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Get that floor pan?
My 86 Fummins Project
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TheSmokinStroke2002
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Matt you definitely never cut corners on your projects. Gonna be awesome. You going to wapak this year or heading to ts?
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Thanks Konnor! I do my best to never cut a corner and I want this truck to be close to perfect so that it never has to be done again.
Now that we have all the paint here Im really excited for the way its gonna look. The red for the drivetrain is a really deep metallic red. Ive decided now that we are going to ditch the heater box completely to make it look cleaner and Ill use a vintage air setup instead. Yesterday we got the cab and bed moved into the shop and got to work on sanding the cab as well as removing all the seam sealer and rust sealing and just getting it all cleaned up and ready for epoxy primer.
Tonight we are going to make all the filler panels for the firewall since we are shaving every single unnecessary hole on the firewall as well as the hole for the cargo light on the back of the roof. Then the floor pans and cab corners will be done when we set the body back on the frame to fit all the panels
I will also start sanding and getting the bed ready for primer tonight as well and we will get the filler panel made for the rear fuel door. I also decided we are going to shave the tailgate handle too.
Well progress is moving a little slowly but the top of the hood is in epoxy primer now. The cab is sanded and seam sealer removed. We got panels cut out on the plasma table to fill in all the holes on the firewall that wont be used to smooth it out some. I started tig welding those in last night.
The bed is just about completely sanded minus going back over it with 40 grit and got all the tabs for the moulding cut off and ground down, just need to fill in the trip holes. I got the underside of the bed and inside of the bed rust sealed as well. I also ordered a weld in roll pan from grant customs.
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
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The bed is just about completely sanded minus going back over it with 40 grit and got all the tabs for the moulding cut off and ground down, just need to fill in the trip holes. I got the underside of the bed and inside of the bed rust sealed as well. I also ordered a weld in roll pan from grant customs.
jwlandry
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Looking darn good. I'm ready to see it all done. It's gonna be sweet.
Hotrodtractor
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I need to come up and check this shop out. I need like all of these toys. LOL
Wayne
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I'm really impressed to see how thorough you are being with this. I can imagine the time you have involved. This is definitely one of those builds for only a true die-hard. With everything you've done/plan to do, I could see an easy $100K bill if you were paying somebody to do it. As you know, body restorations on that level get insanely expensive really quick. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Jaret!
haha yeah you should definitely come up some time soon! This is all at Randy Llamars shop now, and Ill be finishing the build there. We were just talking the other day about how you need to come up here and hang out for a while. Just let me know when you can! he does have some nice toys lol
Progress has been a little slow lately, my buddy has had to get some other projects finished up. Saturday I worked on getting the firewall tig welded up. I got all the plates welded in for the HVAC and filled in all the unnecessary holes, just need to cut out the filler plates for a couple small holes still. I also filled in the alignment holes for the badges on the pillar and the 3 holes the previous owner decided to drill through the back of the cab to mount the amp.
Thanks Wayne I appreciate it! I know with all the badass builds you have done that you can appreciate the time involved in something like this, its definitely been time consuming! But I only want to do this truck once and have everything right and enjoy putting it in a show n shine knowing its done exactly the way I wanted it. Im ready to drive it though LOL I have enjoyed this build a lot though. And I agree this could easily get up to the 100k mark if someone were paying to have it all done, just the metal prep alone before primer has been at least 100 hours combined between my friend and myself. but luckily my buddy Jay who is doing the paint and body work for me is just as meticiulous as I am when it comes to building a vehicle and it will definitely be done right, and for a very very reasonable friend price LOL The body work aspect so far has been a great learning experience for me as well since its not something Ive ever done before.
97BambiBasherPSD
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What's the details on the vintage air unit your using?
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its just their universal model that you can get from summit racing
97BambiBasherPSD
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Ah ok. Wonder how well that will package in the truck. Might have to do that with mine
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It should fit very well, the dimensions on that are smaller than the stock hvac unit in the cab and it eliminates the need for the heater box in the engine bay
97BambiBasherPSD
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That was the big thing I liked was that it cleaned up the engine bay. Makes it look sooo much cleaner.
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yeah definitely, thats my main reason for going this route
97BambiBasherPSD
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What unit did you use? I see that there are a few different ones to choose from
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Ill have to look again for you.
Progress has been slow lately since my buddy doing the paint and body work has to finish up a couple other projects at the moment. I did get the rolling chassis and parts moved over to the shop though. Got the cab in primer as well and set it on the frame last night and we put the doors on and after some work got them fit perfect. Im gonna get all the piping and trac bars tig welded up tonight. My weld in roll pan from grant customs showed up so after that is on and the filler panel for the stake holes on the bed and rear fuel door are on it will be ready for primer.
Ill have to look again for you.
Progress has been slow lately since my buddy doing the paint and body work has to finish up a couple other projects at the moment. I did get the rolling chassis and parts moved over to the shop though. Got the cab in primer as well and set it on the frame last night and we put the doors on and after some work got them fit perfect. Im gonna get all the piping and trac bars tig welded up tonight. My weld in roll pan from grant customs showed up so after that is on and the filler panel for the stake holes on the bed and rear fuel door are on it will be ready for primer.
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
image by mattpopiel, on Flickr
I think you might want to check the toe out on the front tires. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Keep up the good work give me hope that someday mine might be done.
I think you might want to check the toe out on the front tires. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
Keep up the good work give me hope that someday mine might be done.
LOL maybe the camber as well. And thanks!
Snapped this picture today at the shop
