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Jan 17, 2010 | 05:21 PM

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62 f-100 rust

hi everyone this is my first time posting i'll try to keep this short. i just bought a 62 f-100 to save it from rusting away and now i need some help i'll try to post pic. there is some major rust where the body bolts onto the frame. any ideas are welcome, i even have been thinking of a frame swap but i'm not sure

Jan 17, 2010 | 09:31 PM

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Welcome! Post some pics for us to see your ride!

Jan 18, 2010 | 05:12 AM

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Jan 18, 2010 | 09:19 AM

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Nice looking unibody and Welcome to FTE!

Jan 18, 2010 | 03:42 PM

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thanks, the body does not look that bad except for the orange it kind of looks like a halloween truck but underneath the truck is where the problems are hiding

Jan 18, 2010 | 04:43 PM

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cab supports I fabbed up.

Took about an hour. Not too bad if you have the tools.

Nice truck

Jan 18, 2010 | 08:06 PM

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so all i have to do is get the floor pans from lmc trucks and fab up some supports thats not so bad. cool thanks hunter62

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Jan 18, 2010 | 08:34 PM

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Post a picture of the torque box. it is at the rear of the cab and basically is the main support for the model 66 body.

That cab mount is shot, hopefully the torque box is not.

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