You do great work!Looks awesome
Building another pig!
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You do great work!Looks awesome
Thank you
With any luck I hope to have the remainder of the body floor wrapped up today or tomorrow and get the ole girl mounted back on it's chassis... On Your Marks!!!
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Rear inner fender and rear seat back mounting plate repair..
Lots of nice work. You had the body blasted?
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Thank you
I did have it blasted and was a little bummed to find out they didn't get the underside blasted as well... Oh well, just the process of finding out who likes to do a good job and who likes to do half a$$ work...
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The finish line to floor repair is getting so close I can taste it!!! Still tastes like rust for now LOL...
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Tomorrows tasks: Rear fender patch panels, and front 45 degree firewall floor patch panels... With any luck I'll be shooting POR15 in two days!!!
Looking good man!
I really like that rear floor pan. I bought a bead roller a while back and I'm looking forward to trying it out on some thing like this... hope mine looks 1/2 as nice.
I really like that rear floor pan. I bought a bead roller a while back and I'm looking forward to trying it out on some thing like this... hope mine looks 1/2 as nice.
Did you use thicker gauge steel here compared the the surrounding steel?
My mounting area was completely rusted out (those aren't cuts!) and I've been contemplating the gauge I should weld in.
Thanks in advance...
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Thank you
It has taken a ton of work and glad I'm nearing the end
The original fender sheet metal is about 18 gauge. I used 18 gauge on both the fender and the backing plate. You could use 16 gauge to add a bit more strength but it will take a bit more muscle to get it to move into shape... Considering the backing plate is only ment to stengthen the rear seat back mounting bracket and isn't used for seat belt restraint anchors IMO 18 is plenty thick / strong enough for the job. The biggest issue is really just insuring you treat the new sheet metal panels with a good heavy duty rust prevention material. Weld primer isn't a bad idea to use between new panels either....
I kinda like the hole in your fender.. It might be fun to watch the tire as someone else drives LOL...
Hope this helps and thanks again for the compliment
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Seat Belt anchors, and seat mount brackets installed...
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A bit more floor prep, and got one of the fender patch pieces welded in... WILL THE RUST EVER END?!?!?!?!?!?
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Rear body mount plate done... POR today and rear cab corners tomorrow!
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Por Check...
In the next few hours this body will be back on it's chassis...
In the next few hours this body will be back on it's chassis...
A bit more floor prep, and got one of the fender patch pieces welded in... WILL THE RUST EVER END?!?!?!?!?!?
In this pic the underside has a coppery color to it. Is that just the lighting or did you do something?
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I think it was just the lighting...
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Took a little elbow grease but the body is back on and fits like a glove...
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So I started mocking up the new rocker panels which are made from 1/8"X4"X4" box tubing. As you can see I am running the rocker panels under the front fenders and when finished both the front and rear ends of the rockers will be boxed and radioused to match the fender arch. The bottoms of the front fenders will be cut and bent to a 90 degree angle which will then be bolted to the top of the rockers. I was a little worried this tubing might look a little bulky but so far I am stoked on how they are turning out!
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Rear pillars have been metal finished after a bit of welding, and the floors have been DA sanded. I hope to have the rockers built, and the interior sprayed with POR15 and Raptor undercoating (For texture) by the end of the weekend...
