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Old 08-06-2009, 08:42 PM   #26
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GREAT NEWS!!! The cab is back from the media blaster today! It's primed in R/M Epoxy primer. Looking good. If the winds weren't 50-60 mph right now I would take some pics. It turned out really good, and now I know how much of the floor I need to replace. I can't wait!
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Old 08-06-2009, 09:54 PM   #27
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Okay, I endured the winds so I could get some pics posted. They're not the best, but here you go.

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Old 08-07-2009, 09:03 PM   #28
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wow, your floorboards and rockers look better than mine already.

Got any closeups?
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Old 08-07-2009, 11:41 PM   #29
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I've taken some close ups. There is quite a bit of damage, but it shouldn't be too bad to repair.

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Old 08-07-2009, 11:42 PM   #30
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Old 08-14-2009, 12:50 AM   #31
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On second thought, mine look pretty good...........
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Old 09-08-2009, 12:42 PM   #32
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Mike...this awesome...wish now I had not eloped to Arkansas.
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Old 10-18-2009, 10:36 PM   #33
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Well, there's been a lot of work and little progress













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Old 10-18-2009, 10:39 PM   #34
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Here is the first trial fit...right now it's a little long, so I'm going to have to pull it back out and cut it down a little.



yes, I know it's not completely flush here...this was more for length



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Old 10-18-2009, 10:57 PM   #35
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Cool, I was wondering if you gave up on this thing!
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:12 PM   #36
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I didn't give up...the budget did
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:29 PM   #37
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I understand that! I'm gonna have to do about the same fixes as you're doing on this cab. I haven't even gotten all the pieces rounded up yet.
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:31 PM   #38
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Yeah, I figure I have another $200 in parts to buy to repair some of the issues I found once I removed the rocker panel. This does include cab corners, floor pieces, A & B pillars, and outer rocker panels.
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:50 PM   #39
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Well I dont' have to do the pillars but I'm going to have to replace the cab supports underneath. Are yours not rusted through?
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Old 10-18-2009, 11:51 PM   #40
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Ooooh yeah, they need replacing as well.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:20 PM   #41
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Your Garage Looks like the house i bought my acura integra from, you in the draper/ riverton area?

I think the truck is gonna turn out awesome!! I say its time we get a few other utah members in on a truck meet!
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:23 PM   #42
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Yeah, I'm in the South Jordan area (west of Daybreak). I think by the time I'm 50 (18 yrs) it should be ready to drive

We should definitely see if we can get a few Utah members together for a meet.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:31 PM   #43
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haha 18 years lol Looks like your rockers are coming together nice? I have the same situation with mine, little bit of rust on the floor board...and I need to change my rockers out...Any advice? I'm intimidated by them, my auto body guy has been booked so I can either wait on him...or go at it myself.

Cant decide , For the time being I'm just enjoying this nice weather!
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:34 PM   #44
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I would do a lot of research here Of coarse it's much easier to read about it then actually do the work

They aren't too bad, I'm just on hold until I can save up the money to buy the cab supports and other peices before I weld things together. The inner rockers are about 1" too long, so I need to do some shaping, but I'm not even going to attempt that until I get the parts.
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:38 PM   #45
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I would do a lot of research here Of coarse it's much easier to read about it then actually do the work

They aren't too bad, I'm just on hold until I can save up the money to buy the cab supports and other peices before I weld things together. The inner rockers are about 1" too long, so I need to do some shaping, but I'm not even going to attempt that until I get the parts.

I dont blame you on holding off. While the cab is off...and it being a once in a lifetime restore...its good to make sure its done right. There was a guy in my neighborhood selling a 71 3/4 ton it had a nice paint job on it and was clean...he was asking 4800.00. I wasn't even considering buying it just was looking. Any-who I got under it to look at the floor boards....Bondo, Chicken Wire, and the front passenger cab support was rotted out, it was sitting on a piece of 2x4" hahha I was like wow my small rust issue on my rockers is nothing!
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Old 11-06-2009, 06:40 PM   #46
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Well, when you plan on doing it I would suggest budgeting for pieces you don't think you need, like the A&B piller sections and kick panels. It was a "surprise" to me. I guess it shouldn't have been but it was
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Well, when you plan on doing it I would suggest budgeting for pieces you don't think you need, like the A&B piller sections and kick panels. It was a "surprise" to me. I guess it shouldn't have been but it was
Yeah, I have a nice carpet in my cab.... I pulled my bench seat and the carpet and its just the rockers and part of the floor board patch on the passenger side. I will do the front passenger cab support as well.

What I really want to do is find a split bench seat...out of a suburban or like a second row hummer h2 and put it in my pick up. just run a switch for the heated leather...I've thought about just stealing it out of my fathers hummer....but I think he'd be a little upset haha!
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I'm sure he wouldn't mind
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Step Fathers Hummer*** haha considering my real father is in jail and not really in my life...

Yeah... I'm so tempted....who needs a second row seat anyway right?
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http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXLGG0&P=7
they dont make it in the gmc but if you want a cool body for your maxx i'd recommend this one!
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