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Looks great Vic. Really love the attention to detail you put into everything.
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05-05-2013, 07:29 PM | #127 |
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Looks good! Keepin' it Rollin'!
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Well my love/hate relationship with reproduction panels continues. Prepped the roof perimeter this morning, tidied up a bit, then laid the new roof skin in place. It's close, but no cigar. Will have to spend a little time with the shrinker and stretcher to get a better fit, especially along the rear seam. It needs to fit really well along that area since I have no good way to clamp it down. More to come...
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Thats not the worst fitting panel I've ever seen but it is certainly dissapointing that the rear seam doesn't fit better.
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A couple of pie slices and some hammer and dolly work and voila! C-clamps and vise grips will take care of the rest...
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Man that made a huge difference on fitment, top notch work as always Vic.
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How do you get access to weld that back up? Can you access that from inside the cab? I just picked up a 67 rustbucket with a hole in the roof rear corner at the seam. Gotta figure out a fix.
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With the outer roof skin modified and fitting pretty good, I started work on the inner roof header panel. It was rusted through in a number of places so it had to be replaced. I started by drilling the spotwelds along the windshield pinchweld and the front two on each side where the weatherstrip attaches. I held the repro panel up in the approximate location and marked the outer edges. I then moved in from the marks and cut out the remaining sheetmetal. A combination of cutting wheels and snips did the job. Once the old piece was out, I ground the exposed spotweld dots down and test fit the new panel. It comes a bit wide ...or at least mine did, so I marked it along the edge where it was contacting the A-pillar and trimmed it with snips. It took a number of test fits to sneak up on it and get it to drop in place.
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At this point I was able to mark the cut lines for the edges of the panel. I did the final trimming and set the panel in place. I could see that the offset where it attaches to the weatherstrip flange was not correct on the driver side, so I used a flanging tool to relocate it to the proper place. I made the final cuts to the existing inner roof panel and clamped the repro panel in place. I had to trim a few more places to get a decent fit, but it looks like it will work. Luckily, as if right on cue, Brian G. showed up and helped hold the roof panel so I could drill a locating hole for a Cleco fastener. I left the old windshield in to make sure the opening stayed true. However, now that the fitment is done, I can remove it so the blaster can get at all the rusty scale. Once it is back from cleanup, I'll spotweld the inner panel to the old inner roof panel and the sides. Then I'll glue the outer roof skin in place. Lastly, I'll spotweld the front of the inner repro panel to the windshield pinchweld. That should help make sure the drip rail / windshield recess doesn't move. Floor is next...
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I have a small window 67 cab that I will have to do almost the same thing to. But the inside of the cab is in perfect shape. I am going to fix this cab up in my spair time. And if Brian is there tell him to quit laughing. About my motor back and forth and back and forth. Anyway I am watching your build. It looks like you have had experence in doing this kind of stuff. I also have to remove the drip rail on the pass side of the cab. The whole drip rail is gone and the same side roof. Never done that before. Any hints.
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That's a different Brian at his house at the moment.
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It looks like you are making good progress Vic.
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Different Brian, but regardless, neither one is here so you're safe.
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Whoof, that's crusty! (Hence, the name!) You're doin' the Lord's work on that 'un, Vic. Can't wait to see, it's gonna be nice when you're done.
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And speaking of crusty ...here's the view from down under!
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Daaaaang, that's a mess! One sees where the full floor would be a huge advantage. Yeller's was similar, not quite as bad up into the floors. What's the cowl look like? Especially the spot above the fan hole and the lap seam above the glovebox? How you intending to finish out after all this work? Still flat black? I'm surprised you're not shaving the cab back to roof seam. Hell, what's a little more work, right? (LOL)
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I only wish I had the metal working skills that Vic has.
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