My 50 roadster pickup build

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Pic 1 Old tar removed, ready to blast and prime.

Pic 2 Drivers side fender, on work horse.

Pic 3 Pass fender had a bow along the edge.

Pic 4 Doesn't look bad in pic, but it was, had to cut some reliefs and weld it back.

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Pic 1 Inside of fenders in encapsulator paint.

Pic 2 Another view.

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Another poor use of bondo, this was on the pass. fender and was a least 1/2" thick.

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They had bondo starting at the top and going all the way to the bottom, at various thickness.

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Pic 1 This is one of their reasons for bondo, fender was pushed way in at the bottom.

Pic 2 I made a couple of relief cuts, straightened and welded back together.

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Pic 1 A few days later all repairs made, body work done and in primer.

Pic 2 Also primered the inside of front fenders, over the encapsulator paint.

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The inner fender panels are next.

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Here I have welded in partial exhaust tubes to form pockets. Pockets are to make it easy to get to alignment bolts for front end. Will also weld in piece to cover old hole for steering.

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Not a good pic, but you get the ideal.

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Pic 1 As before a few days later, all work done and in primer, back side

Pic 2 Front side.

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Good place to stop for today, tomorrow, some more primer and maybe a little color

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Posting early today, got plans for tonight.
Pic 1 Misc. parts in epoxy primer.

Pic 2 Console cover in epody primer.

Pic 3 More primered stuff.

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Inside of front fender. I put 3 coats of bed liner on all 4 fenders, this is to help from getting stars in the paint from rocks, etc. It works great.

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Pic 1 Grill frame in paint.

Pic 2 Most of the grill bars painted and installed, one to go.

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Don't it look pruuuuudy. Paint is by PPG, single stage urethane, called Theatrical Teal.

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Pic 1 Front fenders all painted (both sides).

Pic 2 Here is one rear fender with paint. With the bed liner it makes it look like they are fiberglass, but their all steel. You can also see part of filler tube for gas.

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The following are pics of things that got painted.
Pic 1 Outside of rear fenders
Pic 2 Inner fender panels.
Pic 3 Running boards, hood stuff.
Pic 4 Bottom grill piece
Pic 5 Misc. items.

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pic 1 Hood all painted.
Pic 2 Inside of bed.
Pic 3 Another view.

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Pic 1 About 8 days of work here. 4 coats of urethane wood sealant on top and bottom of boards, drying between coats and light sanding.

Pic 2 Bed strips all painted.

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Well, that's it for todays post. Hope to be back tomorrow, after Mother's Day doings. Happy Mother's Day to all your wifes. Jim

[Newtz67]

Looking good! Gotta love new paint

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Don't know what I did wrong but pics of bed painted completely didn't show. So here they are

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Originally Posted by Newtz67

Looking good! Gotta love new paint

Thanks, paint makes everything look good.

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Sorry so late, just got free. Back to the cab body. You can see all the rust between the upper and lower parts of cab. To keep this from coming back, I will spot blast a spot about 5" long between the body pieces. Weld it solid, then grind a line back in to match were the two pieces were attached. This took awhile, but I still have the body line and don't have to worry about rust.

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Pic 1 Don't have a close up of repair, but you can see there is still a line. Here I have stripped the old paint, etc. Added some filler on the top piece.

Pic 2 Another view, still need to do filler work on the corner patch panels.