Jimbo's 67 Long bed step side build

[oldman3]

Pic 1 One piece window kit arrived.

Pic 2 Packaged very nice.

Pic 3 The upper piece has been put together with parts from kit, rest of parts for other side.

Pic 4 Additional parts and the angled pieces for front of door.

[oldman3]

This is the angle piece that comes with the one piece window kit. It screws into the door A pillar. We decided to add this metal piece and weld to the post, to make a cleaner look, both inside and outside. If truck was painted this could not be done without repainting.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Clamped in place.

Pic 2 All welded with rolled edges, a little filler and it will look great. Their piece is sandwicked between the inter and outer pieces we installed.

Pic 3 This is the glass, which will be installed later.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Cutting out patch for bed stake area.

Pic 2 All removed.

Pic 3 All installed.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Another repair area.

Pic 2 Before capped.

Pic 3 After capped.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Where old chain latch was, can also see the added metal in upright.

Pic 2 Hole filled, added metal ground down for better look.

Pic 3 Another view, hole left here for later work.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Part of bed painted with encapsulator paint.

Pic 2 Left side of bed

[oldman3]

Pic 1 With the bed up on it side you can see how the stake pockets are just tacked to the rail.

Pic 2 Second pocket.

Pic 3 Third pocket.

Pic 4 Were welded in solid on all three pockets.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 With the welding done, under rail was painted with encapsulator paint.

Pic 2 Another view.

[oldman3]

Tomorrow we post more pics of work on the bed, and some more mods.

[lil hoodlum]

I like the way you work!!! You don't mess around and get right to it and get the job done! You even do the job really well.

I can't wait to see more progress on this.

Good job!

Keith

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by lil hoodlum

I like the way you work!!! You don't mess around and get right to it and get the job done! You even do the job really well.

I can't wait to see more progress on this.

Good job!

Keith

Thanks for the kind words, but don't forget truck is done, and I'm just now posting the pics.

[oldman3]

On with todays post.

Jimbo (owner) removing paint from original left front fender.

[oldman3]

Pic1 One of the inner fender panels.

Pic 2 Inner fender panel scrapping tar,etc.

Pic 3 Another view, then ready for blasting

Pic 4 Inside of panel painted with encapsulator paint.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Where the upper and lower door pieces meet, this will be cleaned and welded.

Pic 2 Here it has been welded together on pass. door.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 The inside part of the two pieces, this will also be cleaned and welded.

Pic 2 Bad pic, but will also be welded at the front part of door.

Pic 3 Getting cleaned up ready to weld.

Pic 4 Not a good pic, but inside of door weled together.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 At the top of doors where the outer skin overlaps, all tacked and will be welded solid.

Pic 2 Close up view.

Pic 3 Welds ground down and a little filler added to door.

Pic 4 Another view.

Pic 5 Filler sanded and ready for primer.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 One piece glass wedge with filler.

Pic 2 New right front fender, fixing up their spot weld areas.

Pic 3 Some body work on front of new fender.

Pic 4 Left front fender blasted inside of fender, and painted with encapsulator paint.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Checking gaps around the door and body, put encapsulator paint in the pitted area.

Pic 2 Body work on the top of cab.

Pic 3 Body work on the original right rear fender.

[oldman3]

That's it for today, hope to see you tomorrow.....Jim

[flatbed51]

Jim you must have bought a drum of encapsulator paint.

[oldman3]

Originally Posted by flatbed51

Jim you must have bought a drum of encapsulator paint.

Not a drum, but a couple gallons. I like using the stuff, easier that POR, and does a good job. You'll see a lot more of it before I'm done

[oldman3]

Had a wild night here in Missouri, but my neck of the woods was OK.
Pic 1 Back to the bed again, showing banged up inside of bed.

Pic 2 Another view, here you can see the years of banging things around and how bad the panel is. This will be addressed later in the build.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Working on pass. side panel. Welding in metal on the rear stake pocket tailgate area.

Pic 2 This part of rail was super bad, so cut it out and replace.

[oldman3]

Pic 1 Got exhaust tubing the same size and cut away part of circle to match old rail curve.

Pic 2 Add metal, tack together and check fit.

Pic 3 Another view, here you can see the exhaust tube, and the 1/8" metal welded to the tailgate area.