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  1. ggdad1951
    4 of my favorite trophies
  2. ggdad1951
    SC mountings all done!
  3. ggdad1951
    not much done last night, but with a lot of put in and take out and put back and take back out, but the pedal bracket now has all it's mounts.
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    No evidence of glued, taped, bolted, riveted or anything on the 4 B3 trucks I have of varying sizes.
  5. ggdad1951
    bit o' sand and a PILE of PO15!
  6. ggdad1951
    AH! I see now! Yah seems to be only onthe B1/B2 doors I have.
  7. ggdad1951
    Thanks I'll look that up when I head to the shop over lunch, never seem them and now I have to look for these holes. Must not be very robust as I've never seen them on any trucks around here.
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    week's end work and weekend work: Finished passenger side door handle/bear claw actuation system Built and installed brackets to hold power lock actuators Modified the locking bear claw bits to lengthen them to pass behind the window track Modified brake pedal to allow for the SC to live where it was Built and installed SC dash bracket/installed SC
  9. ggdad1951
    pffft gloves.....
  10. ggdad1951
    I'd be more worried about the checking on thos tires!
  11. ggdad1951
    I can't place that part on a truck in my mind? Any context as I can't think of where that even would go as I've never seen that on a B series?
  12. ggdad1951
    Just be careful of your metalurgy....some things that won't damage steel will eat softer metals.
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    Yes this is "pot metal" so a zinc or aluminum or combitnation alloy. I would NEVER sandblast it, MAYBE media blast it with plastic beads, but really easy to damage edges. Electrolysis is for removing rust so that likely wouldn't work. My advice: a good solvent soak.
  14. ggdad1951
    well If I HAVE to....and seeing there might some good suds there with JT...
  15. ggdad1951
    Weekend's work: Modify the door linkage to use the inside handle where I want it and keep the sliding parts where they need to stay w/o hanging up. Also the bearclaw connector addition. 7766.mp4
  16. ggdad1951
    Rough side SHOULD be up....and it will plane just fine that way.
  17. ggdad1951
    passenger side in.
  18. ggdad1951
    It's all that hard driving Brent does up there in Oregun.
  19. ggdad1951
    The beds were originally painted. I saw little to no trace of paint left on the bed boards (even protected areas) on FEF at tear down. hence my opinion they were painted in place installed in the bed.
  20. ggdad1951
    driver seat mounts in
  21. ggdad1951
    and being near dad and available for pets...
  22. ggdad1951
    Part of it also depends if you have the ferd/cheppy strips from Mar-K or Horkey or if you have the correct strips from Midwest Military. The ferd/chebby strips are "taller" and you'll want to play with that. For MM strips I dadoed down 1/16" (measured off my old boards) with a saw cut down a little deeper on the inside of that to account for the little danlge of metal on the strip edge belwo the big flat spot. I've never seen a color painted bed except black in my travels...I just know that it seems in tear downs the beds were assembeld and then final painted? No, just spot welds, if you have fillet welds....sounds like a farm fix. Boards being a LITTLE thicker you can deal with, but going to like 1'+ will start to show on how the bed sits on the frame relative to the cab and of course teh parts at teh front and back where you can't cheat. Even on mine I had to do a small undercut up front since i was over 3/4" to fite between the side angles and the bottom return on the headboard. Also the original boards were rough cut and not fancy wood either....just southern yellow pine from the mill and slapped in (since it was just gonna get marred up anyway). With 2 to 3 helpers it's easy to lift the bad in place (even my 9' bed).
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    Check out my thread on this below. But to answer your questions: Bed strips recessed but proud over all. Bed was painted tthe same time as the sides (IMO) as an assembly. Edge strips spot welded at the discretion of the palnt nad operator that day (IMO). Mine were middelish. If the wood is much thicker than 3/4" the headboard and tailgate crossmember won't fit right unless you notch things out. You can cheat a little, but too much will be problematic. https://p15-d24.com/topic/30202-building-your-own-wood-bed/?hl=%2Bbuilding+%2Bwood+%2Bbed
  24. ggdad1951
    Inner panels done after the prep work from Sunday. My shop supervisor approved the work.
  25. ggdad1951
    A few pics from Saturday. Yesterday was mostly prep to be able to finish stuff tonight (I hope). Dor latch guide and inner door panel.
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