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  1. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    Well....I got it blasted clean and now its time to move onto the next patches (the floor pans). However this looks trickier to me than I might have previously assumed. I've got holes in the pans, inside rockers (both sides), outside rocker driver side, and some rust in the kick area and...
  2. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    With many thanks to @zerotreedelta and @pb4ugo (which is a great user name now that I've had time to consider it), and others.... my rotisserie now spins easily with one hand. This is built from the free rotisserie plans at red wing steel works. Note that you need almost every inch of...
  3. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    Speaking in my prior / alternate role of software engineer (programmer)....I have to say the 40 reminds me very much of how software requirements are piled on. 1). Drive at highway speeds 2). Drive places where no highway or road exists 3). Periodically leave half your truck at the house...
  4. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    I've completed my rear replacement with new sill, quarters and wheel wells. Here are the best of my measurements from my original 1979 tub for posterity. Just data for some future poor soul to be confused or helped by. Next up in the project is getting it all fenders, doors, etc. to fit...
  5. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    I'd suspect many people approach odd angle patches in the same manner as I do. Not completely sure...cause I'm too lazy to go find out. But in general my rolling, hammer and dolly skills are pretty mediocre...so I just do the following. 1) build a template with a piece of cardboard. 2)...
  6. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    If you decide to powder coat your air cleaner assembly, be aware that some years have a flapper with a rubberized tip in the fresh air intake nose (see pic with red arrow). Theres really no way of removing it unless you are willing to cut it out and re-weld. Which btw this thing has some of...
  7. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    Its definitely dragging me down.... This rear bed work is my least favorite of all the refurb. The vagaries of the panels and the uncertainty on tolerances is a bit spooky. Did I take enough measurements.....Why is this panel in a slight flux and will it matter.....questions ...
  8. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    In case anyone wants color comparison pictures for using SEM Color Coat for plastic paints. This is for my 1979. I am not saying these are perfect "stock matches" but they seemed likely and "nice enough" given the old worn items I was working with. In the following picture..... Medium...
  9. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    Anytime. Just PM me. A dim student of youtube is all I am.
  10. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    Don't have any true "before" pictures but perhaps you can see whats going on here. The upper portion of the first picture is the "good" side of one of my dash pads. These are the pads below the instrument panel on my 1979. You can see in the area below where the sun hits "the good side"...
  11. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    All new wiring on the rear harness (it was complete rags beforehand) and the backup light switch shorted and burned a wire all the way back to the fuse box. The cab wiring harness is now retrofitted with some new wires and cleaned up. Check out that "clean" fuse box! Thats an original...
  12. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    If you have the need (like I did) to replace the bottom section of your jump seats....here is an option to duplicate the raised panel relief on the metal. I did this with 1) a bead roller and 2) an english wheel to pre-stretch. The first pic is the before situation where I also needed to...
  13. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    On another front....if someone wants to see a variant of how to spend lots and lots of time fixing a back upper quarter panel... I've got a rat hole for you. I had an old donor quarter panel that had the opposite rust signature from a quarter panel I wanted to use. So I skinned the donor...
  14. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    So... In case anyone is using CCOT patch panels on front doors and you have a 1979 style door...there are a few things you need to watch out for. Both the front and back patch panel for the door have a depth profile that doesn't exactly match the door. The first picture I show here is of...
  15. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    An update on prep'ing for paint. As previously mentioned I plan on building some overland campers also in the future and wanted a paint booth that was more flexible and could be setup and taken down over and over again. What I decided to do was to initially try an open front booth and...
  16. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    As also previously mentioned I tried stripping various parts with both Citri-Strip and Jasco Paint and epoxy remover. I can say without a doubt I would never do this again. Its a huge time waster and after multiple ..... multiple iterations I kinda got my doors stripped. Offhand I'd say...
  17. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    A few updates to follow on things I've tested and been working on. Firstly, my attempt at "coating" the inside of my rear doors with epoxy primer semi-worked....but its insufficient. I closed up all the holes with painters tape and proceeded to pour excess primer into the door well. I...
  18. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    So I've currently welded in the outer face patches for all the doors. A couple of things I've discovered about the CCOT patch panels which were previously purchased. 1) the rear ambulance patch panels are "spot" on with very little manipulation needed to fit correctly. 2) the front doors are...
  19. wimberosa

    Wimberosa's 40 project

    Well.... I've been hesitant to create a build thread on this 40 because I knew it was going to take me years of slow increments. Recently I've found myself with a proper shop and time to commit to it....so I've decided to up the ante and document it. This is a May 1979 build date. I picked...
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