ok, we welded the roof on today, and by we i mean my dad welded and i moved clamps and took pics. ha ha i know i keep saying the bedside is coming off soon, i swear it will be off this week! lol anyways, heres some pics from today.







i also came to the sad realization that my dad has more invested into just vise grips than i have into tools at my house. lol

 

Damn that's a lot of Vice-Grips. I don't think I have ever seen that many in my life.

 

Dangit boy!! Can I have a few? Lookin good!

 

HAHA!! I've seen that many but not all being used at the same time!!! I dont believe I've seen that many together in the store!! LMAO!!!! Lookin good!!!! NOW GET THAT BED SIDE OFF!!!!!!!!!

 

ok the bed side is off!! finally ha ha. still some parts of it that i need to drill the spot welds out of to get off. we cut around the wheel lip so we could get to the wheel lip clips easier so we didnt have to pry them off. also my brand new take off tailgate came today too. all we have to do is bolt it on! anyways, a few pics

 

any updates?

 

nothing yet this week. were going to finish denting out the cab this week and get it ready for paint. after that we will fit the new rear quarter panel on the bed. there wont be much as far as pictures probably this week, ill just be grinding welds and such the next couple days

 

ok a little bit of work done in the last couple weeks. this week we got the hood straightened. being aluminum it was no small feat either because its 3 layers thick but we got it. that will save about $700 for a new hood. we also started to push more of the dents out so we are getting very close to prime and paint time. i dont have many new pics but heres what i took this week.

before shot of the hood...


this is what it looks like now.





and a couple shots of the cab corner dent work

 

Dang man, yall do good work!

 

thanks!

 

updates? Damn nice work by the way!

 

thanks! nothing really in the last week. body will see some primer maybe this week. the old man is busy with custumers cars this week and there isnt much for me to do on it right now. i did get my grill in and fitted up though

 

what grille did ya go with?

 

i couldnt find the one i wanted so i just went with the chrome surround with the black honeycomb center part

 

lookin for the FX2 or 4 one?

 

no im looking for this one.

its the stock grill on the 2007-2008 XLT's i cant find one oem aftermarket. even ford had a hard time getting me a part number and when they did they said it was around $500 retail. i got the one below for $100 aftermarket.

 

i'll talk to my buddy up here to see what he can find for ya

 

real jealous of the skills you and your dad have, wish i could buy a junk and fix it like new and not have to pay the normal person price tag.....

 

x2 lol

 

thanks guys!


my dad was busy with body work the last couple days and he made a ton of progress. the cab should be ready for paint here soon. here are some pics of the newly smoothed out cab corners. sorry fro the crap cell pics











and a pic of one of my dads classic cars that hes selling. anyone interested? lol

 

Wow, VERY good work done to the truck. It's always been my dream to get an beaten car/truck and fix it up. But I don't really have the skills or equipment for it

 

thanks, i wish i had half the talent my dad has. body work i think really is a work of art. i think anyone can do it, but few can do it good

 

Looking very nice!

 

dang. someones been workin in a bodyshop for a LONG time. thats some good. work. I would have just replaced the cab and bed. lol
nice work

 

Looks great dude.