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Mordachai · 12-01-2007, 05:56 PM

Yeah, but down in South Florida they are hard to come by. And to get one shipped in would cost apretty penny, much less than replacement metal and consumables.

But I did pull the cab off today, and it looks like all 4 cab supports, the rear floor, front floor corners, kick panels and rockers all need replacing! YIKES!!!
And there is a good bit of concern about the A-pillar where the drip rail is, all I know is I can cut off 4 to 6" pieces until I get to clean metal and replace it...

I guess that until I get it blasted I won't really know what I have to work with!
At least the frame is in pretty good shape!
But yeah, gonna be a good bit of work.

12-01-2007, 05:56 PM	#23
Mordachai Fat Fendered Fleetside Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: WPB, S. FL, USA, Earth Posts: 718	Re: finally my chalky 71 build in progress 56kbeware Yeah, but down in South Florida they are hard to come by. And to get one shipped in would cost apretty penny, much less than replacement metal and consumables. But I did pull the cab off today, and it looks like all 4 cab supports, the rear floor, front floor corners, kick panels and rockers all need replacing! YIKES!!! And there is a good bit of concern about the A-pillar where the drip rail is, all I know is I can cut off 4 to 6" pieces until I get to clean metal and replace it... I guess that until I get it blasted I won't really know what I have to work with! At least the frame is in pretty good shape! But yeah, gonna be a good bit of work. __________________ 71 GMC lwb 56 Big window swb 93 GMC Sonoma (dd) radiused fiberglass fender project for 67-72