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While waiting on my new rocker to show up, I continued with body filler and sanding. Worked on the firewall and inner cab mostly.

Roof is all done. Nice to have that big area wrapped up.
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This was the cab one year ago. Helps to look back and see the changes to keep motivation up.
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Finally calling the firewall done! A lot of time spent on the area. Going to get some seam sealer for the firewall channel in the next week or two.
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Body filler over the inner windshield patch. Will get some glaze on it this week and then call it good.
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Body filler on the majority of the back of the cab. It really sucks sanding inside the cab. Legs get real sore on the metal floor!
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Dang, lot of filler work man, nice work. What is the glaze?

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Thanks! I've been using Evercoat products. The glaze is called Evercoat Metal Glaze. I'm using it over the body filler that was sanded down with 40grit and then sanding the glaze with 80 grit. Next step will be high build... Hopeful to have that done by spring.

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Interesting. I have not heard of the glaze over body filler. I will have to look this stuff up and see if its something I need to be using. I'm building a daily so the paint doesn't have to be spectacular :D


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Been gettin' after it in the shop lately. Still sanding on the interior of the cab. Had to switch gears though as I need to get some more supplies.

While waiting to get my supplies, the new rocker I ordered came in on Friday. I spent Saturday night and Sunday installing the new rocker.

Finished the glaze on the inner windshield patch. Turned out pretty good. Also cleaned up the roof lip and various other little areas.
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The rocker I ordered was okay quality. I probably could have left it as is and it would have been decent... But going through all that work I wanted the gap to look perfect. So I cut the rocker in half as well as various pie cuts.
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Once I was happy with the gap, I started welding the top section back on.
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Pie cuts up front. I'm thinking this is pretty common on most rocker replacements.
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Welded and started grinding. Will finish cleaning it up this week.
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Well done sir. Looking good! I pie cut mine for sure, all over the place... One thing to remember that I didn't think about until I was done was for the front of the rocker, door gaping, you may want to hang your front fender and make sure the door and fender are good with spacers if you use them.

I hung my doors the way they were from PO and there were no spacers in door or fender. So when I finished both my rockers I noticed that the doors are sunk into the frame pretty far and need spacers to push them out which means my rockers are going to be sunk in depending on how far I space out my doors, and then the fenders will need spacers too probably. I dread the fact I may need to cut up my rockers again...

Are you going to spot weld the top inside edge of the rockers to the floor pan or are you just welding the surrounding edges?

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Good thought. I was thinking the same thing so I did hang a fender before I started welding the fender back together. Regardless, I'm sure it'll be a big chore when the time comes to align all the panels to set my gaps.

I do plan on spot welding the rocker in once I'm complete with the rocker massaging. It's currently just tacked in place. Hopefully I can knock it out tonight! :metal:

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Keeping up on the progress. Spent the week working on the tailgate and rocker. Finally got the rocker fitting pretty solid. Threw the door on for a quick check and then did the plug welds. I'll get the bottom lip when I flip the cab for undercoating.

Welded up the spot weld holes and trim holes on the outer skin of the tailgate. I also got a tailgate handle relocater kit off eBay, so I'll plan on welding the filler patch this next week.

This weekend I went and visited my parents and was able to pick up some more supplies for the bodywork. Got home and finished sanding the back inside the cab. Lastly, I started putting some body filler on my inner passenger door skin. Where I welded the patch panel in there was a slight high spot. It looks like with a little body filler I'll be able to blend it in.

Plug welds on the Dr rocker. I'll add one more on top and all the bottom lip when I flip cab.
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Driver door fits nicely.
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You can see where the high spot is on the pan door where the patch panel was welded in.
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Back of cab is ready for high-build.
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Here is my dad's 68 Camaro project he has had for awhile. Was helping him replace the floor pan while I visited him down in Pullman.
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Picture of the outer tailgate skin. Will shoot to get the handle filler patch in this week.

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Been flirting around with the idea of either fabricating or purchasing some louvers for my hood. I figure since my cab already has the drip rail mod that it would add to the custom look. Found this Camaro hood picture online. My spare truck I bought came with a hood with a scoop so I figure I could try it on that and if it didn't turn out right I can use my original hood. Based off my initial research it would take a good amount of work and I would have to be cautious welding/cutting in the hood skin. We shall see if it comes to fruition. :chevy:
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Looking good there Scurry, how long did it take you to prime and filler work the back inner cab?

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Thanks! The cab was primed a long time ago, so I scuffed it up with some 120grit. The body filler probably could be done in a day's work. It took me awhile because the hand sanding on the contoured ends and I had ran out of filler. It also took a couple of breaks between sanding because my legs would get sore working in an awkward position.

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Worked on fixing my radio cut out. Was more time consuming than I thought it would be. Took awhile to get it to fit snug with the radio. Used a step drill bit for the holes. Turned out fitting pretty good.

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Looks good man, now I think I better get the dimensions of the retrosound radio to make sure my radio fix is correct size before I paint! :eek:

I just noticed your ignition hole has 3 tabs cut out, is that factory? Mine doesn't look like that...

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The ignition hole seems to be factory. I'm pretty sure I took the factor ignition out of it back in highschool. I did a quick search and I think '67s are a one-off year for the ignition hole. Hopefully someone else can chime in :chevy:

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I haven't posted in awhile. Progress has slowed down a lot since I've been working out of town the last month and will be through the summer. I had a few hours this weekend to work on the cab. Finished sanding on the dash. Starting to clean up inside the cab to hopefully get the interior in primer and sound deadening installed. Then I'll flip the cab and get it in primer and an undercoating sprayed.

