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Re: LockDoc's "Low Budget", "Low Maintenance" Project Thread
I've ran 3" spacers on a few DRW trucks and never had an issue. You have to be diligent about the install and I believe that is the key. These trucks were diesels, had over 450hp, and had 315/75r16 tires. Caught curbs and every pot hole on the road. Towed trailers, pulled sleds, and drag raced. We never had a problem with the expensive spacers or the cheap ones. I was really surprised about that.
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Re: LockDoc's "Low Budget", "Low Maintenance" Project Thread
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So after a delay on this I am going to try and get back on track. My Son has had some health problems so we have had to deal with that. He is doing OK now so that is a load off my mind..... I sorted out the grille, fenders, hood, core support, and inner panels I want to use today. I was going to put a '69 complete front clip on it that I have but decided I would rather have the '67 look for this.. I have a 4 core radiator for it so I needed to modify the core support so the longer bottom radiator support brackets would fit.. The green door has a shallow crease just below the door handle, otherwise the doors are pretty decent. The inner fender panels will need a little work but not too bad., & the core support needs the normal repair. I guess I will have to quit building. I am running out of useable parts, but I have saved the better stuff back for the '70 Short Bed..... LockDoc
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Couple more pictures. I will have to add the hood picture tomorrow. LockDoc
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Good to hear your son is doing better. Also glad to see you back on this.
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Good to see you back at it, family is always first. Happy to hear your boy is doing better.
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Thanks guys. It feels good to be working on it again. LockDoc
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No sandblasting today. It rained some early this morning and is overcast but it is warm and the humidity is almost unbearable. I will try to get the core support and grille done tomorrow. Wife and I drove the '36 Ford Coupe in a parade this morning so I only have a half a day to work on the truck stuff.... Located the park light collection and picked out the best pair for the Dually. The top row are the good ones and the bottom row all have some missing studs. I also dug out the hood. I only had 2 left so picked out the best one. Removed the mirror from the passenger side door. No problem after I heated up the screws with the propane torch and used the hand held impact driver to break them loose. It was pretty crusty underneath it.... The backing plate will work OK if I blast it. LockDoc
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Those inner fenders look terrible. You better let me have them lol
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Under the battery I'm guessing. Same as mine. And wallered out mounting holes.
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Yep. I can fix them but it isn't my favorite job.... ![]() LockDoc
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Nice day today so I decided to blast, prime and paint a few small parts. I got the core support to fender brackets, core support to radiator brackets, core support to grille bracket, and a couple of other small pieces done. I also worked on the passenger door and the grille a little bit. Hopefully I will get them painted tomorrow. LockDoc
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progress looking good! i had the covid when it first came out, it was not fun. hope ya get better
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Thanks! I figure if I can get a few little things done each day I will be heading in the right direction. Thanks for the well wishes. I think I'm on the mend.... LockDoc
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I Worked on the passenger side door today. Door skin was rusted pretty bad at the bottom mirror mounting hole. Since I have decided to use a pair of DG4 style mirrors I have, I cut out the bad area and made a patch for it. Welded it in and started finishing it out. I have a little more work to do on it. I finished cutting out the bad area on the core support and bent up a piece to patch it with. Got that all welded up, primed and painted. Started raining again. I'm not complaining we need the rain.... LockDoc
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Still working on the front clip stuff & doors. Painted the inside and around the outside edges of the doors (forgot to take pictures of them) Pretty much got the fenders ready to paint. I have a little more work to do on the drivers side. Grille and core support are bolted together. I clean out all of the threads in the bolt holes with a tap before I start bolting anything together. It takes a while to do but it makes assembly a lot easier. I'm planning on bolting the front clip together in the morning if it isn't raining. LockDoc
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Good idea on running tap in threaded holes!!!
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My son came down to give me a hand on the Dually today and we got quite a bit done. The front clip is all bolted together and installed on the truck. The shallow crease is gone from the drivers door and both doors are installed and aligned. We work good together..... Tomorrow I will try to get the top of the hood and the outside of the doors and fenders painted, if the wind isn't blowing too hard. It has been in the mid 90º range all week and next week is supposed to be even hotter. Bummer on that..... I also need to get the drivers side inner panel installed so I can mount the computer bits and pieces. LockDoc
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EDIT: Added picture of orange bed.... Finished spraying the first coat of paint on everything this morning. I have a few places to touch up on the body work and then I will put another coat on everything. I haven't decided which bed to use on it. This one has some problems but they wouldn't be to bad to fix. I have a pretty nice Hugger Orange bed but it is almost too nice for the "Low Budget" - "Low Maintenance" project.... ![]() LockDoc
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looking good. anxious to see the bed fitment on the inside.
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Very nice work LockDoc. She is really coming together!
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Leon, I vote for the maroon bed!!! Save on the orange one...LOL
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I will try and get to that in a day or so Mark.
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I don't know if the hood will close or not. I was originally going to use the '69 front clip and that hood would have closed by my measurements. I never measured this one. If not I will put a cowl hood on it, or go back to the '69 front clip. LockDoc
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