Marvin 2....1970 SWB Resto

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Tue Aug 05, 2014 8:23 pm

I was on ebay last week and stumbled across some F500 gauges...couple bids later, now I am the proud owner of these:

I am a long ways off from it, but I can't wait to get these installed

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 11:01 pm

Finally started working on my cab. The mounts and floor boards are rusted as well the structure supports on both sides. I haven't done much in panel replacement before....it looks so much easier when these guys are doing it on TV!

I got the driver side cut out and the new floor board tacked in place for now.

I have replacement cab mounts from LMC; I've seen posts before about how poor of a fit they are and after laying them out today, I have to completely agree. I am going to continue working with these; but may ultimately end up buying a set from Dennis Carpenter or NPD.

Anyways...here are some photos:

hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Tue Sep 09, 2014 12:02 pm

Nice progress, I still seem to be regressing with mine. Keep it up and you will be done sooner than you think.

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Sun Nov 09, 2014 5:16 pm

Spent some time welding today. I have the driver's side floor pan fully welded in now and the cab mount mocked in place. These LMC cab mounts don't fit worth a crap. I really wish that I would have spent a few dollars more and bought them through Dennis Carpenter instead...oh well, I will make these work as best as I can.

hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Wed Nov 12, 2014 8:11 am

I wouldn't use that style cab mount. I would go for the ones sold by Dennis Carpenter (http://dennis-carpenter.com/trk67-79cab ... ng/c/1223/). Others have tried to use those one piece stamped units without any luck.

moonhanger007 · Post by **moonhanger007** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 10:45 am

marvin2 wrote:Spent some time welding today. I have the driver's side floor pan fully welded in now and the cab mount mocked in place. These LMC cab mounts don't fit worth a crap. I really wish that I would have spent a few dollars more and bought them through Dennis Carpenter instead...oh well, I will make these work as best as I can.

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Thanks for the feedback on those, I'm tackling mine too.
Hope to see an update on how they turned out, good luck, it looks great.

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:58 pm

I actually went ahead and ordered the Dennis Carpenter mounts. I unpacked them earlier this morning; its unbelievable how much better the DC mounts are. The metal is a much thicker gauge and they fit the pans almost perfectly.

The LMC mounts are straight garbage.

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:03 am

6 months later, I finally tackled the passenger side pan. All in all, went fairly smoothly; start to finish took about 8 hours.

I've got the cab mounts and cab support pieces to weld in, then it's time to seam seal and paint. My goal is to have that done and the cab final bolted in place by my birthday (6/20). I recently read an article in Hot Rod Magazine that was talking about setting schedule / milestone dates to keep your project on track; it's help infuse new energy to get this thing completed....hopefully.

Busboy · Post by **Busboy** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:30 am

So if my drivers side floor pan needs replaced yet my cab mount is ok then I have to cut the cab mount spot welds off of the floor pan and leave it in place as I replace the floor pan?

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:15 am

Yeah, you'll have to do something to that effect. Depending on where the pan replacement is / how much you are replacing, you may be best to weld from the interior side of the cab instead of the underside. Just a heads up, there are a lot of spot welds in the cab mount....just when you think you have all of them accounted for, there are a few more.

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:14 pm

Little more progress done this evening...got the two cab support braces welded in. These came with the cab when I bought it off Craigslist; unsure of the brand / make, but I would be willing to bet they are Dennis Carpenter (they seem very similar to the DC cab mounts I have).

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 10:28 pm

Seam sealer applied and Rust Bullet painted on the backside of the cab mounts and the floor pan area that'll be covered by the mounts.

A pic of the mounts mocked in place (prior to painting). Hopefully get these welded in the next day or so and be fully painted by this weekend.

Busboy · Post by **Busboy** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 12:03 am

So if my cab mounts are rust free, can I reuse them on the new floor pans?

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 5:39 am

I don't see any reason why you couldn't. If you want to salvage and reuse them, I would find a way to remove as little of your floor pans as possible. I ended up bending the edges of my old mounts as I removed them because I had such a hard time drilling out the old spot welds.

marvin2 · Post by **marvin2** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 11:03 pm

Cab mounts welded in and underside painted with Rust Bullet. It made for a long night, but I am extremely happy with it. My brother is coming over this weekend to lend a hand, we'll tilt the cab back down on the frame and bolt it in.

I still have a couple of rust areas to address, primarily the door sills on each side, but I am waiting to do that with the cab laid back down.

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