Hopefully I'll get more updates in the coming weeks.

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Had a couple hours free to work in the shop this weekend. Took advantage of the time and was able to install the tailgate handle relocate patch. Fit was pretty decent. Also started to weld the tailgate back together. Will finish it up another weekend.

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Dang man, serious surgery. Good job, looks great man.


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Nice work.
Very Inspiring.
I got some tailgate's I will try to fix now.
Thanks for the photo's.





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Appreciate it!

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It was a lot of work. Still not perfect but after a little body filler it should look pretty straight. Plus it's nice to know it won't rust from the inside out :lol:

Just have the bottom to weld up and a few other misc spots.

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Dang tailgate is taking longer than I figured. Had an hour this weekend to cut out the handle relocate. I was hoping that the kit I bought would be a flush mounted patch but turns out it is meant to bolt in. Will possibly try to modify it or at a minimum weld it in instead of using the bolts.
Bow is definitely less noticable than before.
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Handle relocate cutout.
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New handle location. Also a few small patches I need to finish welding from needing access with hammer and dolly.
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Goal is to get this and my floor in some primer by end of summer. I'll hopefully be done working out of town by then and have more shop time :metal:

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All this work is going to pay off. That tailgate is looking good sir. Interested to see how you deal with the bolt in handle relocate.

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Great progress on the Tail-gate.


Thanks for all the pictures.

It is looking good.








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It’s looking good! All that blocking time spent will definitely show when it’s shiny.

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I hope so. Plenty more to come!

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Friday night I finished up welding the tailgate holes. Spent Saturday morning getting everything prepped and then spraying primer for the tailgate and cab floor. Had to spend a little time with the DA getting rid of some surface rust.

Tailgate prepped for primer.
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Floor in primer. Will eventually get a sound deadener installed. Next is to flip the cab.
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Tailgate in primer. Pretty sure I'm going to bolt the handle relocate in.
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Misc. Items
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Starting slinging mud on the tailgate. Fingers crossed all that effort will show at the end.
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Ran out of time to make a lot of progress. Hopeful to hit it hard the next couple of weekends.

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Looks good!

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Not a lot of progress. Finally moved back home after an out of town job for work all summer. It's been a busy week back getting caught up on things a neglected around the house. Managed to squeeze an hour in the shop here and there. Finished with the body filler and now onto the skim coat and 80grit.

Still can't believe I have been working on the dang tailgate for over 6 months :smoke:

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Priorities suck. If we could just turn into selfish jackwagons I bet we would have our trucks finished within a month. :lol:

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Ouch, I feel like a selfish jackwagon lol. Well maybe not that bad. My wife is dealing with a lot right now. She will be getting a vacation when I finish my truck to say the least ;). That tailgate is gonna be sweet when you finish scurry. Can't wait to see it done!

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nice work!

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I decided it was time to switch gears. The tailgate still needs some work. It's far from perfect, but hopefully it'll do the job.

Set the tailgate aside and started mudding my driver door. I got it roughed in for the time being. I won't finish it up until I hang the doors again.

Last weekend I had some buddies over and took advantage of it. I had them help me flip the cab onto the firewall. From there I started cleaning up the bottom of the cab. I had some random pin holes to fill from when I was doing floor patches. Also removed some old seam sealer where the floor pan overlaps the firewall. New seam sealer went in right behind it after it was cleaned up. Welded up driver rocker/cab corner as well.

The previous cab owner welded up the bench seat frame holes and had used a different seat. I plan on using a bench seat from a 68, so I was able to remove the welds and run a thread cutter through the bracket nuts to get it cleaned up and functional again.

Lastly, I put a couple coats of epoxy primer on it. I realize it's not perfect and my welded seams standout. I figure it won't matter too much because it'll never really be looked at. I'll throw some undercoating on later this weekend or early next week before I get the cab flipped back over. That should help mask the weld seams.

Tailgate with glaze sanded with 80grit
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Cleaned up the shop to switch gears. Need to get cab done so I can start working on the frame this winter
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Buddies helped flip cab
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Prepped the cab for epoxy primer.
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Seam sealer installed.
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All primed up! Undercoating to follow.
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Undercoated. Try to get it flipped back upright this week to finish up the doors.

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Ah man, no lizard skin?? I'm just kidding, looks great. How did that sem brand undercoating do?

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A+ great work.
Does that undercoat mask the welds like you wanted?
I want to know. Because the floor pan I purchased re-stamped
need a little cover up or reweld.:lol:
Your floor-pan work looks Good.







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I know... I do plan on using it on the interior. This stuff worked pretty good. Seams pretty tough and is supposed to help with sound.
Didn't you use lizard skin? How much would you recommend I'll need for the interior of the cab?

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It covered them up alright. I could have done a bit more grinding but I was getting ancy to get it coated

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Was able to spend a little time in the shop this weekend. My brother and I did some brewing in Friday. Afterwards he helped me flip my cab back.

Spent yesterday night hanging the doors and slinging some mud. I'm liking the looks of the gaps so far. Will hopefully finish the last of the glaze on the doors and cab by the end of the week.


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Also got my engine block back out. Cleaned up the little bit of surface rust and started gathering all the goods. Going to take the crank, pistons and rods to an engine shop to get them balanced in the next week or two.