Project Funeral - 47'

[sgtusmc]

how bout olive drab?

[Funeral]

I even have an old can, I love the color, I painted my 77 CJ7 Olive drab, It looked great. But for this truck? idk, hard for me to see it on it, and this will be a daily driver.

[watahyahknow]

still a matt colour but a 50's one like seafoam green or babybleu or sumtin
i did understood that matt is difficult to do you can do basecoat and dont do a topcoat but that will fade the paint eventually and doesnt seal completely against the weather
use a top coat with flattener is allso hard to keep from getting patches in the paint ........ read the story on the hot rod magazine F bomb

[Funeral]

I think I'm in love with this color... what do ya think.

[mylow53]

one thing about flat black most people will wonder when you will eventually paint it. also when you do primer use a lighter color. when i was mocking up i couldn't see what is was doing half the time due to my dark primer. as far as final color remember your will be the one dropping 10 to 15 k so you better be happy with the color. I have a bold personality so i like bold colors...
GT

[Funeral]

Ok got some parts in today and wanted to show my frame.












Ok so I figured out the round deals, headlight seals, but what are these next to it?



And they sent this tool... what is it?




Painted frame. Remember this is a daily driver so my goal here was just remove surface rust and put like 5 coats of rustoleum.

[pgf545]

I love getting the new parts in...like Christmas for us old guys...lol. Playing with our trucks. I have no idea what the seals are that you have or the tool but if you figure it out let us know cause I am sure that I will run into it sooner or later. The frame looks great and should serve the purpose well. The one that I am helping my dad with is going to be a driver but it has gotten a little out of control and will probably only be driven on nice days. But we are building what he wants and what he will enjoy.

Bernie

[jeffs51chevy]

Those "seals" are the anti-squeak pads that go between the runningboard and the rear fenders. As for the tool, I have no idea what it's for.

[Funeral]

Originally Posted by jeffs51chevy

Those "seals" are the anti-squeak pads that go between the runningboard and the rear fenders. As for the tool, I have no idea what it's for.

awesome! you rock. I def need to figure this tool oit, could it be for the window rubber kit? I'll prob just call them, on the invoice it just says R-Tool

[watahyahknow]

cant it be a tool to instal weatherseal or sumtin , maibe the manuel will shed some light onto it

[solidaxel]

The tool is for replacing the locking strip in the small side windows on a 5 window. the tirangular end fits into the grove in the gasket and is followed by the rubber locking bead, stay a bit ahead with the tool and force the bead into the grove that is spread by the tool.

Right the other gaskets are as mentioned above, fender to running board rear.

[Funeral]

Originally Posted by solidaxel

The tool is for replacing the locking strip in the small side windows on a 5 window. the tirangular end fits into the grove in the gasket and is followed by the rubber locking bead, stay a bit ahead with the tool and force the bead into the grove that is spread by the tool.

Right the other gaskets are as mentioned above, fender to running board rear.

Oh I see so this will work for the back window, its made the same way.


Few things we have done.... #1 thing I learned quickly was that I DID NOT have a 216 like I was told, it is however a 235 '53-'55 also had a bent rod, and the WRONG gasket set..... so I have to send it back, if they will take it back....

We tore everything down on the motor cant find any rhyme or reason mechanically for the bent rod, the valves look amazing, hardened seats, etc... so we guessed maybe a back fire bent the rod, or just crappy rod, only one was really bent, and not that bad either. I'll put some pics up for it, I really do hope they will take this gasket set back.... 74 bones into it and zero use for it.

[50adrod]

could possibly have had water in the cylinder or excess fuel if it sat up for while, then bent the rod when trying to compress the liguid when starting. by the way your parts went out friday on UPS

[Funeral]

Originally Posted by 50adrod

could possibly have had water in the cylinder or excess fuel if it sat up for while, then bent the rod when trying to compress the liguid when stsrting. by the way your parts went out friday on UPS

That may be the most realistic cause. And awesome on the parts did you get the paypal?

