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Re: Rods 57
Thanks for comments its been a long time since I started, hope I get it done soon so i can drive it.
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Re: Rods 57
Always a great feeling when you can drive your project. I hated taking mine off the road. A lil here a lil there and it'll get done
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Re: Rods 57
So here is where I am at, some stuff primed, some stuff not. also found some donor fenders, thanks to Jay in Kuna, and they are great, the picture makes it look like there is a big dent at the front part but its just the way the sander left a mark. one has a small dent at the headlight area the other is on the wall on top and is all but perfect.
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Re: Rods 57
Looking good, but it looks like a parts supplier exploded in your garage. Its raining body parts and thats a good thing.
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Re: Rods 57
Fenders look good! You'll have to modify the 57 grill for it to fit with'em!
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Re: Rods 57
Actually I am going to make it a 55, I have a new grill and the hood is form a 55 as well.
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Re: Rods 57
Sweet!
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Re: Rods 57
I stripped all of the paint off all of the body parts today, messy messy. Pictures are the before shots , got to quit a bit for a break as my 7 year old wanted to build a sweet, tye-dye dinosaur so got to take a good break for that...
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Re: Rods 57
finally filled the big hole in the firewall, and finished the steering wheel mount.
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got a visit from the parts fairy today, I love it when i get home from work and there is a box waiting at the door to see me...
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Re: Rods 57
Ok its been a really long time since i posted, life has been happening to me. so here is where I am at. I screwed up and gave myself to opportunity to re-do the fender that i cut from two. here is how I did it. use 1" tape and start at a certain bolt hole, I start on one side of the hole for the front and the other side for the back of the bolt hole. Made a second and third strip and then remove one from one of the fenders to give myself a clean edge on each side to cut up against. The fender closest to the front in the picture is the back half I used. You can see my massive screw up on the front....
Here they are together for the first time... and final fitter before welding |
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Re: Rods 57
That's looking good. Now get to the welding.
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Re: Rods 57
put some heat to the fender here is the process I used:
used clamps and this small streight edge to keep the two halves level started at the top inside where the inner fender bolts on played connect the dots, i still have to grind and fill pin holes but I am letting it cool between |
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Re: Rods 57
Looking good.
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Re: Rods 57
So while I was waiting for it to cool I decided to put on a few body parts to start fitting them. That got out of hand quickly and the truck is all in one piece.
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Re: Rods 57
thanks for the comment Kim, it is time consuming and hard to wait but well worth it.
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Re: Rods 57
nice work on the fender
![]() i'm amazed that you've had your truck in bare steel over a year with no rust... we have 85% humidity today that would rust anything bare i think i can hear truk rusting in the barn from here and truk is painted (and 200 ft away)
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Re: Rods 57
Nice work, it's really looking good!
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Re: Rods 57
You've done a great job buddy.
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Re: Rods 57
thanks, now it looks like a 55, now that i have the right fenders on it.
Thanks, kinda looks a bit cool all metal no paint. now i gotta do something about the height its way to tall in front, that's gotta go.... |
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Re: Rods 57
We are blessed with a very dry climate. I stripped down most of my truck in 2000 and it sat bare steel inside until 2007. When I got ready to etch prime it I just hit the whole thing with combination of 80 grit on a da and 3M Purple shredded wheat pad. Now if it is outside, we do get rain and snow so where it can get into cracks and crannys and not flash off right away it will rust.
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Finished the welds on the fender today. Looking like I am done with it
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