Thursday, April 21, 2011

POR 15 under the bed

No real big news, but we put POR15 under the bed section of the unibody.  We are waiting for the floor stiffeners to come in and then we will make patch panels and detail out the front section before coating it.

That stuff goes on slick!  Levels right out even when applied with a brush.  It is tough to get into all of the nooks and crannies though. 

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Frame is together-startin' on the body

The rolling frame is fairly complete.  We will run the brake lines and install the drive shaft.

The block hugger headers are cool for a mustang or something but I think we will modify some other headers to go outside the frame rails.  Why work in so close when there is a ton of room outside the frame?

I like the sparks and noise in our shop.
The underside of the body, inside the cab and inside the bed are now sandblasted.  When it is all straightened out, we will POR15 it.  Thanks to the guys at Ideal Distributing for their wise council. 

The only real rust was these floor supports that were almost gone.
See the air where metal used to be?

Little patch panels here and there to fill the holes.

Vacuuming the rust and dust and sand


This is the passenger side body mount support area.  This is the only rusty areas that we found, but it was on both sides.
Patch panels.  We will treat the rust before we put the patches on.

Patches and holes filled in the bed.  Getting ready for the POR15.