reproduction bodys.
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Reproduction cabs are not made to my knowledge. The best you can do is corner patch panels, replacement floors, and maybe panels for below the door. Perhaps that is all you need. I would suggest taking it to a hot rod builder close to you, who does a lot of fabrication work. Have him rebuild the cab, sandblast and paint. But be warned it will be expensive. I would GUESS in the ballpark of $2,000 to $3,000. Most of them work hourly. Our local builder charges $45 an hour which is probably low. The work requires a lot of labor hours.
The other options are find another cab, or overcome anxieties and get in there yourself.
No matter what you do, make sure the paint includes an undercoat of epoxy primer, followed by K-2 primer surfacer, and then the color of your choice. Without the epoxy primer, all the hard work that went into the cab likely will begin giving away again to rust in 10 or so years. Where are you located? Mike
The other options are find another cab, or overcome anxieties and get in there yourself.
No matter what you do, make sure the paint includes an undercoat of epoxy primer, followed by K-2 primer surfacer, and then the color of your choice. Without the epoxy primer, all the hard work that went into the cab likely will begin giving away again to rust in 10 or so years. Where are you located? Mike
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Reproduction truck cabs.
Hello, this is Pat Murray. I had to re-register in order to get back into the forum. I live in Moodus, CT. I think I'm going to give fixing the origional cab a shot. It seems sound except for the bottom were it attached to the frame. The metal is thin and the mounts are gone. The doors are pretty much shot but one thing at a time. I have to admit that I'm a bit intimidated by the idea of doing it myself but I guess this is what the hole things about. I've found reproduction bodies for 32 cars and roadsters but nothing for trucks. Thanks for the primer info.
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Hey Pat, Welcome to FTE.
Don't know where your problem spots are on your cab, but I can tell you that our worst places were in the floor boards. Good thing cause it's the easiest place to hide any imperfections. What Steve did in order to keep the classic design of the floor board and firewall was to cut individual pieces for each portion that was rotted out and weld them in. We could have bought a pre-fab floor and firewall, but they do away with the characteristic designs. All those little curves & ridges are gone. Besides that, if you begin with the floor and weld a piece here and a piece there, you get plenty of experience to tackle the more crutial cab-corner jobs.
I'd have to agree with Mike and tell you to give it a try. Not only will you save mucho denero, but you'll also have much to brag about.
Good luck with your project and as I tell everyone, create a photo gallery and share your project with the rest of us. Not only is it interesting to folks like me, but it is also a reference for you to point out things you want to know what to do with.
BTW - drop by the Paint & Bodywork forum sometime and cruise for ideas. I'm a novice at all this but these guys make me feel at home.
Don't know where your problem spots are on your cab, but I can tell you that our worst places were in the floor boards. Good thing cause it's the easiest place to hide any imperfections. What Steve did in order to keep the classic design of the floor board and firewall was to cut individual pieces for each portion that was rotted out and weld them in. We could have bought a pre-fab floor and firewall, but they do away with the characteristic designs. All those little curves & ridges are gone. Besides that, if you begin with the floor and weld a piece here and a piece there, you get plenty of experience to tackle the more crutial cab-corner jobs.
I'd have to agree with Mike and tell you to give it a try. Not only will you save mucho denero, but you'll also have much to brag about.
Good luck with your project and as I tell everyone, create a photo gallery and share your project with the rest of us. Not only is it interesting to folks like me, but it is also a reference for you to point out things you want to know what to do with.
BTW - drop by the Paint & Bodywork forum sometime and cruise for ideas. I'm a novice at all this but these guys make me feel at home.
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if you're thinking about ditching that cab only and going with a repro one let me know, I could make you an offer.
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Repro bodies.
The more I dig into this thing the more my confidence has grown as far as metal working. I'm going to give it some time and sweat and see how it goes. I'll keep you in mind if it doesn't work out. I still haven't found any repro bodies other than rat rods and street rods with chopped tops and extended noses. I did find one origional 32 BB body, but the asking price was $6500. I just recently found about about another early 30s b/bb nearby. If I find out that parts are available I'll let people know. It's got a great story behind how it was found, ah buts thats for another time.
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>Can anyone give me a supplier (If any) for truck cabs? The damage to the cab >on my 32 is a bit past my skill level.
Hello. New guy here, first post. Russ Nomore Street Rods list a '34 cab on their website. No info available on the site yet but I emailed them about it and they emailed me some photo. http://www.russnomorestreetrods.com/
Bob
Hello. New guy here, first post. Russ Nomore Street Rods list a '34 cab on their website. No info available on the site yet but I emailed them about it and they emailed me some photo. http://www.russnomorestreetrods.com/
Bob
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Russnomorerods has an ad in this months 'Street Rodder' magazine......it's either the January 2005 or February 2005 issue.....I get so confused how they date magazines any more, but it's the issue that is on the newstands now (Dec 2004)
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Body repros.
I've never welded two nails together never mind the thin metal of 70 something year old truck, but I've got some friends that are eager to show me the ropes once I get to that point. I've seen so many old trucks that started off worse than the one I have, Once I got over the initial shock of acually starting the prodject things didn't look so bad.
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