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Old 05-08-2011, 11:23 PM   #338
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Re: My 50 roadster pickup build

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Originally Posted by BlueJeep View Post
I was wondering if you'd do anything with the rear cab seam, guess I just needed to wait and see....

How much work did it take to clean up the seam after being welded? I did something similar, welded it and ground it somewhat. I'm thinking of making a profile template off the doors and trying to get a similar profile on the back wall (since the doors never had a seam to begin with). I tried to make sure my welds were hot and quick so as not to build up too much material in there, and I think it worked pretty good but I'm trying to get some insight into what it'll take to make it look good....and yours looks good. Thanks!
What I did was weld a section about 5" long. Then I would grind a line to line up with the original line. Skip a 5" section, weld another 5" section and so on till I got to the other side. Then I came back and filled in the open sections. That made it easy to keep the line correct. Hope that helped. Jim
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