Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Get back to work..........Too early to stop now :lol::lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

looking good Alan, looks like your having fun on the truck!

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

nice!!

is someone re-popping the inner wheel wells now?

mar-K sells flange repair panels for $30 each

http://mar-k.com/catalog/Images/Items/g6066Fflange.jpg

http://mar-k.com/fleet_repair_panels.pdf

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Don't worry Boss, I should be back out there after the kiddies go to bed. The neighbors might run me out of the neighborhood if I keep this up. :lol: I don't know how much I can get done tonight cause I gotta make somemore noise.

I'm having a ball working from home.:metal: I can get so much more done since I don't get the interruptions that I get at work.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I heard that they were available and someone was complaining about how they fit. Here is a LINKY to LMC trucks.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Same concept Alan, you lay a sheet over the wet paint and wiggle your fingers around and remove. Bake then clear.
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Bed is coming along great!

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I can actually understand all the jargon you're using now..lol

The bed looks to be in decent shape considering.


How did you shrink the stretched areas?

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I've seen people marbilize before it's pretty cool. BTW thanks

There were several others dents around that area. I kept picking at them trying to get the contour back and the tension came back. I didn't have to use heat/quinch method this time. It was just a combination of a bunch of dents close to each other. I can shrink metal, but not as good as I want to be.;) You should have seen the first time I tried to do it solo.:lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

have you tried to use that shrinking disk?

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I talked to Ron Covell at the Fathers Day LA Roadster Show about shrinking. He said he doesn't even quench it. He lets it cool natural. I haven't tried it yet. Ron is one of the best metal guys around. He's the one that has all the videos, and class rooms seminars.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Nice work Alan.......I'll order two new inner wheel tub's, tomorrow and have them to ya time you get back from your vacation.

Just wondering.......... think your wife would let ya take some tools with you to work on my fenders while your gone :gi:......:lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I have heard this from Ron be for. He said that if you dont let it cool natural it will work harden. then will get more brittle as you go.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

OK now i really need someone to employ me so i can finance my build. ohh and pay bills.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I'd like to try one, have you?

I'd like to see one of his videos to show me what I'm doing wrong.:lol: I could always use some pointers on working metal.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I'm gonna turn my phone off while on vacation :haha: J/K
I wish this $$ was going towards my truck build, bills come first and I took this week off without pay (at my full time job).

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

i know what you mean.. i was told today that I have already taken my vacation.. without knowing.(Dr visits and kids school stuff) just before my boss left for 10 days leaving me in-charge of the shop.. grrr anyway.. I think i am going to pick up a disk and video this month. ill let you know how it turns out. with all that welding on the top of my truck I'm sure i will need it.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Here's a link .
http://www.covell.biz/videos.htm

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Looks like he's having fun, and loves what he does.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

That's effin sweet.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Hey alan what r u using to smear the sides of the bed material wise?

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Thanks for the link

Cool video

Using Rage extreme and a 3 " spreader

Worked the right bedside today and do you believe I didn't take a single pic. It would be boring pics anyway.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

:wop:



:wop:

:lol::lol::lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

:agree:......:lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Thats all the pics I have of mine too. Man I would be luck to spread half that in the humidity here.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

How did I know that was going to happen. :haha:

It took 5 batches to wipe the whole bed side. It sounds like a lot, but those are big panels.;)

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Took me 5 cans:lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

While I was gone this is what came.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00558.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00559.jpg

So far I'm impressed with the wheel tubs. I just took them out of the box and took pics I haven't had much time to inspect them any closer.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00560.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00561.jpg

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

They look good from here. :metal:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Look good from here too..........Glad to see your back, hope your family and you had a great vacation.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

those do look nice...where did you get them?

when you have some time....is there anyway you could weigh them and give us a comparison in the metal thickness??

Thanks and :welcoem: back....

my wife would love it if I took a hiatus from the web........

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Yeah, I forgot welcome back. I hope it was rest full for you. Now get back to work. :lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

We had a good time doing what ever the kids wanted to do. It was cheap intertainment. Ride bikes, play games watch a movie, play horse shoes (plastic) ride bikes again, fish, explore, and go to the beach, feed the ducks. Come to mention it, I'm tired.:lol:

198 ordered them from Brothers. I will try my best to weigh them or I will at least mic them.

But, my hands are finally clean and not stained. :lol:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

But, my hands are finally clean and not stained. :lol:[/QUOTE]

That just means you've been lazy. Get back to work Alan!

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

My hands have been that way for so many years, I thought that's the way I was born. :haha:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

I was wondering how close the Brothers wheel wells looked to the factory pieces. From the pictures you posted close enough for me. Let us know if you have any fitment issues.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

That just means you've been lazy. Get back to work Alan![/QUOTE]

Your right I've been lazy. Back to the old grind stone tommorrow.

:haha:

I have not weighed them or measured yet, but they are heavy pieces. I will definately let ya'll know how they work.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Hey Joe, I weighed the wheel wells and the new ones are 1-2lbs heavier.

I went back to work today and they didn't really have much to do except a brken door glass on an expedition. That pays well. LOL So I came home to get something done on Ronnies.

I was rushed on the RT bedside. We'll see how it turns out. Getting a good foundation is key it makes blocking a lot easier.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00606.jpg

Here is the LT B/S

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00607.jpg

Sprayed 2 coats of slick sand on everything and put another coat on the RT just in case.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00612.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00613.jpg

Guide coat

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00620.jpg

Started sanding on the T/G to see what's going on there. The letter area had some dents and bows to it. That's what I concentrated on today.

Ran a flat block across the letters and it shows some of the damage. Did the same thing on the rest of the flat surfaces to show the lows.

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00615.jpg

The inside of the T/G

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00616.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k1...d/DSC00618.jpg

Still have to shave the T/G chain attachement and weld up the holes.

Call the paint store today and they have a metal prep for galvanized metal. It's $10/bottle concentrate.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Nice work Allan. Your a pro. :metal:

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Look's great Alan.

Re: 198Plus build by Alan's Classic
 

Thanks for weighing them Alan, sounds like they are quality pieces :thumbs:

nice work too!!!