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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
SkinnyG
What year / model fuel tank did you order - I have a 62 suburban that looks to be a good fit Thanks
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
GM18B from Rock Auto, '92 S10 Blazer. It's somewhat tall; I have a 4" raised bed floor.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Scraping undercoating off in anticipation of hood repair:
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
I saw a video where they filled the floorboard up with dry ice. After the floorboard froze, they chipped the undercoating off in hard frozen chunks. I'm going to try that someday.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
I'm using a heat gun, it's coming up pretty easy. Gooey, but easy.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Yep i have to do this soon... not excited about it... lol
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
While I've been scraping, I've been thinking: I pity the person who has to remove 2K Raptor bed liner to repair rust in the future.
I also think a lot about life while I do this; I can't handle a "mindless" task. Usually I have personal rants with myself about child-rearing, parenting, and the public school system.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
It's therapeutic for sure.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Spent some time learning the shrinking disc by dealing will the plethora of dents on the passenger side bed fender.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Finished scraping the hood, and crafting a plan to repair the rust:
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Damn--for such solid fenders, they sure have ratty flanges
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Worked on hood patches. Blast tomorrow, epoxy prime, then fit the patches through the week.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Blasted outside in the snow, patched, and epoxy primer:
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Had one of those days in the shop where absolutely every single possible thing that could be annoying or go wrong, went so in spades. Hard to describe my enthusiasm without the use of expletives. Awful day.
Having said that... Back to the panhard, the rod ends, tube ends, and lock nuts came in: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Rod ends are teflon-lined, and I will use some replacement tierod boots to try and keep crap out.
Rod ends will likely transmit more NVH, but will have no binding compared to the poly bushings, especially with a variable ride height on air.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Hood patching:
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Using the lathe for a tube notcher is a pretty cool trick!
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Not much done today. Familial responsibilities, then made some new 4° pinion shims for my '77 C10 daily out of steel, and tacked the last hood patch in before it was dinner.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
great fit on that patch panel!
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Rust holes all patched, warping minimized and finished enough for an acceptable skim of filler. Next to do: hood dents. Don't mind the duct tape on my welding helmet - I dropped the truck bed on it a while back.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Nice work.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Fixed all the dents in the hood today. They weren't big dents, so they don't show up in pictures well. I have one "oil can" I need to get rid of tomorrow, and the hood will be ready for blasting and primer.
The fender patches are glaring at me.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Tackled the one remaining "oil can" dent.
Kicked my butt for hours. The portion of the hood that it's on, is slightly crowned. I can make it match the crown, but it oil cans. I can shrink it to stop it oil caning, but then it's flat and not crowned. I put some crown in it, and it oil cans. I shrink the oil can out and it's flat. Rinse and repeat. Not winning. After HOURS of arguing, I did some shrinking on the bottom side and I now have it mostly the right shape, and not oil caning. It definitely moves a little freer than the other side, but it will hold its shape.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
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