Clipped the rear lower quarter and rebuilt the wheel arch today
came out pretty good. tommorrow the other side.
came out pretty good. tommorrow the other side.
Did some body work today
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finished in prime
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The other side is not as bad I'll post some up after I'm done with that one tomorrow.
The donor for the bottom was a ford Flairside pickup the piece right above the wheel arch is a perfect curve for the bottom. I pieced together the wheel arch I made a template of the other side and just welded, cut, fit, until it all worked.
The donor for the bottom was a ford Flairside pickup the piece right above the wheel arch is a perfect curve for the bottom. I pieced together the wheel arch I made a template of the other side and just welded, cut, fit, until it all worked.
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I'll take pic's of the rot on the other side before I cut it off.
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did you move any of the gas vent stuff? or did you just weld away.
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Of course, I would not have wanted to end up in Cruiser Heaven.
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some more body work ds
I did the other side today came out ok
I did the other side today came out ok
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more body work
more pics rockers next
more pics rockers next
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Nice work man
I sooo need to do the same.
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I sooo need to do the same.Butt
Such rewarding work... feels nice right?
Looks like you need a new exhaust too!
that long thin pipe looks awful..
Looks like you need a new exhaust too!
that long thin pipe looks awful..
looks great/ how difficult was the learning
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I'm no "Matt the Landcruiser sheet metal wizard"!! But I learned a long time ago but don't use it to much. The first side was more work but I had to make the panel for the second side, body hammer, 6in steel pipe (to bend the curve) flat piece of channel for the bends, I'll make the rocker for the drivers side today.
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Thanks,When I flip the frame I'll change the exhaust pipe
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rocker piece made
Only made some pieces saturday, maybe monday install them
Only made some pieces saturday, maybe monday install them
just curious whats the thickness on the sheet metal... will be doing the same soon...
cheers adam...
great work... nice and clean...
cheers adam...
great work... nice and clean...
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Well I started to cut out the rocker today and it went much farther and was worse than I thought so I am rethinking what I am going to do.
I dug thru a pile of steel cut offs a found a piece of 2x3 box with a 1/8 in wall it fits right into the rocker area nice and snug, since this is not a resto and the box will add protection I think that I am going this way. So 12 ft. of box should do both sides.
the steel that I was using for the quarters was 18 ga. what I was going to use for the rocker was 14 ga. for the back and 18 ga. for the front but that may not happen now
I dug thru a pile of steel cut offs a found a piece of 2x3 box with a 1/8 in wall it fits right into the rocker area nice and snug, since this is not a resto and the box will add protection I think that I am going this way. So 12 ft. of box should do both sides.
the steel that I was using for the quarters was 18 ga. what I was going to use for the rocker was 14 ga. for the back and 18 ga. for the front but that may not happen now
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I picked up the 2x3 rectanglar box tube 12' cast $60. not bad now to get cutting.
