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Here's another pic.

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Here's a pic of the areas fixed.

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And the other part fixed.

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Nice work!

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Nice repairs!!

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Nice job. Good thing you caught it sooner rather than later.

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We finally finished the repairs. Next week we start full time on the body work. Hoping to get it wrapped up quick.

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Body work has been started and things are starting to take shape. The cowl has been redone and primered.

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Here's some more of the body work that's been worked on this week.

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Looks real good.
Kim

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Beautiful work. dug

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More body work is going on. Trying to get the hood and fenders right.

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Some more pics of the work.

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One last pic of the work.

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Looking good.

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Looks real nice.
Kim

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I went down and checked out the truck today. First time in a couple months since I actually went to see it. Fortunately the shop sends me tons of pics. Anyways here's some pics of the body work. A lot of little things are going on but we're definitely making progress.

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Here's a pic of the firewall once it was done and the hood was back on. Looks a lot better and definitely worth redoing it.

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Looks real good.
Kim

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Quite a bit of work has went into getting the driver door gaps and spacing correct. A lot of work went into fixing the garbage work from the other shop. The gaps are looking pretty good and this door is almost good to go.

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Here's some more work in the gaps.

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One of the issues we ran into was the work done by the previous shop on the door jam. It was bad enough that the bottom jam would even touch the door when it was closed. Not to mention the amount of bondo on it. Plenty of work went into straightening it out and getting lined up.

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Looks real good.
Kim

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LOOKS VERY GOOD, having done this also to a 56, it's a tonnnnn of work and very satisfying when it's completed.

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We're finally working on some body work on the bed. So far it's looking pretty good.

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Here's a view of the tailgate.

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So we found an issue with the bedsides. Apparently the holes to mount the fenders don't line up. One side is 1/2" higher/lower than the other. I guess that's what I get for going aftermarket.

Question for you guys - can someone measure where you're fenders are so I know which holes are the correct ones? Thanks

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That sucks about the fender holes being in different positions.
I could measure mine but I made my own bed.
Kim

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Ahhhh. Looking good brotha! I've been following the build on Instagram.

Gonna have this ready for Turkey Rod run??

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Not sure on Turkey Rod Run. It would be nice. Still need to figure out the measurements on the rear fender mounting holes. Not sure which side is correct. I'm thinking it's the lower holes but not sure.

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So I ended up getting new front fenders. The driver side is taking shape. It fits a lot better than the other.

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Here's a close up of the hood gap next to the cowl and the fender gap next to the hood. Looks spot on to me.

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The fender is done for the most part so a fresh coat of primer was applied.

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Looking real good.
Kim

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I think I see a .0005" larger gap toward the rear of fender. :devil::metal: Someone had to pull your chain. Very nice work, looks great in the fresh primer...Jim

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Thanks for the comments oldman3. It seems like it's taken forever to get to this point. The body work should be finished completely in the next two weeks. I got a new fender for the passenger side also so hopefully it will line up as good as the other one.

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Your welcome, keep up the great work...Jim

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More progress on the body work. Everything is starting to come together.

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The new driver side fender is almost done.

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The new passenger side fender is on. Body work should be done soon in it.