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Sick and tired of welding, but look what I got done!
I meant to post this last week. . .I was sick and had nothing better to do, but I forgot
I put some finishing touches on the shaved rain gutters, did some grinding and put the last patch in the drivers kick panel. Still need to grind all the floor pan welds down in preparation for eventual bedliner. At some point this truck was gone over and painted brown, then primed again by the guy I bought it from. . .its nasty sanding through everything, and its rough lol. There's going to be more plastic in this cab to straighten it out than I would want, but I guess I gotta do with what I have
I think all I have left to do is the passenger side cab floor, which isn't nearly as bad as the drivers floor. Already did the rain gutter, corner and some seam repair on the passenger side. Once thats done, maybe I can get a few volunteers with strong backs to help me flip the cab on its back so I can do the cab mounts and treat and coat the bottom. . .then it should be good enough to go back on the frame
Just a few pics, I have passenger side ones somewhere, I think on my Windows XP drive, so only drivers side for now
Here is the rusty before's:
and the afters. . .that need some bondo
All that work, probably puts me at 80+ hours so far into that cab. . .and even with a filtered breather and doors open, I think I inhaled enough fumes to brain my damage
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Steve
2004 F150 STX
1978 F-250 4X4
1987 F-250 4x4 VIRGINIA CHAPTER Virginia Chapter Website
Last edited by Franken-Truck; 01-27-2007 at 07:12 PM.
Word Thanks for the compliments guys It is hard to keep motivated, but atleast I'm at a point where I can have multiple projects to jump back and forth from.
I'll be sure to bug the heck outta yall when it comes time to roll
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Steve
2004 F150 STX
1978 F-250 4X4
1987 F-250 4x4 VIRGINIA CHAPTER Virginia Chapter Website
Aha! I see you've gone under ground. . .and you came from Newport News. . .my Spidey-Senses tell me you must be an ex-pimpin' **** running from the feds?
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Steve
2004 F150 STX
1978 F-250 4X4
1987 F-250 4x4 VIRGINIA CHAPTER Virginia Chapter Website
Aha! I see you've gone under ground. . .and you came from Newport News. . .my Spidey-Senses tell me you must be an ex-pimpin' **** running from the feds?
LMAO not hardly it was a move I needed to make so I could work
Dunno about amps, but I do know it has taken care of everything I have thrown at it, from frame welding to welding on my axle tubes. Tubes, are pushing it, I preheated the area with a torch first
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Steve
2004 F150 STX
1978 F-250 4X4
1987 F-250 4x4 VIRGINIA CHAPTER Virginia Chapter Website
Steve, your doing a great job on the truck. Call me when you need some help with that cab. BTW, I know a guy that used to be a Drill Instructor at Paris Island if you need some motivation
I know what we can do. Lets have a g2g @ Steves and we can all take turns rolling the cab over. At least that way you'll have plenty of help! Just don't know what condition the cab will end up in! lol
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Henry
1970 Ranger XLT The wife says it looks and rides like a truck.
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