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With a complete 32 hood sorted, I will try and move on the aftermarket 32 sides. Since they are designed for a one piece top, I’m looking at...
At this stage it’s looking like the only thing I’m keeping from my old truck I bought back last year will be the cab, the front bumper and...
So I now have a complete stock 32 hood and this is what will be sitting in front of it. [ATTACH]
They far exceeded my expectations, not bad for $300 plus the $70 postage. I’m not sure if they are original or repro ones, but they are rock solid.
The firewall was also purchased from the same owner. While these sides are good, they were designed for a one piece top and would require too much...
I made the decision some time ago that I would not be running the 34 hood on the truck. I already had the upper halves of a 32 hood that I had...
Hey Guys. Things have been quite of late with work, but I haven’t dropped off the radar. I picked this up from the post office today. [ATTACH]
I’m not sold on how much realestate there is between leading edge of the fender and the leading edge of the bed. I’m wondering what would happened...
I mucked around in the photo section of my tablet and came up with this. [ATTACH]
Hey Guys. I found a more modern image of the bed. I don’t like the way the sides are lower than the centre swage of the cab or the way the leading...
So in short I will be resuming where I left off last month, by finishing off the guttering, then moving onto the framing in the roof. In order to...
The other thing I figured out was what kind of bed I will be running. This is what I have in mind. Mine will have a tailgate, but other than that,...
I was also given a complete 37/38 Ford front end, including late model rotors, so these wheels will bolt straight on. I will most likely only use...
Instead, I will be picking these up next month. The price was right and they have the tires. They are an Australian Wheel called Dragway’s. Kind...
While it looks great, it was probably going to cost thousands to get the six wheels re-engineered, money I could be spending on the front end...
The question over how to raise the funds for the build still remains, but I think I have that figured out. I did a checklist of other projects to...
The best thing about abandoning the idea of repairing and selling off the other cab, is not only the time and money saved, it’s also the parts, I...
So I’m back on track to re-building this one. [ATTACH]
The whole inner structure of the A Pillar is shot, the only way to repair it is to cut out the whole pillar out and fabricate a new one. I did...
Here is what it looks like underneath. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hey Guys. Here is a far as I got before I realised I was wasting my time. It looks ok until I take the piece off.[ATTACH]
I then used solid round bar over a vice to hammer the radius into it. Once the desired radius was achieved, I welded the inside along the score...
Not having the bead roller meant I had another idea for putting the folds in. It involved using the angle grinder with a thin cutting wheel to...
So I got to work on repairing it. I don’t have my electric bead roller up here, it’s down at the other house, so I had to figure how I would...
I found what I thought was a pin hole of rust in swage at the base of post, so I put a wire brush onto the impact driver to clean it up only to...
The rust in the top of the wind screen and around the cowl vent is bad, but there there was a lot more.[ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Hey Guys. It’s been slow going on the cab I’m selling off. I thought I would be able to just replicate the steel framing, repair the rust around...
Hey Brendan. I have dismantled cowl I can get measurements from tonight.
I’m really keen to start on the guttering for the turret, it will be J Channel like the aluminium ones on the first cab, but I will be making it...
But it’s a bit of a stretch to even call these doors, they aren’t even shells, just bare skins. [ATTACH]
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