CCOT Quarter Panels: has anyone done thread on this?
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Dan - What sill are you installing - did you buy the CCOT? What year and how's the build quality of the sill? Does it measure (gauge, etc.) up to the stock stuff you're replacing? Thanks for any info.I'm about to. Seriously. I was planning on cutting the spot welds tomorrow.
I've also got a new outer rocker to put on, and a new sill (along with a bit of floor repair).
It'd be great if anyone here has any tips or things to watch out for before I go about tearing it up with the plasma cutter.
Dan
How bad is your rust? What year truck will you be repairing?
I will be watching.
Dan - What sill are you installing - did you buy the CCOT? What year and how's the build quality of the sill? Does it measure (gauge, etc.) up to the stock stuff you're replacing? Thanks for any info.
Here's one spot where the CCOT unit differs from the original. Where the quarter meets the sill, the CCOT unit is simply cut off vertically. The original piece is curved to match the opening for the ambulance door.
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But here's a real oddity to me. Maybe someone who has done this can chime in...
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CCOT quarters. CCOT sill. Gap. If the sill weren't correct for the '79, I would think that maybe the earlier models or something had a different curve for the corners, but this is certainly a '79 sill. And the quarters seem to fit the tub on the truck just right... If it weren't for the flange on the bottom of the quarter, I think it'd be pretty easy to work the panel to the sill (but I haven't cut enough of the old quarters off yet to hold the sill up to them to see if the CCOT sill I got matches the original corners. Hopefully I can do that this afternoon.
Here it is from a slightly different angle, still showing that gap (1/2" or so!!)
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I'm off to town to see if I can't buy some more or better spotweld cutters. The "premium" ones I got from Eastwood haven't been able to do more than maybe 15 spots each, and I've got a lot to drill out to get the quarters off. Should have bought the Blair, methinks. I'm hoping the local bodyshop will have some.
I'll post more on this tonight.
Dan
Did the curve in the OEM sill meet the quarter panel through the whole curve?
I wouldn't know as mine had a PO hack job already done.
Thanks for all the pics and info.
I think you may need to buy the corner channels to make the curved portion of amby door opening.
As far as the rockers you could have cut your own and saved some dinero.
Oh well, it looks pretty darn good. Maybe all that shiny rust free metal is worth it.
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