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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!

Paul

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Yes, matching the white on bottom the best I can for now. Next winter I will probably focus on painting the inside and doing the interior. Then the next year start to get it ready for paint

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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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Lots of work for sure. Looks good though, so keep plugging away on it...:)

LockDoc

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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