so if any of you have been noticing my current posts in the what did you do to your truck today thread. this is what i am up to. it started with my front bumper and brackets being bent(thanks dad!) i had taken them off to repair the bumper and install new brackets. so i got to thinking, why not change rusted out fender and core support with the ones i had painted for her. ok, shouldnt be bad. HAHA! boy was i wrong, back in 05ish i was in a wreck with a girl in an galant, she had hit me left fender to left bumper corner. i got a new bumper and grille out of that one. HOWEVER there was other hidden damage that i am just now finding. the header was cracked, the lh fender has the front lower corner bent in. the floor actually has a crack in it around the lh seat mount! i also found that that wreck snapped the lh front cab mount bolt as well. which also led to the discovery of a water leak in the cab somewhere, great,,,
so heres the teartown pictures and the light progress i have made.
so far the front frame rails have been cleaned,coated with eastwoods rust encapsulator and then painted with gloss black rustoleum. the new core support and rh fender have been fit , the body bushings are the prothane bushing set. so much better than the ford mounts! with the front end being sqaure again, i took of the left fender and replaced the upper left hand door hinge. more to follow,,,,,

 

 

 

so the ongoing plans now are
1. cab mounts

2 replace the lower super cab skins

3, fix water leak

4, install headers and replace oil pan and oil pump (200k on orginal)

5 paint the cab roof, doors, cowl, and super cab

6 reinstall my running boards

7 wire in extra under hood fuse block from a tbird for the extra lights, stereo, etc

8 install push bar with my new daylighter long range lamps



9 fix bed wheel arches and repaint the 1/4s

10 new stripes!

11 high flow cats and single side exit 3 inch exhaust

12 move back to fixing my oldies!

justin

 

looks as if it is comming along nicely keep up the good work.

 

thanks! its been a pia so far, lol

 

looks good great pics im in the downside of replacing the shock towers on mine and hope to tackle this kind of build

 

Hang in there! The end result will be well worth it!

 

saturdays progress so far, seats are out, cant get the seat belt bolts out of the floor, thinking my back window or lh cab window is my water leak.

cracked floor! wtf!

 

FYI, on the ext cab models, it is usually the cab windows that leak and cause the rust at the bottom cab corners.

 

those seatbelt bolts are frozen in my f350 had to cut the belts to get my seat out

 

i have the same bull bar/kc light setup on my truck.

 

thanks for the pointers guys and fish its a great looking setup! i am going crawl underneath and hit the 2 problem ones with the oxy/acetlyne tomamrow, i also cant remove the 4x4 floor shift lever from the selector on the trans, its done froze too!

btw heres some more teardown pics of my camera.

 

btw i have never seen a rusted out crash sensor! i have been in the auto industry since 95! i do plan on water testing the cab after i get the rest of the trim panels and the carpet out.

justin

 

scored a pair of new to me doors for $250.00 ! nothing left of the bottoms of mine!