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**jaros44sr** · 09-12-2006, 07:09 AM

Started to strip paint off of PS of truck, and this is what I found. This side was up against the shop wall so I haven't paid to much attention to it. I thought it was in pretty good shape since it had a new rocker panel hung on it. Why would you waste your time covering up all that rust? Oh well, deja vu. Here I go again on the PS

Pictures are for ref. only, unsafe work practices, DO NOT attempt at Home or Workshop

EDIT: for index

Pages 1-8 rust repair

Pages15-23 changing 72 front clip to a 67-68 chevy
also hanging a floor pan on a chevy pick up

**special-K** · 09-12-2006, 07:48 AM

Always an ugly site.Not rare to see,though.

tpi72blazer · 09-12-2006, 08:13 AM

Wow, it's amazing to see the amount of rust that some of you guys start with. Luckily vehicles around Colorado don't tend to rust as bad. Good luck.

68Mike · 04-06-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by tpi72blazer

Wow, it's amazing to see the amount of rust that some of you guys start with. Luckily vehicles around Colorado don't tend to rust as bad. Good luck.

Good thing rust of that extreme hasn't quite made it to the west coast

Keep your chin up and the weld hot...

Looks good

Chevyman63 · 04-06-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by 68Mike

Good thing rust of that extreme hasn't quite made it to the west coast

Keep your chin up and the weld hot...

Looks good

You guys have no idea how lucky you are out there on the left side. This kind of rust is so common here, that if you do find something nice, it's as good as hitting the lottery.

**jaros44sr** · 04-07-2008, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 68Mike

Good thing rust of that extreme hasn't quite made it to the west coast

Keep your chin up and the weld hot...

Looks good

Seems like you guys have enough issues with 'mother nature' to deal with, wouldn't want to add to your troubles

I could ship some out if you want

Thanks...J.

**Yukon Jack** · 09-12-2006, 10:38 AM

Dang, good luck getting that all back together.

**raggedjim** · 09-12-2006, 11:00 AM

I see "show trucks" that look great from the top side but have rusted out cab supports, floors, etc.

It takes effort to make it right, most people won't put that much effort into it.

Don't give up, do it as right as you can (It's hard to know when to stop...), and you'll have a better blazer than most.

Good luck, Rg

vtblazer · 09-12-2006, 11:10 AM

Always the biggest battles, rust and P/O's.

Good luck keep us posted on your progress.

Good pics BTW.

LUV2XCLR8 · 09-12-2006, 03:21 PM

Hey James, visors are on the way

FeDeX # 045740433140784

**jaros44sr** · 09-12-2006, 05:11 PM

Thanks guys, its just so dang fustrating cause I spent amonth on the drivers side. Maybe this time I am truly done shoveling crap off the workshop floor, hehe I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and there is no rust around it.
Thanks Kurt, I just got it from my wife for my birthday, still learning how to use it. Alot different than my 35mm I had 30 years ago. While I have your ear, how did you make out with cutting your top in half? Curious? I might be headed down that road!
Thanks Luv, enjoyed seeing pics of the GQ, that is really sweet. What size tires and lift? I like the way it sits!

Time to start ordering pcs. from Goodmark, I should buy stock in 4 1/2" cutoff wheels, can't imagine how many I went thru so far

jhow66 · 09-13-2006, 12:54 AM

Thumb through this to see what it takes:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jason_burkhart/my_photos

**jaros44sr** · 09-13-2006, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jhow66

Thumb through this to see what it takes:

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jason_burkhart/my_photos

Thanks for the pics. nice work, someday mine will look that good if I live long enough! Jim

**jaros44sr** · 09-14-2006, 05:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LUV2XCLR8

Hey James, visors are on the way

FeDeX # 045740433140784

Visors arrived today, thanks for the deal. It's addictive I can't stay of the parts board.

florida4x4 · 09-15-2006, 07:36 AM

Yeah, man! I've been there. Good luck with it

**jaros44sr** · 10-11-2006, 06:03 PM

OK, here's my present progress. This side was alot easier as the PO hadn't added many patch plates. Every thing was cut out with a 4 1/2" angle grinder, channel locks and a pry bar. Once you pry up on the spot welds you can see the little detents and grind the metal till it gets blue, then you are almost thru the metal and won't damage the under layer your trying to save. Taking it apart I actually saw some shiny metal, what luck. Plan to spend a good couple of hours around the body mount to cab brace, they are really spot welded in well.