[watahyahknow]

hmmm it might be wize to make it a custom to take the sparkplugs out of a unknown engine that has been sitting for a while and crank the engine to get every trace of water/fuel/oil out of the cylinder and at the same time build the oilpressure up before replacing the plugs ..... i know i will now

[50adrod]

Originally Posted by Funeral

That may be the most realistic cause. And awesome on the parts did you get the paypal?

yes I did, glad to help. when you start replacing panels try to leave as much of the original that is still good. that is the reason I had those panels. the originals were not as bad a I thought and it was easier to repair than replace.

[Funeral]

Originally Posted by 50adrod

yes I did, glad to help. when you start replacing panels try to leave as much of the original that is still good. that is the reason I had those panels. the originals were not as bad a I thought and it was easier to repair than replace.

Yah I'm pretty clueless when it comes to patches... Would this apply to the floor boards as well? because my plan so far was to fully remove what I was replacing.. I really am growing to appreciate the work you guys put into your trucks for show, I am lucky enough? I don't know if thats the right words, to keep this a daily driver, so for example my bed has some dents and dings on it but its nothing I wont do to it over the next 10 years, I just need this thing to be sturdy durable and reliable, so anyway with the floor boards I have seen people remove everything and I have seen people just cut out the bad and lay the patch over primed metal, my main concern is leaving a sand trap under there that will retain moisture and cause more rust.... Anyway hope you can help me with some ideas, I have looked at a lot of threads etc, but I am afraid some of the methods may be over my head.

[54 jimmy]

you sound like me when i started mine. just remember what 50adrod leave as much of the good factory metal as you can. if you need to replace the whole front floor/toe pan be sure to weld in some temp supports to keep everything true, if you don't you'll have a real mess on your hands then. just take it one spot at atime. i did that with mine but still have a few mor patches to do yet. i am waiting to do those really bad spots untill i blast the cab in feb or march. good luck it looking good.

[1sik52]

Funeral, let me know if you need me to come over and help you with anything. I live in Gulfport and I could swing by and give you some pointers if needed.

[Funeral]

Pointers indeed, We built a stand for the cab tonight and put it up on it, man if this thing is standing in the morning I will be surprised, we welded it all up but underestimated the weight of the cab, got it on there with 2 guys but... well, lol we will see.... I'm having to wait for a head gasket and my rod kit for the 235 and I have to call tomorrow about sending back the 216 kit... you let me know if you want to drive over, I'll get my small team here to meet you. You do awesome work!

[50adrod]

did you get the parts I sent?

[1sik52]

Give me directions to your place. I will take a ride over in my truck Saturday

[nuke1]

And i thought that i got a chunk of parts at once, nice score!

[Funeral]

Originally Posted by 50adrod

did you get the parts I sent?

Yes I did, got them today, was just coming in to tell ya thanks@!!!! Means alot man, if I can ever help you, you let me know!



@sik, I'll pm you my # you can call me anytime, we can setup for sat!

[Funeral]

sik, I fail, I sent it to the wrong person, I will send it to you this time for real, right after I Make this post.


Ok so I decided to try my first patch panel.... Here it is..... Dont laugh but please do point out any problems you see, or things I could have done better, seriously my first one ever, and I only learned to weld like.... 2 months ago....

Ok so here was the problem target area. Pretty common spot....



after removing the area we found massive rust behind it where the spot welds connected to the bottom...



so we decided to make a piece to replace it.... out of some of the better metal from the patch... We cut out the crap...



Sized up the piece...



Folded it down to the best of our ability...



and stitched it in....





We used a rust inhibitor and primer on the inner piece if you are wondering...


Ok so now we had a good foundation to weld the new patch too...

I'll tell you, this thing was more of a fight than I had thought. you would think it would just come around a poof its lined up, but no such luck for us, but after a bit of fighting we had brought it around and it was going in smoothly.



We sticked it all in, did some minor grinding, and everything is ready for body fill...



we did have some minor warping on the back of the cab about a 1 inch lift, but for my first patch panel with ZERO prior experience really on the sort... I think we did a fine job, please give advice or pointers as we have the cowls to do next including inner to outers and inner kick and outer cowl... we will need it...

Thanks for looking.