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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 | | | | | | Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 88 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 88 | Looks like your moving along nicely. Would love to see more pics as the project comes along.
Darin | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 | That brings me back.
Keeper going! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 | looking good I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with my 65 custom fleet so its nice to see threads like this one. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 | My build has sort of slowed down to a crawl because I am trying to get another one of my projects at least where I can use it. http://www.classcrebuild.com/ But, I have plenty of time on the truck because I want to take my time and do it right the first time. | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 98 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 98 | i am very interested on how you will repair the upper windshield rust... i am facing the same repair on my 62, my roofcap is also off. maybe we can trade ideas...good luck, Mark http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f216/applebag/Newpics029.jpg | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 | Yea, Mark yours looks about like mine.
I have a few spots left that go all the way to good metal on the cab portion and when I set the cap back on I can see how much I need to cut small strips to fill in the bad spots. I`m going to weld in as much good sheet metal as I can and then use polyester glazing putty on the rest. The good part is the drip rail on these cabs is pretty deep, so if you use a good self leveling seam sealer, like Eastwood for example sells you can cover up some of the rough welds on the very edges. The most difficult part on my truck, as you can see in the third picture is forming that little flange that the front overhang on the roof has but in years past sheet metal has been beaten into shape using no more than a hammer and an anvil or vise. Plus, I get to try out my new Martin hammer and dolly set.
Mike | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 4 | out of curiosity what is the easiest way to remove the cap?
If its not to big of a pain I'll do it to give the inside a good checkup for rust issues you cant see and coat em with chassis saver.
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 98 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 98 | i drilled the spotwelds with a spotweld cutter..there is like at least a hundred  like Mike i will be hammering out patch panels, and building the pinchweld on the upper doorframe that you can see in my pic,then sandblast and zero rust. i look forward to the learning experience  | | | | | Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 59 | There wasn`t a whole lot of my roof that was solid metal, once I got all of the bondo out of the drip rail. So I just cut loose the parts that were still attached. | | |
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