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I wanted to make sure the cab floor would cover the 4L80 so I found part of the trans hump here local (in the states) but the forward firewall piece came all the way from our friend Patrick Koch in Germany !! Patrick you ROCK MAN !!

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Man it is really amazing how clean this cab is ! rockers and a backing plate on the drivers side and I think it will be good .....we will see after media blasting next week !

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and the end result of our 4 hours of work a pile of parts ready to be Media Blasted and a cab ready for some extra hands to help lift it off the frame !

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Clem, I will have a chassis and a bunch of other parts ready for you on Sunday if you are headed this way ! Bring your trailer !

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Mike, cool update, now it's moving along, can't wait for more...Jim

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some assembly required see manual........

curious to see if they can handle the stuff on the bottom of the truck and if they add to the overal price of having it blasted

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Great progress...

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Following this one here and on I.G. Can't wait to see the progress! If you need a spare set of hands one weekend let me know, be glad to come down and help some!

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I used a 4000 psi pressure washer on the bottom of my 66 chevy II - peeled it like a champ

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ahhh man, looks like you guys had a big day, lots done... wish i could have been there.

my dually is down right now but as soon as i get my silverado wired for the trailer, i will be over there.

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Thanks we are trying !
I cleaned about 85 % of the undercoating off the bottom of the cab
Thanks !
Awesome, thanks !
hmmmmm....I need to try that on the bottom of my hood !
Your parts pile is building ! LOL

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Great progress this weekend, Got the longbed frame stripped and ready for Clem !

Cab off the frame and wire wheeled the whole bottom of the cab to get ready to be glass bead blasted, of course you then expose all the extra rust. Still not bad

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here is the other rust shots....for some reason the pictures came out crappy !

I never like the way the aftermarket rockers fit in the back of the door and my factory ones are good in that area thinking of doing it this way ......Any input ? good or bad idea ?

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Surgically removed all the short bed cross members for Clem , they will live again in another build !

Getting this SWB frame ready for all the Porterbuilt goodies !!!! CANT WAIT !

Pile of sheet metal ready for media blasting !

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What ended up working best for you on stripping the bottom of the cab? Twisted Wire, flap disc, wire brush or propane torch and a scraper.
I'm always looking for better ways to do stuff.
Its looking awesome and that Clem is using the extras is a plus!

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Scraped some off with a putty knife then wire wheeled with my angle grinder, then soaked with air craft stripper, ran the putty knife back over and then when it dried re-wire wheeled it with my angle grinder, it took me about 4 hours

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persistence pays I guess.
Congrats on getting it ready to go!

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Mucho Bueno Progress! Have fun with that floor!

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LOL...I figure my 4 hours for free is $200 less on media blasting !
New metal coming from LMC ....no swiss cheese left when we are done !
LOL, I am sure we will !

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Hey Mike... that frame and cross members look exactly the same as a 67-72... is that right?...

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great progress

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Mostly they are. The cab mounts & core support mounts are in different locations and might be a bit different and the front frame horns where the bumper mounts to is different. Also, the frame is not indented at the steering box like the 68-72 frames.

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the frame might be narrower overall too

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ya, what they said ????? LOL, they do look very similar but since this is the first 60-66 I am not sure.