redneck body work
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From: Michigan
redneck body work
lets face it, our trucks our old and the rust is mean to em. Especially in the great white north. So lets see some of that redneck body work lol.
heres mine:
it started life as this. I ran it over with the truck a few times to mash the ribs out of it LOL
heres mine:
it started life as this. I ran it over with the truck a few times to mash the ribs out of it LOL
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From: Sand GAp, KY
No pics of it, but back in 85 I had a 74 mustang (my first car) that I hung 3 gallons of bondo on the rear quarters. It wasn't the nicest car but it was mine. My dad bought for me for $25 and it needed a tranny. I saved all summer and got a yard 4speed and swapped it out myself. Dad said that if I wanted to drive I had to make it work myself. I will always be thankful for him and my grandpa teaching me to fix cars and trucks myself.
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From: Faibanks Ak.
lol when I was 6 years old in the first, we had a 52 or 3 chevy pickup. Yhese had the enclosed driveshaft so you had to pull the rearend back to get the driveline unhooked. This added some time to a clutch job and dad was working long hours.
When the clutch went out he was swapping rides with another guy and it was going to be his turn to drive, so he told me to stay home from school and have all the bolts out so that he could just drop everything that night and get it back together. This started me wrenching AND skipping school. lol
When the clutch went out he was swapping rides with another guy and it was going to be his turn to drive, so he told me to stay home from school and have all the bolts out so that he could just drop everything that night and get it back together. This started me wrenching AND skipping school. lol
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From: Sand GAp, KY
That is cool star. I remeber that when I was old enough to tell what size a wrench was dad and grandpa would have me handing them tools. Grandpa started me out on briggs mowers lol. he would buy ones that didn't run and would have me fix them so he couldsell them. never did see any money out of it but sure taught me alot obout engines.
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creative reuse of roofing materials John, flattened out real well. My radiator support has a stress crack on the torque side, LMC has the replacement but I'm betting its a lighter gauge than the stock crap so I'm thinking some heavy gauge 1 1/4" angle should fix it fine.
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i had a whole bunch of that tin, i took the rest to the scrapyard with some other junk and got 60 bux........
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well i had some tin, a couple bed frames, and a couch frame, some semi truck parts, a bread maker, some old fire grates, a push mower deck, and other stuff lol. woulda been an interesting truck lol
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If I have some small holes on a body from old molding or the big old truck mirrors that mount to the door I just put J.B weld to fill the holes.....It's a huge pain to sand down cause It's hard as a rock, but once your done that will never come off. Another thing I use is a stick of led, heat it up with a blow torch and just smooth it out, works perfect for door jams and any tight corners.
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From: Wisconson
well the most red neck body work i have done is use my buddies truck to pull out some dents in my bed that he put in it. hooked a chain from the dent to his pos brazer and gunned it. the sad part was that he ended up digging him self in to the ground in 4 wheel and dint even move the truck
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I don't really like bondo that much. Sometimes people should just stay with the old school ways.
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From: Faibanks Ak.
When bondo first came out lead was still better, but bondo was easier to work with and they kept improving it so it is now better and way lighter. I have seen doors that weighed a ton because of all the lead.