'72 Ford body onto 2002 F-150 chassis

[buRRp]

Lookin good.

 

[RedRider]

Looking good. Thanks for the update

 

[slammedi'am]

 

[FoPAR]

Not much of an update but for me this is one of the most beautiful bumpy mess of spot welded sheet metal I've ever seen and do you now why I say that? Because I'm finally finished spot welding the bed back together and welding the seam on both sides of the bed. It's very nice to be done with this part of the build, that is for sure!

Why do I keep seeing bright flashes of light every time I close my eyes.... oh yeah 10,000 spot welds later might have something to do with it....

 

[buRRp]

 

[OldCracker29]

You're getting closer.

 

[Bigredmariner]

Looking good Rob, yeah that's a ton of welding.

 

[che22879]

 

[FoPAR]

Pulled out the 36 grit sanding disc and went to town on the passenger side and got it all striped down to bare metal. Then mixed up some filler and started coating it. Yep the dreaded "B" word "Bondo " lol but hey I'm a realist, I know I'll never get this old bed straight without it and I've already filled in with metal filler. So all the bondo is for is to find the lows and fill them in.... hmmm... isn't that what body filler was for??? oh yeah it is...lol Anyway started to knock it down today and you can see that I have a lot of sanding to do but most of the filler is sanding off and should only be a skim coat in most places by the time I'm done.

Over all not perfect but working on it, the body line is starting to show, just a few more hundred hours of blocking ...lol

 

[Carolinaboy]