My '69 2wd Crew Cab Project

[FormerMarine1981]

Nice score on your parts. I wish I could find a yard with bumps or dents in it here

[FormerMarine1981]

Any updates?

[LOWERED 69]

Havn't had much time to work on it cause of the holidays, and Ive been working on a few friends cars and random things they need fixed since. So I put the project aside for right now until I get everything finshed for everyone.

Hope to be back on it in a few weeks or less.

Here's a pic from the other day

[Fordman5]

For the work you did on that truck, it looks great. lots of fab work done to, that is something I lack in the skill dept.

[LOWERED 69]

Well Im finally back to workin on this project, I took a break from it and got some other projects farther along. Now that I got my other projects in order this will be my main focus until its "done".

I started on the rear passenger door the other day... This one needed to be reskinned and had some rust issues in the door shell which I was dreading to do, so I figured I would start on the hardest of the two rear doors first to keep me motivated.

From what I can see the rear driver door just needs the lower corners fixed and the paint stripped off, I have a feeling its dented beyond repair and full of bondo though like 70% of the truck was when I bought it. We shall see in a few days I guess.

Anyways here's some pics of the door repair






matching up the donor door skin


New door skin welded in place and rust fixed







Paint!

[LOWERED 69]

Installed the rear passenger door today. Started to pull the other rear door off but it started raining....

[BiggDogg]

Well Im finally back to workin on this project, I took a break from it and got some other projects farther along. Now that I got my other projects in order this will be my main focus until its "done".

Congrats on getting back to it! That door looks GREAT! Thanks for sharing all the detailed pictures

[zakt]

Looking good

[ta TACO]

Crazy Skills! Great job on this truck. Your doing an amazing job!

[LOWERED 69]

Worked all day today on the driver side door, I got all the rust repair and metalwork finished in one day! This side went back together alot faster than I thought it would. Realized when I was ready to spread filler that I have run out of paint stripping discs for the grinder. So Ill have to run to the hardware store early and pick one up if I want to get any blocksanding done tomorrow.

Anyways here the progress I made today on this rustbucket



Donor door skin


Old rusty section cut out


donor skin being fit into place


Inner side of skin tack welded


welded in and metal finished


More rust...


Fixed!

[Fordnatic]

Very nice work!! Just a question: Are you coating the back of the door skin/inside of door with POR15 or something to protect it? It did last 30 years without it, I guess. Probably bare metal in there from the factory?

[1972hiboy]

that is a nice looking truck! ive always been intimidated by rust repair like this, thanks for posting pics seeing how its done makes it seem alot more doable to me!

[LOWERED 69]

Thanks guys

Im using Rustoleum hammerite coating its compareable to por-15 and its half the price. I have coated the whole inside of all 4 doors now, plus a coat of paint over that for a little more protection. If you look at the last door repair before this one, you can see in one pic where I had started to brush it on.

[Fordnatic]

Cool-I was sure that you had it covered as good as you are going through it. Nice to hear that the rustoleum works well.

[LOWERED 69]

Paint!