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Good progress Dan!

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X2,,,,(where did that goat come from???)

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Thanks man!

Just messing with you, I hope I get done a lot sooner and actually I want to drive it in all it's ugliness this fall. Maybe just to 7/11 for a beer but to have it "driving" none the less and save up and buy all that fancy PB stuff and some Tubz then tear it back apart for the suspension mods and paint.

Matt, Thanks for checking out my build. I have been known to do some crazy driving, but at 34 im starting to calm down. :lol: It sure isn't the fanciest truck yet but hey you gotta get the dirty work out of the way first. That is great about scoring a rust free truck and the friendly hook up is awesome. Start up a build thread so we can all see what you have going on, sounds like a great project. Glad I could inspire someone I thought I was pretty slow and boring. This forum is great for learning all types of new stuff and meeting new friends and other local guys to help each other out and do some trading and sharing of parts. Also we try to meet up for BBQ once in a while, a great place to meet some good people!
Thanks Billy!

Thanks Mike!

LOL thanks Wade, There's another goat on my chin.:lol: That was the OKC zoo, was an abnormally cool day so it was real slow which made a great day for my daughter no sweating and waiting in line.


I have a few "honey-doo's" today and will get back on "Georgia" this evening.

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That B pillar looks great after you fixed it up. Way better than the LMC one. The most impressive thing to me is that you managed to fix the floor with the seat in there!!! You must be a lot more flexible that I am!

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I must agree with you about the LMC parts, glad you made your own, looks good

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Thanks man, I actually took the seat out when I did the whole floor edge piece but it has been in and out several times, I did the floor patch,kick panel, and pillars with the seat in though, gotta keep the garage semi accesable in case of a hail storm for the wifes hondur. It was a PITA welding in the kick panel and floor patch for sure! maybe I am a contortionist :lol: my beer gut is getting in the way! Hard to take good pics with the seat in the way also..

Thanks Tinker, I would be a lot farther along if the repair pieces actually fit properly. Just glad that I have some skill, not great skill but I do alright.

Working on the cab corner today, pics to follow....

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Today I was a little busy with the little princess and wife so just had little truck time, I gave up my Saturday to put more decking in the attic to store more baby stuff for the next one. I told the wife we wouldnt need all the girly stuff cuz the next one is a boy ;)

Here is my progress...

Seems to be a little sloppy in the corner that mates to the rocker and B pillar so I did some tweaking, sliced the cab corner in half to match what I cut out. I should have cut from the outside as cutting from the inside provided a nice ramp to shoot the sparks and debris right into my face :dum:

I had to slot the lower corner in several places where the metal was bunched up preventing it from making the proper curve.

used some duck bill pliers and channel locks to bend the flange in to where they shoud be. also bent the pinch weld profile to match the rocker.

Did a rough test fit and it is pretty close just need to square up the cut and tweak the rocker where I have some interference with the rocker pushing the cab corner out at the bottom.

Should have this properly fit up and welded tomorrow, hang the door to check the pillar alignment and install the rocker. :metal:

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Ordered some gas pedal "bling" from the man Mike at slosh tubz and I am going to order some energy susp cab mounts to get the cab back up to where it needs to be and cut the hump hole... I may be pulling the cab off soon but I just cant decide what to do next?...

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Cab corner looks great! I have to do that with my cab from Arizona. No rust but has a *($)%^& dented cab corner so I STILL have to do cab corners!!!!!!!!! It never ends I tell you!!!! And as you found out they never fit. Have heard Tabco corners fit the best. I'm going to give them a try for better or worse. Even if they do not fit much better at least they are American made and I still believe in helping our fellow countrymen out when I can.

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Do you have a high hump already btw? If not I have one that I would sell you for a song if you are interested.

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progress looks good

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Looks great, not a small undertaking by any stretch doing all that patch work, especially when you're properly gapping and aligning everything

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looking good on the progress...see, you should've quit school a long time ago and been working on your truck.

