ggdad1951 Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 Yah if rabbiting the outside edge is a solution, we won't tell anyone and no one will know the difference except those you tell. Quote
bkahler Posted January 28 Author Report Posted January 28 I knew I could count on everyone keeping their mouths shut... Quote
bkahler Posted Friday at 11:29 PM Author Report Posted Friday at 11:29 PM Starting to make progress again on the bed planks. The new planks have now been fitted and according to the weather forecast the weekend temps are going to be good for staining. We'll see how that goes I finally managed to track down a new Upholstery shop. The shop that did the seats closed their doors last summer and I have been searching off and on since then. The new shop is a guy that works out of his home. He's Cuban, doesn't speak English and uses an app on his phone to translate Spanish to English and English to Spanish. I won't say his work is perfect but it was more than adequate for my truck. I'm happy with the results. I forgot to clean up the arms so I'll take care of that this weekend. I believe the arm rests are probably out of a 40s/50s Chevy but they were in a couple of Pilothouse trucks back when I was going through all of the yards looking for parts. The B1/B2 arm rests don't work on a B3, the hole spacing is different. These arm rests fit the B3 hole spacing perfectly. I can't wait to get them installed! 4 Quote
Young Ed Posted Saturday at 04:03 AM Report Posted Saturday at 04:03 AM Those armrests look like they might be early 50s Plymouth. Quote
ggdad1951 Posted Saturday at 10:47 AM Report Posted Saturday at 10:47 AM DCM sells proper repops last I knew Quote
bkahler Posted Saturday at 01:56 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 01:56 PM (edited) 10 hours ago, Young Ed said: Those armrests look like they might be early 50s Plymouth. This his how my doors looked when I first got the truck, I'm pretty sure it wasn't factory original I don't know that I have ever seen pictures of the arm rests in 51 and later Dodge trucks. At least none that I can remember. I guess I need to pull out Bunn's books again and take a look. The Dodge truck arm rests in the link below resemble mine but the construction is definitely different. The Pontiac and Chevy links look identical to mine. Pontiac Armrest Chevy Armrest 1950-1956 Dodge Truck Armrest Edit: I searched for Plymouth arm rests but couldn't find anything that resembled mine . Edited Saturday at 02:09 PM by bkahler Quote
bkahler Posted Saturday at 10:21 PM Author Report Posted Saturday at 10:21 PM Installed the new ABS door panels and the arm rests today. It looks so much better than the brown cardboard. I might do the kick panels tomorrow in between staining boards. 2 Quote
bkahler Posted Sunday at 10:18 PM Author Report Posted Sunday at 10:18 PM Got the kick panels installed and got the bed plank staining done. Overall the staining process went fairly well, but there was one board that just wouldn't darken up. The second board from the right has three applications of stain, the other boards only one. There's always one in every crowd..... Either late tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday morning I'll apply the Flood CWF Oil. 2 Quote
bkahler Posted Tuesday at 02:21 AM Author Report Posted Tuesday at 02:21 AM I'm happy to say the planks are finally done Five hours start to finish, two coats per side. Depending on the temperature, they will have to dry for around 48 hours. Starting tonight the temperature is supposed to start dropping so I probably won't do anything with the planks until this weekend. 2 Quote
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