I thought perhaps I would start a build thread on the 38 PU with passenger car sheet metal. I haven't posted much for a while and the image thing kind of had me flustered but I think I got it?
Anyway here goes. This PU was already underway (some one else ran out of motivation I guess) but a few things just needed a bit more attention. There were patches lap welded and only tacked so I cut them off and butt welded them. Plus the truck suspension was way too high. The box had been channeled over the frame in an effort to compensate but that threw the cab mounts and front end sheet metal way out of wack. It actually took me a bit to figure out what had happened as the bumper arms were coming out 3 inches bellow the fenders not through them.
The fun part, cleaning and stripping the pannels
Typically the bottoms of the doors were rusted and needed repair.
more to come thanks for peeking in
Anyway here goes. This PU was already underway (some one else ran out of motivation I guess) but a few things just needed a bit more attention. There were patches lap welded and only tacked so I cut them off and butt welded them. Plus the truck suspension was way too high. The box had been channeled over the frame in an effort to compensate but that threw the cab mounts and front end sheet metal way out of wack. It actually took me a bit to figure out what had happened as the bumper arms were coming out 3 inches bellow the fenders not through them.
The fun part, cleaning and stripping the pannels
Typically the bottoms of the doors were rusted and needed repair.
more to come thanks for peeking in