Todd B Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Glad to hear both your trucks only go 50. You wouldn't want to discriminate. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 Glad to hear both your trucks only go 50. You wouldn't want to discriminate. I wish I could like this more than once!!!!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brent B3B Posted August 6, 2015 Report Share Posted August 6, 2015 I wish I could like this more than once!!!!! i did on your behalf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted February 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2016 got some work started again finally. Closed up the lower rear cab gap. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Good to see you back at TODD. Be sure to check the weld penetration since you have good access to the back side for a visual. Grinding the primer off where the welds go will help with the penetration and make the welding easier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 On 2/21/2016 at 8:25 PM, Dave72dt said: Good to see you back at TODD. Be sure to check the weld penetration since you have good access to the back side for a visual. Grinding the primer off where the welds go will help with the penetration and make the welding easier. backside penetration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Where's the picture? I get a picture of a kitty cat, and "Photo Not Found" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Where's the picture? I get a picture of a kitty cat, and "Photo Not Found" backside penetration There is a joke here...somewhere. But I can't quite put it into words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted February 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 odd I see pictures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 odd I see pictures I saw the cat earlier but I now see the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Now its there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted February 22, 2016 Report Share Posted February 22, 2016 Ok, those will hold. Looks like some additional welding has been done since the first pic, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd B Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 There is a joke here...somewhere. But I can't quite put it into words. Backside penetration????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted February 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Ok, those will hold. Looks like some additional welding has been done since the first pic, too. Yes this is the back after outside grind and finding holes. I did a couple of welds on the back in thin areas to beef it up. I debate about grinding the back...lots of work and thins things again...Tim wants me to glass the inside. I do want to run some horizontal braces to attach interior panels too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 Backside penetration????? and the cat had a funny look on it's face 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted February 23, 2016 Report Share Posted February 23, 2016 I'd knock the high spots down, you don't have to get into the parent metal, spray some epoxy on ,it since that will get into any pinholes you may have missed and then skim some short strand over it. But that's just me. Tim's your man on the spot and if he says glass it, he must be doing that method himself and it's working. Lots of ways to do it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
48Dodger Posted February 25, 2016 Report Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) If you can imagine pin holes in the welds from the inside surface to the outside.....then imagine moisture/contaminates etc. passing through the pinholes....then think of the outside surfaced covered in body filler and paint. As the pinholes pull air in with moisture/etc. In the worse case scenario, the outside might develop a bubble or weak surface tension from the delamination of the body filler and paint. Fiberglass is waterproof and has the resin to seal that weld up. Plus it gets hard as a rock reduces flexing (just a side benefit of course). Body filler does not like water...it just don't! I seal up 99 percent of anything I weld with Fiberglass. Check my 73 Dart link and see how I do it. Tim aka 48Dodger Edited February 25, 2016 by 48dodger 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted March 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 this weekend's work. I took apart the window top part so I can keep the seam by rewelding it all back together in the order it was first assembled. Welding wasn't totally done when I took the pictures, but during a (of many) cool down break. Weldign on the inside makes the ouside weld dressing easier, but it sure is a PITA! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd B Posted March 7, 2016 Report Share Posted March 7, 2016 Patience!!!!!!!!!!!!, I took a welding night course at a local tech a few years ago after my dad (my welder man) died. My instructor told me to keep building with wood because I lack patience. Great job, it will be very cool when completed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruff1148kr Posted March 8, 2016 Report Share Posted March 8, 2016 Lots of work and a labor of love going to be sweet hang in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 this weekend's work: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave72dt Posted April 25, 2016 Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 Swapping out the dash pods? Nice progress. Just no way to hurry the welding process. Glad you're posting the pics here as well. I and others don't do FB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2016 yah the PO of the front half the cab totally destroyed that area to mount a speaker....and I mean totally destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 this weekend's work: What happened to the pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted April 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Dunno...seems my whole bucket is having issues... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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