He has 3 or 4 bumps in the yard. One is pretty complete.

 

Might have to grab some spare body parts one day. Likely won't grab anything this round though. An SUV only carries so much.

 

We could probably find some bungy cords and strap some stuff to the roof. Most of the stuff he has is so so for condition.

 

I'll take a quick look. I don't even need anything but it's nice to have spare fenders and stuff.

 

Yep always nice to have odds and ends just in case.

 

My drip rail has some light corrosion underneath the paint but other than that the truck is rust free. There's no way to fix it without destroying the rail. What most guys do is replace the roof but I'll just do a drip rail delete one day. I don't really see the point of a drip rail anyway other than being able to crack the window on a rainy day.

 

I think the ones on my 75 are good. The truck rusted around them.

 

Hahaha. Yeah the dents usually don't have drip rail issues but the bumps do. Same with the box sides on the actual bump. The top of the bump is a seam. It's not smooth. Water just sits there and turns the metal into rust. Bumps in general just have way more seams on them than necessary.

 

The way those bumps are done doesn't make a bunch of sense to me. Would it not have been better to put the joint on the bottom. I think Jim and I had a discussion about that one day.

 

I'll have all seams filled up at some point.

They also didn't paint anything not visible from the outside. They really are rust buckets.

 

I guess most of the stuff from that era is. My 75 doesn't have a panel without rust. I think the hood may be rust free.

 

The problem is that they rust from the inside out. Once you notice it, it's too late.

 

That's why you have the parts stash I guess.

This is the one I was looking at this afternoon.



It's actually a bent.

 

Seems like that truck has had a rough life. I'm kind of surprised that the dent box fits on there. The frames were only the same from the rear of the cab forward. Hood seems okay. I might take that gas cap though. I'm always worried about someone stealing mine.

 

That's the box off my 75. It fit quite nicely. Here is one that got away a few years ago.