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Old 04-03-2020, 12:53 AM   #676
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I patched the passenger side cab corner.
I love you, man!
So glad to see someone use as little of the patch as possible.
So often you see them cut out the cab corner to fit the full patch piece.
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Old 04-04-2020, 02:03 PM   #677
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nice!
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I love you, man!
So glad to see someone use as little of the patch as possible.
So often you see them cut out the cab corner to fit the full patch piece.
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Great progress!
Thanks, man. I've tried to retain as much of the original sheet metal as possible and the cab corners are in pretty good shape.
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Old 04-20-2020, 01:13 AM   #678
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I ran out of gas and welding wire so I had to stop working on the hood until I can get more so I decided to assemble the bed since I have all the parts ready to go. A big job for one person but I managed with the help of my cherry picker
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Old 04-20-2020, 09:55 PM   #679
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So did the reproduction longbed go together reasonably well?
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Old 04-21-2020, 12:17 PM   #680
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So did the reproduction longbed go together reasonably well?
The bedsides are a great fit All of the bolts aligned perfectly and everything squared up with no problems. I'm very happy with the results.
Thanks for looking in.
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Old 04-21-2020, 07:09 PM   #681
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fender pictures
The portion of the flare is what scares me.
I worry the curve won't blend. How did yours turn out?
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Old 04-21-2020, 09:37 PM   #682
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I had a lot of trouble with that part. Getting the curved lip to match took me a while. Actually that is the first version of this fender. I kept running into pitted sheet metal up the rear brace. I found a patch that was 17" long and matched up perfect. I think I got the patch from Brother's.
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Old 04-26-2020, 11:49 AM   #683
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I got the bed mounted on the frame. All the cross sills to frame bolts all lined up with no problems. I'd like to get the bed wood and strips soon so I can get them fitted and marked for the bedside and front panel holes. I also got the tailgate trunnions I ordered. Very nice parts. I've also been working on the front of the hood. I'm almost ready for some primer.
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Coming together.
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Coming together.
Thanks, I've got most of the parts ready to install. I'm making sure it all fits together, then finish body work and hopefully get her painted, The hood is a big project and I still have the inside door bottoms. I am planning on a white roof so that will be the first priority to get painted so I can get the front and rear glass installed.
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Now that I have the bed out of the way, I'm going back to the hood project. First is finishing the front of the hood and the brace. I media blasted the front area under the brace, the new brace, and the side patches. Everything welded up and a little filler to clean things up and it's on to the rear brace.
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The rear brace was very intimidated for me and I almost decided to just replace the ends of the brace where the rust through was but I knew there was rust lurking under the brace so off it went. It wasn't as tough of a job as I thought it going to be and there was some rust that I media blasted then coated with rust reformer and rust encapsulater. Same procedure for the new donor brace. I welded in the patches where the brace mounts to the hood. Today I'm going to give the rear of the hood and the under side of the brace a couple of coats of extreme chassis black from Eastwood. Then installation of the brace to the hood. I have test fitted it and everything lines up very nicely.
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more pics of the rear brace replacement.
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Old 05-23-2020, 03:14 PM   #689
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Nice work! I am doing the exact same thing on my hood right now too
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Nice work! I am doing the exact same thing on my hood right now too
I checked your thread and you have a very similar job with your hood. Great work.

here are some more of the rear brace replacement.
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Looks great, nice work!
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Old 05-29-2020, 04:29 PM   #692
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Looks great, nice work!
Thanks you sir. I see your from the NW. Oregon or Washington? I'm formerly from Portland. I moved to Tucson 3 years ago but still have many friends and family up there.

! got all of the welding done on the hood and started smoothing things up this morning. Our Tucson heat wave ran me out of the garage at noon temp of 102.
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damn Pdxhall, very nice work!! you are a craftsman. I to learn from your body work pics here, i am way off of your work, but trying. damn nice job.
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Thanks you sir. I see your from the NW. Oregon or Washington? I'm formerly from Portland. I moved to Tucson 3 years ago but still have many friends and family up there.

! got all of the welding done on the hood and started smoothing things up this morning. Our Tucson heat wave ran me out of the garage at noon temp of 102.
We're currently stationed in East Washington but we've also lived in Portland for a few years. Beautiful place up here, no doubt; but I'm not opposed to exploring some more. Before Washington we lived in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains were our backyard, that was killer! How do you like the desert?

Sorry to get off subject, the work on the hood looks good though, I got some areas on our truck I need to get around to myself....
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damn Pdxhall, very nice work!! you are a craftsman. I to learn from your body work pics here, i am way off of your work, but trying. damn nice job.
That's a great compliment considering I've been in awe of your frame and suspension work since day one. Thanks so much.

I've got the hood brace and front nose replacement done for now, the underside needs to be painted and a lot more sanding, priming, repeat, repeat....on the front side. It's just too hot to paint right now with our heat wave we've having right now. The hood hinges/springs and latches are ready and waiting.
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Since it is too hot to paint right now, I've been working on some other projects to get to the point that I can drive this thing. I pulled out the cab lights that have been in storage waiting for their day since I restored them. I made some new gaskets for the bottoms and set them on the roof of Sanity to see if I still liked them. I do. Any opinions or comments are welcome. I've also been working on my trans temp gauge and getting it mounted. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
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Nice work! Love the lights. Reminded me that my dad had them on one of his trucks back in the day.
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Nice work! Love the lights. Reminded me that my dad had them on one of his trucks back in the day.
Thanks for looking. I liked them because they are painted not chrome and I think their shape is cool. The center light is slightly different than the outer 2 and apparently came that way as the set as the original pic shows.
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Nice job on the hood. They can be tough to get just right. I couldn't tell but it looked like you filled the seams on the front. If so, how did you do it?

Big fan of the cab lights. And the bed looks great too...
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Nice job on the hood. They can be tough to get just right. I couldn't tell but it looked like you filled the seams on the front. If so, how did you do it?

Big fan of the cab lights. And the bed looks great too...
Thanks man, I did fill the seams. Mig welded everything up, ground it down, and smoothed things up with a skim coat of filler. I've still got some work to do on the front side.
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