iamdave0887
Here Comes Chaos.....
Man this truck was full of holes. Then again it still is but i've made pretty good progress. i found out i can't weld to save my life, but i'm getting plenty of practice.
Here's some pictures of before and after on the body repairs so far. It runs great thankfully so that's a plus. Once it's solid again i think she'll make a good truck.
Before
passenger side corner and a glimpse of the floor.
Whats left of the floor around the passenger side body mount.
Driver's side corner and the random square-ish hole was where a seat bolt was, it pulled up with the carpet. :mad2:
Close up of the rot before i started cutting and patching.
Outside shot of the truck. even the rockers are rotted.
Driver's side of the tailpan before repairs but after cutting out the worst of it.
After some cutting and welding but it's still far from done
Passenger corner.
Passenger side floor after first coat of primer. most of it came right up as there was so much scale in the floors. :mad2: you can see all the little pinholes and some of the larger holes that i just filled in, hence the huge globs of weld randomly.
Galvanized welds like crap, but it's quite solid. The gray is zinc rich primer. supposed to "destroy rust" according the the can.
More friggin rust/rot.
Passenger side of the tailpan finished.
Driver's side of tailpan finished. This side was also boxed in with two 90* pieces of steel for reinforcement.
A few more small patches on the tailpan center area.
Passenger side floor body mount area patched. The body mount was still holding perfectly fine so i just cut the rust out and patched the holes.
Zoomed out shot of the passenger floor after primer and one coat of paint. Looks much better than it did before.
I just like this photo.
And the engine
yet again, god awful welding "skills" I still have loads of work to do. the replacement rockers should be in tomorrow. Hopefully that can get done this week. Once all the bodywork and hole filling is done, while it won't look pretty it'll get me around in the snow and be a fun toy to own.
- Dave
Here's some pictures of before and after on the body repairs so far. It runs great thankfully so that's a plus. Once it's solid again i think she'll make a good truck.
Before
passenger side corner and a glimpse of the floor.
Whats left of the floor around the passenger side body mount.
Driver's side corner and the random square-ish hole was where a seat bolt was, it pulled up with the carpet. :mad2:
Close up of the rot before i started cutting and patching.
Outside shot of the truck. even the rockers are rotted.
Driver's side of the tailpan before repairs but after cutting out the worst of it.
After some cutting and welding but it's still far from done
Passenger corner.
Passenger side floor after first coat of primer. most of it came right up as there was so much scale in the floors. :mad2: you can see all the little pinholes and some of the larger holes that i just filled in, hence the huge globs of weld randomly.
Galvanized welds like crap, but it's quite solid. The gray is zinc rich primer. supposed to "destroy rust" according the the can.
More friggin rust/rot.
Passenger side of the tailpan finished.
Driver's side of tailpan finished. This side was also boxed in with two 90* pieces of steel for reinforcement.
A few more small patches on the tailpan center area.
Passenger side floor body mount area patched. The body mount was still holding perfectly fine so i just cut the rust out and patched the holes.
Zoomed out shot of the passenger floor after primer and one coat of paint. Looks much better than it did before.
I just like this photo.
And the engine
yet again, god awful welding "skills"
I still have loads of work to do. the replacement rockers should be in tomorrow. Hopefully that can get done this week. Once all the bodywork and hole filling is done, while it won't look pretty it'll get me around in the snow and be a fun toy to own. - Dave
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