Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

Great work on the roof, sucks to see on the cowl. Nice score on the 4 bolt main! It's really taking shape real nice! Keep at it!

Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

Go the the Parts forum and check with TKorinek or TeeItUp and see if they will cut off just the patches you need.
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Thanks the roof really is the bulk of the work and its kicked my butt!
Yea the 4 bolt is nice to see but i took my standard crank down to the machine shop and they said the "thrust "was out of it and needs welded
and it was probly cheaper to find another crank. He has some core cranks he can turn for an extra 50 bucks. Not sure what Im going to do yet.

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Wow thanks for the info guys, your right those are a little pricey
Nice part but I might have to fab my own


Yea thats a good idea I have a buddy here localy that might have a parts
cab I can cut up but if not im sure tom has somthing and hes only a 2 hour drive for me.

Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

wow, i had no idea you could buy that piece !

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Check what i picked up today this should fix my problem,
Its going to be more work than the repop part but alot cheaper.
I dug it out of my buddys scrap trailer he said just cut out what I need
and bring back the left overs:metal:

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Sweet bro! I don't see any rust in that one!

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Nice score!

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Sweet that should work out nice. :metal:

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Looking good man! Wish I had your talents and determination but I'll get there. Let me know if you ever need an assistant I'd be glad to help when/where I can!

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It looks good eve the wire gutter is in good shape. I only see a small spot of rust and that is fixable. God job on finding that piece.

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I just wanted to say it's colder than all get out up here so I hope you're outside getting progress done! :lol: It got down to 2* last night. This morning the lights in the shop wouldn't come on at all.

Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

Its has warmed up alot this week it was 79 yesterday and the low
has been like 45. But its supposed to rain this weekend hopefuly that wont slow me down!

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Yea I got lucky on this one I think im just going to cut out what i need
I dont see any reason to replace entire cowl.

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I hear that!

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I don't blaim you there!

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Yea it was cold here yesterday. it was 58. From Florida

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I got part of the doner cowl off today lots of spot welds!

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No match for The Man. :smoke:
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both patch panels removed

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Nice
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I also removed the pass side part of the cowl looked pretty rusty
in there then I hit it with the wire wheel and it cleaned up nice.
There is some pitting but i dont think its enough to have to replace
any of it. What should i coat this with before replacing panel?
I have some epoxy primer and some self etching but I was
thinking of just getting a rattle can of rustoluem heavy rust coating.

Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

I like your progress. I would hit it with some Rustoleom Extend or Rust-mort. They do a decent job of stopping rust. The downside is it smells bad when you weld though it
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Good deal! Nice to see theres no major rot in there!

Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

cool project, you do excellent work

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Rustoleom puts out a builder primer that work great. It dubles the paint on the surface. and gei this even slow down the rust. Did I say slow down well nothing will stop what has already took place.

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Made some progress today finished up the pass side cowl replacment.
There was some rust behind fender mounting bracket so I went ahead and
cut a peice to replace rust and shave blower hole.

Re: Brave or crazy? crewcab build
 

Nice work on your build. This is another very interesting one to watch.

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Thank you sir.

I used a rustoleum rust converter coating should work ok it went on nice

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Yes sir, moving right along!

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Looking good.

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It looks great keep up the good work.

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You move fast! :lol:

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Thanks man

Thanks

I'm trying I need to get as much done as I can before it gets hot again!

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Well the driver side is going to need a little more work than the pass side did.
Nothing to bad just a few pin holes just going to take longer than i'd hoped.
I almost thought about just geting rid of the fresh air vent all together but I think ill keep it.

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Yep a little worse than the pass side for sure! You'll knock it out though!!

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So i returned the firwall i was using for patch panels to my buddy last week thinking i would not need anything else but I did that before removing driver side cowl. Now that it looks like i need some more patches so I called my buddy and sure enough he took it to scrap. I guess ill just have to fab my own!

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Got a call from the machine shop today and they told me that my
block was cracked. So between the crank being bad and the block being
cracked it might be easier to find another complete core. Funny thing is the
motor ran decent before i pulled it I guess you can never tell.

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Sorry to hear that bro

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Thanks man, it sucks but i'll come up with somthing I always do.
I should be able to a good deal on another 350 builder.