Thanks for the tip.

These old trucks are gems!

 

A little tip I saw on tv for not warping the metal when welding it is the hit it with the air hose.

 

Your 46 1/2 ton cab looks exactly like my 42 1-1/2 ton cab. I'm thinkin that the floor is as well.

 

not bad for 65 yrs old sitting in field, I have been working on my 47 Merc since grade 10, ( 1967) sent it to Edmonton with a friend that repainted it inside and out with Endura, in 1978, he never assembled it, I brought it home 4 yrs ago and finally got it drivable last fall and registered this week, it has a 48 8BA 1 ton motor. decided to sell it.,house needs windows.

 

My build thread has broke 10,000 views!!!

 

Funny to take a look at your build. I have a 42' i built and i used a 302 with a C4 out of a 73 maverick! looks like someone copied me the engine fits soo perfectly in its home. hope the build goes great!!

 

congrats on 10000

 

Chris congrats on the 10,000 view I have enjoyed following your build!
Keep up the good work

 

Well,
I've been quietly working on the fenders. I bought a sheet of 18 gage steel and did some modifiying to the 1 1/2 ton fenders.



All in all they look really well:











Had to patch one spot:

 

Almost finished product:









It wasn't bad, I just spent probably 4 hours "stitch" welding!!!

I still have more "smoothing" out of my welds, then time for the next step!!!

 

looks good,

 

nice looking job chris. do you use a mig or tig to do that work?

 

I used my little Snap-on mig welder. I also spread my 4 hours on stitching throughout the past couple of weeks. (15 minutes here, 15 minutes there)

 

I was lucky,fenders on my 47 are rust free.

 

my truck is pretty much rust free too but seeing what and how you do things chris makes me want to do some repairs.