32 Ford Pickup Sheetmetal Work !
- Thread starter Flop
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your truck is coming soon John!!
well i have been fighting this truck for a while with measurements . thanks hotrodprimer for some measurements and Carter for stopping by today to take a look!
door is hitting the subrail not allowing it to close
what i now believe to be the root of all evil for the door not fitting
hard to see the more serious damage but the center of the area is sunk in a bunch
well i have been fighting this truck for a while with measurements . thanks hotrodprimer for some measurements and Carter for stopping by today to take a look!
door is hitting the subrail not allowing it to close
what i now believe to be the root of all evil for the door not fitting
hard to see the more serious damage but the center of the area is sunk in a bunch
Robert Dip
Senior Member
I always love to see photos and 'work in progress' on sheet metal. Every time I spend hours doing it, I wonder if I an nuts...but no, that what we do in our passion. Only one question...I always, always media blast a body before I start, or at least, the part that needs working on. Is there a reason you have not 'de-rusted' the cab before the welding / patching ? Just curious....& great work Robert
dumb person
Well-known member
How did you join the new piece in the pillar without making those tack welds that you removed? No visible means of spot welding which is all i know.
robert i like to blast after to test my work . blasting is gonna blow through any weak spots that i do not want to show their heads later on down the line !
there are tiny spot welds there dumb
the problem in the b pilar! that should be a circle you can see how much it was bashed in
and the crappy door gap
hard to see but a short video of the whole pillar moving
and after the removal of the smashed subframe and bracing
there are tiny spot welds there dumb
the problem in the b pilar! that should be a circle you can see how much it was bashed in
and the crappy door gap
hard to see but a short video of the whole pillar moving
and after the removal of the smashed subframe and bracing
Robert Dip
Senior Member
I see your logic....and after my own welding, I blast it again.....epoxy primer holds forever on the freshly blasted metal. Robert
finally back in to it after a broken arm
well i made a new subframe corner
had t make 12 inches of the B pillar the new corner and a new triangle brace due to some one bashing the hell out of this truck
same with the passenger side
now the cab is finally untweaked and the door fits as they are supposed to
well i made a new subframe corner
had t make 12 inches of the B pillar the new corner and a new triangle brace due to some one bashing the hell out of this truck
same with the passenger side
now the cab is finally untweaked and the door fits as they are supposed to
Wensum Valley Rods
Member
Awesome work as always Flop.
Followed several of your threads both here and on the HAMB and you never disappoint.
Paul.
Followed several of your threads both here and on the HAMB and you never disappoint.
Paul.
Karl Wescott
Well-known member
Great work "flop"!
If you can find them Tex Smith had some great articles on learning the basics of "shade tree" bodywork in Rod Action Magazine during the late 1970's and early 1980's.
If you can find them Tex Smith had some great articles on learning the basics of "shade tree" bodywork in Rod Action Magazine during the late 1970's and early 1980's.