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Old Dec 24, 2019 | 05:39 AM
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This is looking great! I can't believe how well those Super Duty parts fit into the original bed. Nice job!

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Old Dec 24, 2019 | 08:15 AM
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This is looking great! I can't believe how well those Super Duty parts fit into the original bed. Nice job!

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I know hey. Nice part is you can pick a used box up fairly cheap on the local buy n sells typically. I even used parts of the box side to rebuild my lower cowls, I had to cut an shape to fit but really it worked out alright.

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Old Oct 11, 2021 | 10:27 AM
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Well it’s been a while since I have been on here. I will try to update my build as I find the time.

here are a few progress photos.

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Old Oct 11, 2021 | 10:33 AM
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sandblasted and epoxy primed the smaller pieces. This was in Nov 2019.






 
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Old Oct 11, 2021 | 10:40 AM
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I managed to get the cab and bed primed in November 2020 right before we got locked down, due to a close Covid contact. 2 weeks at home in the shop.









 
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Old Oct 11, 2021 | 11:30 AM
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Looking good dman!! Way to go. Any progress since Nov. When do you plan on having her finished and did you figure out the engine issue.
 
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Old Oct 11, 2021 | 04:48 PM
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Looking good dman!! Way to go. Any progress since Nov. When do you plan on having her finished and did you figure out the engine issue.
Thanks! Yes lots of progress just need to find the time to finish uploading pics and updating.

As for the engine yes and no. But my focus has been paint as my garage is tied up with a spray booth that I want to take down. I will circle back and focus on it soon.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2021 | 09:20 PM
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Looking good. keep going!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2021 | 10:17 AM
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I decided to spray raptor liner in the bed and under the bed, cab, and inner fenders.









 
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Old Oct 16, 2021 | 10:22 AM
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I did a few filler primer rounds and lots of blocking. I decided to sharpen up the fender lines to make it look sharper plus it was easy to keep them consistent. I managed to paint the bed back in May of this year.












 
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Old Oct 16, 2021 | 06:17 PM
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Nice job on the bed. I know the amount of time that took to get there!
 
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Old Oct 16, 2021 | 07:16 PM
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That bed is turning into artwork.
 
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Old Oct 17, 2021 | 10:14 AM
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That bed is turning into artwork.
It is a ton of work!
 
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Old Oct 17, 2021 | 10:20 AM
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Next up is the rad support and cab firewall paint so can set the cab back on the frame and start setting panels gaps and getting the rest of the filler
work done. I had already worked the cab so it was in final primer, just had doors, fenders, hood and valance to work.












 
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Old Oct 17, 2021 | 10:24 AM
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Here filler work is wrapped up and then on to filler primer, block with 120 then hit it with filler primer again. Block 240 then 400 and paint.














 
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