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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #15 on:
April 07, 2020, 02:53:42 PM »
Good news! I was able to get my tank swapped from my local AirGas company. And, since I'm prior Army, they gave it to me for free! I didn't even ask. What an awesome company. I've always used Matheson Tri Gas so I may be switching where I shop in the future.
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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #16 on:
April 12, 2020, 07:12:06 PM »
Got the firewall pretty much done. I still have to patch a few spots where the heater core was but I will do that when I replace the floor pan since all that area is rusted. As you can see from the pics, it's still a bit wavy but it's not going to be a show truck and it's the firewall so it's not gonna be seen that much anyway.
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Mike81K10
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 13, 2020, 08:41:03 PM »
Making fast and nice progress. My rear window had some bad rust spots and I cut the metal frame (area) out around the rear window from a truck at a junk yard. You might be able to do the same for the front window and weld in a whole new windshield frame (metal).
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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 14, 2020, 01:25:36 PM »
I wish I could find a cab that isin good condition that doesn't cost a fortune. Here in Texas most people know what they have and still want way too much money for trucks in worse condition than mine. Fortunately I have plenty of time so fixing the rust is not ideal but it's nothing I haven't done before.
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JohnnyPopper
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #19 on:
April 14, 2020, 10:59:10 PM »
Bro, it is painfully obvious that you know what you're doin!!
Painful for those of us who don't!!
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1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400 Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction
VileZambonie
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 16, 2020, 06:39:48 PM »
Nice job. You should lay glass over those welded areas before regular body filler. Body filler tends to crack over areas that are welded.
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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #21 on:
April 18, 2020, 12:27:39 PM »
started working on the passenger windshield pillar. got the worst of it done and now I moving up the pillar.
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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #22 on:
April 18, 2020, 07:44:55 PM »
Just killing the rust today!!!
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1981lt1
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April 18, 2020, 07:47:51 PM »
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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 18, 2020, 07:52:43 PM »
This truck has been way more work than I thought. Every time I start scraping I find rust holes! I ordered my passenger floor pan, outer rocker, inner rocker, and inner kick panel and I called my buddy who is the GM of a body shop to get some pricing on getting the frame straightened. Once I get the windshield area repaired, I'll spray the truck with some epoxy primer and get it trailered to get the frame fixed.
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JohnnyPopper
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #25 on:
April 19, 2020, 08:12:32 PM »
POX on the beard of the slime that sold it to you!
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1957 Apache 3100 235 Inline 6, 3 on the tree
1973 C-20, 3+3 454 4BBL TH400 Water Injection
1978 K-10, 350 4BBL TH350 NP203 M.M. Part time Kit/Hubs
1980 C-10 under construction
chewy92
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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Reply #26 on:
April 19, 2020, 11:23:09 PM »
Looking great man! Good score on getting a tank for free.
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1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 24, 2020, 08:51:15 PM »
This week has been rather ridiculous. I ran out of welding wire on Sunday. Went to Home Depot Monday and the line was around the building. Ended up doing a curb side pickup from Lowes on Tuesday. Ran out of welding gas Tuesday night and couldn't get a refill until today. I now have three spools of welding wire but I'm still running only 1 tank of MIG gas since the supply store quoted $155 for another tank. No thanks!!! I'll just drive the 20 minutes to get it refilled every couple of weeks.
Either way, I was only able to get the driver windshield pillar patched and rough body work today. I also picked up a shrinker/stretcher from a buddy today so we'll see if that helps with the radius curves on the upper corners of the cab. I plan on getting the windshield area done by Sunday so can move on to the passenger floor pan/rocker area since I got those panels delivered this week. Having to make these patches is so stupid. I can build a camaro out of a catalog but I can't get common rusted parts for a C10? Somebody is going to make a killing when the start making repair panels for those areas.
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Mike81K10
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 25, 2020, 06:06:43 PM »
You are getting a lot of welding experience. You are coming along at a good pace and your restore on the truck saved it from the salvage yard and/or crusher. Your doing well and there will be a great deal of pride having your son drive a truck you restored.
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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." -Benjamin Franklin
1981lt1
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Re: 83 Longbed project for son's 16th birthday
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April 25, 2020, 08:58:23 PM »
I wish there wasn't so much experience being gained from this project. Thankfully I'm almost done with the hard parts. I was able to get the driver pillar completed today. The compound curves of the roof made it very difficult so I had to stitch multiple pieces together so everything looked right.
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