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![]() Thanks, Scott. You going to be home tomorrow? I'd like to put the hood on and check the alignment.
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I have got to get to KC and see this truck... Not to mention you and your lovely bride...
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I shoulda stopped by today... blew right past, got kids to keep up with! Glad to see ya movin' forward!
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That hood looks great Vic, looks like you got it lined up pretty nice.
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Did get the doors hung and the driver side gaps look pretty close. I'll need to massage the passenger side some. To get the door gaps to fit better on that side, I had to put 1/8" spacers between both hinge plates and the front jamb. So now I have a bit too much gap in the front, but I can manage it. The cowl will also need some work on that side as well, but I believe I can kill two birds with one stone since all the crappy gappy is in the same general vicinity.
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Nice job Vic getting the doors fit up, looking forward to the " how to " on the gaps.
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Nice work Vic! All that is scaring the crap outta me though. I blew mine apart, fixed all the dings and holes and just expect it all to fall right back together
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Very nice work on all the panels Vic. Looks like you are getting close to color.
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I cant attest for the hood hinges, but for Tabco, their cab corners are the best ones I have found, and the cab corners are made in the USA. You basically have to call to place your order so I would check with them to make sure their hood hinges are made in the USA, because they do carry Taiwan made items as well. But you may already know this.
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Hey Vic... I have a good set of OEM hood hinges you can have if you want to come get them and help me take them off of my truck and help me put me billet ones on...
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Man, it's lookin' good! If you need help shiftin' and movin', don't hesitate to call. Happy to help.
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I'll do that, Chip. Should be real soon.
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Are you positive they're solid, Dan? I thought mine looked good until I put them on. If you rock the hood up and down a little bit, you can see the slop in the rivets. If they're in good shape, though, I'd be happy to help swap them out. I might turn a little green from envy looking at your billet hinges, but that shouldn't affect my wrenching skills.
Vic... I just went to the Garage and double checked... Yep they are good solid Hinges... they just need cleaned up painted and installed... I have them on the truck right now but really don't need them... so you might as well get the use out of them... I will see if I can get some help to get them off... Jan normally would help me but she just had her foot operated on and isn't getting around to well... Let me see what I can do... I hate for you to drive 200 miles if you don't have to unless you just want too... LOL
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Thx, Dan, sent you a PM to discuss.
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Not for nuthin- you might try Lenexa Bob or Teeitup, just to see.
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Hey, Chip. My main concern is investing time in parts that may only be marginally better than what I have. A hinge pair has a total of 14 rivets, each representing a potential point of failure. Almost impossible to tell how they'll work until you install them. On the other hand, there are plenty of horror stories regarding the reproduction hinges, too. I may take Dan up on his offer since he seems sure the ones he has are good.
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A lot has happened since my last post, not all of it good unfortunately. We took off a few days before Christmas to make a run to Houston and see family and friends which was great. Traded some computer work and wiring repair on a GPS for some CNC work which I'll be sharing at a later date. But at the moment, I've hit a serious roadblock on CRLS.
Scott came over and helped me set the bed on the frame and it was so bad I could barely look at it. A while back, when B-I-L Rick was here, while attempting to fit the tailgate, you may recall we discovered the corner to corner measurements on top of the bed were off by about 1-3/8". The port-a-power was unable to move the dimensions very much, but it was enough to get a decent fit on the tailgate. Fast forward to the present. With the cab and the bed lined up with the frame, the gap between the back of the cab and the front panel on the bed was about 1/2" on the passenger side and 1-1/4" on the driver side. No amount of slip sliding the bed and cab around could even up the gap. Turns out the corner to corner issue was more serious than I originally thought. The main problem is with the repro bedside which had issues from the start. I had to relocate the area where the wheelhouse bolted up because the captive nuts were offset by about 5/8". At that time I failed to recognize the real problem was related to the entire inner bedside panel. Fixing the current problem would require removing a section of the inner panel and shifting it forward as much as possible. Before continuing this tale of despair, I have to add some context. Prior to learning of the problems above, Kathy and I signed up for the Hot Rod Power Tour from June 6-13. Popped for VIP passes and made reservations at all the stops. So now, I have the added pressure of a deadline. Knowing this, I decided to purchase another bedside to save some time. No luck ...all I did was lose even more time as, two bedsides later, I had nothing that would improve my situation even marginally. So I surveyed the situation and decided to fix what I had. Three days into the repair, I'm at an impasse. The bed is now perfectly square, top and floor X measurements are exact to within 1/16" and I still have a tapered gap between the bed and cab. Much less than what I started with, but ugly nonetheless. I'm thinking what I may do is load all the parts into the bed and cab and roll everything into the upstairs garage and swap places with my '57 Ford. Finish the Ford enough to do the Power Tour and pick back up on the truck next year. if I choose to go this route, I'll do a build thread on the Alternative forum and post progress reports there. Right now CRLS and I are having a major falling out.
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Re: Crusty Rusty Leaky Squeaky 67 Step
Let me guess your bedsides have been "Counterparts"...
I am sure you have done this Vic but I will throw it out anyway... are you sure your mounting points on both the frame and bed are square......
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Vic, I'd give LMC a shot. I'm sure that their bedside might be the solution to the problem...I hope. Either way I'm always here to help if you need a hand.
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Early on, I took the frame to a shop in Independence that has a good reputation. Paid them to straighten out a minor tweak and them measured it all when we got it home. Looked fine, however, there are more points I can and should check. Scott and I pulled the clip yesterday, just need to pull the cab and bed off again to gain access. At this point, Scott, the bed is about as square as they get. I'm doubtful that a different bedside would fix the problem. Right now, my suspicions are centered on either the frame or the reproduction floor I grafted into the cab. If I get the cab and clip straight, the bed is way off if I shift it to correct the gap. If I line the bed up perfectly with the frame and then shift the cab and clip to align with the bed, it's so far off the core support bolts won't go in. It's makin' me crazy!
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Cool Vic... I just wanted to run it by you... Don't bail on this you have too much time and engineering invested...
I do have to say I would love to see that 57 done... LOL
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seen this on craigslist, just thought I'd let you know... Ben http://springfield.craigslist.org/pts/4778122342.html |
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