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Glad to see you back at it. Going to school and getting grades for working on your own truck seems like a great deal.
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Plus the awesome learning experience. Can't beat it.
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Good to see you back at it! Man I need to go work on mine..
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Yeah she's coming along, very slowly.
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...8194755135.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...AA21363C8D.jpg The scary part http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...83F3CF7EFC.jpg |
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Your shop looks like a hot rod shop. At our local tech school students are not allowed to bring their own cars to shop.
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Hah, never noticed that. We aren't much for hot rods but it just so happens we have a ton in the shop right now. The vette just showed up. The pickup, ford and the Plymouth are my teachers
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Wires wires wires! But she'll run under her own wiring now, 55-60 lbs of oil pressure with working electric fans. It was a good week!
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...6765AAE7B4.jpg Kinda messy right now but it'll get cleaned up! http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...EB3D6703DB.jpg Bent my own trans lines for the first time http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...2BA9CC68E8.jpg Robbed these along with a bunch of other stuff out of a doner 83 suburban my teacher is junking. So far have taken seats, gauges, brake pedal assembly, steering wheel and inner fenders http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...C8BDC56165.jpg Need some hangers, but got the exhaust how I'll want it, along with being hanged up and with turn down tips welded to the mufflers. Just a teaser I guess. http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...EDE85F49E9.jpg |
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http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...C2328F0B30.jpg
Exhaust is hung. Welding done by me as well. http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...ED4D8F8F62.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...ECBA5F45E3.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...CC4FC1A266.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...8A6F3E5F2E.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...4826A737DB.jpg She sounds mean! |
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Nice work, As a high school student you have a big headstart from when most of us got started with welding and fab work. I learned in a shop on the job but it took a long time to work my way up from sanding and sandblasting to doing fab and finish type work.
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Thanks! Yes I am definitely fortunate to have a school that appreciates and encourages what I'm doing, along with a family known for their cars and experience working on them. I'm having a blast yet I can't wait to finish
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Some panels I made for the floor. Turned out better than I planned
From http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...83F3CF7EFC.jpg To http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...FADD15F034.jpg Now for the rockers... Honestly not sure what I'm gonna be doing here... |
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Floor pans look good!
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I need some help. My teachers haven't done this before and I've gotten mixed opinion on what to do here. Butt weld, overlap then weld or do I set the body metal back a little and weld it in? I've got the inner where I want it, the rocker just scares me.
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...25B9117721.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...871F80004A.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...FF76C931_2.jpg Really could use some advice here |
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That is one cool looking build.. Im almost 50 and youre doing as good a job or better job than I do on these things.. with about 30 years at it Keep up the good work and tell your shop teacher that hes teaching you well
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In areas that you can get behind to hammer and dolly to keep the pieces aligned I like to butt weld but, if it is closed and you can't get behind a small overlap will be easier. The area inside the door opening at each end of the rocker can usually be butt welded without getting behind as there is enough bend in the pieces to hold the shape. Where the rocker meets the cab corner the factory overlapped those parts and had a bead of sealer over the joint if I remember correctly. Try to weld it it as close as the way the factory did and things will fit better. Trimming parts to butt weld takes patience to get a good fit. Take your time.
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No more floor
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...3DD5521C_1.jpg Any tips how to remove angle strips? http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...BD20D6CC_1.jpg |
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Great job man. Subscribed. Always wanted a stepside.
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The angle strips are spot welded to the sides. If they are not damaged with rust thru, then I would not take them off.
But, it you need to take them off for repairs, then the best way is to use a spot weld cutter on all the spot welds from the outside of the bedside (its easier to body work the few spots on the out side of the bedside then all the spots on the angle strip once you replace it). You should be able to find the spot welds with a light sanding of the paint or using a wire wheel on the area where they are attached. |
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Finally got them
http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...BF10BC20D4.jpg Test fit process for everything http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...7A6F777F_2.jpg Angle strip fit http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...BD819CFB_2.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...D1569F70_2.jpg And then a problem... Wood won't fit. I didn't buy the wood new, when I bought the spare bed the wood came with it. After a week of staining and making it pretty it won't fit, gotta figure out what to do here... http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...5F5CB587_3.jpg |
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Do you have a wood shop in your school? You might get enough room between the planks with a hand plane taking a little off each one. A sharp plane is a fun tool to use.
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Keep up the good work! I like the progress!
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Bummer news, the bed is too tweaked for me to want to use it, I'll Use the spare bed I have which is in better shape, I just really wanted to use the original bed.
Here's how the strips didn't fit, http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...4AAB130CBB.jpg http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...9DFEC0C401.jpg The angles won't set flush to the sides of the bed either. Back to square one. http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...8FF83D21AD.jpg Here's an interior though. http://i1102.photobucket.com/albums/...8ADC4FCA_1.jpg I'm kinda running low on cash so I'm piecing what I have already bought an putting it on and driving it as is. I have everything I need but won't be how I want it. Oh well, we'll get there. |
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Looks good to me...
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I probably could have made the other bed work with a hammer and some elbow grease but all in all the inside of this bed is solid, no rust showing through on the sides, angle strips are solid. Kind of embarrassed I didn't use it in the first place..
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Plenty of folks around here would love to have what you guys call junk.
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Well it's definitely available to anyone who wants it! I just had two options and I chose the better of the two. I know that other bed will work for anyone, less work for me anyway to use the better bed.
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Were those pre-bent brake lines? The long hard line to the rear looks spot on with the original. I really want to know what those round case magnaflows sound like, the part number too, post up a video if you get a chance.
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Pre bent yes.
Magnaflow round case mufflers 2 1/4 Magnaflow#642-14445 from Jegs I'll grab a video once we have a permanent fuel supply. All I can tell you to describe them is they sound mean. I absolutely love it. Not screaming loud and cracking, but a mean growl, I love them. |
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Wood fits this time around
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Bed wood turned out nice. Keep it up, the truck is turning out nice.
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Nothing too much has changed except that I've seen my truck have a "complete" side for the first time since I had first gotten the truck.
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Looking Good, Its getting there....
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Looks good!
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Hey I'm Mason, I'm brand new here. I've been reading around for a while but just got my account activated this morning and found this.I was very interested right away, because I am also 17 and do a lot in my HS auto shop class. I just have a much slower moving project. Everything you've done so far sounds amazing except I can't view any of the pics posted.
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Nevermind its just because I'm on a school laptop. I just read back through everything and saw the pics. You're doing an awesome job, it looks great. I wish I had the money to put into my truck like that.
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This is Awesome man! I just turned 18 today actually and i love seeing more people around my age getting to do this stuff. I cant wait till i have a better shop to work on my trucks! I bought a 1971 GMC Sierra Grande 2500 2wd with a 7.7L Cadillac 472 March of 2014 for $450!! It ran and drove just the tranny didnt go in reverse. I rebuilt that and its been my daily driver over the summer and so far this winter too. I live in Alaska so ive had my scary moments with moose and the snow covered roads lol. But next week im picking up a 1978 GMC Sierra Grande 2500 4x4 with a rebuilt 4-bolt main 350 with 20k miles and 4-speed for $700! Im also rebuilding an 85 goodwrench 350 4-bolt main i got for free as my caddi enigne is starting to knock. :( Cant wait to start the restore of my '71 and im looking forward to seeing yours done too! Keep it up man!!
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