1966 F100 Short Bed Styleside Metal/Body/Paint Work

[theastronaut]

Got the cab and bed on the frame for final fitting. The engine had a power steering reservoir relocation kit mounted to the driver side but it interfered with the inner fender, so I had to remove it to fit the inner fender. After talking with the owner we decided to hide the tank under the inner fender, with the lid coming through at the front.






I initially was just going to cut a hole and have the lid pop through, but that looked out of place/unfinished, and the metal at the front edge was pretty stretched and loose, so I made a recessed circle on the Pullmax and welded it in which shrunk the loose metal and it looks way better.




To make the recess I used a set of dies I already had that were meant to roll the edge of a panel. I took the backstop off and made a shorter flat piece to bolt in place of it, and set up the circle cutting clamps in the throat to make a perfect circle.










To roll an inner flange I tacked an old bearing race on the back and used a mallet to fold the flange in.




Welded together.