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Nice work on the cab corner Dan. You will have the rust repairs done in no time. Then the real fun begins:)

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Hey Dan, after reading your post on the HAMB on Cody's build, I finally got time to read your build from the start. You are doing a great job on all the repair panels. I know what you are going thru with panels not fitting correctly, had the same problem on Jimbo's build that I did. I'm subscribed(your #111):metal: now so I'll continue to watch your progress and commit once and awhile.:rolleyes: Great job and look forward to more updates....Jim

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Thanks man, I am going to try out Tabco on the pass side, mcbassin used their cab corner and it fit great. Mine well it is okay but I still had to do a little slice and weld. details later this weekend...

I actually have one already but I do appreciate the offer, I paid $90 for mine!

Thanks MJ I love how yours is coming along too.

Thank you sir

Thanks! you dont have to tell me about the small undertaking! man these trucks with the "typical rusty rockers etc" ahhhhhhhhhhh! PITA what a bad design but they look so good! I was reading on your build and it looks like you were using the same crapberry phone for the early pics. Nice job by the way I'm not quite done reading on your but I love it!

Oh man, I guess we could just move in with you when I get right sized :lol: I will be back in school in the fall. See you tomorrow. PS I could get more done if I had a baby sitter.;)

Yeah I can't wait for the real fun, after this "learning experience" the pass side should be cake and a lot quicker.

Thanks Jim, now my cover is blown :lol: Cody is one talented guy over there !! I'm getting close to 300 subscribed threads on here and added your roadster today. I read through 10 pages at work (very busy) nice job on the top that is sweet!

Well my update: The rocker is on and the door closes with the push of a finger! must have done something right. here are a couple pics for now and I will get some better pics and all the dirty details later this weekend, Pics up next!

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Here is the rocker on. just a few more welds and the corner goes in. I had to slice and dice and pound blah blah. better pics coming later this weekend. I have to be at work in 6 hours. boooooo! but hey it is more truck money but it is killing my truck time.

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Today I got a $242 "screwin' " courtesy of the OTC. It seems the Prius conspiracy has hit Oklahoma with QUADRUPLE penalties !!!! Previous tag expired in 2011.......

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nice work ......and OUCH !

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Sucks on the tag deal....Jim

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That sucks man! Only one time ever have I had a good deal happen when was messing with the DMV. I let the registration run out on my Harley when I was in nursing school and broke as a joke. 2 years later I went to renew it and I had been driving it and I told them so. They tried to go back and charge me registration for the year before since I had been driving but the computer would not allow them to penalize OR even charge me!!! Literally laughed out loud right there. Saved myself like 70 bucks!

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Your panel replacements look great!! Too bad about your plate fees, you could always move to Idaho,,, only $30 here!:lol:

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great thread, subscribed!!!

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Thanks MIke !

Sure does Jim !

Yeah a guy at work (biker dude) was telling me the same thing, guess it is jsut for bikers??

Thanks Wade,

Thanks Kev, I like the truck you just got that is much nicer (less rust) than what I started with, cant wait to see you get started! get a build thread going when you start so we can see the action.


Here's the deal on the tag: the tag cost $21 a year, my '93 $24 a year. cheap enough right? well I have a "black tag" on the '67 which is a non-use tag which used to be no penalties since it is obviously not driven, Well they changed a few laws on me and now they penalize all expired tags. In the past the maximum annual penalty was $25 but now it is $100 !!!! so $42 to tag it from 2011 to 2013 and $200 in penalties on a vehicle that is tagged for NON-USE ! Fudge.. The only way out of the penalties is if the vehicle was down for major engine/trans repair so I explained that it is being restored and has a newer late model drivetrain installed and that should justify eliminating the penalties and the tag office said they didn't even know how to do that. duh. So I called another tag office and they confirmed this law and said just bring us the receipt for the work, I explained that I installed a new drivetrain in the vehicle and they said well you need a receipt... Arrrgh screwed.

Enough whining. A lot of Pics coming up ! rocker and cab corner are on :metal: