Builds "Chunk+12ht" version 2.0

[CenTXFJ60]

Pat, are you planning to patch each section on the wheel arches? If so, have you considered buying the wheel arch patch panels? Covers the complete arch and down to the rocker. Can use as much or as little as you need. I know you can buy these from a few folks here on MUD.

 

[dogfishlake]

Pat, are you planning to patch each section on the wheel arches? If so, have you considered buying the wheel arch patch panels? Covers the complete arch and down to the rocker. Can use as much or as little as you need. I know you can buy these from a few folks here on MUD.

I actually have them. I don't know if I am using them though. The one side is really easy so good there. The worse side will still probably be less total welding than the patches so I might just make them as I go. If that works out, I will have 2 patches to sell.

 

[Well Sorted]

Anyone have an educated guess on what a gutted 60 body weighs with door shells on? I'm guesstimating 800-900 pounds.

Catching up on this thread... I can probably get this weight for you in a day or two. I'm almost done stripping the body for Goat and can toss it on the scales. I'm building a dolly for it today, but you have got me thinking on having a rotisserie...

 

[FJACS]

Pat, are you planning to patch each section on the wheel arches? If so, have you considered buying the wheel arch patch panels? Covers the complete arch and down to the rocker. Can use as much or as little as you need. I know you can buy these from a few folks here on MUD.

Who’s got these for sale? They seem like a good buy and put away for later item. I’ve got some funny business starting behind one of the mud flaps.

 

[Kleatus]

I will take all the advice I can get on what to use on the bottom of the body for coating. I had figured on 3m Rocker Shutz then PPG DP90 satin black epoxy primer, but I have been out of the bodywork loop for so many years I wonder if I should just be considering one of the new bedliner type finishes. It would be kinda cool to get the color to match the body but if I do go with white then that might be a dumb move.

Anyway, what do you all think about coatings on the underside? I like materials that have a hardener with them because they seem so superior. Bedliner? There are brands like Raptor Liner but I don't know much about them. Something rubbery but tough and easy to power wash with maybe some texture would be the goal.

Pat, I just put this stuff on the bottom of my 40 (over PPG Delfleet, which is tough stuff by itself). It's a 2 component clear protective coat. I have not used it before but it seemed to be just what I wanted; keeps everything body color, allows you to see any potential rust bubbles before they get out of control, and resists chips and abrasion. I may do the inside of the tub with it too. I just couldn't bring myself to cover everything with bedliner, I've seen too many cases of it peeling off or breeding rust underneath.
You could put as many coats on as you wanted I would think, not sure if you could play around around with it to get texure as I think its supposed to be smooth. I like smooth; easier to clean.

 

[dogfishlake]

Who’s got these for sale? They seem like a good buy and put away for later item. I’ve got some funny business starting behind one of the mud flaps.

me

 

[dogfishlake]

Pat, I just put this stuff on the bottom of my 40 (over PPG Delfleet, which is tough stuff by itself). It's a 2 component clear protective coat. I have not used it before but it seemed to be just what I wanted; keeps everything body color, allows you to see any potential rust bubbles before they get out of control, and resists chips and abrasion. I may do the inside of the tub with it too. I just couldn't bring myself to cover everything with bedliner, I've seen too many cases of it peeling off or breeding rust underneath.
You could put as many coats on as you wanted I would think, not sure if you could play around around with it to get texure as I think its supposed to be smooth. I like smooth; easier to clean.

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Cool. I will check it out. I agree on bedliner, it can be scary. I do suspect it has to do with painting over a turd in the first place. Sooner or later that turd comes to the surface. Good prep is key.

I have a customer that runs a welding supply shop. They had some bed inserts made and wanted a price on powder coating them. At least half of the price I gave them was blasting that crap mil scale off of the diamond plate the inserts were made of. They didn't like my price so much so they had them bed lined right over the scaly steel. 2 Michigan winters later they paid me to get the remaining bedliner off, blast them, zinc powder coat prime, and topcoat them. Still holding up 5 years later. Live, and learn, pay now or pay later I guess. I do the same thing.

 

[Kleatus]

Cool. I will check it out. I agree on bedliner, it can be scary. I do suspect it has to do with painting over a turd in the first place. Sooner or later that turd comes to the surface. Good prep is key.

I have a customer that runs a welding supply shop. They had some bed inserts made and wanted a price on powder coating them. At least half of the price I gave them was blasting that crap mil scale off of the diamond plate the inserts were made of. They didn't like my price so much so they had them bed lined right over the scaly steel. 2 Michigan winters later they paid me to get the remaining bedliner off, blast them, zinc powder coat prime, and topcoat them. Still holding up 5 years later. Live, and learn, pay now or pay later I guess. I do the same thing.

I agree 100% on prep. Most of the failures I have seen probably weren't the best jobs.
My thoughts are that short of acid dipping the whole body and submerging it in paint, there are inevitably places where you can't get to, behind factory spot welded braces, crossmembers, seams, inside rockers, etc. where rust still resides will eventually come back out of. I am soaking all those areas down with cavity wax for extra protection too. Quite honestly it may be 50 years before any of that deep down trapped stuff emerges, but assuming I'm around to see it, and internal combustion engines are still legal to own and operate, I probably won't feel like scraping off bedliner to fix rust (that I didn't catch soon enough.)

 

[POTATO LAUNCHER]

Motto to live by if you are in the service side of life.

 

[dogfishlake]

Rocker mostly welded. More clean up and touch up to do, bit close.

 

[Michael B]

Nice work!

 

[Trapper50cal]

Rosettes in those spot locations right?

 

[dogfishlake]

Rosettes in those spot locations right?

Yessir

 

[dogfishlake]

I didn't feel like sitting on the floor and welding last night so I started unbolting stuff

Made good headway, then more today..

 

[dogfishlake]

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[dogfishlake]

Liftoff!

 

[dogfishlake]

Lots to take apart still but at least we have separation. The body os on a cart I use to powder coat items on. Not a great fit but works temporarily. The frame looks great. Time to keep tearing it down and start powder coating stuff.

 

[dogfishlake]

Lots of items I thought I would have to remove for the body off but did not. Gas tank (just unhook the lines), exhaust, spare tire (didn't have the crank handle at the shop!), lines weee super simple. Jist a few heater hoses. The steering shaft was kind of a pain. Body mounts werent bad with a little heat wrench torching on a couple so as not to break them.

 

[dogfishlake]

Thanks to side shift on the fork lift I didn't even have to pull the shifters. I just used pine boards in the door jambs between the forks and body to soften the interface and even the load. Worked nice.

 

[FJACS]

Jealous of those forks - 6’?

Nice work, and that frame looks really good. I see a bit of funny business in the rear bumper cross support, but the rest looks good.

What’s with the extra brackets on the shock tube?