52 Project

[50adrod]

just looking at the front cab mounts, they are not even. is that normal? I will get to check my welding soon when I do the prep on my cab bottom. the very last rust on the truck looking good

[CAL 58 GMC]

So what’s the plan for the bottom? Paint or undercoating? I know a guy that did Rhino bed lining under his. He said it really cut back on the road noise.

[pgf545]

50adrod, That is an after market floor kit from *****in Products and that is the way they made it. I am not sure how the original is though. The mounts on the frame are not even also though so I am guessing that is why *****in made it like that.

Cal, It is going to be primed and undercoated with something...I was looking at Lizard Skin but not sure what we are going to use yet.

Bernie

[solidaxel]

Bernie,
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Let me know what you think.

Bob

[solidaxel]

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[bensimmons_05]

hey Bernie, This truck is looking great so far, Attention to detail and small things makes such a big difference in the end. Can't wait to see more pictures!

[pgf545]

Thanks Ben, right now I am that stage that every projects come to....the small stuff that doesn't make for good pictures. Hopefully I am going to start doing the cab corners this weekend so I will take a few pictures. Dad was taking a few days off this week and was going to try and finish up the underside of the cab and put some POR15 on it. After that we can start the body work and get the cab back on the frame and then it will start looking like a truck again.

Bernie

[pugs]

nice work looking good , as for the mounts not being even is on the account of the stock battery box is under the pass. side floor

[50adrod]

Originally Posted by pugs

nice work looking good , as for the mounts not being even is on the account of the stock battery box is under the pass. side floor

makes sense, never thought of that

[pgf545]

Ok so I went down there today and knocked out getting the cab corners cut off. I am going to wait until we get it back upright to reinstall them. Dad is going to spray some paint on the inside area...inner cab corner. He is also going to get the bottom side painted sometime soon so when all that is done I can get the new cab corners on. Here are a couple of pictures that I took today. Enjoy

Bernie

[nuke1]

looking good

[bensimmons_05]

Cab corner looking good! Can't wait to see it welded up.

[Kabwe]

looking good man, keep up the good work.

[mylow53]

after i did my cab corners and cowl replacements the doors didn't exactly fit. the gaps at the bottom were off. if i were you i would put on your doors before you weld the corners in. I learned the expensive way.
GT

[pgf545]

Grag, Thanks for the heads up. I have been worried about that exact thing. I did fit the doors while I was doing the firewall and floor. I will double check it before I do the corners. It does seem like the door gaps are a little wide but I might be trying to compare it to a later vechicle. From the looks of the picture you posted mine are about the same so I guess that is good.

Bernie

[pgf545]

Hey guys finally got something done on the 52. Dad got the underside cleaned and painted with POR. Looks really good. We are eventually going to undercoat it with some Lizard skin but for now it is sealed and ready to move on to something else. I still need to do the cab corners which will come in the next few weeks. Here are a couple of pictures.

Bernie

[CAL 58 GMC]

Looking good!

[Daniel U]

Bernie, very nice!

[ratrodmiller]

nice project truck and i like the shop too....

[pgf545]

Originally Posted by ratrodmiller

nice project truck and i like the shop too....

Thanks for the comment. The shop is pretty big but right now is packed. We still need to get organized...lol.

[pgf545]

I got the passenger side cab corner welded in today. I didn't get it ground yet because my brother was using the power for the compressor. I had to do some creative fitting cause the Chinese panels don't really fit too well. Also I had a brain fart when I tacked it in last weekend. I don't know what I was thinking but I didn't even check the door gap...Duh...so I had to cut it loose and refit the corner, but it all worked out. All in all I think it turned out pretty well. Here are a couple of pictures. Enjoy.

Bernie

[Kabwe]

You are progressing nicely Bernie, keep up the good work.

[pgf545]

Thanks Kabwe, I finally got both cab corners on, welds ground and spray bombed. For the most part they came out good. The pass side fit a bunch better than the drivers side. I had a really hard time with it. I am still not completely satisfied with it. I will probably do a little finesse work on it later but I wanted to get it done so that I can move on to something else. We need to do something with the door, either redo the bottom or get a new door. Whenever we do that I will rework the cab corner to get the fit a little better. Dad is now retired so he is going to start doing some stuff like striping paint and getting the body ready for paint. He was showing me colors yesterday so I can tell he is getting excited about it. For the most part all the welding stuff is done the only thing I have left to do is fill the gas tank filler and the cowl vent. He wants to wait a little before we do the cowl vent just in case we need to access something under the dash. He thinks it might be easier to get it through there. Anyway thanks for the comment and here are a couple of picture that I took yesterday.

Bernie

[OrrieG]

Looks good to me. The driver door gap above the patch look tight too, how are the hinges? might just be a simle adjustment too.

[pgf545]

Originally Posted by OrrieG

Looks good to me. The driver door gap above the patch look tight too, how are the hinges? might just be a simle adjustment too.

Yeah the gap is really tight. I rebuilt the hinges already and they are tight. I will probably have to mill the slots a little longer to get the door forward some. Right now I am all the way forward on the hinges and it is still rubbing the door frame. This is not the original door so that could be part of my problem....I will get it though.

Bernie