rocker panel replacement photos

[jonzcustomshop]

these are not my photos, but the question comes up enough that I felt they should be posted here....

[jonzcustomshop]

more shots:

[jonzcustomshop]

...and the rest

[jonzcustomshop]

here is the original link for the photos:
http://www.1abody.com/html/restorati...966ChevyPickup

***please add any photos from your own restorations if you have them... not everone has such a dry truck to start with***

[63sbssbbw]

I'll say!
If thats the worst on that truck it looks like a cake walk from here,LOL
Good pics,thanks for posting Jon
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[11echo]

VERY NICE! I believe I'll be doing the same operation here shortly on my truck, your post will inspire me!! *G*

[rahatawa]

thank you so much for threads like this. this lies ahead of me and its the simple things that baffle me. Front sheet metal removal is my next "learning experience"

[Chris65GMC]

These pictures are great, i need to do this soon already have the rocker panel. Now, who would like to add some captions to these pictures?

I guess the first picture shows him drilling out the original welds?Then he folds the outer rocker down and cuts along that seam?

Thanks!

Chris

[Alan's Classic]

Great thread Jon. I might post up some pics of mine, but It might take up several pages. Thanks for the great pics!!

[LILRED66]

Great thread Jon. Here are some more.

P.S. - The rocker didn't need to be replaced, due to rust, but the knuckle head at the media blaster's shop, T-boned the rocker with the fork truck fork, so it needed to be replaced. This is the only tin on the entire truck that had to be repaired or replaced.

[steverino66]

I grabbed this pic from the originals - what's he applying to the seam here?

[jonzcustomshop]

could be seam sealer, but most likely bondo.

[steverino66]

Originally Posted by jonzcustomshop

could be seam sealer, but most likely bondo.

Okay, just hadn't seen that 'finger' approach - thanks for the helpful post,

[Alan's Classic]

Originally Posted by steverino66

Okay, just hadn't seen that 'finger' approach - thanks for the helpful post,

Fingers work good in tight areas and so do acid brushes.

[brawley]

I have to agree that fingers work good in tight places, im not sure about the acid brushes though?

[LostMy65]

Great Thread.

Pictures speak a thousand words.

[irish1966]

I notice in one of the pics, he has picked away the bad metal from the lower forward pillar. Does this weaken the support or should you worry about it? Mine is pretty similar and I was gonna do the job but then thought I would have to add the expense of changing the lower front and rear pillars. Looks like he just cleaned em, sprayed em and welded the rocker on there and called it good.

[collins10672]

if that was my truck i would defenitely replace the a pillar too.since they are now reproduced they are even easier to replace.when i done a 66 back in 94 the a pillar's on that truck had to be hand formed from flat stock since they were not available then.

[Born Lucky]

I would recommend wearing safety glasses!

Good photos, good information(visual) and you just can"t get enough of them.
Thanks for posting them.

[kvn1011]

old thread but helpful

[patrickk1]

Thats probably why its listed in the 60-66 FAQ Index