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1966 F100 Short Bed Styleside Metal/Body/Paint Work
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Re: 1966 F100 Short Bed Styleside Metal/Body/Paint Work
Same process on the other side.
The grill opening didn't match the grill edge on either side, so I welded 1/8" rod to close up the gaps and made reliefs where needed to even out the gap.
I made a template of the grill so I didn't have to mount the grill itself 4,783 times to check progress.
1/8" welding rod to fill in the big gaps.
1/16" gap all around. I'll probably open this up slightly to make room for filler/primer/paint so that the finish painted gap ends up at 1/16".
Passenger side.
Welds kept as flat as possible to minimize grinding.
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