Making progress
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Tuned
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Making progress
I have three days off work this week. Today on my first I had a pretty productive day. I decided early this morning that I would have a go at De-seaming the cab. I just couldnt see how I was going to get the rear seam looking nice as the two peices had been spott welded badly miss aligned.
So I went about the task buy completely lead filling the seam.
it was then a matter of filing down into the new profile before a skim of bondo then high build Filler primer.
I am pretty pleased with the end result, especially as it only took me a day. I thought I would be doing this for days....
There are more pics in my gallery showing the process and the whole story on my site.
Thanks
Lee
So I went about the task buy completely lead filling the seam.
it was then a matter of filing down into the new profile before a skim of bondo then high build Filler primer.
I am pretty pleased with the end result, especially as it only took me a day. I thought I would be doing this for days....
There are more pics in my gallery showing the process and the whole story on my site.
Thanks
Lee
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Thanks for all the kind words guys,
I am just about to head over to do another day, hopefully today will be as productive.
Lee
I am just about to head over to do another day, hopefully today will be as productive.
Lee
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Nice job! For anyone who is interested I too filled that seam, I hammered it into shape both inside and out before welding and then burned out the original sealer with a bernz-o-matic and a putty knife before welding.
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Lee,
I've said it before and I'll say it again... You do some amazing work! The quality and attention to detail is amazing. I'm glad to hear that you are making some great progress.
Bobby
I've said it before and I'll say it again... You do some amazing work! The quality and attention to detail is amazing. I'm glad to hear that you are making some great progress.
Bobby
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Thanks Bobby/Fatfenders56,
I should have the entire de-seam done by tomorrow. Unfortunately my progress was a little hampered today due to the fact that I ran out of Lead and bondo. I have some more coming in the morning though.
It is all starting to come together now, I have had a number of people comment on the fact that they actually can see what I am working on now... it is starting to look like a truck.
My enthusiam was low recently, but now I have started on the bodywork, I am really getting into it again, so much in fact that I have booked another two weeks vacation in October to try and get everything prepped and in primer.
Cheers
Lee
I should have the entire de-seam done by tomorrow. Unfortunately my progress was a little hampered today due to the fact that I ran out of Lead and bondo. I have some more coming in the morning though.
It is all starting to come together now, I have had a number of people comment on the fact that they actually can see what I am working on now... it is starting to look like a truck.
My enthusiam was low recently, but now I have started on the bodywork, I am really getting into it again, so much in fact that I have booked another two weeks vacation in October to try and get everything prepped and in primer.
Cheers
Lee
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Originally Posted by TheSovereign53
http://magoos.co.nz/images/F100%20Completed.jpg Check out where the steering wheel pokes out!
There are quite a few Right hand drive effies around, I think that most of them came from South Africa. Our very own Steve_B on here has a 1954 F100 that he is restoring.
When I was looking for my truck I came across two Right hand drive models, but turned them down as they had already been modified a lot and I wanted to start with something pretty stock and then make it how I wanted it.
cheers
Lee
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