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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 07:14 PM
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The truck looks great. Really great. You do this little forum section proud! If you can get your wife to fashion pedal covers out of the seat fabric it would be more comfortable to drive bare footed! lol
Or matching slippers.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 08:06 PM
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Thanks guys.

My next issue is bed floor patch panel. Does anyone know where I could get a repair patch? Minimum 4”x12” but better at 5”x14”. Unfortunately it has the square hole for the bed bolt too.



 
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by spurredon
The truck looks great. Really great. You do this little forum section proud!
One of my main goals in posting details is to encourage other DIY people to go for it! Not all projects need to be a concourse restore, nor all driven as-is and left run into the ground. I hope to show it is not only for big $$ and professionals.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 08:24 PM
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I've seen wood bed kits installed on lots of trucks that never had wood beds. I would mount a tool box over it and call it a bed drain.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Red60
One of my main goals in posting details is to encourage other DIY people to go for it! Not all projects need to be a concourse restore, nor all driven as-is and left run into the ground. I hope to show it is not only for big $$ and professionals.
Very well said!
 
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Old Mar 5, 2021 | 08:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Red60
One of my main goals in posting details is to encourage other DIY people to go for it! Not all projects need to be a concourse restore, nor all driven as-is and left run into the ground. I hope to show it is not only for big $$ and professionals.
Well you've been all of that for me and I appreciate immensely. Although, for me, it's more like the JV team watching the Varsity team and saying, "someday...someday". Lol, kidding (mostly), but it's great man watching you doing such fine work and your helping me with all of it.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnNewb
Or matching slippers.
This picture is for you JohnNewb...was this blue the original color as seen on the inside of the glovebox door? LOL



 
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 02:17 PM
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Good job. I painted mine too. A lot of Earl Scheib wannabes don't. If anyone remembers Earl and his $19.95 paint jobs
 
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 03:33 PM
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The bed repair is uglier than I had hoped! Its one of those “Where shall I stop” situations.







The bed was left with fir needles and debris in it for years before I acquired the truck. The front seam was ruined...
 
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 03:39 PM
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Maybe sand blast it first.
 
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Old Mar 6, 2021 | 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Red60
The bed repair is uglier than I had hoped! Its one of those “Where shall I stop” situations.







The bed was left with fir needles and debris in it for years before I acquired the truck. The front seam was ruined...
How does the rest of that brace look from the bottom side? Road sign post are pretty good replacements, at least that is what the big boys tell me.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2021 | 08:15 PM
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How does the rest of that brace look from the bottom side? Road sign post are pretty good replacements, at least that is what the big boys tell me.
brace is solid except where I exposed it here. I will repair it before replacing the bed floor.
 
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Truck is really looking good! I like your color combination too.
 
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Old Mar 9, 2021 | 07:17 PM
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Truck is really looking good! I like your color combination too.
Thank you, all encouragement is helping keep me motivated! I am building my dream truck to my specifications and sometimes they are very hard to achieve. Home stretch!

Todays layout for bed repair. I didn’t find easy replacement panels so it will be solid steel. The top and bottom “ridges” are 1 5/8” with 1/4” rise. I will fully weld in the bar stock on top of 1/16” plate and clean the welds to fix the hole.






 
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Old Mar 9, 2021 | 07:55 PM
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Hand made bed floor. Now that is awesome. You are not scared!
 
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