69 GMC "Ol' Blue"

[67chevy1series]

haha

[Dieselwrencher]

Very nice work! You're doing a great job. Keep up the great work!

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by Dieselwrencher

Very nice work! You're doing a great job. Keep up the great work!

Thanks! I'm hoping to get a little more done today, but I'm pretty sore from yesterday I'm not used to manual labor

[mjensen]

Got a little done today. Takes time for those of us with short attention spans and low abilities

[Junkpyl]

Keep up the good work, your thread is getting my psyched up to start mine. I think I might be a little on the insane side though. Mine is a daily driver and I'm going to try to do the RH outer floor, rocker and cab corner in one weekend. What do you think. Can it be done? Or am I

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by Junkpyl

Keep up the good work, your thread is getting my psyched up to start mine. I think I might be a little on the insane side though. Mine is a daily driver and I'm going to try to do the RH outer floor, rocker and cab corner in one weekend. What do you think. Can it be done? Or am I

Thanks! I appreciate the compliment.

You can do it in one weekend for sure, but there is a lot of measuring...measuring....bracing....measuring....measuring some more, and then when you think you have it...measure some more

If this is the first one you have ever done, I would study the excellent threads on this forum and get an idea of what you are about to attempt so that you have a good idea of what to expect, because chances are you will need to replace more than just what you described. For an example, I figured I would just need to replace my rockers, floors and cab corners. Once I removed the rockers, then it revealed the rust (or should I say absence of metal) on the A and B pillars. This set me back on my budget and timeline, but it is was definitely something that needed to be done.

This board is an excellent resource and gives even this novice great confidence that the job will be done right.

If you have any questions, please ask and I'm sure I can find someone who knows the answer

[Junkpyl]

Thank you for the great info and pictures. I have looked under my truck and the floor supports look great although the kick panel at the floor has a small hole in it, I am hoping that I can just fabricate a small patch for that. The truck (my flatbed) spent all of it's life in Sedona Arizona as a service truck for the city so I'm not sure where all the rust came from. Unless they use salt on the roads, I never went there in the winter. Did you ever get the impression that you needed to brace the cab after removing all of the old metal or did it seem to be pretty solid still?
I know what you mean about this website, it can consume more time than you think when you get sucked in It truly is an awsome site with ton's of great people that share a common interest.

Keep up the great work on your truck.

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by Junkpyl

Thank you for the great info and pictures. I have looked under my truck and the floor supports look great although the kick panel at the floor has a small hole in it, I am hoping that I can just fabricate a small patch for that. The truck (my flatbed) spent all of it's life in Sedona Arizona as a service truck for the city so I'm not sure where all the rust came from. Unless they use salt on the roads, I never went there in the winter. Did you ever get the impression that you needed to brace the cab after removing all of the old metal or did it seem to be pretty solid still?
I know what you mean about this website, it can consume more time than you think when you get sucked in It truly is an awsome site with ton's of great people that share a common interest.

Keep up the great work on your truck.

Thanks again! I didn't get anything done because of the Daytona 500 today
I would suggest bracing the door opening at the very least. I didn't do that on the passenger side, and had a little trouble with the door opening moving around.

[mjensen]

Well, yesterday was a very mild Utah day so I got a little done. By little, I really mean it I got the B Pillar and the rear cab support welded in.

[mjensen]

So I was browsing through the local classifieds, and found some inspirational pictures. This is how I envision my truck to look when it's finished (well, except it will be Bud Light blue )

[Seventy Two]

Nice build you got going there. I'll follow this one for sure.

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by Seventy Two

Nice build you got going there. I'll follow this one for sure.

Well thanks! Hopefully I can start picking up the pace as to not bore you

BTW, The company I work for used to have an operation in Grande Prairie. Beautiful, but can get COOOOOOLLDD

[mjensen]

Well, I didn't get as much done yesterday as I wanted to. Seems to be my mo

I did get the cab supports and floor bolted in. Then it was on to fitting the rocker. I'm going to have to do a little slicing and dicing to get this thing right.

[Boyd]

mjensen - I must say you've done a wonderful job so far. I'm glad I came across your thread because my cab has similar damage and I'm about to start repairing it this week. Not gonna lie - staring at all that rust, and then looking at all the patch panels layed out on the floor - I'm very intimidated!

A couple of questions:

1.) How did you decide which order to replace everything?

2.) From your pics it looks like you just cut out all of the bad areas and then trimmed the patch pieces to fit, but my question is, with so much metal cut away, how did you line everything up?

[mjensen]

Originally Posted by Boyd

mjensen - I must say you've done a wonderful job so far. I'm glad I came across your thread because my cab has similar damage and I'm about to start repairing it this week. Not gonna lie - staring at all that rust, and then looking at all the patch panels layed out on the floor - I'm very intimidated!

A couple of questions:

1.) How did you decide which order to replace everything?

2.) From your pics it looks like you just cut out all of the bad areas and then trimmed the patch pieces to fit, but my question is, with so much metal cut away, how did you line everything up?

Thanks for the kind words! Once you get into it, it won't be as bad as you think. Patience and take your time.

As for the order of replacement, it was pretty much dictated by the pieces I needed to replace. Before making your first cut, take several measurements so that you have a reference of where the new parts need to be. The more measurements the better. Hopefully that helps, but if you have more questions, please feel free to ask.

Thanks,
Mike

[67chevy1series]

nice work!

[ctpchevy]

looks like your doin it right just thought i would give you a few more motivating pics lol this is my 71 my grandma was the original owner but keep up the good work cant wait to see it when your done

[ctpchevy]

try this again i dont think i posted any pics

[mjensen]

Well, the cab will be on hold until I find a new driver's door. So, I decided to work on my welding cart. I had it all together, but I needed to add a shelf to hold the bottle.

[west9378]

mjensen this is a great build, I like the idea of the Bud light Blue, I am thinking of a light blue and white on my build much like the pic that ctpchevy posted. I hope you all the best with this build, you haul your bikes to the next big bike weekend with this truck and everyine will be envious. I will say last that I am impressed I am doing some of the work but most of it is being done by professionals and it still is taking a long time.

[Boyd]

Any updates?
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[mjensen]

Unfortunately I haven't had any luck finding a door that is close and in decent shape. So, basically I'm stuck until I can find one.

[mjensen]

ctpchevy that truck is beautiful! That is motivation for sure!

west9378 Thank you for the encouragement and kind words! Hopefully I can find me a door soon and get moving again.

[mjensen]

Well, after weeks of perusing through the local classifieds I have located a driver's door! I'm going to call today and see if he still has it and try to pick it up. If not...search continues

[mjensen]

Well, I might actually be able to move forward with this project today. I found a driver's door and a bedside that I'm going to go check out. Here's hoping