My build - found dads truck

[cantada]

Some additional pics and progress on the left side. You can see the new nut plate and cage in the pillar (original was long gone). I dont have a pic of it but the door stop in the a pillar was also gone so I fabbed one of them up out of a 1/8" piece of plate. Down below, you can see how little is left of the floor in the vicinity of the high beam switch.

[McMurphy]

I will never complain about my floor pans, or the rust repairs I have done....
Ever.
I swear it.

Wow, good luck and dont give up man, when it is done it will be worth it !!

[cantada]

Some additional pics of the drivers side. Got the A-pillar back together and starting to try to fit the outer floor section

[McMurphy]

Almost makes you wish you could just get the whole floor deck like you can with some classic cars....

Good work, looks better than my repairs already !!

[cantada]

Yes, that for sure! A co
Poets floor pan would be awesome and would be a lot less welding. Basically if you look from the underside, from the frame rails out is all new. I have probably added 100 lbs already. This truck has not had four complete body mounts in 35 years.
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[cantada]

Found these four pics on someone's Flickr Site. Apparently the gentleman's hobby is photographing old vehicles he finds, He has a pretty interesting collection. The four photos below are from 1/27/2010. He appears to be from Newburgh and must have seen my truck on the side of the road and took a few pictures. Based on what I see, the truck does not have that caved in look between the fender and door like it does in the first set of pics I posted in the beginning of this thread that were from the original EBay listing

Here is his Flickr site:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39758941@N06/4311851059

Its amazing to me that these pics were on the web in the beginning of 2010.

[flips72]

truck is looking great, i believe someone has some skills.

[1963c-10]

Nice progress

[66ChevyMax]

Amazing progress, way to jump right in

[k1rodeoboater]

In some ways I think you may actually have it easier than some of us with the repair panels....you get to fit the truck around them.

[cantada]

Some more progress pics, the a and b pillars are mostly together. Think the a piller is about a quarter inch too far forward and bent slightly over time. YOU will never know once it is together.

[cantada]

Made some more progress over the weekend. Cant believe how much different the drivers side looks already. Other than rockers and cab corners, I have never done this type of sheetmetal replacement before. I am a software developer by trade!

The first pic is what above the winshield looks like with the copper coated flashing and carpet threshold removed. Yes, bith of those items were used to cover up the rust (along with a heavy application of silicone ) all of which just made it way worse by trapping the moisture that was in all the insulation stuffed up there from mice over the years. That will be fun to repair!

The remaining pics are from the left side foot well - firewall repair. I tried real hard to keep all of the indentions and the factory seam. I will fully weld the seam though.

[k1rodeoboater]

WOW that inner roof rust doesn't look good...if you need a donor top I might know someone who has one in good shape. Now we at least know why your a pillars were completely shot. The outer roof skin's seam was compromised.

[cantada]

I am definitely in the market for an inner roof panel if I can find one. Very hard to find these days in the north east. I may also be looking for a piece of the skin behind the b pillar on the right side as well as a left hand door. I will post some pics of that soon, let's just says there is a lot of Fiberglas in there.
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[i90wrench]

Subscribed. Got a 60 want to start someday. Thank god not in the northeast. My SD raised one has bad enough rot!

[C@rnut001]

Your truck definitely is rough, but the history from your family makes all of the work worth it...it is great to see you rescuing the ol' girl...

[cantada]

Made some progress on the main drivers floor pan over the weekend. Here are a few pics....

[cantada]

Made some more progress, 90% of the driver side floor is now there, yeah! only missing pieces are the outer rocker and cab corner. NOW... onto the passenger side.

[cantada]

Wow, this thread is very quiet. Is there anything else I can post, picture-wise that would be beneficial to others? Let me know and Ill see what I can come up with!

[awbrown]

Who's panels did you use // and did you like the fit ??

[cantada]

Hi! Most of the sheetmetal was from lmc truck but the main floor pans came with the truck and were trico's. Fitment wasn't bad except for where the floor pan met the outer floor panel. The beads rolled into one was a quarter inch wider than the other. I tried to blend it as well as I could. I have not gotten to the outer rocker yet but test fit was ok
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[awbrown]

Seems like it is hit or miss with body panels ,I got some I didnt like the looks of , but the fit was good, then I got some that I thought looked a lot nicer and they were not stamped right and the holes for the cab support were way too high ......

[LostMy65]

Another amazing thread I seem to have overlooked.
Fantastic story!
You've made some great progress.
You sure don't mess around.

btw.. My girl also found here way home after 25 years.

[cantada]

I saw your story before... Glad to see you got your truck back. I know I won't loose this one again! Reason I jumped right into it was that it was so bad that I thought if I don't fix the floor and supports now, I may. Of be able to fix them later. Plus I'd like to be able to drive it a bit as a survivor before the summer is over
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[cantada]

Finally started to get into the passenger side, attached are some pics of the a pillar. It is pretty bad but I guess it is relative at this point... compared to the drivers side a pillar, it is not nearly as bad