'67 F100 stepside - full resto new photos 03/03/2013

[67nukeford]

Looking good so far! I did the same, with the baggies and index cards. I also have a bunch of boxes for each are where the parts are from.

[69F110]

Looking good!

[tybob81]

Remember to take lots of pics during the tear down so when it is time to put it all together you don't have to second guess yourself. I did and wish I would have posted it on photobucket too, because Wal mart lost my photos the developed!!

[67mann]

Doing a little target practice while working on the truck looks like a good sized caliber---can't wait to get to my next place so I don't have to pack everything into the truck to go shoot
Moving right along on your progress---Are you going to strip down the frame and rust treat it

[stephen44]

Doing a little target practice while working on the truck looks like a good sized caliber---can't wait to get to my next place so I don't have to pack everything into the truck to go shoot
Moving right along on your progress---Are you going to strip down the frame and rust treat it

- thats an old hood i got for some welding practice - came with free holes !

and yes I am taking the frame all the way down and sand blasting it etc

[stephen44]

so - it must seem like I have disappeared but I have slowly been rebuilding teh rust

here to remind you was what i started with

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[stephen44]

and here is where I am at..

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[72stepside]

Those cab mounts look fine to me. Yeah, they are different that what I have in my project thread, but it looks like they'll work.

[69FLATBED]

Dang Stephen, that was a fast teardown! keep up the good work.

[stephen44]

Those cab mounts look fine to me. Yeah, they are different that what I have in my project thread, but it looks like they'll work.

good - thank goodness for that

- Stephen

[stephen44]

Dang Stephen, that was a fast teardown! keep up the good work.

thanks - as I am finding out - the tear down is the easy bit

- Stephen

I got guns - paint & filler delivered today - so I can see light at the end of the tunnel
-(as the old joke goes - let's hope it isn't a train )

[stephen44]

I thought I'd document how I did this - as you cannot buy the inner corners - and this might help someone as I could find no hints on the best way of doing this. Now remember - I have no metal working experience - so i am not saying this is the right/best way of doing this - but this seems to have worked for me.

this is what i started with (other side)

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i decided to butt weld - as i knew i could get to both sides - I took the cut too the point of good metal and since the replacement part did not fit exactly - just shy of the mold line.

[stephen44]

I then welded and ground both side

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I made the inner corners from the left over outer corner - I flattened it with the BFH
- for the beading on the original inner corner - i cut back to good metal and then slit the beads and flattened to give me an edge to butt weld.
I epoxied all the insides to give them some protection before welding on the inner corner.

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I shaped the edges over a wooden table and a stone paver

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[stephen44]

I continued shaping till I was happy with the fit and then welded up

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I kept on welding until all pin holes had been sealed and then ground down

[stephen44]

I also started sanding the cab down

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