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Old 06-30-2018, 05:55 PM   #386
ibrown50
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Re: Ian's Tennessee Honey '64 Short Box Step-side - England

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Originally Posted by Palf70Step View Post
That is a kool find. Congrats. That will work well in your truck.
Thanks Bill, if there's one benefit of my build taking a while it's that there's plenty of time for stuff to turn up



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Originally Posted by Grizz1963 View Post
Great stuff Ian.

I managed to buy an original from Clem too.

Rare they are over here.
Who ever fits their's first can "trail blaze" for the other


My new welding helmet arrived so "I'll be back" on with the rust repairs.

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So far I’ve been pretty lucky with my repair panels, most have fit reasonably well…..until now, I’m fairly sure the left hand cab corner was for a different vehicle and probably not even a truck. Everything about it was wrong.

I have this habit, I don’t throw out the old panels until I have the new ones fitting ok, that payed off for me this time as I was able to compare the original with the re-pop.

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I had to alter the angle on the rear section. This was cut, stretched and a sliver of steel welded in.

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