dirtyoldman
I'm now on Medicare,officially old.
I've seen horror stories of guys losing interest due to the long term job at hand.If you find yourself in that position come to us and we'll give you a little ''push'' to get going again 
1971 C-10 "ResuWrecktion"
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geektoad
redneck geek
Out of curiosity, what is your process for cleaning the surface under there?
Originally I intended on sand blasting it but after reading stories of blasting causing severe warping, I resorted to mechanical methods.
Scraping the gunk/ undercoating, wire wheel on an angle grinder, scotchbrite pads on my die grinder, flap wheels, sanding discs and anything else I could find to get down to shiny metal with the rust removed. Rust gets cut out and patched.
There "was" a media blaster in our area that I planned to use but they went out of business before I could get my stuff to them.
After I have cleaned the area and before I put the cab supports on I rattle canned primer over the raw metal. Put the support in place and scraped away the primer so I could get a good weld. I'm sure some of the primer will burn away from the welding process but there is really no other way that I've found to do it. I made the mistake of shooting some undercoating spray in an area then welding. Let's just say it caught fire quick.
I plan to seam seal everything I can to make it as water proof as possible before undercoating after all the metal is replaced.
geektoad
redneck geek
Wow...that's a ton of work, but the results look very much worth it!
Great work, Red!
Looks real good!
Draenor
KILL ALL HUMANS!!!!
Originally I intended on sand blasting it but after reading stories of blasting causing severe warping, I resorted to mechanical methods.
Scraping the gunk/ undercoating, wire wheel on an angle grinder, scotchbrite pads on my die grinder, flap wheels, sanding discs and anything else I could find to get down to shiny metal with the rust removed. Rust gets cut out and patched.
There "was" a media blaster in our area that I planned to use but they went out of business before I could get my stuff to them.
After I have cleaned the area and before I put the cab supports on I rattle canned primer over the raw metal. Put the support in place and scraped away the primer so I could get a good weld. I'm sure some of the primer will burn away from the welding process but there is really no other way that I've found to do it. I made the mistake of shooting some undercoating spray in an area then welding. Let's just say it caught fire quick.
I plan to seam seal everything I can to make it as water proof as possible before undercoating after all the metal is replaced.
Couldn't you use a chemical stripper of some sort?
Originally I intended on sand blasting it but after reading stories of blasting causing severe warping, I resorted to mechanical methods.
Scraping the gunk/ undercoating, wire wheel on an angle grinder, scotchbrite pads on my die grinder, flap wheels, sanding discs and anything else I could find to get down to shiny metal with the rust removed. Rust gets cut out and patched.
There "was" a media blaster in our area that I planned to use but they went out of business before I could get my stuff to them.
After I have cleaned the area and before I put the cab supports on I rattle canned primer over the raw metal. Put the support in place and scraped away the primer so I could get a good weld. I'm sure some of the primer will burn away from the welding process but there is really no other way that I've found to do it. I made the mistake of shooting some undercoating spray in an area then welding. Let's just say it caught fire quick.
I plan to seam seal everything I can to make it as water proof as possible before undercoating after all the metal is replaced.
Couldn't you use a chemical stripper of some sort?
I'm sure I could just haven't looked into it.
It looks to me like you're making good progress there. 
Not a huge amount of progress this past weekend but a few hours Saturday and half the day Sunday..
Removed the last rear cab support and installed the new one.
Started chopping out the old passenger side rocker and floor, prepping for the new patch panels.
There was a ton of loose rust inside the rocker panel when I cut it open.
I flipped the cab back in it's normal position and will start cutting more out next weekend. It will be my last weekend to tinker since I leave to go to Florida for training and vacation for almost a month..
Removed the last rear cab support and installed the new one.
Started chopping out the old passenger side rocker and floor, prepping for the new patch panels.
There was a ton of loose rust inside the rocker panel when I cut it open.
I flipped the cab back in it's normal position and will start cutting more out next weekend. It will be my last weekend to tinker since I leave to go to Florida for training and vacation for almost a month..
