I've been putterin away here and there this week (in between raindrops) and I finally got the left rocker panel sub-patch fabricated and installed, and then tonite I got the new rocker panel itself in.
Here's what I was faced with after I took the old rocker panel off:
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It wasn't pretty. So I made a sub patch panel out of galvanized sheet metal. I don't have a machine shop with stuff like a metal brake and so on...so I used more low-tech methods. I clamped the metal to the workbench and hammered the hell out of it until it cried for mercy. Then I did a test fit:
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It seemed pretty close, so I riveted it in. Then I re-primed everything with Zero-Rust and finally tonite I got the new rocker panel installed:
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http://www.chevyasylum.com/64c10/64c10_217r8.jpg[/img]
I also had to test fit the new sill plate to see what it would look like. I think it's quite an improvement.
Tomorrow I'll work on gettin the last of the bed primed and the inside of the bed painted a nice obnoxious red. And I may just slap some Moon disks on the wheels to see what it looks like. We might just have us a cruisin rat truck after all.
