What Did You Do With Your Truck Today ?

[FFredo]

Good to meet you too Bshort. Hope the rain didn't ruin your San Diego trip too much.

[handyhands]

OK hear my pictures.It took us two hours to load it on the trailer, but only thirty minutes to unload.

[BShort]

Nope, we brought umbrellas. Spent a couple hours in Seaport Village then headed home.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Daze57

police here hate blue dots !

they dont mess with the old cars much here. the local PD has a 1950 some ford police car that shows up now and then at cruze nite

[AD51]

I checked to see if my two front cab mounts were level...

[Daze57]

they dont mess with the old cars much here. the local PD has a 1950 some ford police car that shows up now and then at cruze nite
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i wish the police force here would use older cars or trucks - maybe we would have a chance _lol

[Daze57]

AD 51

nice lookin weld work on subframe

[55metalmonkey]

just fit my bumper after days and days of massaging it to fit properly, passesnger side was hit fairly hard at some point and poorly fixed with Bondo and shimmed with washers. had to heat, beat, and use a 25 ton press to get it even close to straight. I still have to de chrome the 2 upper replacement bumperettes but getting close to finishing the rough metalwork on the body. I just have the hood and the 2 inner fenders to do then I get to move onto the finishing touches on the engine and start roughing out the interior.

[Daze57]

that front end looks very cool - nice work on gettin' it straightin; out

[55metalmonkey]

thanks, Took a while but it`s much better than how the last guy fixed it...1inch thick coat of bondo.

[Daze57]

have you had any hood fitting issues?

[55metalmonkey]

no... not yet anyway.
the front end sheetmetal is just hanging loosely by a few bolts. I did have the gaps a little too tight in some spots so I have to shim a bit for spaceing since it only has a thin coat of primer vs a few coats of paint, I figued it out that the overall final paint thickness for all the surfaces combined (side to side) will affect the gaps by close to 3/16" overall so I'm trying to compensate for that a bit. the truck is going to be 90% disassembled when it goes for paint so I didn't want to do any final fitting until then. I do have to pull the hood still to fix 2 rust spots and trim the inner edge by the rad for a bit of extra clearance.

[Daze57]

still ......... looks good !

[Purec4]

Finished up the new floor and kickpanels, got them covered with bedliner and undercoating. Also fiberglassed in some minor rust in the floor pan under the seat and door wells. read to clean up the dash and paint. Next is the doors! .... Killing time waiting on a buyer...

[mknittle]

I worked on my rear suspension crossmember and cut out and tacked the brackets for the lower control arms. I have to do a mock up on the frame then break down the brackets so I can bend the top to match the curve in the frame.

[AD51]

Daze 57

Thanks, I have an 02 Ext cab frame, cut out 5" and put it back together and plated the outside just to make myself feel better.

[55metalmonkey]

Originally Posted by Daze57

still ......... looks good !

Thanks

[1959 Apache 3600]

Today I got the bench seat out of the cab and took off the passenger door. I know it's not anything major, but baby steps is about the best I can do with the limited time I have to play...

[Rude Dude]

Painted valve covers and air cleaner see my build.

[Atommik]

Well, this week started on the right door rust and dent repairs. Soaked bottom of door over the weekend in phosphoric acid...worked pretty good. revealed more rust than I thought ( I should know there's always more than you think). Made a patch for the inner and started on the outer patch ( Half done).

[Atommik]

A couple of rust repair pics.

[Atommik]

Inner patched, and outer half done.

[Rude Dude]

Nice work !

Originally Posted by Atommik

Inner patched, and outer half done.

[Atommik]

Thanks, I really enjoy the metal fabrication...more than pounding out dents and doing the straightening!!

[OrrieG]

Painted small bits. This is all I could find to paint so I must be getting close??