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05-12-2006, 12:49 PM | #1 |
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Re: Project Penicillin~ 68 crewcab build up!
great work ROKCRLN, i have really enjoyed reading this thread. it has reallg gottem me thinking about my project again. i'm looking forward to finishing the mods on the frame this week.
a quick question if you don't mind. i know you have a pile of tools your using to do the mods and repairs so i was wondering if you might give us a little run down of the tools your using and possibly a a pic or two of your favorites. thanks, ondrew |
05-14-2006, 02:33 PM | #2 |
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Been awhile since we had an update. Any new progress?
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I had to create a door pillar gap at the 4th door front edge and here is what I did for the upper gap. First I marked out what I wanted for a nice gap and then I had to cut down the door to create the space. I cut the leading edge of the window rail and in doing so I exposed the three layers of metal that make this area up. So what I had to do was cut the gap about 1/16" larger than I wanted and then stitch it back up. That is the easy part, the hard part is then grinding the welded edge to a perfect straite edge because you can not use body filler in this area. Once I had it with in a bout 1/16" I turned to a hand file for the fine tunning. This is alot of work but if you want it to look correct than you just have to do it. Kevin LFD Inc. |
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05-14-2006, 09:56 PM | #4 |
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Now the lower part of the door where it meets the front door had to be seamed in order to finish it off. When I built the door I ended up with a single layer of metal along the front edge. This single layer needs to be made stronger and fine tuned to create a nice gap. This was alot easier then the top edge because I did not need to worry about the over lap of metals. What I did added a wire edge to get everything how I wanted it. You start with TIG welding rod as your filler and tack it in place along the inside edge of the door to add strength and you can also adjust the wire in and out to get your gap how you want it. I started at the bottom of the door and started tacking it and bending it as I went up the door edge. Once you get it tacked then go back and start welding it all in solid by doing several passes with tack welds untill it is all linked. Then start grinding the edge down untill it is close to where it needs to be then pull out the long file and finish it up by hand to fine tune the edge. The last part I had to do was finish off the B pilar bottom between the two doors with a small cap. Now that this is done I think I am finished with the drivers side and will start the passenger side this week.
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05-15-2006, 03:22 PM | #6 |
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05-15-2006, 01:14 AM | #7 |
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Tomatocity talked about you alot. (All good) Feel bad I never made it over your way before I moved. I don't think I would have said anything though. I would have wanted to just watch.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
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05-15-2006, 03:33 PM | #8 |
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05-15-2006, 04:05 PM | #9 |
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Just too We need to have a nothern Cali mini meet when this thing is done.
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05-15-2006, 08:00 PM | #10 |
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I think I have enough truck to make a mini meet at my house, ask my neighbors, they will agree. They seem to follow me home. I can only keep so many before I had to turn them away, but I still have room at my daughter's house.
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05-15-2006, 08:05 PM | #11 |
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not to be a cridical a=hole, i know you didn't do the roof but do you have plans on staightening the skin? it looks prety flat in the rear in comparisom to the front
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Here is th ework for the night. I removed the cab corner and most of the 3rd door rocker and it was not as bad as I thought it would be. The metal is in decent shape and the lower "C" post was in fact their. When we felt inside the cab corner before it felt as if it was chopped out with an Axe. In fact what they did was cut off the Truck lower post an dthe upper Burb post and then over layed them. I will keep this part as is even know we have a new piece for it, I just do not see any reason to replace it. As you can see in the last Pic the bottom of the "B" post is mostly gone and the PO covered it all up with fiber glass so we did not see it untill this project was under way. I need to fix this area before removing the rest of the rocker then I will replace the 3rd door rocker and inner. After that is done I will brace the sh!t out of the windshield and dash area before I remove the entire windshield post due to rust. After it all back inplace I will finish up the front rocker.
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05-15-2006, 11:10 PM | #14 |
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Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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05-15-2006, 11:20 PM | #15 |
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your workmenship is incredable and it's amazing what you get done ine your spare time. it seems when i'm working nothing at all gets done at home on my truck or anything else
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As long as I am alone I get alot done. Also my head has to be into what I am doing otherwise I go no were!
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Rockrln, I know what you mean about welding up door edges. I did the same thing to all of the gaps on a 67 shelby gt 500 that the customer wanted better than new. I also hand filed all of the gaps to match all the way around the door. I also did that with all of the fiberglass and scoops on the car. Lots of fun. Nice job on this one.
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More and more miracle work with a hammer, and a welder
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05-18-2006, 09:24 PM | #21 |
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Had some time tonight to get the rear cab corner welded in and lined up with the door body line. I am not sure what was off but with the top body line alined the bottom one was about 3/8" to low. The corner was not replaced before but the truck cab could have been just a bit off from the burb door opening so I adjusted things before welding. I also brought the corner profile in line with the door since the door also did not line up that way! Next will be the rear rocker and "B" post bottom repair. I left the edge of the corner that wraps around the jamp un welded for now until the rocker is ready to weld incase I need to tweek things abit.
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The new post is welded in enough to start cutting everything else out I will have some work to do on the pass side rain gutter to get things right. Before we cut into it the gutter had some real bad waves to it and now that the front 1/3 is good it make the rest look like crap. I think I will end up just fabricating a new outer edge of the gutter so we end up with a nice strait line.
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I then test fit the new rockers, A pillar bottom and kick panel just to see how bad things would be and I was pleased with how it just fell together. At this point I have not trimmed anything yet, I just put a few clamps on to get a better view of where things are going. Tomarrow I will work on bending up the inner rockers and floor patches (3rd door fool mainly) and get that all tacked in. Then I will trim the rest of the parts and screw everything in place for a door fitment check. If that goes ok then I will melt it all in and move back up to the roof.
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Dayum son, you do good work!
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Your project completely blows me away....WOW you are amazing! Great...or more like.... Incredible work dude!!!
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