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Made a new support out of 14ga and 1" x1" 1/8" angle for the flanges. Had to brace the center because it was wanting to bow a bit after my stitches cooled.
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Nothing like spending an hour measuring, drilling and spot welding a bracket to figure out you put it on 90 degrees out of place.
I need to replace that on my truck as well, I made my own replacement panel out of 14ga galvanized sheet. I need to stop being lazy and get off my butt and start a build thread as well. Maybe I'll just pay one of my kids........
Simply awesome.................gotta love your work!!!!!
Very interested in your progress. Please don't be stingy with the pictures. I have a 76 that I am trying to get back on the road. Keep finding more rust but not near what you have. Of course I don't have the welding skills you have either. Keep up the good work.
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Got the main center support done and set in place. The DS wheel well pretty much fell off with little more than tug.
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Got my rear sill set and am now moving on to the rear quarters. I think my tub dimensions will be easier to maintain if the outer sheet metal is done first and the replacement floor pieces made to fit. My tub braces also make doing the floor difficult. Side note, before you buy blue masking tape just take the money and throw it in the trash then buy frog tape. It will at least save you a trip to the store. I am using it for my cut lines.
Depends which grade(color code) of blue tape, assuming you're using 3M brand. I use the "white label" (the color of the inside of the roll) there is an orange label, for freshly painted walls that has a fairly low adhesive quality. I've always had good luck with the white label in automotive uses.
This has nothing to do with your tape issue but I just have to say this , you're taking a very big project in stride really and are doing some great work. I particularly like the fact you're fabricating your own panels and parts! I hope that fact helps motivate others here, who may have the time and ability or know someone with the skills, but not the money( which to get decent quality replacement panels or even those who are fortunately able to purchase whole/partial tubs posses) to otherwise continue to enjoy their trucks.
I think too many times, I believe, people get overwhelmed with the cost of doing a major overhaul to a vehicle because they feel a real sense of pressure to try and make their trucks perfect using perfect parts. While I appreciate and am in awe of the time, effort, dedication required to accomplish a top quality restoration, and make absolutely no mistake it requires all of those things no matter how much money you have to spend; those very same qualities are required and are being exhibited by you and others like you who are doing very high quality work without having to spend large amounts of money on replacement panels. You prove the time and attention are more valuable than money when it comes to restoring, modifying, repairing these trucks. That can be applied to any motorized hobby I suppose.
Great job! Thanks for taking the time to post, and most of all- good luck!
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Thanks!!! I have to say, I have bought plenty from ccot and eBay. But there are a few things I did make and I know the frame will be needing a fair amount of fab work in the rear corners. I just wish the things I did buy had all the stinking little captured nuts in them already, they take as much time as anything else.
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DS quarter hanging in place. Replacing amb door corner channels also.
Geez, slow down!! Making me feel bad I'm not progressing as fast as you now!! lol
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DS tacked in place with door corner channel. Feels and looks flat. Now for the PS, in about a week. Have to hit the road for work.
I also looked at the floor pans from the seller on eBay. However, as you stated, they are thinner and he claimed it was a one size fits all. The floor for my '70 is different than a '73 but he claims it is the same. Pacolonline is not responding to my requests for when theirs will be ready so I will simply have my body guy replace the rusted pieces when he gets the 40 in a week or so.
Why stop at pictures? We need videos and of the removal too!!
Thank you for sharing..Ps...a videos series of "how to" for body work removal and install by section would be awesome.
1. sill
2. Corners
3. Bed
4. Center beam
Etc...
Curious about the process to install the center beam. Could you please elaborate. Did u flip the tub and install it when the tub was upside down? Or did u install it from the bottom upward?
Great and inspirational work!
Hey for some good videos, check out the YouTube channel that @toomanytoyzz put up.... Both old vids and new vids of project SparkleWrench 1.0 and 2.0 are awesome. Best I've seen thus far.
I concur, kinda wishing people would video their restoration process. It would definitely benefit the community.
I concur, kinda wishing people would video their restoration process. It would definitely benefit the community.
Why stop at pictures? We need videos and of the removal too!!
Ps...a videos series of "how to" for body work removal and install by section would be awesome.
1. sill
2. Corners
3. Bed
4. Center beam
Etc...
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Not to hijack, but I too am starting a rebuild thread. However I actually don't own a GoPro, which seems to be the hot ticket for user produced type videos. All of my pics come from my iPhone5s - which has the s***iest video and nearly s***iest still camera in the whole, entire, round ass world!! So until I become more tech savvy, pictures are the only order of the day from me.... sorry
Ok, hijack over... sorry
Ok, hijack over... sorry
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My tub was still on the frame. Front floor was out then i worked on getting the mid bed out with the center beam still in. My driver's side of the beam and wheel well were pretty roached so it wasn't too big of a deal to remove it by tipping it and rotating it out from under the wheel wells.
When I was fitting the beam I dropped it on the DS wheel well and popped it loose so I yanked it out. Made fitting and installing the beam really easy and kept me from tweeking my tub too much.
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That's fine, I just use my Motorola droid. If I had a go pro I would probably stick a cherry on the lens and ruin it.