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Looking good! Gotta love new paint:metal:

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Don't know what I did wrong but pics of bed painted completely didn't show:dum:. So here they are

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Thanks, paint makes everything look good.;)

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Sorry so late, just got free. Back to the cab body. You can see all the rust between the upper and lower parts of cab. To keep this from coming back, I will spot blast a spot about 5" long between the body pieces. Weld it solid, then grind a line back in to match were the two pieces were attached. This took awhile, but I still have the body line and don't have to worry about rust.

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Pic 1 Don't have a close up of repair, but you can see there is still a line. Here I have stripped the old paint, etc. Added some filler on the top piece.

Pic 2 Another view, still need to do filler work on the corner patch panels.

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Pic 1 In epoxy primer, now you can see the body line better.

Pic 2 In high build primer, don't have one in the final gray primer.

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Pic 1 Making some more repairs to lower cowl area.

Pic 2 A little filler on drivers side.

Pic 3 In high build primer.

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Here is the bottom of cab, original rusty section in back and new floor up front.

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After blasting I painted the bottom with POR, immediately after painting I sprayed a thin layer of primer on this. That way you can sand and paint without coming off.

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Here it is painted the teal color.

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Pic 1 Stripped firewall for primer.

Pic 2 In epoxy primer.

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Pic 1 In high build primer and the black section is POR and primer. You can also see my drain tube for the AC.

Pic 2 In final primer.

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Here is the dash in final primer.

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Pic 1 Got the dash area all masked off and here is the cab in teal paint.

Pic 2 Another view.

Pic 3 Also painted the doors.

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That's it for today. OK guy that's about 300 pics I've posted and not to many replies, come on give and old dog a bone now and then.:confused::whine::wop:

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I was wondering if you'd do anything with the rear cab seam, guess I just needed to wait and see....

How much work did it take to clean up the seam after being welded? I did something similar, welded it and ground it somewhat. I'm thinking of making a profile template off the doors and trying to get a similar profile on the back wall (since the doors never had a seam to begin with). I tried to make sure my welds were hot and quick so as not to build up too much material in there, and I think it worked pretty good but I'm trying to get some insight into what it'll take to make it look good....and yours looks good. Thanks!

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I'm still amazed. I always wanted to do the removable top mod to mine, but didn't have the guts! Or skills but you've got em. Looks great......more pics!!
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What I did was weld a section about 5" long. Then I would grind a line to line up with the original line. Skip a 5" section, weld another 5" section and so on till I got to the other side. Then I came back and filled in the open sections. That made it easy to keep the line correct. Hope that helped. Jim

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Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. I had never done anything like this before, just said give it a try and it came out OK. Now I'm not saying I would try brain surgery:lol::lol:, but don't cut yourself short, we all have talents. More pics to come. Jim

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Jim your posts are like a good book, I find myself wanting to look at the end and see how it all turns out, but I don't want to miss all the good stuff that leads up to the end. Don

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Thanks Don, I appreciate it. Jim

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Posting early today, got plans for later tonight.

Pic 1 Misc parts ready for blasting
Pic 2 more parts
pic 3 frame ready for blasting

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Pic 1 Engine in primer.

Pic 2 Misc parts in primer

Pic 3 more parts

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Pic 1 Engine in teal paint

Pic 2 & 3 misc parts painted.

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At this point you are thinking is this guy crazy or what, paint the axle flanges. Well my thinking is if I take everything apart and put back together, it has given me the chance to check everything, retorque all bolts, etc. I feel a lot safer the first time out and it's just time and a little paint. If something does go wrong, it's easier to work with clean parts. This is NOT a show truck, eventhough I go to many local shows, I drive this thing everwhere it goes, it's NOT trailered, and it's been put away wet many times. This is just how I build my stuff. Enough BS
Pic 1. axles
Pic 2 rear axle housing
pic 3 backing plates & drums
pic 4 Misc. parts

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Pic 1 Here the frame is blasted and ready for primer and paint.

Pic 2 frame all painted.

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A little detail paint on valve covers and air cleaner (not shown).

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Pic 1 Engine and trans in place on frame.

Pic 2 Brake setup installed and running brake lines. Yes I also paint my brake lines:lol::lol:. I use silicone brake fluid, so I don't worry about eating paint.

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Pic 1 All the goodies installed:ennyd::ennyd:

Pic 2 View from back side.

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That's is for today, enjoy. Jim

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Looking good!

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This is one of the best, if not the best, projects i have ever seen....i love this build and I am getting pumped for you to finish!

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Thanks, Jim

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I appreciate the thoughts, there's lots of nice stuff on this site, thanks again. Jim

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Thank you so much for the excellent ideas from your build. I love some of the little custom touches you did. I also love it that this truck isnt a trailer queen, so stop being so modest, that truck rocks and I hope my truck turns out half as nice. I work on my truck every night and then before I go to bed I get on the computer to see what you have posted next, can't go to sleep till I see what you have posted so that I can come up with mods to mine based on what you have done. think I'll do like you have done and post my build after I finish it.

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Great work Jim. Keep it coming!!!


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Thanks so much for the praise of my build, makes an old man feel good. Sometime I think it would be better to post while building, you can get a little more feedback on what's going on with other builds. Still have a lot to post before it shows it completed, thanks again. Jim

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I think it's great that you are posting pictures after your build. You just did it your way,now we can copy and adjust your GREAT ideas to suit us. Thanks for taking the time to do this for us. This thread is a daily read for me. I look forward to each and every post.

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Thanks, Ray, I enjoy putting the stuff on here. I know I've seen stuff on here that other guys have done, that if I had been watching I would have used some of their ideals. Just a good group of truck junkies:metal: Jim

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OK on with todays post.

Inside of dash painted. The dash was painted to match the Ultra-leather in the interior. Paint shop mixed paint, then I had them add 50% flattening agent to the paint. In makes it real thin, just add hardner and spray. Put on about 4 or 5 light coats. Easy to keep clean.