I'm one of you guys now

[joe231]

nah, don't worry
she completely blames me for the slow down on the '66

[JohnC]

[joe231]

[highperf4x4]

Originally Posted by joe231

quit gigglin and go to work

[menace121978]

put that new welder to use!

where is the rust on yours Joe?

[joe231]

Originally Posted by JohnC

Oh that's just great. Here I am going to drop off the tank for the 80, and I'm gonna just have to slow down throw it out and take off.

John, thanks for dropping that tank by

Originally Posted by highperf4x4

quit gigglin and go to work

sir-yes-sir!!

Originally Posted by menace121978

put that new welder to use!

where is the rust on yours Joe?

I gotta replace my cab corners and behind the rear wheels on the bed.
got a little bit of rust in my passenger floor and one of the cab supports also.

[highperf4x4]

You don't have any rust "above" the rear wheels?

[joe231]

not that I can see...yet

[highperf4x4]

lucky you. that was usually the worst spot

[JohnC]

Originally Posted by joe231

John, thanks for dropping that tank by

No problem man!

Originally Posted by highperf4x4

lucky you. that was usually the worst spot

In 77 or 78 they changed the tops of the fenderwells and made bigger holes for the water and stuff to drain out. So you don't really see rust there as much as you did in the earlier trucks.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by JohnC

In 77 or 78 they changed the tops of the fenderwells and made bigger holes for the water and stuff to drain out. So you don't really see rust there as much as you did in the earlier trucks.

that is good info!
I had a 73 that had the rot above the wheels, I didn't know the General made a change

[JohnC]

Yep just wish they would have done something with the cab corners, and rear wheel well openings.

[joe231]

yeah...tell me about it

[jchav62]

Originally Posted by JohnC

In 77 or 78 they changed the tops of the fenderwells and made bigger holes for the water and stuff to drain out. So you don't really see rust there as much as you did in the earlier trucks.

I put a '79 bed on my '73 for that reason. I was told that '79 was the first year they put those drains in... but I ain't sure...

Looking good Joe!

[menace121978]

just to be clear it was '76 when they made the change.

sorry for the jacking...back on the point truck looks sweet Joe!

[joe231]

thanks for the info

[joe231]

got to exercise my new welder this weekend

[joe231]

more, I got the extra large cab corners from MGBMike awhile back. I didn't need all the replacement corner on this side so I used some of it to patch the inner cab corner where it was rusted out. It doesn't look to bad, but it was quite a ***** to get the compound curves close enough for me to be happy with it. That just tells me that I need some more practice









still need to replace the driver's side...I don't know how this crumple happened

[joe231]

Sorry i didn't get any finished pics...I will get some tomorrow...

I decided to pull the carpet to do the corners...look what I found











I knew the passenger's floor had some "issues", but i didn't know how bad it was. The metal, what there is left, is super thin......guess i will be doing the floor soon

so let this be a lesson to all.....if your heater core springs a leak, fix it sooner than later and pull out the floor covering to clean and dry it or this will happen to you too

[menace121978]

nice job Joe. that floor looks a little familiar. sorry to see it was worst than you thought. Great progress though!

I just recieved my floor panel from captkaos. It looks big enough to replace that entire side. Cheap too...

[JohnC]

Good think I haven't rode with you in it yet. I would have had to Flintstoned it! Corner looks good man. Get cracking on that thing so you can replace the rear lip of my bed fenders.

[joe231]

Originally Posted by menace121978

nice job Joe. that floor looks a little familiar. sorry to see it was worst than you thought. Great progress though!

I just recieved my floor panel from captkaos. It looks big enough to replace that entire side. Cheap too...

Thanks!
how much was the panel with shipping?

Originally Posted by JohnC

Good think I haven't rode with you in it yet. I would have had to Flintstoned it! Corner looks good man. Get cracking on that thing so you can replace the rear lip of my bed fenders.

the boy and i were joking about the Flintstones

I gotta do behind my rear wheels too, I didn't know you had any rust...sorry, but that makes me feel a little better

[JohnC]

Yeah both sides of the bed behind the rear wheels has some rust in it. So get to cracking on that thing so we can get these trucks done. I also have just a little rust in the bottom of the driver's door. but it's not that bad.

[joe231]

buy 4 of the bed patches and we will have a marathon patch session

here is a couple finished pics. it is just in primer. it will need a skim coat of filler or glaze to smooth it out completely

[JohnC]

Looks good man. See you attacked the drip rails too.

pm sent on the corners.