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Inner rocker is fully welded in and ground, seam sealed the b-pillar and etch and primed it. Felt like I had a somewhat complete truck since the structure was rather complete, so you know I had to stack some wood and see what I'm working with!

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Placed the rocker with some sheet metal screws to get the front clip hung and check my gaps, looks pretty good I'd say. The door has some rust separation on the bottom front corner like they normally get, so matching my fender bottom with the rocker is key here. When the door bottom gets replaced I will have it flow all together, but that will be once the truck is running good. Also had to take some glamour shots in the garage.

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More glamour:

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I think the truck heard that Dino's is coming up... its been looking at me different ever since they set the new dates... ;)

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Looking good!

Can you tell me where you got the patch panels for your lower B-pillars? I need the same patch on both sides, and have only been able to find the complete B-pillars which are a little too expensive for me to buy just to hack the bottom off of.

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Thank you!

On the b-pillar pieces you've got two options - the less than desirable black e-coated ones which require tons of work, or the KeyParts ones I have which I literally put directly in place and had to do zero modification. KeyParts left side: 0849-213 L, right side: 0849-214 R. Both can be had on eBay for a good price (about 15+tax+ship). Keep in mind that they are galvanized and you should wear a mask when grinding and welding them, and if Im saying that then you know its serious. :smoke:

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Thanks, I'll check them out.

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Nice progress! Like your glamour pics

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Thanks! Hopefully some outside of the garage this summer will be taken!

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Spent an afternoon disassembling the bumpers and getting the brackets all blasted and cleaned up. Covered in ospho and will be painted hopefully this afternoon. Bought new gravel deflectors, decided to blast the e-coat off them and hit with some epoxy and black paint. I never have trusted e-coat much.

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Taking a break from the driver side rocker stuff (need to clear my head on something else for a little), decided to tackle that rust in the cowl from earlier. Cut out the cowl itself to assess the damage, not too bad of a job just repetitive with all those spot welds. Decided at this point I'd like to make the firewall symmetrical. So I began on that too.

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More pics:

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Took the cab outside and blasted some pretty bad areas, and continued on the firewall work.

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Cab looks so lonesome. Also a picture of some *****en license plates I found here in a VA vintage place. And I also somehow took a vacation to OBX.

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Now that the cab side of the cowl is done, moving onto the cowl shell. Marked and cut out the blower hole to fit back onto the cab. Removed the fender mounting tabs. My plan is to sandblast this inner cowl so I can prevent any future headaches. I will also mirror the driver side fender bracket for the passenger side, my intent is to make this look factory.

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Pictures of the rough fitment and fill panel (and yes I will be fixing that dip on the firewall fill piece):

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Going all 'Kustom' on this firewall reimagine. Im not a huge fan of the firewall being bare, so taking an idea from both Delmo & N2Billet (thread here: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...486707&page=14) where they took the factory box and sandwiched it. Im dropping mine to 1.5 inches tall, and will put the blower motor face back where it goes, and flatten it in to a delete style plate. Now to get it prepped and fiberglassed.

One thing to note as a difference on mine versus their rendition, mine is for a symmetrical firewall, so I had to shrink the length of it as well, as you can see.

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Delmo / N2Billet's version:
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Wow! Nice work!

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Thank you! Once this heat wave is over I will be moving faster. Nearly 100 every day here in my part of VA.

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Made a flat sheet of fiberglass off some glass I had in my basement, cut to shape and basically allowed me to make a good flat reference while getting the outside structure set on the box.

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Flattened out the blower motor 'face' for looks. Getting the final touches on this box this weekend. Also added a picture of a stock box so you can see exactly what is different.

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Passenger side firewall is just about all done, pretty satisfied with the end result. After / before for comparison.

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While I work on the cowl section more, here's a mock up photo.

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Well finally back to getting things where I want them, I had to re-do the outer cowl patch, the metal was just so thin I kept blowing through. Also went through and blasted a bunch of parts, back side of inner cowl, brackets and the L shaped brackets for the rear cab.

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Some pics of the inner cowl patches through the outer cowl... and one more mock up photo..

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Finishing the inner cowl, being it is now symmetrical I just copied the other side and welded in a new support bracket for the fender.

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Phosphoric acid treatment on the cab side of the cowl, hopefully into paint tonight.

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Inner cowl I had painted the day before, installed on the mock up front end to make sure nothing wild has happened, gaps look good!

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Waiting on paint from Eastwood to be delivered to finish the cowl.... heres some photos of the bumperettes I installed the other night.

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Rust encapsulator on the inner cowl, this stuff sprays really nice and event, worked really well.

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Holy seam sealer Batman :barf: - but it needed it, the driver side was a cluster of patches and rough edges. Plus I have too much seam sealer on hand. This SEM 2in1 seam sealer does a great job, sticks well, can be direct to metal (I like getting a primer down first) and is smooth going down, flows well into cracks and seams.

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Good looking truck! I like how meticulous you are with the build👍 Keep the progress and momentum going strong.

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Thank you! Your build is coming along really nicely. Great work!

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Reattaching the cowl. Boy is it not fun filling up all those big spot weld holes. but its on, and ground down. Went through and put rust encapsulator on all the exposed areas after sanding. Next is seam sealer, and matched paint.

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Tested out some of the paint match stuff I got from a local supplier and it matches pretty darn'd close. Honestly on an old truck like this its beyond close enough! Now to make it less pretty with some scotch brite.

After spraying, I made the trek to Concord (Charlotte), North Carolina and went to the Truck and Car Shop (about 4.5 hours away) to get some much needed parts and to check quality on some new door bottoms (yes, they have been retooled) and other things.

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A bit of some non truck related stuff.. the reason I went to North Carolina was to see Alan Jackson in Greensboro on his farewell tour, what an amazing show. Then I made my way back to Virginia Beach on Sunday to see Willie, which was his farewell tour as well I hear. Glad I got to see Willie, I jokingly call my truck Willie because of its shade of green and the fact it smoked like no tomorrow when I got it.

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Back onto the drivers side repairs - a-pillar is solid and now I move onto the rocker repair.

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Found the front of the rocker on the driver's side was pulled in on the front quite a bit, as you can see. And the inside of the rocker that joints the a-pillar was way off. Ended up cutting that front portion off and doing a lot of small adjustments. Welded it all back up...

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.... and ground it flat. Seems to be in good order now, on the front that is.

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The rear of the rocker always had this weird slant to it, so I just made a small piece to fill it. Not super straight, but this area will be covered with seam sealer. This just helps me sleep better at night.

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