Alot of my new sheet metal came in so I'll be cutting, fitting and cutting, fitting...

**jaros44sr** · 10-11-2006, 06:13 PM

I could only post up 10 pics, so maybe I can do it this way and re-reply. Hope the picture cops don't catch on! I've put a white dot where the spot welds are so in case yours are all rusty you can still locate them, I had 5 spot welds fail in the area of the spreader plate and that is where the most rust was!!

Any questions?? Jim

jhow66 · 09-13-2006, 11:43 AM

It took us 1 1/2 years and we still don't have the top finish. (it is my son's-orangeuavol-)

FRENCHBLUE72 · 09-13-2006, 06:32 PM

wow those boxes are long gone.

**jaros44sr** · 09-13-2006, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by FRENCHBLUE72

wow those boxes are long gone.

You sound like there should be some kinda boxes there, he he. Neither side had much to speak of, mostly just held up a bunch of mud and large flakes of rusty metal. I plan to rebuild with sliders to put back the rigidity i lost with the rocker boxes gone. I can't decide if the slider should have a urethane mount or not, since it is tied between the frame and the body??

I wasn't going to do anything, but a buddy was wheelin' with the same truck like mine and his doors became stuck shut on some of the steeper inclines. Got me thinkin...

lawricker · 09-14-2006, 06:33 AM

I know how you feel, more rust than you were prepared to deal with....kinda gives you t hat sick feeling...but I just finished all the body work on mine Can't think of much I didn't replace...lol...pillar bottoms, door bottoms inside and outside, floor pans, kick panels, rockers, inside rocker panels, front fenders, and several floor patches in the bed.....blocking it off now, waiting on the money to paint.
JUst take your time, measure twice, tack it measure again.....good luck...if you need advice these guys are great....

Chevyman63 · 09-14-2006, 06:52 AM

Boy does that look familiar!

Good luck...you can do it!!

**jaros44sr** · 09-14-2006, 05:19 PM

Sick feeling haha. It's a never ending battle, I look at the trucks where they spend lots of money on the purchase, and wonder if maybe I should have gone that route. Nah, I can say I built it when it's done. $700.00 was cheap, just don't let my wife add up the receipts

timjt · 03-30-2011, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lawricker

I know how you feel, more rust than you were prepared to deal with....kinda gives you t hat sick feeling...but I just finished all the body work on mine Can't think of much I didn't replace...lol...pillar bottoms, door bottoms inside and outside, floor pans, kick panels, rockers, inside rocker panels, front fenders, and several floor patches in the bed.....blocking it off now, waiting on the money to paint.
JUst take your time, measure twice, tack it measure again.....good luck...if you need advice these guys are great....

by the time you get all that done, it may have been worth taking a trip down to arizona for donor trucks!

sdailey · 03-30-2011, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by jaros44sr

acumulating is the first step of progress on your build thread. Wifey says it is like Christmas 365 days a year for me with FedEx stopping all the time. She doesn't even get excited when a box shows up on the doorstep, because it is always for me

One of these days I've got to just buy something for her and have it delivered just to trip her up

You've got a great build goin', keep it up AJ

My wife doesn't even bother bringing in the boxes anymore.

Wherever Fed-Ex/UPS leaves them is where I find them when I get home in the evenings.

Quote:

Originally Posted by msgross

My kids (and wife) are the same way.... I would be opening a box and they were all excited, now they ask "what's in the box" and I reply with "truck parts".... "IT'S ALWAYS TRUCK PARTS FOR DADDY!" is the average response...

