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Wow Man, Wow.
I skimmed through your build awhile back and was impressed then but finally got a chance to concentrate and read through the build more focused. Totally dig your style. Like the I won't settle for anything less than perfection! I now feel I have to order different cab corners from Tabco cause the LMC corners I put on bulge. And they sucked the whole time I was putting them on. Picked up a bunch of tips from you and the guys leaving comments. Dig it Man! Thanks. |
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Thanks for all the info Jimmy, I'm sure I will reference it alot when the time comes to paint mine.
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Little update. I've just been going around the cab filling in unnecessary holes and getting any other welding or clean up done before I put down anymore primer. There were a few inside the cab on the kick panels and pillars. Who knows what was installed over the years. Speakers, gun racks...
Got all the holes filled in and have been focusing on the firewall this week. Trying to decide whether to shave it or keep my stock heater setup. So far I've filled in the clutch pass through, another hole by the fuse block that was just plugged, and I still have to do the hole where the tail light harness goes through since I won't be needing that with the Painless wiring harness I bought, and I had to enlarge the fuse block hole for it. Just marked it and used a die grinder. really simple. I mocked it in there to make sure it fit. also moved the vin plate down and put in a door vent. Attachment 1083142 Attachment 1083143 Here's a couple pics just for fun. This is my crew that helps out.. or so they think. :-) Meet Nacho, helps when it's not too cold... mainly just watches me, but gets his paws dirty ever now and then. Attachment 1083144 Meet my Grandson Jackson. He's a good boy, but gets a little bossy. ;-) Attachment 1083145 papa get to work, there's supposed to be a windshield here and I'm gonna be ready for this truck soon. Attachment 1083146 Also, since I'm moving the tank out of the cab, I'm still undecided on what to do about the filler hole. .. shave it or dummy it? |
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those are great pics :)
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Nice job! The wiring Harness looks good. And always good to have helpers/spectators!
I'm getting ready to weld up my extra cab holes tonight if I can get my taxes done first... :hh: |
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Looking good Jimmy, I have a painless wiring setup too. Thanks for the tip about welding up the hole for the factory wiring.
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Here's one build I found that show alot of the wiring and the guy does a great job on everything. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=468335 here's a write up from Custom Classic Trucks. http://www.customclassictrucks.com/t...rness_install/ |
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That Nacho seems to be a vicious, bloodthirsty, brute of an animal. Now I'm afraid to go to Springfield!
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Well I finally have some progress to post.. I was holding out for a bit because it seems I was just posting pages and pages of nothing but metal work. Well not to disappoint but I am still on the cab. Seem like I have been forever. I rebuilt my hinges in anticipation of hanging the doors, which was a piece of cake. For the door brakes I had several sets of hinges and I just used the pads that were the thickest from each one and I now have doors that brake; which is nice. can't remember where I bought these from.. one of the board vendors, the pins where a little long so I had to cut them down. Attachment 1092846 I think adjusting the doors can lead to losing your mind, but I persevered and got them close. I started by adjusting the door side to the center of adjustment. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1366054679 I had painted one of my doors last summer not really thinking ahead and sure enough even though I taped it up good I still scratched it. It's not bad, but bad enough I'll just wet sand it all and re spray it, when I paint the drivers door. Attachment 1092849 The doors where a pain to get lined up, the tops where out so this is what I did to bend them out some. Just some piled up cardboard and then I gave it a good shove. This is where I ended up chipping paint and why you sould never paint a door without hanging and adjusting it first.. LESSON LEARNED. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1366054209 |
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You may have noticed I'm making one cab from 2.. My 69 Cab is too far gone, so I've chopped and diced all I could from it and splicing it all into this 72 cab.
The 69 cab is a little different as far as the firewall is concerned. I wanted to keep my 69 gas pedal so I had to cut out the mounting for it and I filled in all the holes I won't be using. |
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Finally after filling in what seemed like hole after hole, some factory, some PO, I started working on the making the firewall look as pretty as I could by filling in all the spot welds and little imperfections.
Attachment 1092859 You can see where the heater box goes, it was pretty smashed up, I had planned on cutting out that peice from the 69 cab but it was rusted too badly, so I pulled, pried, banged, smashed, cussed a few times and finally got it pretty straight though the pic does not do what I did justice. Attachment 1092860 Attachment 1092861 |
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First down was the epoxy
Attachment 1092866 I let that dry overnight and went on to filler. Attachment 1092867 I sanded around and smoothed stuff down, didn't get any pics of that, then sprayed the poly. Attachment 1092868 Attachment 1092869 The heater area turned out real nice I think... Attachment 1092870 |
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Little bit of sanding left and I then spray another coat of epoxy thinned down for sealing. Won't post a pic of that since it looks pretty much just like the other I posted.
I got a little more orange peel than I wanted, but have noone to blame but myself.. I got in a hurry and was just laying paint too quick. I can sand it out so no worries. |
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I also sealed the seams on the firewall outside and inside the cowl with 3M Fast N Firm... just forgot to take pics of that.
now to just let this dry.. while I fabricate a mount for my shop crane so I can lift the cab using a 4x4. |
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Build looks amazing! Thanks for all the step by step Info on the body work, including material used. Helps us all out a ton!
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looking great !
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Woweeee, that looks great! If you're talking cherry picker, bolts in the cab floor forward seat holes and a chunk of chain worked great for us. You do need guys to steady it, but easy peasy. Nice work!
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Nice job on the firewall. Thanks for all the info. Added it to my paint info folder for future reference.:metal::metal:
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You're leading the cab charge! I'm still tying up loose ends so I can get stuff painted and on the frame, nice filler work, looking really good!
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Firewall turned out great, nice job
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Finally got the cab back on the frame. My shop crane with the fabbed up mount and 4x4 worked great. Toughest part was getting it off the cab cart. My crane wouldn't roll under it so I had to jack it up and set it on blocks. haha.
I couldn't help but stare and think it's kinda looks like a truck again. |
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