This forum is a great resource for these old trucks. Thought I'd show you guys what I've been up to with my truck. I got sick of road salt getting tossed up through the floor so I decided to do some rust repair and mitigation on the truck.

Started on the passenger side. Needed to patch the door pillar, cab mount, and floor pan. Cleaned everything, primed, painted and applied undercoating to the biggest problem areas.

 

Drivers Side:

More of the same. The door pillar was fine so I was able to leave the fender on this side. The cab mount was toast so I had to unbolt the cab and jack the corner up in order to do the repair.

 

Also touched up some spots on the fender and drivers door that were starting to rust under the paint. Figured I'd get these while I was in the neighborhood

 

Darn good looking job on the patches. What kind of welder did you use? I have some rust problems in the same area that I need to work on.

 

I'm using a lincoln tig welder. I think its probably hiding in the background of some of the pictures. Square wave 175 I think.

 

patches looks good . Did you rattle can the primer. what did you use.
Looks nice .

 

I have never tried TIG welding. I have a Lincoln buzz box. AC - DC Plus or reverse polarity and my son has a small Craftsman 110 volt wire feed welder. Not sure which one to use and try not burn through the old metal.
I bought the patch panels that I need already. Both front cab mounts for a 1964 F250. Right and left floorboards and lower door pillars from Flashback F100's. My cab mount on the drivers side had been a 2 X 4. Just waiting for it to warm up a bit before I get started again. Not much fun in the shed when the temp is below zero.
Great looking job you did.

 

I am always impressed by the repairs people do when they have those kinds of rust issues, and thankful that my trucks don't have those kinds of problems.

 

Thanks, I thought it turned out pretty well for what I was trying to do.

I used an HVLP gun and rustoleum paint (Rusty metal primer and flat black). This was a budget repair so I didn't buy any patch panels or fancy paints.

For the drivers door and fender I used Eastwood's epoxy primer that I had leftover from a different project.

 

I just installed a furnace in my garage. Fantastic investment.

It sounds like you're going to do the repair the right way with proper patch panels. Should turn out real nice. I didn't want to remove the cab so I just made my own patches from a flat sheet of steel.

 

Sounds like I need to buy my next project car out of Arizona. Seems like all I do on my truck and mustang is chase rust around

 

I have the hood, radiator support and fenders already off the truck. I'm working on a motor swap from the old 292 to a 460 EFI out of an 1989 F250. I had not planned on the rust repair until I had everything tore down and had a better look at the b
This is what my 1964 camper looked like before the motor gave out on the way home from a camping trip at the Symco Shakedown in Oshkosh WI.


That is a 2 X 4 used for a cab mount on the drivers side. The radiator core support has seen its better days.


Both trucks in the pole shed. I have had the 460 in the old 64 three or four times already working on motor and tranny mounts. The 89 driveshaft will work but I had to fab a mount for the carrier bearing

ottom of the cab. Right now is the best chance to work on it before the motor goes in for good.