a day at the beach

[Willie dog 320]

Made some more progress on the cab. Cut out three sections of rotten floor and made new panels and put the rolled beads in them to make them look as close to original as possible. 

Got the cab all blasted inside and out,  top to bottom. I stripped all the paint on the  sheet metal areas, the only areas left where all the cracks and crevices,  inside surfaces, floor pans. 

Five hours and 400 pounds of blasting media, we have clean and rust free sheet metal. Time to start installing the pans and a few small patches here and there. 

I think I still have 100 pounds of the stuff in my shoes though! 

[Hobert62 414]

Must be a common area on the drivers floor.    Mine has a patch of 1/4" steel right in the same area yours has the rectangular shape piece welded on.  

[fxfymn 952]

Looks good. Of all the things I do on my trucks media blasting is dead last on the list of favorites. 

I'm sure you know this, but you need to blow that out a couple dozen times or I guarantee you that the paint gun will blow some hidden media up and ruin your paint job. 

[j hancock 7,745]

Maybe you coulda uzed Bondo on the patches......

 

Steel is Real!  Looks good!

[Freightrain 1,516]

Nice job on the cab and floor panels.  I wasn't able to roll pleats in mine, but I used 16 ga and it is tough stuff.  I put a piece of 1" sq tube across under the floor where the front bolts to the seats are and the rear edge of the transmission cover.  Made it real sturdy!

[h67st 113]

Attention to detail...I like it! Slick idea for a cab carrier.

[Willie dog 320]

5 hours ago, h67st said:

Attention to detail...I like it! Slick idea for a cab carrier.

I'm all about repurposing......home made tractor forks made from some type of commercial kitchen bench supports. They were the perfect length and even cut in a wedge shape on the ends. Drilled  four holes total inth     into the tractor bucket and they can be bolted on when needed.

[Willie dog 320]

5 hours ago, Freightrain said:

Nice job on the cab and floor panels.  I wasn't able to roll pleats in mine, but I used 16 ga and it is tough stuff.  I put a piece of 1" sq tube across under the floor where the front bolts to the seats are and the rear edge of the transmission cover.  Made it real sturdy!

I didn"t roll them either, I used a piece of 3/4 inch round tube cut in half lengthwise , relief cut the ends and flattened the ends and welded them to the new pans. They look almost exactly like a rolled bead and just as strong for a floor pan.

Amazing what you can come up with to make do.

[Freightrain 1,516]

Wow....nice work.

This was me about 15 yr ago:  I cut the whole floor out.  You can see the new "sill/rocker" panels I had bent.  Then the floor was cut/welded/installed.  The 1" tube running across to support the weight of the seat and tie into the removable panel.

 

[carlotpilot 945]

7 hours ago, fxfymn said:

Looks good. Of all the things I do on my trucks media blasting is dead last on the list of favorites. 

I'm sure you know this, but you need to blow that out a couple dozen times or I guarantee you that the paint gun will blow some hidden media up and ruin your paint job. 

spoken from experience  

[BillyT 307]

If you primed it with that Eastwood Por 15 (I hope I got the name right) You it would never rust again!

[carlotpilot 945]

26 minutes ago, Willie dog said:

I didn"t roll them either, I used a piece of 3/4 inch round tube cut in half lengthwise , relief cut the ends and flattened the ends and welded them to the new pans. They look almost exactly like a rolled bead and just as strong for a floor pan.

Amazing what you can come up with to make do.

priceless

[BillyT 307]

Great looking job Freightrain!

[Willie dog 320]

1 hour ago, Freightrain said:

Wow....nice work.

This was me about 15 yr ago:  I cut the whole floor 😆out.  You can see the new "sill/rocker" panels I had bent.  Then the floor was cut/welded/installed.  The 1" tube running across to support the weight of the seat and tie into the removable panel.

 

Looks good!!  Somewhat simple to make, functions well and the best part is no more Flintstone mobile! 

[Willie dog 320]

1 hour ago, BillyT said:

If you primed it with that Eastwood Por 15 (I hope I got the name right) You it would never rust again!

That is exactly what i'm going to do. Then i'm going to spray the floor, firewall and inner panels with bed liner to help deaden sound then paint it all with the same green for thr dash and interior.

[Willie dog 320]

1 hour ago, carlotpilot said:

spoken from experience  

I second that!!

[j hancock 7,745]

Wait a second....  The post is titled "A day at the beach"  BS!  Where is the beach???

OK.  Fixed it.

[carlotpilot 945]

1 hour ago, j hancock said:

Wait a second....  The post is titled "A day at the beach"  BS!  Where is the beach???

OK.  Fixed it.

but  jim she has no   umm   pockets to fill with sand

[j hancock 7,745]

I was told to stay out of her pockets.

 

 

Too bad I wasn't listening!

[Willie dog 320]

23 minutes ago, carlotpilot said:

but  jim she has no   umm   pockets to fill with sand

Looks like her pockets are filled with something

[carlotpilot 945]

1 hour ago, Willie dog said:

Looks like her pockets are filled with something

hot pockets

[Freightrain 1,516]

[fxfymn 952]

Quote

Wait a second....  The post is titled "A day at the beach"  BS!  Where is the beach???

OK.  Fixed it.

 

Day? I wonder what I'd do with the other 23 hours and fifty five minutes?

[Mike 706]

I've never seen Sand Castles look that good. 

[Timmyb 521]

On 19/05/2017 at 2:34 AM, Willie dog said:

I didn"t roll them either, I used a piece of 3/4 inch round tube cut in half lengthwise , relief cut the ends and flattened the ends and welded them to the new pans. They look almost exactly like a rolled bead and just as strong for a floor pan.

Amazing what you can come up with to make do.

I was wondering how you did it. Nice work.