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Kronald_70GMC 05-16-2021 10:43 AM

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Progress is going to be slow for a bit. Our little one was born on the 13th and she is perfect. This is Daphne.:)

rowdy11 05-16-2021 02:40 PM

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Congrats!

Chevys4life 05-16-2021 04:55 PM

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Congrats!!!

Scurry67 05-16-2021 11:08 PM

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Right on! Enjoy this time with your little one, they change so fast!

TA_C10 05-17-2021 12:13 AM

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Congrats!

Kronald_70GMC 05-17-2021 01:31 AM

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Congrats!

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Originally Posted by Chevys4life (Post 8921387)
Congrats!!!

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Originally Posted by Scurry67 (Post 8921503)
Right on! Enjoy this time with your little one, they change so fast!

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Originally Posted by TA_C10 (Post 8921523)
Congrats!

Thanks guys. We are just loving our time with her! She is so precious

gmc684x4 05-17-2021 02:26 AM

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Congrats cute little gal look forward to seeing wrenches in her hands on future builds

I work on my stuff with my kids great to teach them how to do real things with there hands

1971Stepside 05-17-2021 11:06 AM

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Wow! Congrats. She is beautiful

Kronald_70GMC 05-17-2021 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by gmc684x4 (Post 8921552)
Congrats cute little gal look forward to seeing wrenches in her hands on future builds

I work on my stuff with my kids great to teach them how to do real things with there hands

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Originally Posted by 1971Stepside (Post 8921661)
Wow! Congrats. She is beautiful

Thanks guys! She is so tiny. She was only 5LB 10OZ at birth.

cornerstone 05-18-2021 09:05 AM

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Daphne is absolutely perfect. :ben::clap:

Kronald_70GMC 05-18-2021 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by cornerstone (Post 8922058)
Daphne is absolutely perfect. :ben::clap:

Thanks. She absolutely is.

Getter-Done 05-23-2021 09:42 PM

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Congradulations.











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Kronald_70GMC 05-23-2021 09:48 PM

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I made it into the shop for the first time since Daphne was born. I have filled in the radius in the rear corner of the passenger rocker/cab corner. I then started to fill the leading edge of the rocker as it was much to rounded for my liking. Only a small piece of wire was needed to match the door to the rocker near the front.

Kronald_70GMC 05-23-2021 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Getter-Done (Post 8924094)
Congradulations.







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Thank you!

Scurry67 05-28-2021 12:24 AM

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Gaps are looking real solid! Keep it up!

Kronald_70GMC 05-28-2021 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Scurry67 (Post 8925770)
Gaps are looking real solid! Keep it up!

Thank you.

Kronald_70GMC 05-30-2021 09:14 PM

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This afternoon I was planning to finish up welding the edge of the passenger rocker but that turned out to be a bust. I got all set up, turned on the welder and went to make a tack.....out of gas.:banghead: Oh well, found something else to do for the afternoon. I cleaned up the upper windsheild area and got some marglass over the seams I welded shut. While I was there, I also filled in the spot welds under the lip of the roof edge. Once that was done, I tried yet another door I scored off of my uncle and bam! We have a winner.;) after a few more adjustments, I will be happy with this door as a start. The body lines are off very slightly but at least the upper window frame has nice gaps. I can always adjust the body lines with filler.

siggyfreud 05-30-2021 10:27 PM

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Congratulations on the newborn! Truck is looking awesome. I am jealous of the body/welding work. That's probably my weakest area unfortunately. I'll stay tuned and see if I pick up a few tips from you.

Kronald_70GMC 05-30-2021 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by siggyfreud (Post 8926821)
Congratulations on the newborn! Truck is looking awesome. I am jealous of the body/welding work. That's probably my weakest area unfortunately. I'll stay tuned and see if I pick up a few tips from you.

Thanks man. It's been pretty cool being a dad so far. The biggest thing I can recommend is practice when it comes to welding. Stay tuned and you see alot of body work :lol: Thanks for the compliments on the truck as well.

Kronald_70GMC 06-06-2021 06:57 PM

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Progress continues on the passenger side. I got the rest of the rocker edge welded up and smoothed off. I also got a good coat of marglass laid down on the outside of the rocker. Should be done with welding on the cab now for a while so hopefully I'll be laying down some regular bondo soon.:metal:

68 C10 Driver 06-06-2021 10:37 PM

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First of all, congratulations on the arrival of little Daphne, she is so precious!

You really had a lot to deal with on this truck, and I thought the rust issues on my truck were bad... You are doing a spectacular job! I still have a rust area up under the dash where the cowl inlet rusted through. That will be a challenge to fabricate the replacement patches and get them welded in. Once that is done, I can epoxy prime the cab interior and apply the Lizard Skin.

Have you given any thought to applying any sound deadening/thermal barrier? My goal is to do such a good job rust proofing my truck that it can be a daily driver without the worry of it rusting out again.

Again congrats on the beautiful baby girl and the work you have done on your truck!

Kronald_70GMC 06-06-2021 11:10 PM

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Originally Posted by 68 C10 Driver (Post 8929480)
First of all, congratulations on the arrival of little Daphne, she is so precious!

You really had a lot to deal with on this truck, and I thought the rust issues on my truck were bad... You are doing a spectacular job! I still have a rust area up under the dash where the cowl inlet rusted through. That will be a challenge to fabricate the replacement patches and get them welded in. Once that is done, I can epoxy prime the cab interior and apply the Lizard Skin.

Have you given any thought to applying any sound deadening/thermal barrier? My goal is to do such a good job rust proofing my truck that it can be a daily driver without the worry of it rusting out again.

Again congrats on the beautiful baby girl and the work you have done on your truck!

Thank you for all the compliments. I am planning to use something like a raptor liner on the under side of the cab. On the inside, I'm planning to use something like a kilmat or equivalent. I'm hoping that will be sufficient to get fairly decent sound deadening. I also plan to use a piece of kilmat underneath the factory headliner.

68 C10 Driver 06-07-2021 07:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Kronald_70GMC (Post 8929489)
Thank you for all the compliments. I am planning to use something like a raptor liner on the under side of the cab. On the inside, I'm planning to use something like a kilmat or equivalent. I'm hoping that will be sufficient to get fairly decent sound deadening. I also plan to use a piece of kilmat underneath the factory headliner.

You'll like the Raptor Liner, goes on easy and it is tough as nails.

May70 06-07-2021 08:58 AM

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Are you doing liner inside the cab? Im trying to figure out if I want to or not.

Kronald_70GMC 06-07-2021 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by May70 (Post 8929592)
Are you doing liner inside the cab? Im trying to figure out if I want to or not.

I'm not decided on that either. I was leaning more towards just doing the underside but not too sure. Does anyone think it would be beneficial to do both sides?


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