My 4 year old will ask everytime now before I open a box if it's truck parts for my truck. Pretty sad huh?

09-12-2006, 07:09 AM	#1
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,706	PO has me PO'd Started to strip paint off of PS of truck, and this is what I found. This side was up against the shop wall so I haven't paid to much attention to it. I thought it was in pretty good shape since it had a new rocker panel hung on it. Why would you waste your time covering up all that rust? Oh well, deja vu. Here I go again on the PS Pictures are for ref. only, unsafe work practices, DO NOT attempt at Home or Workshop EDIT: for index Pages 1-8 rust repair Pages15-23 changing 72 front clip to a 67-68 chevy also hanging a floor pan on a chevy pick up __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim Last edited by jaros44sr; 10-14-2019 at 10:17 AM.

09-12-2006, 07:48 AM	#2
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,852	Re: PO has me PO'd Always an ugly site.Not rare to see,though. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

09-12-2006, 08:13 AM	#3
tpi72blazer Tpi72Blazer Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Colorado Posts: 92	Re: PO has me PO'd Wow, it's amazing to see the amount of rust that some of you guys start with. Luckily vehicles around Colorado don't tend to rust as bad. Good luck. __________________ Indian - the other money pit

09-12-2006, 10:38 AM	#7
Yukon Jack Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Rose Hill, KS, USA Posts: 12,684	Re: PO has me PO'd Dang, good luck getting that all back together. __________________ 1970 Blazer with a 400 sbc and 4" lift 1980 Pontiac Trans Am, 455 Oldsmobile 2012 Kawasaki Concours 14

09-12-2006, 11:00 AM	#8
raggedjim Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Murray, Kentucky Posts: 3,595	Re: PO has me PO'd I see "show trucks" that look great from the top side but have rusted out cab supports, floors, etc. It takes effort to make it right, most people won't put that much effort into it. Don't give up, do it as right as you can (It's hard to know when to stop...), and you'll have a better blazer than most. Good luck, Rg __________________ Roger '68 Short step - https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=849675 '69 ('70?) 2wd Blazer '70 GMC Jimmy 2wd '73 Firebird - https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=853203

09-12-2006, 11:10 AM	#9
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,538	Re: PO has me PO'd Always the biggest battles, rust and P/O's. Good luck keep us posted on your progress. Good pics BTW.

09-12-2006, 03:21 PM	#10
LUV2XCLR8 The LuvShack Garage Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Maple Grove, TN (West Side) Posts: 30,484	Re: PO has me PO'd Hey James, visors are on the way FeDeX # 045740433140784 __________________ Owner/Op: "TN Classic Transport Carriers" The Toy: "Square Vette" 72 Hybrid Blazer Toy Barn: "LuvShack" 40 x 60 x 20 Shop Tow Piggy:"Maddy" 88 Silverado 3500 Hauler: "Feathers" 14 Aluma 8218T

09-12-2006, 05:11 PM	#11
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,706	Re: PO has me PO'd Thanks guys, its just so dang fustrating cause I spent amonth on the drivers side. Maybe this time I am truly done shoveling crap off the workshop floor, hehe I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and there is no rust around it. Thanks Kurt, I just got it from my wife for my birthday, still learning how to use it. Alot different than my 35mm I had 30 years ago. While I have your ear, how did you make out with cutting your top in half? Curious? I might be headed down that road! Thanks Luv, enjoyed seeing pics of the GQ, that is really sweet. What size tires and lift? I like the way it sits! Time to start ordering pcs. from Goodmark, I should buy stock in 4 1/2" cutoff wheels, can't imagine how many I went thru so far __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim Last edited by jaros44sr; 09-13-2006 at 07:57 PM.

