project 65/66 C30 sanford & Son's

[2manyprojects]

Nice job. Its good to see my old junk being fixed. Ive never replaced floor supports but I'm thinking it would probably be easier than what you've done so far.

[enonz65c30]

Originally Posted by 2manyprojects

Nice job. Its good to see my old junk being fixed. Ive never replaced floor supports but I'm thinking it would probably be easier than what you've done so far.

Thanks Richard. look at it this way....I will make all the mistakes on my truck, so if you ever need any help on one of yours I can give you a hand and kinda know what I'm doing

So its been slow going on the rust repair. I did manage to get the new front support in place and I started looking at the rear. I keep looking at the new rear support and at photos on the forum and I am thinking that I am going to have to trim off some of the flanges to make it fit. It will not fit the way it is at all. so after I got tired of messing with the rear support(which is still not in) I decided to try and make some forward progress and start cleaning up the floor. As I was cleaning on the passenger side I started seeing more and more daylight right infront of where the seat mountsso after I thought about it for awhile and not wanting to buy another patch panel, I decided to make my own from the SBW 66 cab floor.

The Rust



here I am about to cut my patch out of the SBW parts cab


atleast the frame looks good


I then cut the area to be patched out of the BBW cab and did a test fit, I just had to grind down a couple of areas for a good fit



this is where I finished up before I had to shutdown for the night and head off to dinner with some friends. on my next day off I will get it welded in and then get back to tackling that dam rear support

[enonz65c30]

The other day I was messing around on craigslist looking for a newer seat. I had seen on here where other members had gotten seats from early 2000's GMC and Chevy extended cab trucks to get the 3 point seat belts. I ran across an ad for a front seat out of a 2001 Dodge quad cab. I had to work sat (gotta love the car business) so my dad, mom, and my buddy Brent helped me out and went and got it for me while I was at work. they were able to pull it out of the guys truck in one part which is pretty impressive. I think it was a good deal at $85. now I just gotta score some 19.5 wheels.......back to craigslist I cant wait to see this in the cab. its kinda dirty and there is one warn spot on one of the seams....but I know a guy.