..........INNER cab corner replacement sheetmetal?
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..........INNER cab corner replacement sheetmetal?
I cant seem to find any INNER cab corner sheetmetal. ...........Is this a "U-FAB" item?.....or are they available somewhere? 61 styleside.
Thx,
Tom
Thx,
Tom
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61 Styleside 81 conventional? Or a Uni body 66? 61 style side 81's are very rare.
There are no inner panels avalible in the stock stamping for the model 81 cabs. or inner ones for the 66 uni.
A new panel can be fasioned from flat sheet and installed when the cab corner is removed. It will not have the factory stamp pattern but will keep the crap out of there.
Garbz
There are no inner panels avalible in the stock stamping for the model 81 cabs. or inner ones for the 66 uni.
A new panel can be fasioned from flat sheet and installed when the cab corner is removed. It will not have the factory stamp pattern but will keep the crap out of there.
Garbz
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Originally Posted by garbz2
61 Styleside 81 conventional? Or a Uni body 66? 61 style side 81's are very rare.
There are no inner panels avalible in the stock stamping for the model 81 cabs. o
Garbz
There are no inner panels avalible in the stock stamping for the model 81 cabs. o
Garbz
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A regular split type bed is a type 81 conventional cab.
If you look under body on the inside of your glove box door the VIN tag will say under body a 81 if its a conventional cab or 66 if it is a Unibody.
the 81s are rare with the old 57 to 60 bed for the 1961 model production run.
Garbz
If you look under body on the inside of your glove box door the VIN tag will say under body a 81 if its a conventional cab or 66 if it is a Unibody.
the 81s are rare with the old 57 to 60 bed for the 1961 model production run.
Garbz
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Thanks. For SURE, it's not a unibody. I am looking at the cab and the bed in 2 different pieces as I type this. Also the bed is not the 57-60 style. Same style as the unibody, but not connected in the middle.
I will check glovebox in the AM. Thank you Garbz
Tom
I will check glovebox in the AM. Thank you Garbz
Tom
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Ok
Just how in hell did you get a way south of the panama canal truck up to Pennsylvania. The only uni style split bed i knew of in PA was one i made for my 66 Crew. And sold to A guy down in York PA. There is a picture of the crew i built in my gallery.
POST Pictures.
Garbz
Just how in hell did you get a way south of the panama canal truck up to Pennsylvania. The only uni style split bed i knew of in PA was one i made for my 66 Crew. And sold to A guy down in York PA. There is a picture of the crew i built in my gallery.
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Garbz,
I bought it in pieces from another guy who bought it in pieces from another guy who said it came from a pig farm down south.
How far south I do not know, but I doubt PANAMA, LOL.
Ill post VIN and pics tommorrow. Ill post cab resto pics tonight.
Thanks again, man.
Tom!
I bought it in pieces from another guy who bought it in pieces from another guy who said it came from a pig farm down south.
How far south I do not know, but I doubt PANAMA, LOL.
Ill post VIN and pics tommorrow. Ill post cab resto pics tonight.
Thanks again, man.
Tom!
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Well south of panama. Like brazil and argentina...and way down under in Kiwi land, new zeeland.
Those beds were only produced there. and not here.
PICS man PICS....
Garbz
Those beds were only produced there. and not here.
PICS man PICS....
Garbz
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Garbz........
Sorry. Just went and looked at the pile of parts and compared everything. My bed is NOT like the unibody. I only WISH I had cool tailights like that. The body lines and contours are the same, but standard ford truck tailights.
Pics tommorrow.
Sorry. Just went and looked at the pile of parts and compared everything. My bed is NOT like the unibody. I only WISH I had cool tailights like that. The body lines and contours are the same, but standard ford truck tailights.
Pics tommorrow.
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It's been a while since I've prefomed the install on my truck, but I do have
some good pics in my gallery, you may want to take a look, it will give you
an inside look, the drivers side of mine, I had to make the inner cab part
that goes behind the cab corner out of sheet metal, but the pass side I cut
a cab corner from a donor truck and took care to leave the "inner structure"
still attached to the cab corner. It worked very good!
P.S. Merry Christmas
Wally Womack
It's been a while since I've prefomed the install on my truck, but I do have
some good pics in my gallery, you may want to take a look, it will give you
an inside look, the drivers side of mine, I had to make the inner cab part
that goes behind the cab corner out of sheet metal, but the pass side I cut
a cab corner from a donor truck and took care to leave the "inner structure"
still attached to the cab corner. It worked very good!
P.S. Merry Christmas
Wally Womack
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Hi Tom I too needed the inner cab corners for my 1966. I took some 16 ga sheet metal and a had a guy help me roll some beads in it. He had a die the right size of the indentation. I then made the bends to get the angle right, there is a slight bend from the top of the piece to the bottom where the exterier cab corner welds to. I just welded it in this last weekend and it looks great. I will take some pics this weekend and put in my gallery. Justin
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Picks of my progerss on my 66
Hi guys heres a link to some pictures of the progress on my 1966 truck project. Theres a few in the post then there is a link to my gallery on page 2 where i will be posting more photos in the future. If anyone has any question dont hesatate to send a message. Thanks Justin
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9000
http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=9000
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