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i have to agree .... even on welded doors that have a light skim of bondo across the welded area the working of the two pieces is enough to make it crack .
if you want to test it to make sure it stays good i would drive it around with primer only for a while so when it does crack it can be fixed propperly without having to do a respray
if i would've fixed that door i would spotweld a extra strip inside the door front to back across the cut so it doesnt fold in or out

Re: Project "Tracy Lee" 59 Apache
 

Thx for the comments guys. I did put some backing material underneath the panel to help from flexing... Here's the bad news. I may not get the truck painted till springtime. I've had some unexpected expenses come up over the past couple of days and they are not small. I might still get it into primer and deal with that till spring but I won't know for a few days if that will come to pass. It maybe 95 degrees here today but it will be cooling off soon and the amount of time I have to raise the money for paint is running out. The shop has no form of heat and thats not good...:whine:

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maibe thats for the better , you can drive the truck in primer and if something cracks you can still fix it before paint .
those rad rods drive around in black primer all the time

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Good job on the doors. JB weld should hold up fine.

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Good luck on the primer or paint, I hope it all works out for you.

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Don't frett Tex, everything happens for a reason. It will look fine in priemer for a little bit and as said above, you will get a chance to test out that metal work prior to putting a shiney coat of paint on her.

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Thx guys...Like you said Jebb, Test it out in primer...not a bad idea. I guess the hotrod/ratrod kinda look will work for awhile...;)

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UPDATE: I have ordered from Totally Stainless $150.00 worth of fasteners for the truck and I got a marine gas filler (just like the "Cool Cap") for $30.00. Both Items should be in by the beginning of next week. The gas filler will go into the pass. side fender on top...

I did more body work on the truck over the weekend but nothing worth pics.:( I'm in the process of painting the front bumper, grill and headlight bezels white. The PO had painted those bright red and that just ain't gonna jive. I ran out of my white paint so the bumper is hanging in the shop only half-painted. This is only temporary as I will be buying all-new chrome components for the front end in the spring... I also bought a new electric fan and put it on the front of the radiator... Just a standard O'reillys special:o

I'll check in later with more info...Thx, James.:cool:

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Cool man, I was thinking of doing the marine style gas door in the bed aswell. I saw it done once and I liked the way it looked. Keep fighting the good fight.

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UPDATE: My Totally Stainless Fasteners came in yesterday! Those look like some high quality, stout stuff! The marine gas filler is still "pending" as of the 8th according to the website I bought it from...:confused: I did a little more sanding and smoothing on the body and on the doors where I removed the mirrors. Funding came through and If the planets line up just right I'll be going down to San Antonio this Friday to make the paint purchase.

I installed an electric radiator fan last weekend and finished painting the front bumper, grill and headlight bezels white yesterday. It's just rattlecan but it will hold me over til I buy new brightwork this spring. :rolleyes:

I also started hooking up the gauge cluster but ran out of time to complete it. I figured I'd test it out. Some of the wiring was installed already by the PO so I hooked it up to test what he had done. It seems OK.

More later, James:metal:

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Evverything looks good 'TEX'. Send me the link to those Fastners.

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I bought that same bolt kit for mine.

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It's Prime Time! We got most of the primer on. My buddy used his suction gun with great results but when it was time for another refill, one of the the dog-ears to hold the cup to the gun broke off:whine: . He had a gravity feed gun that he never used and the results sucked. I went out there today to sand out the runs on the cab. He will re-shoot the cab mid-week and we hope to have color on sometime this weekend!!! For ya'll who were worried about the door repair cracking, that is a risk I'm going to take. My time out at that shop has pretty much run out and I need to get it gone from there. I think it will hold just fine but if it dosen't, then I'll just have to deal with it when the time comes.

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great work man !!!!!

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Thx 84. Hope it works out.

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Look what the UPS man brought me! I'm glad it got here before the big paint weekend. I didn't want to delay it waiting for this. The filler is going into the top of the pass. side fender. Woo-hoo!:metal:

BTW: Don't order from Camden boat store. They never updated the progress of my order as promised on their website and when they finally e-mailed me back, they finally shipped it out-that was 2 weeks after I sent it in. I also asked for a UPS tracking # and they never responded:m6:

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VEry nice !!!!!!!! i like that alot i prefure the in bed location but i am all for the wheel fender for useablity i can only imagine how much of a pain filling in the bed would be

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Hey Cowboy, that sucks it took so long to get. I bet I could get one tomorrow right here in town. There are about 5 boat supply stores around here that probably have one instock. If you are ever in need for something like that again let me know and I will look for ya. I think BoatsUS has a web site also and they would probably have one.