09-13-2006, 12:54 AM	#12
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Re: PO has me PO'd Thumb through this to see what it takes: http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jason_burkhart/my_photos __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer

09-15-2006, 07:36 AM	#15
florida4x4 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: tally FL Posts: 74	Re: PO has me PO'd Yeah, man! I've been there. Good luck with it __________________ 1972 GMC Jimmy - 383SBC \| TH350-NP203-NP205 \| D60PL \| 14FF Detroit \| 42 TSL's \| 4Xeyes \| Heavy FOotE "Trail in. Trash out." Florida4x4 dot Com

10-11-2006, 06:03 PM	#16
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,706	Re: PO has me PO'd OK, here's my present progress. This side was alot easier as the PO hadn't added many patch plates. Every thing was cut out with a 4 1/2" angle grinder, channel locks and a pry bar. Once you pry up on the spot welds you can see the little detents and grind the metal till it gets blue, then you are almost thru the metal and won't damage the under layer your trying to save. Taking it apart I actually saw some shiny metal, what luck. Plan to spend a good couple of hours around the body mount to cab brace, they are really spot welded in well. Alot of my new sheet metal came in so I'll be cutting, fitting and cutting, fitting... __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim

10-11-2006, 06:13 PM	#17
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,706	Re: PO has me PO'd I could only post up 10 pics, so maybe I can do it this way and re-reply. Hope the picture cops don't catch on! I've put a white dot where the spot welds are so in case yours are all rusty you can still locate them, I had 5 spot welds fail in the area of the spreader plate and that is where the most rust was!! Any questions?? Jim __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim Last edited by jaros44sr; 10-29-2006 at 05:42 PM.

09-13-2006, 11:43 AM	#18
jhow66 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Knoxville Tenn. Posts: 3,058	Re: PO has me PO'd It took us 1 1/2 years and we still don't have the top finish. (it is my son's-orangeuavol-) __________________ 56 Chevy Bel-Air 2dr. HT (purchased new) 71 Chevy Cheyenne SWB PU (502HO) 65 GMC short bed step--work in progress and my gofer

09-13-2006, 06:32 PM	#19
FRENCHBLUE72 PROJECT 7DEUCE Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: GRANTS PASS OR Posts: 21,608	Re: PO has me PO'd wow those boxes are long gone. __________________ GO BIG GREEN GO DUCKS MEMBER #6377 72 k-5 daily driver 6'' lift 35'' 350-350-205 slowly getting rust free. Project "7DEUCE" check out my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=267665 Tim Powell..R.I.P EastSideLowlife..... R.I.P..

09-14-2006, 06:33 AM	#21
lawricker Registered User Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: texas Posts: 56	Re: PO has me PO'd I know how you feel, more rust than you were prepared to deal with....kinda gives you t hat sick feeling...but I just finished all the body work on mine Can't think of much I didn't replace...lol...pillar bottoms, door bottoms inside and outside, floor pans, kick panels, rockers, inside rocker panels, front fenders, and several floor patches in the bed.....blocking it off now, waiting on the money to paint. JUst take your time, measure twice, tack it measure again.....good luck...if you need advice these guys are great.... __________________ Retired and working my tail off..



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09-14-2006, 06:52 AM	#22
Chevyman63 Can't wait to retire!! Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Corunna, MI Posts: 1,575	Re: PO has me PO'd Boy does that look familiar! Good luck...you can do it!! __________________ 2009 4x4 Chevy Crew Cab 6.0 1989 4x4 Siverado (270,000 miles) 1972 4x4 Blazer 2007 Chevy Cutaway 1 ton 1970 Corvette (sons project) RIP - CLR 10/11/09

09-14-2006, 05:19 PM	#23
jaros44sr Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Philadelphia, Pa. 19454 Posts: 9,706	Re: PO has me PO'd Sick feeling haha. It's a never ending battle, I look at the trucks where they spend lots of money on the purchase, and wonder if maybe I should have gone that route. Nah, I can say I built it when it's done. $700.00 was cheap, just don't let my wife add up the receipts __________________ Semper Fi...Uncle Sam, you da man All parts offered to help are free, unless otherwise noted Dont try this stuff in my build thread, unless you have 55 years of mechanical OTJ training SAFETY FIRST AS usual, off topic They say your mind goes second, can't remember the first Jim Last edited by jaros44sr; 09-15-2006 at 05:17 PM.

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