72 f250 4x4 old blue

Jsimon · Post by **Jsimon** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 7:33 pm

Question- here is my rocker and a pillar.

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On the left is an angle piece I added to the replacement inner rocker to make the lines look better. Do I need to do continuous spot welds or the few tacks you can see ok? Should I do seam sealer next then primer?

jzjames · Post by **jzjames** » Sun Oct 27, 2019 10:53 pm

Alright

Jsimon · Post by **Jsimon** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:04 pm

One step forward and two back. I tackled a piece of the cab that I had been avoiding. Here's what I had to work with

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to make this

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But I decided to pull the engine and get a better look at things and found this

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At least to bent pushrods on each side. Looks like I'll be searching for a cheap 390 crank since I'll have everything apart.

Jsimon · Post by **Jsimon** » Sun Jan 05, 2020 9:29 am

Picked up a "new" engine, came with this gem:

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Has a 390 2bbl that runs good. Bought the car for $400, pulled the motor and scrapped it. Just have to swap my oil pan,pickup tube, and motor mounts (glad I read about grabbing the crank bolt with the stud).

hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Tue Jan 07, 2020 1:49 pm

Nice score!

geradr4 · Post by **geradr4** » Wed Jan 08, 2020 2:38 am

Great find. Looking forward to seeing more updates.

hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Sat Feb 29, 2020 10:18 am

Any updates?

Jsimon · Post by **Jsimon** » Mon Mar 02, 2020 8:04 pm

Broke off 5 out of 8 upper manifold bolts on the 390, 2 of them came off with vice grips, 3 drilled and tapped. Have done a lot to the cab but have a long way to go. Here is my new floor at the rear cab mounts

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Next step is making inner cab corners.

hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Tue Mar 03, 2020 9:02 pm

Wow! Now that's a lot of good fabrication there. Very nice progress.

sargentrs · Post by **sargentrs** » Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:41 pm

Nice work!

Jsimon · Post by **Jsimon** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 6:59 am

Finished my inner cab corners, just need to tack them in place

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Thought you would get a kick out of my "sheet metal brake" I sandwich it in my hydraulic press and beat it down. Had to break out the big hammer for the 16ga metal!

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jzjames · Post by **jzjames** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 7:05 pm

Metal shapin’

hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Tue Mar 10, 2020 8:22 pm

Brute metal bender!

Jsimon · Post by **Jsimon** » Thu Mar 19, 2020 7:28 pm

I'd be embarrassed to say how many hours (beers) I have in this rocker panel. New top and back side and a few inches of the curved part. Aftermarket rockers weren't even close.

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hfdco4 · Post by **hfdco4** » Sun Mar 22, 2020 8:43 pm

Well, I say it looks good.

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