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Re: Bob's Retirement Build - My '55 TF
Thanks! "Bob" has to get back to work on this truck! I've been building a deck for the last three months, and now the wife wants the house painted. Maybe August...
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Today was the first day I worked on the truck this year
![]() After screwing around trying to figure out how I could make a flat spot for the Vintage Air vent, I made these pods to mount in the corners of the dash: http://images2.snapfish.com/23232323...9%3A3345nu0mrj After some major fitting I decided where they should go, then outlined them and relieved the original dash as shown. (Square hole was dressed after the pic.) Then I welded them in, then drilled 'em with a 2-1/2" hole saw" and trial fit the vent: I may just blend them in as-is or I might add more metal to completely feather them into the dash. Opinions?
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Time for a post. Over the last 2 months (not including the 2 weeks in Alaska!) I have found some time to work on the buggy.
Mounted the power antenna: Fabricated the stainless exhaust (sorry, no final pic): Then disassembled the truck, removed undercoating... ...degreased all of the components for chassis assembly, did a preliminary blast of the frame, then notched the frame for the rear axle with schedule 80 4" pipe: The rear end housing was "dunked" at American Metal Cleaning and I fabbed the fuel and brake lines. Next I'll disassemble, do a final quick-blast of the frame, rear end housing, leafs, etc. for the last time, primer, do the body work on the frame, paint and assemble.
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Hopefully tomorrow I'll be shooting sealer and basecoat on the cab. I did the final sanding over the last two weeks, then degreased it and took it off the rotisserie today. Glad I have a lot of those white buckets around!
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I see you deleted the drip rails. Any advice before I do mine?
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If rust is the reason for the replacement, be sure to replace more metal than you need to. The inside will be more corroded than the outside. Good luck!
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No rust. Just like the look.
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I would feather at least some.
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Put me down for feathering them in too.
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X3.
They should look nice when done. Kim |
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yeah, ya gotta hope so. I think this is a good starting point.
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Bob a lot of nice work. What ac unit did you use? and how was it to install? Thanks Rich
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Thanks for the info on the ac . Rich
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Looking real nice.
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nice work on boxing the frame. you will need some way to fasten the bed cross sills to the frame. i used 2x2x1/4'' angle clips welded to the frame where the original holes in the frame were. you can see the clips right behind the rear cab supports in this picture.
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One thing I like on your pic is the use of the round stock to triangulate the cross brace to the frame. That'll sure keep it from racking. I'll be doing something like that, to the stock braces. I wish I could do more to keep the frame from twisting, but I'd probably need an aftermarket frame, and this is supposed to be a budget build (Ha.)
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![]() i did the bolt head clearance under the board to, keeps the bed wood clean. the triangulation goes to the cab mounts to keep them from sagging. i missed on lower bar because it interfered with the brake booster.
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During the last week I've been moving forward with the chassis. When temps are cool in the morning I've been smoothing the frame, and in the afternoon I've been shooting primer, color & clear:
I had thought about accenting all the bronze with black leaf springs, but the more I think about it the more I'm tending to all bronze underneath with just a splash of bling like stainless lines, aluminum rear end cover, aluminum trans pan, polished exhaust, etc. I haven't decided yet on just a galvanized gas tank or making it color too. What do you guys think?
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That looks real nice.
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Thanks, Kim. Sometimes a little encouragement keeps me going! It took most of the day to unmask, partially reassemble & store everything so I can get cranking on the frame tomorrow.
Oops, I just realized I posted the same pic twice. Here's the other one...
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looks great!!
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Thanks, Apache. I guess nobody has an opinion on accenting the bronze with black, so I guess I'll just do my thing (as soon as I find out what that is).
I did put the last of the All Metal in the deeper pockets in the frame this evening. The wife is playing cards tomorrow, so it's a garage day. I'll be working on smoothing the frame and preparing it for high-solids (2K) primer. If I'm lucky I could shoot that around 5 o'clock tomorrow.
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