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A '62 has to get back on the road
Hello, I bought this '62 C10 with 350/350,
it has power steering and power brake. Unfortunately, the sheet metal is in very poor condition and needs attention. I've been reading this great forum for a long time and I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped me with their reports. I'll start: There it is my new truck, the usual disassembly and all for sandblasting Last edited by Braunschweiger; 01-14-2022 at 11:48 AM. |
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
After sandblasting, all the holes showed up.
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
Let's move on, the corner of the roof
is the beginning. And it was made out of 4 parts. Roof, Gutterwall and Gutterfloor. I hope the technical terms are correct. The front edge of the roof also had to give way. |
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
New sheet metal must be installed inside and outside above
the windscreen and on the passenger side above the door. Recreating the inner post corner was very complicated, I don't want to do it again |
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
The outer panel fitted, unfortunately it is
almost 1/2" too short, so adjust it. A little Bondo is necessary. That looks better. |
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
Wow, your definitely putting your time in on that unit.
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I've been retired for a while.
I didn't want to just look out the window and am now rebuilding this beautiful piece of American history. Last edited by Braunschweiger; 01-14-2022 at 02:16 PM. |
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
I like the stance before you tore it down. Will you be keeping it that way?
Great job on the repairs too. That rust was extensive
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Yes, the truck gets a 63 front axle with 2.5" drop spindles
and 2" dropped springs, the torsion keys have already hit hard. Closed a hole on the right side of the post, opened the airvents to close the holes |
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Airvent closed again, that was necessary
on both sides. |
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The floor has to be completely renewed,
first build a support and cut out the rusty part, not much is left. |
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On the other Side, same Play
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The supports came out again,
the floor is okay now. |
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Following along, love the stance of your truck. I always enjoy watching sheet metal work done well.
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Thank you, I'll do my best.
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The frame above the driver's door also had to be replaced,
as did the corner of the roof, and patches were also put in on the rear window. Reinforcements for the belts have been placed |
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Grind the welds on the floor and make a deflector plate
for the DeLuxe heater. Eliminate dents on the back wall. |
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The holder closed with a patch, more belt reinforcements set,
the cabin is patched, now we continue with the doors |
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That is an awesome job you are doing.
Very brave in places. Well done.
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Thanks for the encouragement.
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Very nice work on the rust and dent repairs!
I've been working a lot of the same issues for the past two years. Hope to finally start bodywork and paint soon.
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Thanks for your words, I've been following your project build
as have many here, you've shown me the way. |
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Re: A '62 has to get back on the road
After disassembling the doors, they were sandblasted,
the door bottoms and the outer skin were already badly damaged, the truck must have had a hard life, so first a new door bottom was put in, then the outer skin was removed and the inside (The second picture shows the passenger side, which was also added) was painted with epoxy, the new outer skin got the door handle reinforcement from the old outer skin, installed and aligned the whole thing as a test. |
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The outer panel was held in position with self-tapping screws
and spot welds and reinstalled to check the gaps and then flanged the edges and reinstalled to check everything after that the long weld, step by step welded. What else did I do..... the rearview mirror mounting holes were wrong, too far forward and have been corrected. |
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Very nice work.
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