'62 longbed going under the knife
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This is my '62 longbed, I've been working on this project for about a very slow year. But now that I have gotten back in gear to get it done I decided to finally start a thread. I actually bought this truck as a parts truck, but it ended up being the main project. (funny how that works out) But these pics are from the day I brought it home. Never really started this build with much of a plan except to drop it and make it fast, so we will see what happens!
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My brother Calvin did a full tubular chassis on his '70 a few years ago and the original frame he had (already dropped 5" in the front and 7" in the back) was up for grabs to get used. So one of the first things I wanted to do was swap the body off the original '62 frame onto the '70 to see where about the stance was going to set.
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That stance looks great. What wheels and tire size are you running?
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Here is some of the door repairs I did, just lower door skins and inner door on both
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Another pic of the door almost buttoned up and another progress shot
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Here is digging into the rust repair on the drivers side floor.
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few more shots of the floor repair.
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Couple more shots of the floor.
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Wow! Impressive!
That is how you tackle it right there!!!! You have simply decide to go for it, and get things done! The rust does not simply go-away if you look at it more! Forge ahead! Great job!!! |
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Looks good.
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Thanks. I thought the rims looked a little deeper dished than just stock rims. I'm considering a build and have spent a lot of hours on this forum admiring the work you guys do. I have a line on a fairly clean '66 C20 that I would like to make look like your truck. I recently finished a '65 Cobra replica build and miss the wrenching!!!
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Nice!! Those are good shots of the rust repair!
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Here are a few shots getting into the cab corner replacement
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I do have more pictures of the finished cab corner somewhere I am gonna have to find, But for now I got some shots of the firewall clean up
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few more shots of the firewall progress
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Pretty cool pic of the cab sitting back on the frame (for now)
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What's your thinking with rain water run off here? :
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/a...1&d=1455852595 |
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Here are a few shots of some of the rust repair I did on the inside of the cab
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A few more pics from the outside
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Nice truck. Really good job with the metal work!
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Very nice work:metal:. Thanks for the pics of the cab corners/rear cab supports I'm about to replace them and was unsure of what they were supposed to look like
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nice work, glad you're saving that parts truck and turning it into a fine ride.
still lots to do but you've already done a ton. keep after it...:metal: |
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A quick shot of the floor, rocker, and cab corner finished up
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Looking good! Keep it up!
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After getting the all the rust taken care of inside the cab I decided to lay it back to clean everything up with a wire wheel to get a nice clean undercoating on it
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Fun fact...I have the same damn cut out in the center of my floor.
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the grill shell that came with the truck I thought was in decent shape, but turns out every time I looked at it there was something else wrong or another little rust hole, But luckily I had an extra shell laying around that had some lower panel damage but no rust holes so I took the best of both and made it work
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Here is a pic of a repair on the corner of the radiator support panel
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