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Old 08-14-2004, 04:25 PM   #1
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It's Begun...

First days work. Got a great start. [EDIT 4/22/05 PRIMER]
Going to sandblast entire bed and inside of cab. No major rust, just surface. Figured I'd get it now.
53,400 original miles
Truck needs a passenger side inner and outer rocker but that's it.
We'll see how far it goes...probably a complete repaint by the time we're finished.
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Old 08-14-2004, 04:51 PM   #2
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With rust like that I'd get rid of it as fast as ya can to 65066......
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Old 08-14-2004, 05:20 PM   #3
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Old 08-14-2004, 05:57 PM   #4
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That is a clean start! I've been working for months & have a Long way to go before mine looks like that.
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Old 08-14-2004, 09:09 PM   #5
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Old 08-20-2004, 08:22 PM   #6
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Rocker is done, both inner and outer, passengers side.
Passenger's side bed side is sand blasted and primed too.
More to come...
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Old 08-20-2004, 09:12 PM   #7
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VT QUIT THAT, UR DRIVING ME NUTS, I NEED TO CATCH UP.
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Old 08-20-2004, 10:02 PM   #8
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clean truck you have. lookin good!
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Old 08-21-2004, 08:25 AM   #9
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Did you actually get the bed side off with the bed floor attached? IF you did, you are spiderman!!
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Old 08-21-2004, 08:39 AM   #10
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Did you actually get the bed side off with the bed floor attached? IF you did, you are spiderman!!
yeah, the bed is still bolted to the frame. That's next. :p
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Old 08-21-2004, 11:01 AM   #11
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Wow, good work! When your done with that one, the green one in my avatar needs some lovin
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Old 08-21-2004, 11:54 AM   #12
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Man that is one fine looking ride you got there, i would love to have a nice soild fleetside 69-70. looks like you did a great job on the rockers...nice work that's the way it's suppose to be done. did you blast the inner rocker plate and seal/prime it?
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Old 08-21-2004, 12:43 PM   #13
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Lookin' good! Thats a good way to take the bed off the truck if you don't have 4 people to lift it off, haha.
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Old 08-21-2004, 01:00 PM   #14
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Wow, good work! When your done with that one, the green one in my avatar needs some lovin
That looks like an 8ft step is it? There's a guy here in town with a GMC 2wd that looks like it's an 8ft (never seen it close up yet) he has it up for sale...what are they worth? Maybe that'll be the next project.

[sat 8/21/04] continuing saga...
Took the rear window out, and the bed floor off today also gutted the doors, now I have about two days worth of sand blasting to do... Have a slite bow on the inside panel of the tailgate to get out too.
Frame looks pretty good. Really solid, needs a good cleaning then the Eastwoods or POR or something along those lines.
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Old 08-21-2004, 01:03 PM   #15
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That looks like an 8ft step is it?
Nope, It's one of the notorious 9Foot step one tons, 1972.
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Old 08-21-2004, 02:04 PM   #16
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Dude, nice truck! Wish mine looked like that, but mine's FAR from it. I need both inner/outer rockers, left cab corner, cab floor supports, and the roof is almost patched up, but I'm not finished yet.
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Old 08-22-2004, 02:46 AM   #17
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Great work! I'll be doing the same thing over the next month or two.
The bolts that bolt the bedside to the floor are doable if they are not
rusted...but how did you get to the bolts that attached the bedside to
the bed front? Did you use a special wrench of something? I looked at
mine and I don't think I can get a wrench in between the bed and the cab.

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Old 08-22-2004, 07:54 AM   #18
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Great work! I'll be doing the same thing over the next month or two.
The bolts that bolt the bedside to the floor are doable if they are not
rusted...but how did you get to the bolts that attached the bedside to
the bed front? Did you use a special wrench of something? I looked at
mine and I don't think I can get a wrench in between the bed and the cab.

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Yep, I was able to get an open end wrench in there at an angle, enough to hold the nut and loosen the bolts from inside the bed. I think I was lucky though, they all came apart without any argument.
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Old 08-26-2004, 08:54 PM   #19
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I've been through 9 bags of sand blasting material so far.
5th pic) Took almost 6hrs to blast the bed floor, it's been metal etched and has the first coat of epoxy primer on it now.

4th pic) When I got the truck it had an aux. tank under the bed and never could figure out how they filled it...through the gas door in the drivers side quarter yep, found a sh*ty patch under a buch of bondo

3rd pic) Filling in all the holes the P/O had in the top of the bed rail's for a tool box I guess.

2nd pic) The truck as it sat by the end of the day today...remember this all started with full intent on ONLY doing the rocker.

1st pic) My truck full of "homework". Brought allot of the sheet metal back to my house to D/A it there. Trying to save a few bucks on labor.
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Old 08-26-2004, 09:15 PM   #20
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VT Looking Real Good! I hope when I tear into my Truck my Progress will be as Fast!
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Looks great VT.

What are your long term plans for her? Stock? Custom? What color?
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Old 08-26-2004, 09:19 PM   #22
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Looks great VT.

What are your long term plans for her? Stock? Custom? What color?
Keeping this one stock, right down to the hub caps. (still looking for the correct rears)

Color: Same green/white two tone just like it says on the build sheet.

The next project will be a rod. Looking for a big block short fleet.

EDIT:[Got a 402 short fleet 2wd on 9/16/04!]

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Keeping this one stock, right down to the hub caps. (still looking for the correct rears)

Color: Same green/white two tone just like it says on the build sheet.

The next project will be a rod. Looking for a big block short fleet.
-good plan.

I'm sure you've seen Dean's 3/4 4 x 4 truck in the same color combo.
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Old 08-26-2004, 09:30 PM   #25
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Hey you gonna need someone to keep your blazer company while you devot all you're attention to the truck...she might get lonely Great job. I know about how a little fixin' here and a little fixin' there can turn into a frame off resto. I plan on driving mine as soon as I got tags for it...............that didn't last. Keep us posted!
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