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truknut · 10-29-2007, 07:13 PM

Well I've had my truck for 2 years this month. And I've been wanting to clean out what was left of the factory seam sealer from the drip rail. It didn't have much anyway. After the rain earlier this week ( four days worth), so all the wet floor was getting to me. So today when it got up around 60 degrees I went outside to work on my truck. No garage....

Well I got out the rust remover tool on the end of my drill and went to work. Got it all seam sealed and got inside the cab and was looking around and decided to take a peek under the front windshield rubber ( up top below the sun visors) and guess what I found ALL ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD, RUST. It looks pretty bad. You can press on the rubber and it makes a crunching sound. So I might be fixing the truck that I bought earlier in the year for parts. It's in better shape roof area anyways. It needs inner and outer rockers, cab corners, and I haven't looked at the cab mounts yet. The one I was going to fix it needs inner and outer rockers, passenger side drip rail, some body work above the cab corner on the passenger side. So which one would you fix? Thanks, Jeff.

**clay68c10** · 10-29-2007, 07:38 PM

I'd go with the better roof, that's an expensive area to fix. The rocker and lower cab areas are pretty easy and there are a lot of sources for patch panels.

krue · 10-29-2007, 08:14 PM

bent · 10-29-2007, 08:32 PM

Today i found an old picture. Its a blk and white one with a colored lady and a babby cart on the front poarch of an old house. No date or names or anything on the back ofit i also found a factory plate that surprisingly is rust free it has the vehicle weight and all on it.

Sorry abou the bad luck on the roof and such but IMHO id go with the better roof.

truknut · 10-29-2007, 10:15 PM

Thanks that's what I was thinking too. All I need is a welder and patch panels now. And of course some green backs. LOL.

Longhorn Man · 10-29-2007, 11:45 PM

continue to drive 'ole rusty.
Remove semi-rusty cab from donor truck.
Continue todrive 'ole rusty
fix cab that was removed.
Swap cabs when you take a week off of work.
Scrap the old cab... 500-ish pounds at 200 bucks a ton, it's worth 50 bucks.

The only problem with this plan, is you don't have a garage.

Longhorn Man · 10-29-2007, 11:48 PM

Excuse me... 100 a ton, it's worth 25 bucks.

truknut · 10-29-2007, 11:49 PM

I hear ya LONGHORN. I got a SWB frame too sittin outside. I'm planning on building a SWB one day. But that's probably what will happen, keep drivin ole rusty, fix later.

bent · 10-30-2007, 12:59 PM

wow longhorn man we get 5.00 a 100lb

Longhorn Man · 10-30-2007, 02:23 PM

isn't $5 a 100 pounds the exact same as $100 a ton?

caminokid · 10-30-2007, 04:11 PM

I have the same problem with mine. A tree fell on the right side top and cause the top to get smashed in alittle. So the seams gave away. I have a big rust problem

10-29-2007, 07:13 PM	#1
truknut Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Florence, AL (NW Alabama) Posts: 307	Guess what I found in my truck today Well I've had my truck for 2 years this month. And I've been wanting to clean out what was left of the factory seam sealer from the drip rail. It didn't have much anyway. After the rain earlier this week ( four days worth), so all the wet floor was getting to me. So today when it got up around 60 degrees I went outside to work on my truck. No garage.... Well I got out the rust remover tool on the end of my drill and went to work. Got it all seam sealed and got inside the cab and was looking around and decided to take a peek under the front windshield rubber ( up top below the sun visors) and guess what I found ALL ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD, RUST. It looks pretty bad. You can press on the rubber and it makes a crunching sound. So I might be fixing the truck that I bought earlier in the year for parts. It's in better shape roof area anyways. It needs inner and outer rockers, cab corners, and I haven't looked at the cab mounts yet. The one I was going to fix it needs inner and outer rockers, passenger side drip rail, some body work above the cab corner on the passenger side. So which one would you fix? Thanks, Jeff. __________________ 1990 Chevy Silverado (My DD) 1978 Chevy Bonanza LWB (My LWB to SWB 1 day project) 2015 Hyundai Sonata (Wife's DD)

10-29-2007, 07:38 PM	#2
clay68c10 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Centennial, CO Posts: 2,990	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today I'd go with the better roof, that's an expensive area to fix. The rocker and lower cab areas are pretty easy and there are a lot of sources for patch panels. __________________ ClusterTruck: 68 C10 Bought in 89, wrecked in 03. Slow low $ rebuild started '17. 6.0 & TKO http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=788602 93 K1500 Short Step, 350, NV4500, EBL flash ECU. Vortec heads & roller cam someday... 05 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. 3” lift & 6-speed 02 E320 the insurance total “free car” 13 Tahoe LTZ

10-29-2007, 08:14 PM	#3
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

10-29-2007, 08:32 PM	#4
bent The master of disaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warsaw Texas Posts: 249	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today Today i found an old picture. Its a blk and white one with a colored lady and a babby cart on the front poarch of an old house. No date or names or anything on the back ofit i also found a factory plate that surprisingly is rust free it has the vehicle weight and all on it. Sorry abou the bad luck on the roof and such but IMHO id go with the better roof. __________________ 1994 Chevy Project in the works Life is like a jar of japalino's what you do today will burn youre a$$ tomorrow!

10-29-2007, 10:15 PM	#5
truknut Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Florence, AL (NW Alabama) Posts: 307	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today Thanks that's what I was thinking too. All I need is a welder and patch panels now. And of course some green backs. LOL. __________________ 1990 Chevy Silverado (My DD) 1978 Chevy Bonanza LWB (My LWB to SWB 1 day project) 2015 Hyundai Sonata (Wife's DD)

10-29-2007, 11:45 PM	#6
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today continue to drive 'ole rusty. Remove semi-rusty cab from donor truck. Continue todrive 'ole rusty fix cab that was removed. Swap cabs when you take a week off of work. Scrap the old cab... 500-ish pounds at 200 bucks a ton, it's worth 50 bucks. The only problem with this plan, is you don't have a garage.

10-29-2007, 11:48 PM	#7
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today Excuse me... 100 a ton, it's worth 25 bucks.

10-29-2007, 11:49 PM	#8
truknut Registered User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Florence, AL (NW Alabama) Posts: 307	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today I hear ya LONGHORN. I got a SWB frame too sittin outside. I'm planning on building a SWB one day. But that's probably what will happen, keep drivin ole rusty, fix later. __________________ 1990 Chevy Silverado (My DD) 1978 Chevy Bonanza LWB (My LWB to SWB 1 day project) 2015 Hyundai Sonata (Wife's DD)

10-30-2007, 12:59 PM	#9
bent The master of disaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Warsaw Texas Posts: 249	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today wow longhorn man we get 5.00 a 100lb __________________ 1994 Chevy Project in the works Life is like a jar of japalino's what you do today will burn youre a$$ tomorrow!

10-30-2007, 02:23 PM	#10
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today isn't $5 a 100 pounds the exact same as $100 a ton?

10-30-2007, 04:11 PM	#11
caminokid Chevy nut Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Springfield, Illinois Posts: 2,266	Re: Guess what I found in my truck today I have the same problem with mine. A tree fell on the right side top and cause the top to get smashed in alittle. So the seams gave away. I have a big rust problem __________________ 84 Chevy Custom Deluxe 1/2 Ton Named Fade To Black II "Remember kids there is NO replacement for displacement!"



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