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Pretty clever, my friend!
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The dies were acute, after the first bend the fold was brought to the front side of the knife die and pressing it down once again to tighten the hem.
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How about a picture of the linear slide?
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John stopped by the shop last night so we could fit up the running board skirts on the Biederman.
I know he will be glad to close off this gaping hole. After taking some measurements we got the top flange folded over using the magnetic brake. The flange will be bolted to the underside of the cab to support the weight as we will leave about a 1/4" or so gap above the running board to allow for frame flex. Rivet Nuts installed under the cab... The rubber edge trim is our attempt to keep the paint from rubbing off, and these are held in place using weatherstrip adhesive. The dump bed had been painted over when John bought it, but closer inspection showed where some additional layers of paint in the hand painted lettering, "Phone 60" had staved off surface rust in it's previous life and was still visible...
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I'm really enjoying your work and posts on this project, Robert. Very cool.
It's great to see a machine like this being restored. Always bums me out to see a hard-earned truck like this just rusting away after years of being used to pay the bills. These were never bought to be a pleasure vehicle to drive to church on Sunday...
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Will look a whole lot better.
The tight seam fold at the bottom I take it will be sealed with caulking or similar to keep the rust out?
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Nice work Robert!
May I thank you, Jack and Marcus, for always taking the considerable time to explain how you made things and the considerations you had to make, before adopting a particular approach. Your sharing helps me inordinately well! Cheers Charlie
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Clint, if you had seen the pictures before John bought it, most would have scrapped the truck. But he is a Past-President (and most other board positions) of the ATHS and has a fleet of quite a few different trucks.. His father had a Biederman on the family farm in upstate NY, and he wanted to find an example to preserve. It took a decade or more to locate this truck, and almost another to talk someone into selling it. He estimates this is the only example of this model of Biederman in the country that has been restored, and I am honored for the little part I played in preserving this for history. In talking to John, this will likely end up in a Truck Museum in the future. Quote:
The back side of the hem is tight but about enough space to slide a piece of 220 paper in there to abrade. After that we plan on flooding with epoxy primer, and when that has set, seam sealer to fill in and prevent any water from laying. The big thing was to eliminate the water trap from the outside that was there from the factory version (on the right) compared here: Quote:
Charlie, glad it has helped out!
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To finish off the running board skirts, some epoxy primer was brushed into the hem fold, given a couple days to cure, and then seam sealer added to keep out the moisture..
….then another dose of epoxy over the seam sealer, and everything primed. I didn't get pictures of spraying the blue, so the finals will have to do. John is tying up the loose ends, the running board skirts were installed the other night..... The dump body has been painted and he should get that installed today or tomorrow. He will get it loaded up around Wednesday for the trip to Macungie PA for the truck show this coming weekend.
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