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The lower rear quarter and taillight housing are roughed in. A little more trimming here and there, plus some reconstruction work in the rear behind the taillight housing, and the backup light housing needs some attention. Should be welded up in a day or so and the driver side will be finished
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More fab work today. The bucket for the backup light housing was in pretty bad shape but somehow I managed to save it
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Made a lip for the bucket. Welding it up was quite the challenge
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Test fit in the new panel. Turned out pretty nice.
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That looks really good. I enjoy making stuff like that if I have the time. LockDoc |
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Looks really good, I am not looking forward to doing this on mine
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Did the final fit and trim on the lower rear quarter panel and taillight section. Welded most of it up today. Just a few more small fabrication spots to finish, plus weld the bottom and the driver side will be complete
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Now you are making me feel bad. I need to get out to the shop and get busy. I have a good excuse though I have been working on the man cave in the basement....:) Truck is looking real good. Keep on it. LockDoc |
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Finished up the front lower quarter on left side and blew some rattle can white primer on it for now. Also put the molding back on
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Had to make some repairs to the spare tire well before I started on replacing the right rear lower quarter
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Fitted the new lower rear quarter and welded it up today
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Luckily you didn't have to go too far out to find good metal on the spare tub. Quarter is looking good. LockDoc |
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Truck looks really good. Are you leaving the paint alone and matching it the best you can?
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Looking good!
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Finished grinding down the lower rear quarter on the passenger side and shot a coat of rust preventer on, now it is ready for mud
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Started on the rocker and floor repair on the passenger side. This is the worst section as far as rust on the entire vehicle. The post between the doors needs to be reattached but with a little fab work it shouldn't be to awful bad just time consuming
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Inner rocker and cab support mount on passenger front are roughed in. This weekend with a little luck the A-pillar and fab work on front of the B-pillar should be complete
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Looking good!
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looks good...any more updates?
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Had to fab a B-Pillar for the passenger front door
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Inner rocker and some patch work in the middle are tacked in. A-Pillar has been installed so I can move on to fitment of the outer rocker
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A small portion of the original rocker was still intact so I saved it and rebuilt that portion. Then I started to fit the truck rocker around it that the PO had already purchased for the vehicle to try and make it look somewhat factory
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Made a patch for the front portion of the passenger floor section and it is now tacked in and ready to be welded
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After fitting the rocker for the final time and installing the door I noticed it was off. So after taking a few measurements of the rocker and the bottom of the door, the rocker is 3/8 of an inch narrower than the door. I split the rocker and the PO also purchased a set of slip fit rockers as well so I trimmed the slip fit rocker to make up the distance, tacked it in place and checked it with the door for alignment. All looked good so I welded it in place and filled in the gaps where needed
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Nice work. Thanks for sharing the pics!
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Repaired a section of the inner panel behind the front portion of the right rear quarter panel
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Repaired the lower portion of the right rear inner wheel well
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Fabricated an A-pillar for the post on the third door
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Looks good keep up the progress
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That is some nice fabrication work going on there!
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Today I started on the inner rocker for the 3rd door. Used a passenger side inner rocker piece and shorten it down to fit the opening for the 3rd door
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Looks like that worked out pretty good after the mods. It's a good thing you are able to do this stuff yourself or you would have a ton of money invested in metal work....:) LockDoc |
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Front lower section of right rear quarter fitted and tacked as well as the 3rd door rocker. If time permits this week I might get it welded in place one evening.
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Looks great burn it in
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3D analog digital dash from Itellitronix came today
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Finished up the passenger side panel replacement
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Started working on the new fuel tank. Welded a portion of the original neck to the new tank. Once the new electric fuel pump and sending unit are installed in the tank, wired and plumbed it will be ready
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