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Yep, Hart_Rod had one layin' around so... you know... ;)

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Today started off slow, probably because I slept until well after 9am! I did manage to get the door weather strip removed as well as the master cylinder and all the brake lines. I have decided to remove the cab and put the Porterbuilt parts on the chassis without powder coat. Once that is done I'll put the cab back on the frame with new bushings to do the sheet metal and bodywork. After ALL that we'll blow it apart for powder coating and paint. Sheez, I'm tired after just writing that. :lol:

Pics...

The master cylinder and lines removed...
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The cab is ready to come off... maybe I can get some help removing it tomorrow...
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The "Man" pedal is gone and it couldn't have come sooner, I'm tired of shifting! (My other car is a 5-speed). I think some Lokar pedals are going to make their way into this build too.
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Major progress today, the cab is off!! It took some out of the box thinking but it worked. :metal:

The crew! We came, we saw, we kicked its @ss!
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The frame is now ready to finish dis-assembly have to sell some those parts.
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My dropmember ready to get in the mix!
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I like it!

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See told ya taking it apart is fun, three generation of help.

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Awesome ! Gonna love watching it come together.

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Oh yeah!

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Nice progress. I just started to disassemble today myself.

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IT's been a while since I checked in, but it looks like you've done a LOT! Good work!

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Looking good Buck! No turning back now....Glad to see you going the direction you are :metal:

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Mike, I would like to bend your ear sometime regarding my sheet metal. I just want to make sure I do this in the correct order. Hart_Rod has offered to give me a hand with it and that will help a lot, but I figure too much info is better than not enough!

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Go Buck Go!! 10 months till Cruisin' The Coast..;)

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Sure Buck,
Anything I can do to help. Just fire away. I know all the little things I would do different on my next one :)

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I know I have cab corners, the area where the floor, inner, and outer rockers meet, outer rockers, and finally at least one lower kick panel to fix. If you go back through the pics I posted (posts 169 and 170) of the rust and the pics below you can see what I'm up against.

Forward end of passenger inner rocker
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Closer look at passenger side inner rocker
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Driver side inner rocker
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Closer look at driver side inner rocker
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Tonight was a health night, I had to rest up. But I did unpacked some of the goodies tonight. I think my project for tomorrow night will be the rear notch.

My RideTech coilovers..
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Surveying the landscape for the Porterbuilt mild notch. :metal:
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Thanks gents I'm looking forward to knocking out some rivets... said no one ever!! :lol:

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did the suspension kit you ordered cone with new trailing arms? or is that an option when you go to order?

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They come in the kit.

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I would highly recommend getting a good Air Hammer (Mac Tools or Snap-on). I fought rivets with the cheaper brands and it was torture. I never dreamed how much better the Mac w/good bits would cut through them until I tried one. Literally made the job EASY! I removed 10 rivets in less than an hour the first time I had a quality tool to work with. It cuts through them like butter, no grinding, drilling, or cutoff wheels needed.

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I used a cheaper ingersol rand air chisel, but I did buy a good bit and I cut EVERY single rivet on my frame in one day. And the way I remember that day... there are BILLIONS of them. I've done the grinder way, the torch way and I have to say the air chisel was hands down the fastest & cleanest way I've done it.

Glad to see your back on it too... :metal:

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Looks like you have your work cut out for you on the rust repair. Are you planning on removing all the undercoating and blasting the whole cab? You probably won't really know how bad the rust is until you get it to bare metal.

You're probably well aware of the poor quality and fitment of foreign patches and rockers. You have to cut and fit almost all of them to get a nice seam at your doors. I had really good luck with Tabco made in USA cab corners. They fit great and are made of good quality steel. I bought them back in the early 2000s so I don't know how the modern versions are as far as fit.
My rockers and kick panels came from Tri plus. The rockers needed a lot of love and the kick panels were terrible, especially the passenger side. I ended up sawing up to get it to fit. I haven't used any of their pieces yet but I have heard good things about AMD panels.
From my experience, you have to custom fit about all the patches. I recommend being patient and taking your time. Good luck!

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I've heard really good things about Southern Kentucky Classics

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I have a set of NOS outter rockers and a set of TriPlus cab corners I got from AMD. I need to order the rest but I'm not sure how far I need to go into the floor on each side. The floor is pitted on bothsides between the toe board and were it kicks up at the seat mount and the passenger side cab mount whole is cracked/torn. What do you think is a good plan for replacement? Should I cut it all out and go back with the new or do it in stages?

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check out this thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=564201 there is a lot of great info on doing metal work

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BucK, I assumed you got this version of the rear coilover dropmember?
Why such a small rear notch?