My 69 lonbed

[brian69longbed]

don't get excited im still uploading, ha ha ha

[brian69longbed]

i wont have inner fenders the will use these mounts so they went bye bye
before

after

the long dirty process...

[mcbassin]

Originally Posted by VA72C10

that's all you did in three hours???
j/k....looking good man

Easy there buddy!....some of us are a little slow....I've been known to do way less than this in three hours. Yep, I know your kidding, I really am slow though. I look at builds on here and wonder if some of these guys are messing with us and doing time lapse photography? seems to me it takes more time than it did when I was 20...hmmm must be getting old.


Brian, the fender looks good!

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Easy there buddy!....some of us are a little slow....I've been known to do way less than this in three hours. Yep, I know your kidding, I really am slow though. I look at builds on here and wonder if some of these guys are messing with us and doing time lapse photography? seems to me it takes more time than it did when I was 20...hmmm must be getting old.


Brian, the fender looks good!

Fender does look good

Yeah, I figured he'd made good progress and It's more than I've done on my truck in almost a month now...

[brian69longbed]

Originally Posted by mcbassin

Easy there buddy!....some of us are a little slow....I've been known to do way less than this in three hours. Yep, I know your kidding, I really am slow though. I look at builds on here and wonder if some of these guys are messing with us and doing time lapse photography? seems to me it takes more time than it did when I was 20...hmmm must be getting old.


Brian, the fender looks good!

Thanks a lot mike!
well im in my 20s and it takes a lot of time for sure! im a bit of a perfectionist so i don't rush my work. i've probably got at least 12 hours into this fender.. no joke. and definately no time lapse... ha ha i work full time and then get on the truck when i have the energy... keep at it, thats what keeps me goin. a little at a time, eventually everything will be done, and right.
Thanks again

[mcbassin]

Your right, all that time will pay off when your cruising around in your truck! The good example here too, saving an original fender instead of using a poor reproduction.

[0331grunt]

Hey, I understand about the sllloooowww process! I work between 10-16 hours a day 5-7 days a week (depends on week!) and the only time I have to work on my junk is when I have the energy! Three small boys and a wife take most of my time when not working.. Brian, I can really appreciate the time and energy you have. I am in my early 30's and nothing seems to come easy to me anymore. I have SO much to learn, not the least of which is patience! Looks like good progress to me and like Mike said, at least you saved a good fender and didn't have to use a repro one! Keep it up!!

[brian69longbed]

Originally Posted by 0331grunt

Hey, I understand about the sllloooowww process! I work between 10-16 hours a day 5-7 days a week (depends on week!) and the only time I have to work on my junk is when I have the energy! Three small boys and a wife take most of my time when not working.. Brian, I can really appreciate the time and energy you have. I am in my early 30's and nothing seems to come easy to me anymore. I have SO much to learn, not the least of which is patience! Looks like good progress to me and like Mike said, at least you saved a good fender and didn't have to use a repro one! Keep it up!!

thanks for the kind words. i really didn't want to use the new fenders. you get fitment issues and the sheetmetal is TOO thin! i was kind of upset when my fender started to warp with the silver solder. the fenders were almost perfect. the cost of custom i guess. it'l always straighten back out, just time and patience i guess

[orange71]

I will trade you my crappy fitting brothers fenders for those! I think i put 12 hour into sheet metal that was suppose to "fit". Your doing good keep it up!

[brian69longbed]

had energy today...

6" strap 1/8" thick



wood is 2x4 70" steel is 2x2 and around 62"

straps are 14" longs and are 1/8"

[brian69longbed]

working height

goes high in case i want to ever make a monster truck C10


porterbuilt hinges showed up today... SWEET

[mcbassin]

Looks like a solid cab lift!~you got some sweet hinges too! I saw the install done by LFD. Your shop is HUGE!

[VA72C10]

Nice!

[brian69longbed]

[brian69longbed]

[brian69longbed]

FINALLY got my driver side rocker done and PRIMERED!

thought this would motivate me more... IT DID!

[VA72C10]

Nice work. Looks good. So, when are you shaving the drip rail

[brian69longbed]

im leaning towards keeping my drip rail, too many horror stories.. ha ha. who knows, everyday i work on it i seem to customize something a little bit more... ONLY TIME WILL TELL!!!!

[orange71]

The progress isnt adding up to an 8 hour day! Wheres the rest of the progress? haha just giving you a hard time

[mcbassin]

Nice progress! your cab is looking good!

[threeonthetree]

nice job with the fenders.
good progress. keep at her!

[0331grunt]

Looks good..

[brian69longbed]

ok so haven't posted pictures from sundays work so here you go!

pass side kick panel

cut out bad

yes i used a crapsman screwdriver. its an old one don't worry

crappy spot weld

however, cleaned up ok

[brian69longbed]

worst of rust on pass side rocker

patch in

fully welded

more on kick panel patch

fully welded

lost interest in my cab after this, moved on to something else. scroll down to find out!

[brian69longbed]

at the start

sand blasted!

epoxy primer!

now time for lightweight filler 1/16" max of filler. body shops are 1/8 i believe. i got the fender as close as i could. hate to do it but don't realy have a choice

one of the best tools i've made. this thing is AWESOME!