New here, my 79 C10 Stepside

[68Timber]

Cool. Love to watch rust exorcisms.

[Jrgunn5150]

Its a ton of work for a relatively small area lol.

[Jrgunn5150]

Thanks! I have to add, my Tabco floor pan that I bought when I thought I was just going to patch the floor does not play nicely with my Classic Part's inner rocker, kickpanel, cab support.



Too bad because it fits the seat riser great,



The problem is this rib here, I think,

[Willowrun]

Looks like a small filler piece is in order. Seam sealer and carpet will be your friend and nobody but you will ever know.

[Jrgunn5150]

Originally Posted by Willowrun

Looks like a small filler piece is in order. Seam sealer and carpet will be your friend and nobody but you will ever know.

I was considering folding that flange down and using it like that.

I also considered just ordering another floor pan from Classic Parts that will likely fit their other stuff better, but then I saw it was "Oversized" so now I don't know what I want to do lol.

[68Timber]

Pics aren't showing up.

[Jrgunn5150]

Originally Posted by 68Timber

Pics aren't showing up.

I reorganized my photobucket and they went all goofy. I don't even remember which pics they were lol.

[Jrgunn5150]

I got this floor pan fit a little better today, I might even be able to make it work,

[Jrgunn5150]

Here's the gist,

brought it home from Little Rock,



Blanket to keep me warm with no heater and crap off my arse,



Had an Edelbrock 750 with no choke on it, and weird rubber plug's in the valve cover's that cause it to leak oil out of the gaskets,





It still looks ok from here,

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...119_113358.jpg

This exhaust managed to rot halfway off sitting in the garage all winter,



Heater core I meant to fix at start of all this,



Full of poo, of course,



Not awesome under the rubber floor,





My nephew put the door pins in for me,






The passengers side got some light blasting, wire wheeling, a few pin holes welded shut, and was good to go,








Driver's side I thought I could just patch the floor pan,



But I just couldn't let this slide,

[Jrgunn5150]

So it went in the garage for the winter



And I cut everything out,









Cab mount in, checking fit on inner rocker and lower kick panel,





The general idea of how the part's go,



Tabco Floor pan laid in,



Fit's well back here,

[Jrgunn5150]

Ok, that should bring us up to date. Today was really nice, so before work I went to look for a seat, bought a grill instead, guess it'll sit in the garage longer lol.

[68Timber]

That cross brace, under the DS floor pan, does it attach in any way to the floor pan or do they just rest against each other? I've got a similar rust spot on my 85 I'm going to try to repair myself.

[Jrgunn5150]

Originally Posted by 68Timber

That cross brace, under the DS floor pan, does it attach in any way to the floor pan or do they just rest against each other? I've got a similar rust spot on my 85 I'm going to try to repair myself.

The lateral one, from the factory, has a little square of sheetmetal on it, to attach it to the floor pan.

None of my aftermarket piece's came with one, the floor pan or the brace, so I'm going to make a piece to sit in there out of some panels I hacked up and couldn't use because I measured once and cut seventy four times.

Once you get in there, it's not hard at all. Tedious, definitely, but not hard lol.

[68Timber]

Thanks. I have a rusty spot above that brace on the passenger side I think I can fix.

[Jrgunn5150]

Well this show's what I was up against all winter,



But she's out now where I can start chipping away at it a little faster now. I wish paint weren't so expensive lol.

[Jrgunn5150]

I went for a little ride also,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcIzcFg0hmw

[68Timber]

Awesome! Couldn't help but think of Risky Business when he stalled dad's Porsche and the cool music died.

[Jrgunn5150]

Originally Posted by 68Timber

Awesome! Couldn't help but think of Risky Business when he stalled dad's Porsche and the cool music died.

Lol, excellent reference! I put a new Quickfuel carb on it last fall and didn't do anything else, so it's pig rich at idle,and the choke isn't adjusted right either. But it makes me feel better to putt around lol.

[Jrgunn5150]

So the previous owner threw in this fender when I bought the truck, I've been practicing bodywork and stuff on it,



Here it is covered in tractor enamel,



Stuff is brittle, and ran like crazy no matter what I did. I don't recommend it.

It's also easily wipes off with acetone lol,



So, the infamous Rustoleum,



Orange peeled pretty good,



That mostly leveled out though, looked ok, except, I could see every single scratch and whatnot from sanding, even though it has Rustoleum primer underneath it. The stuff just doesn't build enough.

So, I ordered some real primer, 2k urethane, from Tamco, and I'll be using real paint on it. I know people use these things and they work, but it didn't work for me...

[Jrgunn5150]

Cut the stupid/possibly wrong front bumper off today,



Tried to get the outer rocker lined up better, couldn't get it to drop down far enough. I think I might have my inner welded up too high.

[Jrgunn5150]

It was all sort's of kittywampus before lol. Tilted back, bent, I don't think the previous owner modified the bracket like in that link lol.

[Jrgunn5150]

Took me three hours of cutting, grinding, and hammering, but I got my bedsides off this weekend,





There was a CB or something in the cab roof,



And my hideous drip rails the PO painted over with Krylon



















That's all for this week folks!

[daddyjeep]

3 hours to get the bed sides off...living in the rust belt, that seems pretty fast. I know when I was taking my truck apart I would hope the bolts would break. It is so much easier than having to spin the rusty nut all the way off.

[Jrgunn5150]

Originally Posted by daddyjeep

3 hours to get the bed sides off...living in the rust belt, that seems pretty fast. I know when I was taking my truck apart I would hope the bolts would break. It is so much easier than having to spin the rusty nut all the way off.

I cut them off lol. I didn't even try. But the truck is from Arkansas, for all the good that's doing me lol.

I spent some more time trying to get my door and rocker into agreement, and finally came to the conclusion that I welded the inner too high, so I cut it all back out

[chevytrucksforme]

Originally Posted by Jrgunn5150

I cut them off lol. I didn't even try. But the truck is from Arkansas, for all the good that's doing me lol.

I spent some more time trying to get my door and rocker into agreement, and finally came to the conclusion that I welded the inner too high, so I cut it all back out

I spent this last weekend doing the same thing. Somehow between test fitting the inner and outer, I dropped the back of the inner too low then had it all welded up before I realized. Live and learn!!