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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
You may want to consider welding the upper seams also and use some short hair glass filler to smooth it all out and not have to worry about seam sealer around the windshield .
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
Hey Grumpy, I am there with you on eliminating those seams (see pic below). I had previously welded that area up above the windshield in an effort to remove any potential entry points for water and rust formation. I plan on spraying all of that, as well as the interior with epoxy primer as further protection.
Once I finish the interior welding, I will epoxy prime it and spray the Lizard Skin. |
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
Very cool truck. I love seeing that you have young help. Good for future love of hot rodding. I built a very similar dolly for my cab as well. Good luck, Two Stall
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
Amazing job and nice methodical work.
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I wanted to show the progression of the rusted out under dash repair I did...
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Now I am prepping to paint the cab interior with epoxy primer, then on to the Lizard Skin.
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So I took advantage of thr beautiful weather and sprayed on the epoxy primer this afternoon.
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
Looks good! Great job
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I built the dolly based upon the one Paulkc10 built in his YouTube videos. Paulkc10 and Gibson63 were great resources for understanding how to properly repair the cab.
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So another item is ticked-off of the list...seam sealer is on.
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I am going to try to get the Lizard Skin sound barrier down Monday, at least the first coat..
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Another beautiful day means another opportunity for working on the truck. The weather was great...no wind, not hot, not humid. Perfect day to apply the Lizard Skin. Being water-based, the low humidity is helping it cure really nice.
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Is it easy to work with the Lizard Skin? I still have to decide what to run on the inside of my cab.
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I never used it before and it's easy to work with. It is water soluble so clean-up is a breeze. Last edited by 68 C10 Driver; 10-20-2021 at 08:18 PM. |
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Ok, the Lizard Skin thermal barrier is now on...glad to be done with that, it was a 4 day affair allowing a day to dry between coats.
I also coated the inside of the cowl intake with Raptor Liner...that should seal that up really well! I think I will move on to the frame next for a little change of pace. |
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That turned out nicely
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So I know that I will be painting the interior of the cab, thus painting over the Lizard Skin. My thought is that I want the smooth looking kick panels, as the doors will also be smooth because they are not coated with the Lizard Skin. As you can see in the photo there is a pretty definite texture to the kick panel shown.
So I will sand the kick panels a bit (not removing all of the texture) and spraying with high build primer, sanding. and using a glazing putty to smooth it out. |
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
So I sanded and used filler primer and some glazing putty to smooth out the driver's side kick panel, also removed the remaining seam sealer from the rain gutters to day and applied some Rust Mort. Once that dries I will prime and sand.
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I also coated the outer part of the kick panel where the cowl drains (and part of the A pillar as well with Raptor Liner in an effort to stop any future rust from forming. I also coated the inside of that cowl area where it drains with Raptor Liner too. I sanded some of the texture down and primed that...it will get painted along with the rest of the cab.
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
Nice work, Rg
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Thanks, I appreciate it! I am just trying to build a tribute truck to my father-in-law that will survive me and give the kids something to remember me by after I am gone (their grandfather passed several years before they were born).
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Re: 1968 C10 Stepside Restoration Project
Shaun...very nice progress on the cab....what I thought was a solid cab on my '67 has turned out to be not so solid.....some slightly rusty (looking) places on the outside turned out to be some really bad (hidden) rust inside...
I'm knee deep in cab repair....have a new roof, new rear panel, front windshield header panel and nearly every other patch panel known to man.... the good news is that the panels available now days seem to be a better fiy than the ones in the past...I hope that holds true.... Keep up the good work...I'm following your build... BTW I found that little bracket for the spare tire mount....I thought I had sent it...sorry...I'll put it in the mail
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I am with you, most of my patch panels have been good quality (knocks on wood), I hope that trend continues. I am about to seam seal the drip rails, luckily I have only found minor surface rust under the old seam sealer that has been there since 1968. Not bad. Most of my rust has been in the lower 1/4 of the cab. Great news on that bracket, thanks for looking, send it when you get time. Cheers- |
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