Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 there is some bondo abuse in the doors no body line on the back of the cab :eek:a little rough around the edgesfound out why the body line was gone door top brazed on garnish moulding also brazed on every screw had to be drilled out or had to have a nut welded to it looks like a mouse and some spiders found a home here!this one has me confused... getting closer! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 some weirdo cement in the pillar?rot made the top of the pillar to fix up what was going on remade evrything at the top the bottom where there was rot and where the tank sits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 doors are rotten on top and repaired with brass first time putting a skin on up top !drivers side took a good hit .we may be looking for another door or a top soon . but the bottom will need a full skin as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 well shes a little roughthings escalated quickly why dont they make pickup truck subrails ? tudor stuff isnt even close !!luckily i had some old pickup subrails in stock . they have to be spliced in and the tudor new subrail had to be narrowed on the outer edge . nowhere close to being right out of the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 only 2 things i had to do get this crossmember to stock specs ..a little trim and weld on a new edge and bracing under the bolt holes weld through primer on both sides turns into these B pillar to subrail .16 gauge sheetmetallets build a truck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 important bracket in making these trucks solid . rivets to the rear crossmember from the b pillar and also the triangle bracket . fixed the bottom up .it was rotted out . b pillar rot need to hit in here ith the spot blaster bracketry all coming together not to bad for a bunch or repop/mismatched stock parts ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 well getting this door all apart even the ppatch panel was starting to rot out . nust have been a very old braze job / patch making a new skin . bead roller , english wheel, shrinker stretcher so i had the decision to make of putting the patch for the back of the cab in down low and fixing the whole back panel with all of its dents and dings or make a whole panel . the whole panel will save tons of hours in body work compared to what had to be done to the orig panel . Honestly it was only and extra 3 Feet of welding to replace the whole back .panel we made up simply welded in no hammer and file work welds well thats the end product after hammer and file work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 cab corners done !and the whole back is done !made a new door bottom door skin i made !hard stuff done..tig welding . some file work done . more to do tomorrow . well now we have somewhere to sit !! what a riveting day it was !!:D:Dtruck is almost done and will be heading back to New Jersey soon !!some new some old . still gonna put some poly on it to protect it and fords newest see through door . i dont like where the previous person cut the skin off but i will make due Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan at larescorp Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Excellent work yet again! Flop you never cease to amaze me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Flop, you've really developed into one excellent old school metal craftsman, you might actually build a decent paying career with your talents. Scott... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 VERY NICE WORK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landman Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 Wow! Flop, how much time are we looking at here? Including the staring and pondering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexRiv_63 Posted March 16, 2014 Share Posted March 16, 2014 Love to watch you work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 17, 2014 Author Share Posted March 17, 2014 thanks Dan !!just maybe Scott!thanks keiser!!landman probably around 100 hours tahnks textriv!!start of the door skin time to start working on fit with a place with little to no hammer access you want the best possible fit in the world . welded up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Flop, your work does stand apart from most that I've seen and do admire the skills that you've acquired and demonstrated here. It's always a bonus when you have the project and time to post some more examples of your work. Besides, posting your projects are a great bit of free advertisement. Scott... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 thanks scott!! i like to post since most people skip alot of pictures in a restoration ! this way folks can see all the steps !!how bout some color!??!into epoxy . all over bare metal . no filler under the primer .door i put the full skin on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flop Posted March 23, 2014 Author Share Posted March 23, 2014 thanks every one !! all tied up on my end minus a few screws and bolts!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotts_DG8 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Flop, who ever the customer is on this project is going to be an amazed and I imagine a pretty happy camper when he picks it up. Looks great. Scott... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Flop is back!! Great to see your work again. I wish I could start my life over and become a Flop... err, or, uh, that did't come out right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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