F250 rust repairs

[dieselcrawler]

Today was a short day... but the last parts I was waiting for came in shortly before I left. Lower door piller/rocker panel. Also got inner cab corners. Now to figure out how to remove the old part and get the new back in the right place, without the rest of the parts to guide me. Likely will sit the floor pan in place to insure proper alinement and mock up rockers and cab corners.

 

[KubotainNH]

Did you mention where you get all the body parts that were ordered? Kinda amazed they make all of them.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Parts came from LMC truck, Mill Supply, and the local body shop in town.

 

[dieselcrawler]

Finally... pics from thursday that I couldn't post then:

 

[hddnis]

Looking real good, nice work.




Mr. HE

 

[dieselcrawler]

Made good progress today... both lower door pillars cut out and replaced, back panel of driver pillar welded in, and frame painted.



Frame painted black



Driver side tacked in





Passenger side lower door pillar




Inside of drivers lower door pillar

 

[dieselcrawler]

Major progress!






Right door pillar inner filler and cab mount brace welded in




Cab mount brace welded back in...





Sure glad to see the floor back in place... only tacked in with screws for now, untill I'm sure everything else fits right.




End of the day found me doing a quick trial run of how the cab corner and rocker panels will fit

 

[tlj87]

What an excellent job! Enjoying following the thread. After you are all finished with this truck, take it somewhere (or do it yourself) and spray it with tons of Fluid Film! Good stuff!

 

[oldballs]

Very interesting to follow your work DielselCrawler. I can only imagine the physical work involved as well as the thought processes. Thanks for posting. I'd be too tired to type.

Cheers,
Mike

 

[dieselcrawler]

Thanks... glad to share. If you want more detailed pictures, look up my photobucket account. In the mobile uploads for 'wvdieselcrawler' there are over 1000 pics of this project and others. As well as personal ones, house, farm, family, toys, etc.

I enjoy the work... a bit dirty, but I have a nice space to work in, a good selection of the right tools, and a boss who lets me just do what needs done without pestering me, but is willing to lend a hand when I need it. Good environment...

These updates are done from my phone, in bed, while watching tv... but I'm not that tired, I found some time to split a little firewood this evening before doing the evening critter feeding.