HellRaiser Build Thread (1946 Pickup)
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Cab Seam
"There are no dumb questions just dumb answers" I originally thought the same just weld the cab seam together. The cab is actually 2 stampings. you can see the top seam in the back of the roof line and all the way into the hood hinge area. To answer your question if you really look closely from the side at the rear seam its offset by as much as 1/4"- 3/8". So even welding it it would still be uneven and mismatched. Requiring quite a bit of bondo work. Our cabs also flex, since they're mounted on wooden blocks. Over time that plastic filler would crack and ruin a good paint job. Hope that answers your question.
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Driving Lights
This has been an are of much thought and debate for me. The front end of the truck I want unaltered but improved. It looks so good with the shape of the fenders and contrast of the Head Lights and Parking Lights. I actually love the 2 lights sitting next to each other. I want to order 3" diameter lights and have them customized to flash as turn signals.
Driving Lights to match the Headlights
LED Rings to flash as turn indicators. Really TRICK!!!
Driving Lights to match the Headlights
LED Rings to flash as turn indicators. Really TRICK!!!
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since your willing to answer (dumb) question. i gotta ask. when you weld seems like that ,do you cool them off. or can you weld them(what looks like 1 1/2 inch pass) continuously by moving from left too right. on the roof probably the curb helps for the warping! but even so i have a hard time welding and not warping. maybe i,m trying too go too fast, i,ve here of cooling with air. i will be working on my doors next winter ,any help would be appreciated. heres a picture of my cab corners. 
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"There are no dumb questions just dumb answers" I originally thought the same just weld the cab seam together. The cab is actually 2 stampings. you can see the top seam in the back of the roof line and all the way into the hood hinge area. To answer your question if you really look closely from the side at the rear seam its offset by as much as 1/4"- 3/8". So even welding it it would still be uneven and mismatched. Requiring quite a bit of bondo work. Our cabs also flex, since they're mounted on wooden blocks. Over time that plastic filler would crack and ruin a good paint job. Hope that answers your question.
Thanks for the explanation, makes a lot sense.
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since your willing to answer (dumb) question. i gotta ask. when you weld seems like that ,do you cool them off. or can you weld them(what looks like 1 1/2 inch pass) continuously by moving from left too right. on the roof probably the curb helps for the warping! but even so i have a hard time welding and not warping. maybe i,m trying too go too fast, i,ve here of cooling with air. i will be working on my doors next winter ,any help would be appreciated. heres a picture of my cab corners.
If you spot weld about 12" apart and then take a break while they cool. Get an iced tea or beer. Then come back an 20-30 minutes later and space the spot welds 6" apart. The idea is to alternate your spot welds like torquing up up your tires lug nuts or the bolt order of an intake manifold or main caps on an engine block. Alternating. When you're finished you should have hundreds of tiny spot welds tightly together. The sheet metal is thin and it will warp just burning a full bead. I've read about wet rags and compressed air but, I'd let it cool naturally not force it.
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Update
So we are finishing up the rest of the build. My friends at Tin Element Loveland Colorado. Neal and Shawn have been killing it.
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Pros Pick Bed Roll Lites!
I shipped the PIAA Driving Lights off to Oracle. They retrofitted them with HALOS to act as turn indicators! We frenched them in to match the headlights. No more butter cream headlight bezels lol
Finally after a 3 month build time the rear tires finally came in from Colorado Customs. I went bigger with 19s for the rear to fill the wheel wells.
Suicide Doors and Revers Tilt Hood
I have contacted Mike Lavallee from Killer Paint in Washington. For those of you who don't know who he is. He's the creator of True Fire air brush technique and has been all over the Discovery Channel. Were going to trailer it to his shop very soon for Winter and Spring!!!
Stainless Tailgate Latches
Pros Pick Bed Roll Lites!
I shipped the PIAA Driving Lights off to Oracle. They retrofitted them with HALOS to act as turn indicators! We frenched them in to match the headlights. No more butter cream headlight bezels lol
Finally after a 3 month build time the rear tires finally came in from Colorado Customs. I went bigger with 19s for the rear to fill the wheel wells.
Suicide Doors and Revers Tilt Hood
I have contacted Mike Lavallee from Killer Paint in Washington. For those of you who don't know who he is. He's the creator of True Fire air brush technique and has been all over the Discovery Channel. Were going to trailer it to his shop very soon for Winter and Spring!!!
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lolol I considered clearcoating the bare steel. It looks just as good as it did rolling off the factory assembly line. Thanks!