Columbus..the 1957 IH 4x4..

[mongocanfly]

Since the bolts that hold the fenders on will be visible, I picked up some countersunk washers and SS bolts
I also reused the funky washers that IH used..those go under the fenderwells

[mongocanfly]

And the finished product...
I wasnt sure if I was gonna like the black rubber bead showing between the bed and fender, but the more I looked at it, its kinda growing on me...much better than the metal on metal that IH did.....now to do the other side

[72 tigger]

Black rubber looks good- nice plan

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Kirk...its growing on me now

[Ol Blue K20]

Your work schedule sucks, it will make you old and uncle Sam will take most of it! The welling looks great though!

[mongocanfly]

Thanks Dale..!!
Couldnt stand it so I went ahead and hung the pass side fender

[regan wilson]

Awesomeness!

[jjzepplin]

Your mediocrity = my totally awesome! My truck will look like scrap next to this one!

[richard2717]

Greg,
Do I recall you saying you also have a Travel All? Do you need or want this? It was in some stuff I bought today. PM your address if you do and I will send it out.

Richard

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[mongocanfly]

thanks Regan, Zepp, and Richard..

Richard that is a awesome find..!!.. i do indeed have a Travelall as a upcoming project

[Ol Blue K20]

That's cool Richard! I would think that is a very rare item. Especially in that condition....

[67C10Step]

Super and looking great! I like the black belting showing against the red. Makes it look that much more 'finished' if you know what I mean.

[8man]

What he said!

Looking great.

[Ol Blue K20]

X3!

[mongocanfly]

Thanks fellers..!!!.. I'm feeling good about the welting..
So after a crazy 20+ days in a row of 12hr shifts , I got a day off..
Had to get caught up on a bunch of stuff I'd been putting off..
So got a few minutes of truck time..even if it is 1am..!!!
Theres been one thing bugging me ever since I put the engine in.. axle to oil pan clearance ..
When the engine hit the floor way back when, I had to get another oilpan..
I did a bunch of research and settled on a Corvette oil pan..it looked like it would work..and it did.. but it wasnt giving me enough "comfortable " clearance..the internal baffle system of the vette pan wasnt gonna let me do any notching.... so after more research, I bought a Holley LS pan (302-1) for a chevelle..
It looked like it was gonna work...well it didnt exactly.. so after more pondering, I decided to just notch it and be done with it..
Sure hurts to cut up a new oilpan.. but cut i did..
Made a new corner out of some 1/4" aluminum..suprisingly the Holley pan is also 1/4" thick..
Now to get my hotrod buddy to do a little tig for me and I think this will be good..

[regan wilson]

That looks good to me Greg. I can't buy anything without grinding or cutting on it. Glad you got a little time in.

[Ol Blue K20]

Pan looks good.

[mongocanfly]

Well, I'm up to near 50 days of nonstop work, so truck work hasn't happened..
But I finally did the the notch welded in the oil pan..may dress it up a bit before I install it
rumor is maybe at the end of this month things may slow down a bit.. but I'm not holding out any hope

[67C10Step]

Nice!
Funny how life works. When you are working like a dog you got extra money to do things but when you got extra time to do things you got no money.

[regan wilson]

Do I need to call your Boss again? We are waiting patiently.

[mongocanfly]

Haha ...call away Regan...my Mom says the same thing..!!!!

[mongocanfly]

Well hopefully my hectic summer is coming to a end.
Were in another 2 week shutdown, but after that I'll be off most of the rest of the year..
Since this is Columbus day I thought I'd make a mini update..
Not much to show, but ever little bit helps
I swapped out the factory tierod for one of the heavy wall 1-1/4" ORD ones..
much beefier than the 1-1/8" factory unit
But by doing so i lost the tierod end mounting boss for the steering stabilizer
So I just fabbed me one up..
Painted and loosely installed

[mongocanfly]

Also got the oilpan installed..
The notch gave me over 3" of clearance at ride height..I feel better about that now

[regan wilson]

Progress is always good. Happy Columbus Day!

[mongocanfly]

Still doing small things..
This has been bothering me for some time..
When I made the cab corner ,there was about a 1/16" gap between it and the rocker..
I was gonna just live with it, but after looking at the drivers side I realized the two were spot welded together
I couldnt squeeze them together without putting alot of stress on the metal..
So I cut some slits in the corner ,and drilled some hole for spot welds.
Got it welded up..gonna brush some epoxy on it ..do a ittle filler work, then I'll spray epoxy on it..
Got the rear bumper ready to go to the blasters, so I'll try and spray it all at once.
I've found a couple of spots on the rockers and the back of the cab that got missed when I sprayed epoxy the last time that need coated again.. hopefully the cab will be ready to paint in a week or so