Builds Rub A Dub Dub, Pablo's Got A New Tub!!! (3 Viewers)

[PabloCruise]

Alright, alright!

I think I have imposed some kind of order on the pictures. We should be able to get back to the story shortly...

 

[PabloCruise]

The old tub comes off!!!
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No need to re-hash things that have already been posted, but I do want to catalog what I already posted, and then get to the new stuff.

8 years ago (to the day) yesterday, the tub came off:

 

[FJBen]

Alright!

 

[PabloCruise]

Some crappy cell phone pics - got new floor welded in and new frame diagonals:
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It doesn't look like I put up pics of the original floor, but jumping to Oct and we replace the driver side floor.

 

[PabloCruise]

In a total Squirrel moment - I found this oldie of the POs plow set-up - Oye!

Cool that he was a HAM.

 

[PabloCruise]

I was thinking it does not make much sense to re-hash the details I had already posted, so let's just pick up where I left off.
It looks like the last details I posted were in April of '13. Back then the paint crew had cut the wheel openings on the new tub, finished the front fenders, and test fit the hardtop to the new tub to make sure everything lined up:

 

[PabloCruise]

I will just go through the build pictures in order of when they were taken until we are all finished.

Sound good?

The new rockers (and the associated brackets) looked good!

 

[PabloCruise]

The original passenger door was a mess. No idea what happened to the door and front fender.

Look at all the bondo!

 

[PabloCruise]

Test fit of hard top to tub looks good!

 

[FJBen]

nice! keep them coming TJ.

 

[PabloCruise]

nice! keep them coming TJ.

Heck yeah! Sorry I stumbled on how to roll this out with some semblance of order!

 

[PabloCruise]

Going to the 70 series front turn signals meant we could not use the 40 series external hood latches in their original location.

When we had the fenders on for a test fit, we fitted the bibs and figured out the new location of latches:

After the move:

 

[PabloCruise]

The topic of the brackets behind the rockers came up earlier when we realized we had to deal with replacements.

There are 4:

Replacements:

Installed:

 

[PabloCruise]

Getting my pictures organized, I found more pictures of the driver side floor replacement.

This was happening at the same time as the rocker replacement, so I guess we will look at the floor next!

Happy Monday, I hope you all are doing well.

 

[FJBen]

Cool! I didn’t remember you had 70 series turn signals on there.

 

[PabloCruise]

Oh yeah man, all the cool kids want the 70 series goodies...

 

[PabloCruise]

Today is my 40's "Gotcha Day".

20 years ago today I bought my (non-running) 40!!!

 

[PabloCruise]

No good pictures of the original driver side floor.

This is what I could find, right after the tub came off:

I can't remember where I got the replacement floor, I am sure I can figure it out. Here is the replacement going in:

 

[PabloCruise]

Tacked up underneath:

Checking fit with the tub:

 

[PabloCruise]

I love the attention detail the painters put into their work.
During the test fit process, they cut the replacement fenders for the F-250 shock towers and the 60 series PS box: