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Old 03-20-2022, 08:59 PM
william.owen william.owen is offline
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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

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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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Old 03-20-2022, 11:16 PM
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That coming along really well! Nice work Will.
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Old 03-21-2022, 09:59 AM
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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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Old 03-22-2022, 12:53 PM
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Is this cab going back on the original chassis, in the first post, or something else?
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Old 03-22-2022, 06:39 PM
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It's going on the original chassis.
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Old 03-23-2022, 01:07 AM
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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

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20220321_091248 by wild0, on Flickr

While waiting for the glue to separated the d150 windows

20220321_113746 by wild0, on Flickr

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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.

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Old 03-23-2022, 01:10 AM
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20220322_085759 by wild0, on Flickr

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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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Old 03-24-2022, 10:31 PM
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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

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Old 03-24-2022, 10:38 PM
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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

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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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Old 03-25-2022, 04:30 AM
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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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