[PeterH]

My name is Pete and I live in Sandpoint, Idaho. Several months ago I purchased a 1962 International Harvester truck with a 6 yard dump bed. For being over 50 years old, it is in fairly good shape. Two years ago, I converted a 1991 Geo Tracker 2WD to an all electric vehicle that, when the weather is warm, I drive to work daily. At the moment, I have over 9000 miles on it. That was my introduction to auto body work and metal work. I purchased a Hobart welder and a Hobart plasma cutter for that project and learned enough to weld mild steel and how to weld aluminum battery boxes. Nothing has fallen off my EV yet, so I must have done something right.

I came across this forum while searching for information about building my own bead roller for my International Harvester project. Yes, I could run out and buy a cheap bead roller, but if it seems practical, I'd rather build my own tools. My truck restoration project is at the point where I am about to lift the cab from the frame of the truck so I can more easily access what remains of the floor. It is roughly 50% gone and needs to be replaced. I am up for trying to fab replacement parts for the floor and do some other body work that requires more than body filler. But if I can't repair the floor, I have a parts rig in my driveway (much to my wife's annoyance) that has a cab that will work as a replacement. The possible replacement cab has a few problems of its own, but has at least 97 percent of the floor intact. This also means I have a good template to work from for replacing the original floor. Why do all this? Because I can't sit around the house and do nothing but go to work and pay taxes... besides, they say: "he who finishes his house, dies..." and I've got plenty of things I want to do before I'm done. :-)