72Jimmy 1st attempt at rust removal

[PD1292]

I decided I needed to blast some parts and did not have a blaster, so I decided to try and make one. This is the start. Why does it always turn out bigger than you plan, or is that just me...

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Working forward on the sand blast cabinet, have it almost done. Here are some pictures.

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I ordered the seals gloves and other items on line from a Made in the USA company, and the walls are made from 14 ga metal. Probably a bit of overkill but if i was going to do that much work I figure I want it to last.

[jonesky2]

Originally Posted by PD1292

I ordered the seals gloves and other items on line from a Made in the USA company, and the walls are made from 14 ga metal. Probably a bit of overkill but if i was going to do that much work I figure I want it to last.

that thing is sweet! have any plans to make one that you would want to share?

[PD1292]

Thanks Jonesky2. I do not have any plans for it, I just kind of made it up as I went. I could post some things I would have done differently though and mabe some details on the sizes of the items. It is 3 1/2 feet wide, so I should have just made it 4 feet and not waste the half a foot of metal.

[jonesky2]

Originally Posted by PD1292

Thanks Jonesky2. I do not have any plans for it, I just kind of made it up as I went. I could post some things I would have done differently though and mabe some details on the sizes of the items. It is 3 1/2 feet wide, so I should have just made it 4 feet and not waste the half a foot of metal.

all the details you are willing to give would be sweet. I would much rather build one myself than buy one!

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I have not posted in a little while. I have been busy doing other things, but have recently started again. I took off the whole front clip so I could fix some rust issues on the radiator support below the battery. I was going to order the part but just made it instead.

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I also ordered a battery box, just the bottom part, as you can see the old one was rusted a bit.

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I also ordered in a door skin. It was a triplus?, and the quality was very good in my opinion. However they sent me two, I guess just in case i messed up the first one?
Anyway. cut off the old skin, blasted the old interior of the door and then primed and painted the inside. I then fit the new skin seam sealed it and then tapped the edges to a crimp. time consuming but easy fix over all..

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This is the test fit 1st pic, and the result after installed..

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I have also been putting the blast cabinet to good use, and blasted every part i could think of that i wanted black, that i had off of the truck at the time, then primed and painted them all at once.

[bambbrose]

awesome thread. I love the attention to detail. Very too reference, particularly on the rear panel work. Keep the pictures coming!

[PD1292]

Thanks bambbrose.. More pics coming as requested.

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I took the rest of the stuff off and out of the dash and off the firewall so i could blast and then prime the firewall dash and the windshield frame. All looked pretty good.

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e primed under the dash, windshield frame, and fire wall as well as the front floors. Also the girls picked a color today, and i painted the hump to see if it was too dark. I think it will be good.. on to the pics

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also primed and painted all the under dash stuff black

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The PO as I said before had not taken very good care of this truck. There was a hole dented into the side just behind the drivers side door, and a hole for the trim as well. i was just going to weld it up but I had the original door skin left from the drivers side door so i cut a patch out of it and put it in place of the damaged parts.

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I had already used the stud welder to pull all the long dents down the side of the drivers side so i sanded it all down to bare metal did some body work and then e-primed and high build primed it. this is after some block sanding.

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I also finally got the back bumper to release. PO had built and welded a bumper to the frame. I think i want a chrome one to match the front so I cut it off. WOW what a chore. I liked the bumper because it had a receiver welded into it so i could tow stuff but it was not the best looking thing. If i dont get a chrome one right away I marked where the frame holes were so i could put some holes in the mounts and bolt it up instead of welding it.

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I also lifted the body off the frame, pulled it up to the front garage and then put the other frame I found off of a farm and put it under the body. This will be better as the other frame does not have anything in it and will allow access to the underside, and front (no engine in the way) also it can roll around easily. I am going to try and paint in the front garage and have to take it around an entire block to get there, so the wheels and tires on the back will help for stabilization.

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I got some parts in the other day as well. This is one of them. It was just the bezel and i took the best parts out of several others I had to make one good one.

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I had taken some of the body mounts loose to work on the body work on the passenger side and drove it around a bit before i took it apart so much i could not drive it. I found out what was banging so loudly. A frame mount had been broken off the frame. Ill just cut the rivits off of the other frame and bolt it to this one.

[bambbrose]

Instrument cluster looks amazing. Great work cleaning it up

[PD1292]

Originally Posted by bambbrose

Instrument cluster looks amazing. Great work cleaning it up

Thanks, I have a lot of other parts as well that came in, but they area all boxed up and have not taken a picture of them yet. Trying to get this thing ready for paint

[thor]

You'll be ready for paint in no time. Nice work.