1961H67

Thank You, I’m not a body man either, i really would not want to do it for a living if I had a choice. And I’m sure it would cost a fortune to have this truck restored. It will turn out just fine for me.

I test fitted the fenders ( mainly because they were off 2 other separate LJs ) I had to adjust the Fender “ Horns “ on both, they had to much of a gap between the radiator shroud, I had to cut a small notch and bend them in about a 1/2 inch. And reweld . But now is the time to adjust. Those Horns are an afterthought addition to cover the notches in the shroud for the frame, they moved the radiator out about 8 inches for the Cummins. You can see the notch straight under the hood lace on the shroud, evidently instead of making a solid shroud, they came up with the Horns to hide the notch. One more hurdle behind me!

It is a pain, I tapped up the surface on the radiator shroud and the panels at the rear where the fenders are almost touching the cab ( but they are not bolted to the cab) the fender mounts off the frame are adjustable, so hopefully I can adjust them while in Primer, and be easy installing them with the finished paint, I have done the whole process this way, it looks detailed with all new bolts showing, but it is a pain, I usually get a couple young guys to help hold stuff In place while I start the bolts.

lol, it’s killing me ! 2 coats of primer, probably put one more heavy coat on and sand that down and hopefully ready to paint next week, I finally got all the pits out . I’m going to hang them on the truck before I paint them and check the adjustment of the mounting .

I finished the lacing on the shroud, I didn’t mention before but I purchased 16 ft , I had less than a foot left, it would probably take more for a B73 or LT as the radiator is wider (18 ft just to be safe) . Got all the glaze sanded off, just a bit more filler and I’ll start with the filler primer. The glaze filled a lot of pits ,, but kinda a pain sanding it all off ,, ( or I’m just getting inpatient,, ready to get this behind me! )

Found some thin glaze, I think it will save a few coats of the hi build primer, since I primed the parts with black bare metal primer it shows every pit . I’ll see if it was a good idea when I get it all sanded down.

Shop and Show activities!! Hopefully he will

Here’s a picture of a piece of my old lacing with new, exactly the same. I also used Permatex “ Yellow “ Weather Strip Glue to hold it between the rivets .

Along with his body shop duties he got one last run complete this week.

Last Day of Summer break, I had to cut out some rust and weld some patch’s in , then send to my body man for some touch up,, Back to school Monday.

I had a duplex get some old silicone in the drain for the front input shaft bearing, it was running oil down to the bearing but couldn’t drain back into the case , and was running oil out the front input, I pulled the cap and blew all the feed and drain holes out , no leaks. Just an idea., could the restriction passed on. And let it be draining the way it should??? .

It’s kinda like our “TERMACK” ,, 1/2 Terex and R Model.

Vlad , glad to help with anything, I have gotten tons of help from all of y’all. I’ll send you some pictures of the packages ,hopefully it’s what you need.

Thanks Matt , yes I’ll have to use some glaze on some of the pitted areas and I have some high build primer,,Time will tell how many coats. Val I’m out of town till Sunday, when I get back I’ll send you the exact width, thickness of the cowl lace and the info on the brass rivet

A little more progress today,, covering a lot of bare metal. A lot of pits to fill now.

Yes he’s getting serious about helping me. The Charger is a 70 we’ve had it 20 years, it’s in pretty good shape, we’ve got the engine out of it now,, we had the interior done , even had Richard Petty sign the dash. We need to finish it , you don’t see that many at the car shows ,, I think the Dukes of Hazard wasted a lot of them.

A little more progress,,new hood lace on the cab ,hopefully I can finish it on the radiator shroud soon then move on to finish finishing the hood. My Helper has been polishing small parts , working on the copper heater lines .

That is beautiful! Congratulations on staying the course, you have got something to be proud of!

The internet definitely has helped, back in the 70s I knew about every one in North & South Carolina with a lot of L cab parts,but you had no idea a few hundred miles away until the internet.

Matt is right, The L is VERY hard to find any parts for. In all I have used parts from about 5 different trucks ( I have 2 parts trucks) . I was very lucky to find people like Matt , And a few others who had extra parts, remember I came across a brand new steering wheel and speedometer for my LJ ,,Unheard of now! Actually I probably would have never resorted mine if it wasn’t the truck I learned to drive on,we had a 5th wheel wrecker on this thing and we used it a lot in the winter with chains and the salt didn’t help a cab that was prone to rust bad anyway, because I have seen several for sale in great shape ( maybe just needed painting) for way less than what I have in this,, and I’m sure most of us have been down that road but once we get started we’re too far in to stop .

Got the under cab skits painted and I installed the left side today,,, and like everything else the battery box cover is pretty rough,,, it’s kinda like the fenders , I can fix it but I would love to find a better one, it should be the same on different models LJ, LF , Diesel or Gas all should be the same .

I love the “ New England “ look, I never saw that growing up down here, I remember a few artists that we would use years ago, but mostly they just did door letters. My first trip to Macungie years ago was it first time I really got to see that look in person.

They aren’t perfect but usable, some rust at the rear, and a few extra holes here and there. I’ll keep plugging away at it . Almost ready to prime the hood.I got the lower cab skirts painted yesterday, hopefully I can install them next week.

More Fun begins!

Love the KRACERJACK !