My 65
 

I picked this truck up about 5 months ago now and have been sitting on it,I recently have finally decided to keep it. Ill start work on it next week I have been looking on this site now for a month and found a lot of inspiration and ideas and thought it was about time to join ill post more as progress continues. 327 3speed

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Welcome to the forum!

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welcome aboard!....looks like a good one to start with...what are your plans?

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manly getting the body work done and ready for paint a 4.5/5 drop on 20s going to keep that motor thats in it rebuild the heads and drive it as much as I can haha

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Welcome to the forum :D

Post up some progress pics when you can

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Nice rig. Love that farm truck rear bumper!!!

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I like it too but there is a part of it that is bent and pushing the bedside out so it has to go lol about to order new fenders and bumpers from top banana anyone know the quality of there bumpers?

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and fenders

some new pics of where I am at
 

just got the bed off the frame and getting things ready to be blasted went on the roof with the da and realized that its going to take way to long to sand it so I am just sand blasting it

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Welcome from the Republic of Texas! great project, you found the best site for our trucks and some of the best people to assist you in your project.

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Welcome to the forum! May you have as many headaches and minor victories as the rest of us! Lots of frustration, but equal amounts of gratification! Welcome to the obessive cult! :welcome2:

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I am sure I am finding myself getting more and more into this truck as time passes. Hopefully things go smooth I have some friends giving me a hand with it and body work and its all they do everyday hopefully with there assistance It will go well, thank god for friends anyhow got some more done getting rdy for the the lower door skins to go on ill post some more pics soon

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some more photos of my floors/rockers

updates for the week
 

did some more work on my truck outer floor boards front and rear cab supports both sides

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Way to dig right into it!!

update conti
 

going to be picking up the boc and doors from the sand blaster on monday hopefully can get the doors hung and rockers in next week


I have been really going back and fourth between ccp grand slam kit or doing something with bags or my other thought was grand slam kit and then doing bags next year sometime anyone have any thoughts on this or the cpp kit

updated photos
 

just a update to my build lower doors in rockers tacked in outer skins totally in the doors are lining up pretty well

I got the parts back from sandblasting and in primer still have hours and hours of sanding going but this being my first real build I am very happy with what I have been able to do here are some new pics let me know what ya think

some more pics
 

some more pics like I said I am very novice with this type of metal work i think its turning out well I have some guidance but doing most of the work on my own if I can do this anyone one can with the right equipment if they put there mind to it

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daaaamn! your taking it down to the metal. it looks like your doing well. im planing on doing this to my truck pretty soon too and im a little nervous. these kind of posts give me confidence. how difficult were the rockers and floor and cab corners. it looks like you have plenty of space to work in though, that helps. good job. keep the pics comin.

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The cab corners aren't in place yet fitted them and it seems to fit well. My advice with the rocker and outer floor boards is to not do what I did, I wanted to get started so while my doors were out getting blasted I put the outer floor boards in and it wasn't bad took a little pounding but the fit well. The problem I ran into was the front side of the outer floorboard on the passenger side I put to far in so when I got the doors back and went to fit the rockers in they didn't fit exactly like they should of I cut some metal and extend the rocker other than that it went well

My truck was in some old primer and there is about 4 paint jobs below that so I decided to take it all the way down to at least the factory primer. Just got to get the nerve and do it don't get worked up when working on it just remember is a project and it's supposed to be fun and mainly u just need to work up the nerve to start cutting. Don't be afraid to cut your new skins or rockers to fit your application modify them.
I started this truck for a huge reason I wanna see what I can do and what I can't do I want to learn how to do so for me well I am having a great time.

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One other thing my rockers were totally gone they were great stuffed and fiberglass matted and that was it they were gone and so weak i kicked one of them off hehe

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@WC63 if you look at the door picture when the door is open you can see what I am talking about with the outer floor board and the rocker the gap goes from where it should be i think and gets larger as it goes to the front

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thanks for the advice. i have some experience welding and am hoping to get better as i work on the truck. im thinking of using mostly sheet metal for my repairs. most areas dont look to complicated, but ive never done anything like this before. but i guess its like you said. just have to build up the nerve. congrats for getting started. ill be checking out the rest of your posts. good luck.

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Looking good so far. I'm mostly a newbie at metal and body work myself, but have been learning a lot from some friends and putting a little time in on their fab projects. Like you said, the key is to jump in and do it without fear of needing to make things work. I have damaged some parts, then been able to repair my own damage, it just builds more confidence and skill. I'll be watching your progress as well, seems you have a lot of the same rust issues as I do with my 65. Keep it up.

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Welcome Paulie! Nice work! OJT and having fun thats the way! Keep the pics coming. p.s. (you and I share the big lake)