Bernie

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Its great watching the progress on you truck.
There is a company that has a kit to recess a hole for the boat cap filler. It sets it into the metal so the boat cap is not flush with the fender.


I put my fuel cell under the box and used a billet door off of a pickup and set it in the bed. Works well with a bit of a lean over the tail gate.

Brian:cool:

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Well good luck I hope all works out.

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Good Luck! She is coming together really fast!!!

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Thx everybody for the kind words...Tomorrow is the big day! E.G.,that part to recess the filler is sold by airride technologies for $60! Its cool but I dont want to spend that kinda money for a one-time use. I appreciate the heads up on it.

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Technicolor!!!;)

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More...

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And More...

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hrmm... BlllLLLlllLLLlllUUUuuUUUuuuuUUUuuuuEEEeeeEEEEeeee :)

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turqoise it is ...........................looks good

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Spent all day putting it all together. I've got a problem with the hood. Its way out of whack. I think I need new hinges and springs. The rest took awhile but lined up nicely. Ran out of clearcoat before I could shoot the tailgate so that will be done later...Here it is for now...

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more...

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looking great man glad to see some color on her:metal: :metal:

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seeing the car together in the colour you choose makes me see why you used it .
the car looks like it left the showroomfloor that way .
a set of steel wheels with moon type hubcaps and whitewhalls would look nice on it now

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Looking Real Good.

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Wow Tex, you are a man of your word! The first thing I looked for when I got to work today was an update on your old girl. It looks nice! Congrats, you have been at it non stop and it shows.

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I appreciate the kind words yall...
Whatahyaknow-I agree with the steelies and whitewalls. I think it would be cool. I've always been partial to turquoise. That color is the GM Tropical Turquoise from 1958.

Jebb- I have been non-stop and it was killing me at work yesterday. I drove 450 miles (im a truckdriver) on 3 hrs sleep:( .

Although it came together fast, I don't suggest that everyone go as "gung-ho" as I did with it. There are a couple of places that I didn't have the opportunity to thoroughly fix to my standards. I was in a time crunch with extenuating circumstances...

I am overall very pleased with how the truck turned out. This weekend I plan on borrowing a trailer to take her home. There is still much to do before she's totally street-legal and the interior is still a mess. The work that I could not do at home is now complete and I am so happy about that.

The updates will not be fast and furious as they once were due to the upcoming holidays and a slight slowdown at work but whenever I make a little progress, I'll be sure y'all are the first to know!

Next things to do are:
New seats from a late model chevy tahoe or similar
New exhaust system (those cherry bombs have got to go)
Interior door panels and other accesories from Roddoors.com
Bed Wood Kit (either Mar-K or Bruce Horkey)
Rubber floor mat

The list goes on and on...
Thx, James:cool:

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lookin good!

just as a note with using seats from a late model chevy/gmc truck...keep in mind that the late models have a hump.

i'm going to be using a 60/40 split bench from a 97 GMC...haven't really had a chance to really look into it, but it *looks* like the outter passenger seat bracket will work on the inner driver seat to make it work for a flat floor

(if that makes sense ;oP)

diggin it man....i love the 4 holers ;o)

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Great Lookin 4-Holer, love to see them come together, keep up the
good work and GO SOONERS!

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Alright 58GMC... I may live in College Station but I'm not an Aggie fan...But I am a big Aggie fan when its time to play o.u. Just my .02;)

BTW, Thanks for the kind words guys!

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Nice work Cowboy!!! I like the turqoise. Was that the origanal color for the truck? I know alot of them came that color, including mine. Keep up the good work and keep the picture coming!

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Cal, I think the bed and tailgate were turqoise but not the front half. It is the original color mix "GM Tropical Turqoise" (I think code 914a?). Thx for the kudos:cool: . If I get her home this weekend, I'll take pics of her making the journey!:metal: