Rick.

 

Looking good Rick. How long before paint?

 

The weather is not cooperating with us to do the sandblasting, maybe thursday we can get some done, then the welding can be completed.

It truely is a lot of work.

Rick.

 

"It truely is a lot of work."
yup, and you can't rush it.

I noticed that you cut out the rusty section of the rear inner fender, which is good. Do you plan on repairing that inner piece? I have heard some say your better off to leave that section out so it won't hold in the crud that promotes the rusting of the outer fender. What do think?

Frank

 

My pal sand blasted today and when I got to his house after work we(he) welded the inner piece of the fender I pre cut into its spot, I will post pics if I have time of the process.

Now that its welded in I'm going to seal it up with POR15 then we(he) will weld in the outer quarter fender piece then grind and seam seal the inside then either stone guard or more POR15 on the inside.

My Pal Andy says that the sand blaster from Princess Auto is quite good and well worth the $99.00 I paid for it.

Still lots of work to do but we thought we'd take one night off and get back at it tomorrow, with any luck most of the welded pieces will be in place.


How did everyone like the pictures?


Rick.

 

Did your Bronco have a hood ornament or is it not an Explorer? I thought the stripes are part of the Explorer package? My plain jane truck is an Explorer....

 

Nice pictures yes, maybe cuz your not in them?

 

If I was in the shots you'd have to use the term Master Piece instead of pictures


I'm going to be trying some panel Bond, have you ever used panel bond before Frank? I'm told it's widely used in autobody shops theses days.


Rick.

 

Well the drivers side quarter panel is repaired with new inner and outer patch panels welded on.

The passenger side is complete except for behind the wheel at the bottom it was worse than it first appeared so I will buy and install the patch panel for it too.

In by the base of the door jam is cut and welded in, top of rear bumper is painted.

Andy has completed a lot of the filler and sanding of the quarters and doors.

Tomorrow we will finish welding up all the small holes for the old mirrors(newer style mirrors from 92/96 Bronco so those holes are no longer needed).

Come Tuesday hopefully it will just be down to filler and sanding and then paint, the metal work and stripping seem to take the longest time to complete

Rick.

 

Well done, you've made good progress.

I haven't used panel bond but I think it's used exclusively by most shops now. I've even seen it used by fabricators of custom truck bodies on the heavier trucks.

frank

 

All metal work is completed The new mirrors have been test fitted with new nutcerts they look fantastic really suit the truck.

More filling and shaping completed doors are close, hood and roof are getting started soon.

It is amazing all the little jobs you find and do along the way in doing paint and body.

I can't wait to install my new Griffin Rad(factory fit, you gotta like that).

I'll try and post some more pictures if anyone is interested?

Rick.

 

I'm off next week so maybe I'll get Gumby on the road and drop in to watch you work. I was born to supervise!

Frank

 

Looking good there Rick and please keep the pictures coming. I like looking at other people's hard work.

 

I have too much job related work so I will be at work on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Do you remember where Andy lives Frank? If so we'll be in the back shop, if not shoot me an inbox PM and I'll give you the address.

Rick.

 

And the cheapo Princess Auto mig welder........






















Gotta like those 96 mirrors on a 79....










You gotta like those 96 mirrors on a 79 Bronco





Hope you enjoyed the pictures, more to come but what you see here is up to date as of 6pm tonight.

Rick.