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Old Jun 13, 2020 | 10:28 PM
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Good work John.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2020 | 11:41 AM
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Coming along nicely, John!
 
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Old Jun 16, 2020 | 08:33 PM
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I was in the shop this morning and installed the rear cab mounts






Then my wife came home from the post office carrying a parcel I was expecting from Morris ( FOMOKO1 ).
I was in need of a passenger side running board and Morris had a 53 F350 with a damaged board he offered me
and was up to the challenge to straighten it out if I could, here is the board as received




Amazing what someone can do with a forklift that has no respect for this gems. so I started right away trying to
repair it the best I could with muscle, hammers and floor jacks..




I still have a little work to do and a crack to weld up at one of the bolt holes..
 
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Old Jun 16, 2020 | 09:20 PM
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That can't be the same running board, John!

You truly are a magician!
 
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Old Jun 16, 2020 | 09:23 PM
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Still need to do a little work to it but I'll get there..
 
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Old Jun 16, 2020 | 09:38 PM
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Looks good now John, I`m glad I was able to get it off without destroying the bolt holes.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2020 | 03:28 AM
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Great job Morris...Fers helping Fers!!!
 
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Old Jun 17, 2020 | 08:15 AM
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Looks good now John, I`m glad I was able to get it off without destroying the bolt holes.
I can see why so many go out west to bring trucks to the east Morris. There is no penetrating rust anywhere on that board. Want to thank you again, now I have all the parts to complete the body as far as sheet metal goes..
 
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Old Jun 17, 2020 | 08:33 AM
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John, that is amazing what you did with the running board! Kudo's to Morris for the assist!
 
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Old Jun 17, 2020 | 11:03 AM
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Almost ready for paint John.
 
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Old Jun 23, 2020 | 08:29 PM
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Not much to add other than the inner cab corners are attached to the floor



and I started stripping the paint from the cab with a D/A sander on the larger flat panel to avoid any warping ,once that is done I'll sandblast all that can't be sanded easily



The roof was pretty much caved in from someone standing on it by the looks of it so have been working out the dents.
heavy rust in areas from water being able to pool ..



 
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Old Jun 23, 2020 | 09:35 PM
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Hi John, I just came across this. I didn’t know you started another build thread. I’ll be following along. I really enjoyed your last build. Nice work. Beautiful craftsmanship. And I thought my little pick up was a project! This is an undertaking. Looking forward to watching it come together.
 
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Old Jun 29, 2020 | 09:06 PM
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Today I decided to start filling the holes in the firewall...





Filled 42 holes so far and still have about 22 to fill for now I know I won't need..
 
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Old Jun 29, 2020 | 09:19 PM
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John, that 5 holes per hour! Careful of those speeding tickets.
 
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Old Jul 5, 2020 | 09:08 PM
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42 holes? Man, that's a lot! I'll be doing this also, just have to figure out which holes I won't be doing. Nice work, John.
 
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