Rocker panel seam

[mbgmike]

Originally Posted by unclewatts

No the factory didn't fill the seam. I once read a real long thread on this board about filling the seam or not and a surprising number of people said it wasn't worth the trouble because anyone looking at the truck can barely see it anyway. I would say fill it if you're gonna make a custom along with smoothing the side lights, gas filler, cowl, etc. If it's just a daily driver you want, forget it.

These trucks were built in many locations in the USA. As far as every truck getting this seam filled? Who knows. They did in FACT fill the seams on many and they filled many more places on these trucks. I drove and worked on these when they were new. These were not built to very good standards like now. Quite a few of my buddies worked on the assembly lines including some relatives. They even filled grinding and gouging marks on them. I have pulled plenty of them apart with seam sealer from the Factory

The seam was not filled flush but they did seal it