Body Off

We decided to take the body off to cherry out the frame and make the modifications for the airbags.  So here are the pictures:

 Nothing that bondo won't cover...

 Teenage boys bouncing the rear of the frame...

The mock up engine.

The latest news on the truck

Well it has been a few days, and the students are making some danged good progress on the truck.  The engine mounts are finished up and look real nice.  We took the engine out, finish welded the mounts, and then put it back in.  We also bolted the hood to the nose pieces, it could stand to be stiffened up a little.  We know how to do that, right?

 We got a roof section out of the D&D autobody scrap bin that came off of a similar year Ford truck.  We hope to make it fit okay, but the curves don't quite line up.

 Sun roof anyone??

 Here is the initial fit up, but you can see where the patch has a different curve than the original roof area. 

 Looking up through the 'sun roof'.

 Trim to fit. 

 Start to tack it in place.  We will also make some cross-members for inside the roof to stiffen it up.

 Here is a view from the back.  I think it looks great!  But I may have low standards; Chip Foose, I ain't!  Thank goodness for Bondo!

 This is the look we are going for.  Thanks for looking!