55 Panel Update
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55 Panel Update
Threw a battery in today.Noticed there is a plastic coke bottle 1/2 full of gas with a 1/4" hose going to the fuel pump.Turned the key,solenoid clicked but nothing,took the wire going to the starter off the solenoid and quick-touched it to the cable going to the battery,wanted to weld.Looks like I'll be pulling the starter tomorrow.Took the coke bottle out and dumped it.Engine turns by hand.
Was supposed to take some pics for someone of the letter/paperwork holder behind the drivers seat,didn't get to it before dark.Sorry,will get it tomorrow,promise.
Lots of rust,looks like the frame is ok but will have to look closer.Cab floor,front cab shell (don't know the proper name) rear passenger door the bottom is completely gone.Hinges have not been welded,appear to be ok.Hood hinges not wanting to work but do.Inner fenders not attached and a bit crumpled,outer (front) fenders not attached to running boards.Looks like the back outer shell is ok,couple small dents in it.
Oh well,nothing good comes easy.
-Shawn
Was supposed to take some pics for someone of the letter/paperwork holder behind the drivers seat,didn't get to it before dark.Sorry,will get it tomorrow,promise.
Lots of rust,looks like the frame is ok but will have to look closer.Cab floor,front cab shell (don't know the proper name) rear passenger door the bottom is completely gone.Hinges have not been welded,appear to be ok.Hood hinges not wanting to work but do.Inner fenders not attached and a bit crumpled,outer (front) fenders not attached to running boards.Looks like the back outer shell is ok,couple small dents in it.
Oh well,nothing good comes easy.
-Shawn
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Hi Shawn, From the picture you have posted the truck looks pretty solid and I must say a lot more solid than what I started with, but once you start tearing into them it can some times be very discouraging, when I realized what I was up against I almost through in the towel. I'm glad I didn't because it's been the most enjoyable learning experience I've encountered. I did it different than most because I decided to work on the body rather than do the frame first, I figured what's the sense of having a nice frame and no body to put on it, this way if I ended up hacking up the body I'd know when to quit. Anyway, hang in there I know it will work out.
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Originally Posted by theGman
Hang in there; you are one of the very few panel owners on this forum, so fix it up right.
Paul
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I hope you weren't thinking that I was being discouraging, far be it I love this panels,I was inplying that once you get digging into them there can be a lot more rust than first anticipated and I hope he does not get to over whelmed.Sorry if I offened and I am pleased that there are quite a few panel owners on this site.
John
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Originally Posted by 56panelford
I hope you weren't thinking that I was being discouraging, far be it I love this panels,I was inplying that once you get digging into them there can be a lot more rust than first anticipated and I hope he does not get to over whelmed.Sorry if I offened and I am pleased that there are quite a few panel owners on this site.
John
John
