75 bed repair
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75 bed repair
I didn't google the right words for what I am looking for.i will try again if I know the right terms .
What I have is a 75 F-250 : black body , white stripes , orange cab roof .
I am putting together parts for an eventual total redo on the body. Some parts have been painted and are hanging in a safe place .
I am going to need a new bed , to do it right , but I want to make the bed that I have look better for now .
Trying to bend it back .
The passenger side toolbox is pushed up, so the door doesn't fit . The section by the wheel needs to drop an inch or so .
While it was
In storage a fellow with a small motor home kept backing into the driver's side bed with his rear mounted spare tire .He is in heaven now , so not much I can do about it .
Not wrinkled , just dents . If I could pull them myself
without things looking too hokey I would do it .I am a noob on body work .I tried using one of those screw in dent pullers a few years ago . Friends wanted to know who was shooting at me .
What I have is a 75 F-250 : black body , white stripes , orange cab roof .
I am putting together parts for an eventual total redo on the body. Some parts have been painted and are hanging in a safe place .
I am going to need a new bed , to do it right , but I want to make the bed that I have look better for now .
Trying to bend it back .
The passenger side toolbox is pushed up, so the door doesn't fit . The section by the wheel needs to drop an inch or so .
While it was
In storage a fellow with a small motor home kept backing into the driver's side bed with his rear mounted spare tire .He is in heaven now , so not much I can do about it .
Not wrinkled , just dents . If I could pull them myself
without things looking too hokey I would do it .I am a noob on body work .I tried using one of those screw in dent pullers a few years ago . Friends wanted to know who was shooting at me .
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A good use for those screw in dent pullers is screwed into.....WELL. Go find a hammer and dolly set and a stud welder. Read the little red Metal Bumping book, and think about how sheet metal creases and dings are "unlocked". You should never be adding damage to a panel such as drilling or adding new dents by hitting randomly at the dent from behind. Once you understand how metal works, it's easy.
Don't ask a body shop. They always sneak on a ton of filler like a production line because it's not their vehicle.
Larger damage like a large section that is pushed up? May have to get inventive like secure the lower lip of the bed to the floor solid like, (maybe an eye-bolt into concrete and chain to a piece of angle iron clamped onto the damaged area) then jack up the whole truck to pull down the dent. Just as long as you are reversing the damage exactly as it occurred.
When I say "clamp" I don't mean C-clamps that have "china" stamped in them. Or vice grips that don't say vice grip.
Don't ask a body shop. They always sneak on a ton of filler like a production line because it's not their vehicle.
Larger damage like a large section that is pushed up? May have to get inventive like secure the lower lip of the bed to the floor solid like, (maybe an eye-bolt into concrete and chain to a piece of angle iron clamped onto the damaged area) then jack up the whole truck to pull down the dent. Just as long as you are reversing the damage exactly as it occurred.
When I say "clamp" I don't mean C-clamps that have "china" stamped in them. Or vice grips that don't say vice grip.
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