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If any of you guys are interested, I have a few pics of my 91 ford that I am slowly working on in my gallery! Will gladly take comments, good or bad, if you guys can notice anything I may or may not be doing right!
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Looks like you are off to a good start by cutting all the rust out. Do you have the patch panels yet? I bought some for my 84 Ranger and I was very happy with the quality and how they fit. Can`t remember were I got them but they were awesome.
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Yes I did get some panels from walkers autobody in PA here. I was going to take a picture of them too, but my garage is small enough that alot of pictures cant be taken very well.
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I priced out cab corners from RPM and they smoked Wally at Walkers on the price for the same brand. I don`t know if Brian was in a good mood or what happened. One of the problems with RPM is it`s a guessing game as to when you actually will recieve the parts. On panels that are stocked in Canada it`s as quick as anyone. On Mustang parts it can get quite lenghty. Another place I used to buy from was Ideal Auto Parts till the ownership changed and the service there went down hill. They seemed to be geared more for the large accounts.
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All depends for what. We have the usualy napa, lonestar, canadian tire, other then that not alot. There is a few small dealers but it seems like they want dealer prices!
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looks good! have you cut out the other side yet? try cutting it in a circle patern... like 2 inchs or so away from the flare, its a bit easier that way. and less body work in the end.
what colour are you painting it? if it was me id change the white to silver
what colour are you painting it? if it was me id change the white to silver
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Well I was thinking of going with just straight blue for my first project. Im not going to keep it either, just fix and sell it. I never thought about cutting in a circular pattern either. I found that the square was hard enough to cut out to make a precise fit! I will have to take a few more pics of my progress too!
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you dont really need to make it a perfect fit... the patch panel goes underneath the metal on the truck... so its a lap weld and not a butt weld.. its alot easier.
dunno if youve done alot of body work before but ive done alot, just lettin ya know what works for me
dunno if youve done alot of body work before but ive done alot, just lettin ya know what works for me
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Originally Posted by 93PGT
you dont really need to make it a perfect fit... the patch panel goes underneath the metal on the truck... so its a lap weld and not a butt weld.. its alot easier.
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Very interesting 93. See what I did, and I am just learning the whole panel thing, is I went and bought a panel crimper. So techincally Im not butt welding the panel in, it kind of sits in the groove. And you say you put the panel underneath the metal in the truck? How exactly did would you get the body lines around the wheel well to line up? Or would a guy fill it with bondo after?