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Okay lots of pics coming, First round I aligned and welded the B pillar then blasted and welded some more on the A pillar. Also cut the bottom tip off the A pillar thinking this would promote drainage in the event that water gets into the rotted drip rail ever again. This will also allow me to spray some Eastwood rust encapsulator through the rocker plug hole in the front maybe to further protect from rusting again ?

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I feel your pain brother same thing happened to me when I bought my 71 it had not been tagged since 05 so being a popo I knew about if it was down for repairs it would do as you stated so I just got myself a receipt book from Walmart hand wrote a receipt and worked like a champ. If ya ain't cheatin ya ain't tryin I always say lol
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Here I sliced and welded the rocker and cab corner mating edges because they seemed to have an inward taper at the bottom that was hurting my alignment and I just wasn't happy so I fixed it....

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Hey Harpie ling time no see, I should have thought a little harder and wrote some receipts but I have been real busy at work and my brain is suffering. What city you work for? I have a few in the family (popo's) Hinton and Anadarko out in western OK. Haven't seen your build thread up in a while how's it going? . Later

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Here are a couple of the rocker welded on and setting up the cab corner. Got some Harbor freight butt splice clamps to help out. Awesome cheap crap but hey you get what you pay for.

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Here are some fun pics where I put the wife to work for a minute and then she took a couple pics of me smoothing out the welds also. She wouldn't break out the nice camera that we bought her though so more crappy point n shoot pics! Yes I am 34 and balding, just shave it off !! :lol:

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It's going great and I'm still around I been slacking on my updates but I got mine down to bare frame and fixing to put new front horns on since I found mine had been in some sort of an accident at some point so no big deal. Bout time to blast it and start reassembly and then body work oh so fun. But to answer your question I work for LightHorse police department I am a tribal officer now I used to work for Bryan Co Sheriffs office for years as a drug interdiction k/9 handler. Now I work a little everywhere so lots to keep me busy. Anywho yours looks great I'll hafta give ya shout if I'm ever up your way I would love to see ya truck!
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Lol, great shots !
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Her eyes are not really red :lol:

Here it is all cleaned up for the moment. This is alot more work than I thought from looking at others before I started. Lots of grinding, beating, sanding, welding, cursing, etc...

At first the rocker was too tight and caused some friction with the lower door so I had to slice it and re-adjust so that is why there was a huge weld bead on the rocker to B pillar. Lots of grinding on there!

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A couple more...

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Now a little rattle can self-etch primer, Yes I will blast it and use some real epoxy later once I have enough done to justify breaking out the paint gun. Just want to keep my sweat from rusting the bare metal..

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Looking good....Jim

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You may have noticed that the top of the rocker is not yet welded or primed that is because I have yet to stretch the metal around the corner to mate to the pillars where the weatherstrip attaches. I ran out of time and energy tonight.. A couple more pics, I am pretty happy with the door fitament It is slightly off and the door latch mechanism in the door is garbage but it shuts and lines up pretty nice. Gaps are all pretty good just a little tight on the bottom to the rocker. I may have to thin the bottom edge of the door but I will wait till I get some weatherstrip and rebuild the hinges before I try to go crazy on alignment.

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looking good! Nice work...

...and on the penalties...if you have any friends who work at a shop, have them write a receipt for the engine work...or even a hand written receipt and note the vehicle being dropped off the first year and picked up the 2nd...

since you weren't driving it, I'd fight for the $200

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Oh yeah my bro in law is/was a DEA task force sniper and also was a K/9 handler. Pop the meth heads :lol: Got promoted now has a crew under him. Souds good man I will be blasing my frame soon also hopefully, Shoot me a PM if your head out this way if you want to see my project, Later

Yeah wait till she sees them haha !

Thanks Jim!

Lastly ..... Happy father day all !!!

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Yeah I should have done something but I was frustrated and in a hurry so I paid the "MAN" oh well, overtime is good and money is rolling in but I would rather have more parts! the pile is growing :metal: You finally get the plan figured out on a short bed truck? I've been watching your build, seems plans change every week for you. Later

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Rust repair is looking good!! Keep it up man all the body lines are gonna be spot on when your done!
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Looking good, Dan. You don't know anyone in a repair shop who could have written a receipt for you? Or maybe shown receipts for the parts you bought? I have never heard about being fined for expired tags. They don't care if it's registered here if you are not driving it. Happy fathers day!
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starting to show some real progress. lookin good

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Nice work Dan! You'll be done with the rust repair soon.
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Nice pic of the wife sanding! Great to see that she gets involved. I like having my wife help out; actually wish she would do it more often. I did a little bit of cutting today that I would have preferred she did (I am not too good with straight lines), but I got tired of waiting.

So, you put the rocker panels in before you put on the cab corners? Just want to make sure I get the order right. Also makes my life easier as I plan to cut the cab corners from my original cab, and it helps it I can do that last!

The cab is looking really nice!!!! Hope you had a great father's day!

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Looking good!
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Dang dude your patch work looks great!! Looks like every thing is lining up real well for you. What brand were those rockers?

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Rust repairs looks great and nice gaps on the doors. Keep it up, coming along nice. When you get to the motor install let me know I will try to help. I put mine in and is running and driving, starting from the seat. I think I am leaking antifreeze around the intake, should have changed the gasket before I installed.

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Thanks Rick, She will get there someday. One piece at a time. Hey feel free to send me some of that trim I need some :lol:

Ehhhh maybe if I had my thinking cap on. I've been too busy working OT and my brain is suffering. That part of the law is going away at the end of this month or next anyway. That is what the tag office told me so anyone else in OK get ready for a screwin :uhmk:

Thanks Tink! Where is your project? havent seen a build from you yet. I read somewhere that you have 2 of these trucks. Got pics?

Thanks Mike! I sure hope so. I'm sick of messing with rust and ill fitting panels. I'm sure you know the feeling.

:lol:She doesn't get that involved maybe just a little photo op. I will get her more involved when the dirty stuff is done. Yes I put the rocker on first but it looks like you could do it either way. In my case the cab corner sprung out a bit and I decided that I should attach the rocker first since it attaches to the rear pillar at the cab corner. This way I was able to make sure the door alignment was good before fighting the cab corner. I have seen people do it both ways, just worked better for me this way.

Thanks man

Thanks Wade I had to fight with it a little but the rockers were "good" as opposed to the other garbage panels. They were all Tri Plus/Key Parts from Classic Chevrolet in OKC

http://www.classicchevroletpartsonli...kinId=7.1.9.16

Thanks John, Im sure I may have a Q or 2 when I get there. Shouldn't be much longer but I have to get the frame cleaned up first and the new front
suspension in. I think I will be changing out the intake gaskets as I saw a few signs of leakage and after googling a bit about it this is a real good leaker of an intake.

A couple pics to follow............