Hot Rods Barn or in this case, garage finds still exist!!

Post Office just dropped off my latest Ebay score. One new old stock GM original & 1 aftermarket with new chrome front bumper "bullets."

 

Cut out, then started fitting the patch on the passenger side lower quarter panel.
Found more rust through on the inner rocker, but leaving that as is because I have a complete replacement floor for it to go in at a later date.

 

Got the majority of the outside of the patch welded, still have the inside of the wheel lip and have to deal with the bottom where it folds under and joins up to the inner rocker later when the floor is changed, so it is just hanging there for now.

 

First coat of Duraglass over the welded area:









Took these with my phone, no idea why they are turned, they are positioned correctly when I look at on my computer...????

 

Fixed them for you. Not sure why they got turned if they look to have the correct orientation on your computer before posting.

Looks good though, glad to see more progress on this one.

 

Thanks!!

 

Added a second skim coat of Duracoat to smooth out the area. Will knock that down when it sets and on to the next issue.

 

Finished up smoothing out the area on the quarter panel & primered.

 

Starting some more detail finishing on the doors, passenger side stripped above & below the weld line, then skim coated with Duraglass, sanded and a few small spots covered. Final sanding for this stage and some primer to cover the area.

 

Driver side gets the same treatment, but some additional work needed on the lower inside as well.

 

Primer on the inside but ran out so need more before doing the front. But then both doors will be done and on to the fenders.

 

Grabbed some more primer over the weekend and this part of the door work is done.

 

Started some smoothing of the driver side fender over the welded/repaired areas.

 

Still looking nice, good to see more progress. I also like to see original panels getting repaired, even when they're available new. Too much new sheetmetal gets to be a Ship of Theseus situation.

 

Great to hear you're helping the family out, awesome score on the 57.

The '73 truck - looks great to me. Scuff it down, acid etch, and shoot it with enamel ( tan,white, or grandpa green ) - good to go for another 10 years.

 

Thanks, been a little bit due to hunting season interupting and redirecting priorities...

 

Both the "A" pillars were almost completely gone as was the bed floor, it was surprising they could hold the doors in place.

 

Skimcoat to even out the area and a little attention to the lower fender repair area as well.

 

Finished up smoothing the side of the fender. But still have a little work around the headlight opening before moving on to high build and blocking.

 

Headlight area cleaned up and primed. Back to storage and time to start on the other fender.

 

After last week's trip to the big swap meet in Portland, I decided to pull out all my stuff I have been accumulating over the past few years and do an inventory....

 

Been off busy recovering from a total knee replacement and getting back to somewhat normal activity. Started smoothing over some welded areas from previous rust repair.

 

All progress is good progress. As long as you keep working on it, eventually it'll get done.

 

Thanks, kinda hard to get back in the groove after so long, appreciate the encouragement.

 

Little more hand sanding to smooth out the area then some primer for now.

 

Started smoothing out a couple of welded areas.

 

Little touch-up to even the area out and some primer.

 

Looking good. Takes a lot of work to bring them back doesn't it? But it's worth it.

 

True.

This is my first time attempting something on this level, so taking a little extra time, researching and such. Lots of how to videos and then diving in!

 

Trying out a new tool to strip to bare metal…started with dirt, paint, road grime, etc and down to clean, bare metal in about 15-20 mins!!