Yankee took a whoppin from me YA! Some days everthing you touch turns to crap. well today was just the opposite. i got the whole left front fitted, clamped drilled, clecoed, and the floorpan partially spotwelded in. thats a monumental task considering how anal i am when it comes to metalwork. It's learned behavior being that i'm an aircraft sheetmetal mechanic/ aircraft welder. the Dates are wrong on my camera








pic of my cutoff grinder with .032 cutting wheel. final trimming of floorpan


pic showing the .032 gap created by cutoff grinder.i butt my pans and spot mig them in. the .032 gap is perfect to weld shut. there is room for shrinkage therefore it wont buckle when it's welded. patience is the key for doing a decent job.

[VA72C10]

nice work....care to come a little south to patch up my rockers

[PHAT TONY]

Looks real good, I do it the same-1/32 gap to but weld. I wish I had that grinder instead of a pistol grip and/or die grinder with 3" wheel.

[tdave00]

Looks good. Keep the pictures coming. I started pulling off my rockers tonight, so I need as much info/pictures as possible .

[phipp13]

Trai, you got my # call me if you have any questions any time. i'd be more than happy to help. V\R phipp13

[phipp13]

Floor Pan is in 90%, i'm looking forward to this weekend. Monday is a holidayday off for me. Hopefully i'll have pics of the entire leftside completed. If you look closely you can see how i plug welded the floorpan in. I've had great success doing my floorpans this way. if anyone has any questions feel free to P.M. me and i'll try my best to answer them, V/R Phipp13

[tdave00]

Looks really good from here. We need to have some stuff ready for you on Project Underhaulin .

[phipp13]

BRING IT!!! let me know the plan and i"ll bring my tools. V/R phipp

[LuckyHenriksen]

looks great man! you are doing some great work

[lowriden58]

looking good man

[phipp13]

I got my engine combo dynoed by shaun/ Super73 ran my truck on the dyno and gave me charts and graphs. what a nice guy too. that takes time and he did it for nothing in return! #s to be posted in 30 mins

[my67chevytruck]

Waiting....

[PHAT TONY]

Looks like you use a spot weld cutter to make plug weld holes with the panel in place-never thought of that!

[sourkraut]

looking very good, you have done a nice job on the fabbed parts and sheetmetal work!

[phipp13]

got my Dyno number on my 383 not too shabby. they're rwhp and drag co-effiency is factored in. i'll run what i got for now. most importantly is gettin this back together and down the road!!