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Now we have a slightly less respectable panel in poo brown. If I was more prepared I would've had epoxy primer or something fancy like that. Alas, I got the best tremclad home hardware had to offer on a Saturday.
20220320_140238 by wild0, on Flickr Aligning the rear window with pointy thing and strategically thru drilled spot welds. 15-7/8" I guess is the final amount of extension from the original 16". That would roughly make sense considering shrinkage etc. 20220320_143929 by wild0, on Flickr 20220320_153128 by wild0, on Flickr The drivers side drip rail was ok, but I had already made one for it, so I cut it off. 20220320_152509 by wild0, on Flickr 20220320_170441 by wild0, on Flickr 20220320_170449 by wild0, on Flickr Fitted the roof again. It's OK. Not a work of art by any stretch, but realistically considering how much damage there was to start with, and how much further damage I inflicted on it, and how much I don't want to do any more work on the roof, I am happy with it! Plus, I don't think there's any way to even see the roof without a step ladder by the time it's on the truck! That's my story and I'm sticking to it. Onto bigger and better things. Next steps; weld down drip rails. Then side panels? The list says otherwise but to hell with the list.
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That coming along really well! Nice work Will.
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this post def gives meaning to "jack up the radiator cap and change everything under it"--wow!you are industrious-nice work!
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Is this cab going back on the original chassis, in the first post, or something else?
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It's going on the original chassis.
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I figured some kind of roof brace would be in order for the following reasons
1). I can stand on the roof 2). I can cut the bracing out and the cab might not collapse into singularity Looking at the parts book there was some pictures of the travel cab bracing 20220321_081823 by wild0, on Flickr I tried to find more pictures on google, but my repeated searches only netted pictures of these silly narrow cabs 20220321_074600 by wild0, on Flickr I broke down and resorted to a template for the roof profile. I did not have a large enough piece of plywood so I had to join some. My carpentry skills/materials LACK 20220321_082726 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_085909 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_091248 by wild0, on Flickr While waiting for the glue to separated the d150 windows 20220321_113746 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_114430 by wild0, on Flickr The support I wheeled a bit before bending to help curve. I broke it into a u profile and then hammered it until it came around to match my template. From there I rolled the flange. 20220321_124545 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_125806 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_132756 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_134731 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_135638 by wild0, on Flickr 20220321_140229 by wild0, on Flickr
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20220322_085759 by wild0, on Flickr
20220322_090429 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_135158 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_094517 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_144002 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_151248 by wild0, on Flickr I'd been putting off the roof brace for a while. Mainly because I hate making templates! Finally I was at a point where I could cut out the bracing. Surprisingly no movement. 20220322_162416 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_162455 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_184933 by wild0, on Flickr 20220322_184954 by wild0, on Flickr This is where I'm at to now. Going to give the panel a go tomorrow. If possible I'm going to make it in 2 pieces; upper and lower section with the door frame flange formed in the panel. I'm not sure if I'll be able to do this successfully; likely I'll have to weld the flange for the door frame onto the panel.
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The uh side panels were a bit of an exercise. I hadn't done any tuck shrinking before, so I wasn't really sure of the logistics. If I knew then what I know now!
20220323_102756 by wild0, on Flickr 20220323_115014 by wild0, on Flickr Initially I had plans to form the other 90 on this edge, but I wasn't sure what would happen - if it would pull everything out of wack again. I didn't want to have to re-do it so I chickened out and welded the flange on. SO essentially wasted 3-4 hours of shrinking. I figured it would make it easier having a larger flange when shrinking, but it turns out you actually have to shrink more (whodathunkit). When I cut the excess flange off to fit it pulled in a whole bunch... I screwed it to the pillar to pull it back to shape and weldered er up. Held it's shape ok. 20220323_132941 by wild0, on Flickr 20220323_135432 by wild0, on Flickr I checked out the rest of the day and worked on paying jobs This is the fork I made, and hammer I cut down to make a cross-pein. It was a low/zero crown hammer and I had no use for it. The telephone pole isn't too good for hitting on. The creosote make's it pretty spongey 20220324_155252 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_130043 by wild0, on Flickr Fitting the upper panel 20220324_155153 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_153906 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_155137 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_155210 by wild0, on Flickr
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Bit of standing round looking at it from different angles. Not the perfect shape for the truck but it'll work.
20220324_172148 by wild0, on Flickr I wanted to leave as much of the original flange on the rear panel to help stop distortion. This may make life harder if I have to straighten out the weld, but I can always cut it off. There was a bit of hide and seek to pick up the edge of the rear panel to butt weld them 20220324_181635 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_184118 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_191615 by wild0, on Flickr 20220324_193423 by wild0, on Flickr All the good parts mostly welded. I'll pull the whole rear and side panels off to finish insides and paint properly before final assy. Pretty excited its finally taking shape
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Coming along great and you are learning heaps along the way.
That is what I enjoyed most about my build.
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