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I'm to the point where primer is my next step . eccept for the drip rails.
Passenger side. Looks like someone beat on it .
Drivers side. The worst of this side. Not so bad, I think I could fix this with light to moderate swearing and a few well placed hammer blows. maybe some bondo.
Not really the best shot but this one is in and out and all over the place.
Another of the passenger side.
What I'm wanting to know is should I drill the spot welds and try to hammer this back into shape or just live with it. It will probably drive me crazy if I just leave it. I have the other cab which I could borrow from, but they are kinda beat up too. Did the search thing and found quite a few for the 56 repair but none for the monkeys. Any ideas or past experiences? Thanks guys.
My guess is that the cause of the drip rail damage was a chain placed around the roof, thru the interior to lift or remove the cab off the frame at some point of its life. My truck has similar damage from a previous owner. Unfortunately I don't think thats a real easy fix.
I did the search thing and could only find threads for the 56's. I like them so I don't really want to cut them off. The damage is kinda straight across from each other. Coulda been a chain. What were they thinking? Maybe they weren't. Maybe I'll do a little experimenting today after church and see what happens. I've been lucky so far to bend my own patches but the curve is going to be a challenge. Hey Brent you popped in while I was hunting and pecking. I'm thinking I want to do the whole thing. Although I may have to settle for the worst parts and do like you did there.
My fix would be to cut out just the damaged section and replace with a piece from the parts cab. Forming a new piece from scratch with it's compound curves could be difficult...
So.... I made the plunge so to speak. Cut out the worst part on the passenger side. Thought I would find lots of rusted through stuff. None. Didn't want to cut into the other cab, which would have been easier, so I tried to figure out a way to fab a new rail. Never occurred to me till I was fine tuning the roll on the bottom edge that there was an easier way
to fab one. Oh well, here's some pics.
Homemade anvil/banger onner thing.
Piece of an old bed frame held up by a chunk of maple with a piece of Ipe to give something to pound against when fine tuning.
Comparing parts.
End profile.
Replacement installed, needs trimming.
All done.
I just have the small spot on the drivers side left. Saving that for when I need more therapy. Took about 4 hrs. to do. Cutting some off the other cab would probably taken an hour. At the last I can say "I made that". Time for a frosty rootbeer.
Congratulations on a very nice repair. If you had seen that done on a tv show, there would have been expensive equipment, parts hunting all over the country, thousands of dollars spent, and an attractive gal to explain it all, while in reality, behind the scenes somebody would have put in the time and effort to do just what you did. My hat is off to you sir!
Thanks guys, every time I do something like this it boosts my confidence a bit. Of course the help, advice, and insight from the good folks on this forum is a big help too.
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