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06-15-2020, 06:18 PM | #327 |
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Woo hoo! Progress. I am out in the shop today for the first time in over a month! Working on grinding down my wire gutter filler panel. By no means a quick procedure but its good to be back at it for a bit!
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06-16-2020, 02:18 PM | #328 |
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Good deal man, I'm ready to see the firewall completed!
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I am also ready lol at least in a coat of primer would be a huge step even.
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06-16-2020, 04:43 PM | #330 |
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Man this takes time! But I'm very happy with the results.
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06-16-2020, 05:13 PM | #331 |
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what are you putting on the bare metal to keep it from rusting while you work on it? Being up north, I know your spraying something on there
I use a product called "dry coat", works for a year it says. I sprayed it on my hood almost 1.5 years ago and it's still holding. .
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That looks nice. Primer will be sweet. I hear wd40 will help keep bare metal clean from flash rust. Never tried it.
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06-16-2020, 11:36 PM | #334 |
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Wow
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06-16-2020, 11:41 PM | #335 |
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I can imagine that wd40 would work very well. Im trying to avoid spraying anything on it if I can. I dont want any contamination when it comes time for paint.
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06-17-2020, 01:21 PM | #336 |
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Well its official, I am converting to 5 lug. I found the last rally rim I needed to complete my set. They are still 15x8 so I'm not loosing any width on the tires. I also forgot to post pics of my score from that junker that gave me a square body front cross member. Other than that, I am still just grinding away.
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06-17-2020, 07:17 PM | #337 |
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........still grinding Not to sure when ill be able to hit this thing next but hopfully it won't be as long as last time. I'm off to the lake tomorrow morning. Have a good one guys.
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06-17-2020, 09:44 PM | #338 |
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Looking good. What are you using for a grinder and what grit? Metal looks real good.
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06-17-2020, 10:49 PM | #339 |
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Hey thanks man. I use a 50 grit 3" roloc for grinding. Then I've just been giving it a quick once over with my random da and 80 grit.
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06-19-2020, 04:45 PM | #340 |
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I was really wondering how much work it would be to open up that inner cowell and clean it out/paint it. Not really sure the difficulty either.
Ive also been contemplating that drip edge... Im trying to finish my truck some time before I die and am hesitant to add anything to the 'list'.... lol
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06-25-2020, 10:59 PM | #342 |
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Well that was a productive evening. I finished grinding down that last bit of weld, then I dismantled all the front sheet metal off the truck and got the passenger fender all mocked up. Fits pretty good but the cowl is a mile off. Haha now the fun begins. That last pic.......
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06-26-2020, 07:55 PM | #343 |
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I bought some primer for my firewall today. I really wish I had a vintage air unit so that I could fab up my mount before hand as that is the only thing that I can think of that might need to be welded to the inner firewall. Other than that I'm almost ready for priming it. I might have to redo the first patch I did though. I guess if I weld to the inner firewall later and it burns off the primer in a few spot it won't be that big of a deal.
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This should be interesting, there was almost 3/8" of bondo on some of this damage yet it was still clearly damaged....like they were trying to pull the "it ain't that bad" thing. Re Creating that rolled lip at the edge of the wheel well could be a challenge but I'm up for it.
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Forgot the pic
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06-29-2020, 11:33 AM | #346 |
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I think you can do this. Progress looks good!
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Woo hoo! I did something exciting today guys! I got the firewall in primer! No more worry about flash rust. Now ill be back to the fender repair. I have a plan of attack for the rest of my rust repair too. Since I have the passenger A pillar and nor the driver one, I'm going to go ahead and get the passenger fender and cab rust repair done. Then I'll have to blow this front end apart so I have room to spin the thing around and get at the driver side.
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Hey that looks good!
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nice work man! looks super clean.
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