57 GMC shop truck

[dsraven]

looks good. you gotta fit it to yourself. personally, it looks like my short guy arms would be fully extended to reaxh the steering wheel. if it fits you, then thats what counts.

[JML55]

Originally Posted by dsraven

looks good. you gotta fit it to yourself. personally, it looks like my short guy arms would be fully extended to reaxh the steering wheel. if it fits you, then thats what counts.

Tilt steering and power seat, it'll fit you.😁👍

[JML55]

Worked on adapting this old rear bumper i had kicking around. Also got the tail light working.

[JML55]

Well it's time to get back on the shop truck build. It's been a couple years since last time I worked on it.
Got an aftermarket left front fender a while back, has expected it needed work. It actually fits really well with the door and hood but the headlight bezel didn't fit at all. Had to reshape the inner part of the fender where the headlight bucket attached to.

[JML55]

Back working on the shop truck today. Rust repairs on the doors. Driver's door very minimum repair at the bottom corner. Passenger door different story, the bottom was fairly rusty so I'm putting a new inner lower repair panel. The lower hinge pocket had to be removed and reinstall to the new inner panel.

[dsraven]

nice work and thanks for showing the pics. that inner hinge panel is one of the common door problems as it can become unwelded from the door. a new hinge bracket is available but mostly they need to be reworked to look and fit like an original. it's good yours was in good shape. curious if it was also unwelded from the old part of the door.

[JML55]

Originally Posted by dsraven

nice work and thanks for showing the pics. that inner hinge panel is one of the common door problems as it can become unwelded from the door. a new hinge bracket is available but mostly they need to be reworked to look and fit like an original. it's good yours was in good shape. curious if it was also unwelded from the old part of the door.

Actually that hinge bracket was in really good shape. Just a little bit of cracks around the first nut which was easy fix with the bracket off. I can see how those bracket welds breaking easy, the spot welds are very small. I was using a 3/16 drill bit and if you hit the spot weld right center it popped the weld right away. I got that door from a bigger truck (viking 60 I think) must have been low mileage that door was only rusted at the bottom from being on the ground for years.

[dsraven]

I find that generally most of the bigger trucks have less rust issues. maybe taller off the ground and also maybe not driven much in the winter. dry days getting crops in so not getting wet slop stuck to them, parked in a barn or quonset when not getting used or out in the grass where they seem to rust less anyway and for the doors possibly less use means less door opening and closing to rattle the insides around and less window up and downs so the glass gets a better weather seal?
dunno, good to see the inside though