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06-11-2024, 10:10 AM | #176 |
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Re: My 1967 Chevy K20 Build Thread
Hopefully the windshield time saves countless hours of body work!
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06-11-2024, 10:42 AM | #177 |
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No doubt! I am so tired of sanding filler that I can't see straight.
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06-14-2024, 06:43 PM | #178 |
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My new bed is home!!
So, I was able to find a near pristine bed on FB marketplace earlier this week. He lives in Denver, and had purchased this little trailer to use on one of his builds. His plans apparently changed and he is moving so he put it up for sale. It is off of a 1968, and according to the title the trailer was assembled in October of 1981. I believe that it was stored indoors and really wasn't used that much. There are virtually no dents in the bed, no filler that I can find, and the wood floor, while old, is still sound and can be cleaned up. The rails in between the boards look perfect with no dents at all that I can see. Anyway, I couldn't pass this up, so I jumped in the truck and made a beeline from Phoenix to Denver to get it. I just got home a few hours ago. I have realized that when you spontaneously jump in your truck and drive 36 hours there and back to get a part for a truck you are working on it transcends a mere hobby and becomes a sickness. LOL Clay
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06-14-2024, 10:19 PM | #179 | |
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That camper top may have/ Did saved that wood floor. You will at least have the original pattern to go by. That is if you want to make new boards for the floor. You are close to Right on the (sickness).
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06-15-2024, 08:34 AM | #180 | |
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06-15-2024, 12:59 PM | #181 |
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Nice buy! Welcome to the sickness....
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06-15-2024, 05:40 PM | #182 |
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Thanks! :-) Yeah, my wife keeps trying to "cure" me of it, but my immune system is fighting her back...LMAO!
This bed is really nice. I just finished pulling off the camper shell and the bed sides look almost flawless. A few small dings to work out and I have to weld up the holes where the camper was mounted. It almost borders on sacrilege to weld up the marker light holes on it, but they have to go. Question for everyone.....what do you all think about dustless blasting on the bed? I learned my lesson on blasting with the hood as it destroyed it. But what about the bed sides? They do seem sturdier than the hood. I am really thinking that I will just attack it with the SCT and a DA to take the paint off but it would be nice to find a better, faster way. Clay
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06-15-2024, 06:10 PM | #183 |
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Nice find! The inside of the bed is amazing.
Yep you’ve caught c10 fever lol
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06-17-2024, 10:41 AM | #184 |
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Clay, that is a heck of a score! It should clean up real nice from looking at the pics on the computer screen. Does it need to be taken down to bare metal? Or will a quick scuff with a DA with some 80 grit do the trick before filler/primer?
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06-17-2024, 10:59 AM | #185 | |
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Honestly, I am not sure....the top layer of paint looks brushed on. I am not sure if it is house paint, or rustoleum or what. I am going to take the DA and the SCT to it to see what happens. My plan is to pressure was the bottom and wire brush it really well, and then I will raptor line the bottom like I did with the cab. The inside of the bed is another story. The wood is really good, so I am not sure what I will do there. I hate to replace it if it isn't really necessary. Clay
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06-20-2024, 08:06 AM | #186 |
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Nice score on the bed. That was well worth the drive time to save you a ton of refinishing work.
I bet the SCT will clean the outside up just fine. You could probably just scuff and shoot the inside walls.
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07-05-2024, 01:25 PM | #187 |
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Stripping the bed! Well, I opted to take the bed down to the local blasters and have them do the inside, underneath, and the front panel. I used the SCT and a DA to do the bed sides themselves. I did discover a little bit of filler on the sides. I was initially going to just take the bed down to the point where I could build on top of the old filler, but I discovered that the filler was actually applied to the 2nd layer of paint and was flaking off with my fingernail. So, I ended up going all the way down to the metal. I also discovered a bit of pitting on the bed wood strips, so I will probably just replace those. I am also going to end up going with new wood as well. My buddy down the street is doing a "Patina" K10 so I am giving him the wood as it will go nice in his project. I will likely just go with new pine in mine given the crazy cost of oak. It is $9/BF right now which is just crazy. My father in law is a wood worker, so we will be able to cut everything on our own and just use the existing wood as a template. My shoulders are killing me from all the DA work, so I am taking a few days off to rest now...LOL! Then it will be on to more body work. Hopefully, I can get some color on this thing before winter.
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07-05-2024, 01:48 PM | #188 |
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The bed sides look nice and straight. $9/BF for wood is crazy. I know it wasn't cool out the last couple of days either, nice job getting that dirty step done. The drive to get the bed looks like it's paying off.
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07-05-2024, 05:18 PM | #189 |
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Looking good.
You won't regret pulling that bed wood. Now you know there is nothing lurking under there.
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07-07-2024, 09:37 AM | #190 | |
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Thanks Scott! Yeah, I am thinking that the drive was worth it as well. The original sides were just too far gone to fix. Clay
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07-07-2024, 09:38 AM | #191 | |
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Clay P.S. Thanks again for the hood letter stencil! :-)
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07-09-2024, 12:48 PM | #192 |
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clay, the bed find was perfect!, it looks to be VERY clean & STRAIGHT!! Great job so far!
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07-09-2024, 01:24 PM | #193 |
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It is definitely better than what I started with for sure! :-)
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