1954 Ford F100 Build

[dale48mrc]

It's been awhile since I've posted anything on this thread ,so here's a bit of an update.Due to money issues I've been trying to get some of the stuff done that doesn't require a lotta cash.Today I started on one of the small mods I had in mind for the cab.This one is the removal of the ashtray ann filling it's spot in the dash, so here's the before

and here's the after

I've gotta bring home my die grinder in the next couple of days and finish cleaning up the upper corner between the panel and the glovebox.That's it for now .but I have some other ideas up my sleeve,just gotta sit down and figure out how I'm gonna do it.

 

[b-bob]

Dale, anytime you eliminate an ashtray, you are doing good!

 

[Hunter]

but now you don't have any place to put your chap stick

 

[John in Oz]

You could have turned it into a varse so you could have a bunch of flowers in there for your wife dale, nahhh that will clean that area up and smooth the lines, good to see you are getting onto it when you can.

 

[dale48mrc]

Long over due on this! I'm still picking away at the cab and here's a update;
First off I created some patches for the firewall where the rad support rods brackets were torn out.

Then I didn't like the looks of both cab corner repairs that were done before I bought the cab,so I decided to redo 'em

Sorta opened a can of worms(Read that rust worms)!Sorta goes the way of this truck since I bought it.

Decided to re do this ugly patch

 

[dale48mrc]

So I break out the woodworking tools and have at 'er building a buck.The material is 3/4 MDF.

Chuck the buck and the piece of of 18 gauge inta my trusty vice and proceed to lay a beatin' on the metal.

Now we're gettin' somewhere!

Haul out the homebuilt T dolly and do a little finesing!

The end result!

Now I just gotta find someone near to me with a shrinker stretcher to create the rest of the flange for this panel.

 

[dale48mrc]

Some of the new sheetmetal

Why I got all these

Yet another future buy in replacement panels

I have also managed to fill most of the holes in the firewall...........how many?
Don't ask,just count!

That's it for now,will post more as I progress.

 

[351CFalcon]

That's a bitch to find that.

I had a similar awakening.
I knew the left rear cab corner was hit in a accident and it was starting to come apart.
When the repair was taken out, the inside cab corner was not only rotten too,
it was never straightened.

 

[bullet]

but now you don't have any place to put your chap stick

Or spare change.

 

[Rocket88]

Good stuff Dale, don't ya just love fixing other people's "repairs"

 

[wrascal]

I was thinking one of those swap meet square clocks would look pretty cool there.

Russ

 

[Hunter]

looking good Dale---keep picking away at it

 

[tinmann]

Truck looks good, Monkey Hoarder.

 

[tinmann]

Truck looks good, Monkey Hoarder.

 

[dale48mrc]

Truck looks good, Monkey Hoarder.

Look at the kettle calling the pot black! Double posted ,too! Coming from you Tin I'll take that as a compliment!

 

[tinmann]

Truck looks good, Monkey Hoarder.


Third times the charm.

 

[dale48mrc]

Truck looks good, Monkey Hoarder.


Third times the charm.

Hahahahahahahahaha! It takes one to know one! Like I said those are not my monkeys................they belong to my wife.

 

[Alaska Gasser]

Good thing you opened up the "new" patch. That saved you some frustration and cash later on when it would have shown up after being painted.

I redid a lower 1/4 panel patch one time and found a hatchet that had been bondo'ed and glassed in as a filler.