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| | | | Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 77 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 77 | I am asking members if upon final assembly of my truck. Would they put the front tin onto frame a piece at a time, or would they assemble the entire front clip on ground and put it onto truck as a entire assembly ?
Any info would help.
John | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,393 | Initially, my thoughts were a piece at a time, but as I am doing fender body work now, both off, I found as per more experienced advice that removing the front clip is best and reassembly as a clip too. The guidelines are in the shop manual.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,611 | Assembly as a complete clip on many models is easier provided you have adequate help the day of installation. If you are a one man show, you may be forced to assemble one piece at a time. I have used shipping packing material temporarily taped to contact points to avoid scratching things up. | | | | | Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,310 Renaissance Man | | Renaissance Man Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 10,310 | What year truck?
How well do you trust your help to keep from gouging the new paint?
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 77 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2014 Posts: 77 | Its a 1950 5 window 3100.
My help would be working under the threat of bodily harm if things got scratched up. :) | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 1,001 | I did it piecemeal on my '52 basically in the following order (no help needed):
Radiator/core support
Inner fenders
Fenders
Bottom splash shield (or whatever it is called).
Grille
Radiator shroud
Hood.
Followed by lots of adjusting of mostly core support (shimming up) and hood hinges. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 113 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 113 | I did it one piece at a time, but had no help. It wasn't too bad. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 419 | I pretty much followed DavidF's order. The only really tough area I recall is the fender to inner fender to radiator frame.
I had an ample supply of those ...what do you call them? "Dog-tailed" bolts or screws. Or something like that. They're tapered. They really made the initial threading in a lot easier! | | |
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