thats comin along well, i cant wait to see the next update.

 

Subscribed! Awesome build defiantly gonna be one of a kind!

 

I'm getting behind on my updates. Here's some stuff I did last week.

To stop water and dust getting into the channels on the new floor pan I used some seam sealer.



The raw steel parts started rusting in the shop. I'm thinking the swamp coolers are the culprit. To stop the surface rust I sprayed on some pain.



Using a hole punch to create the rounded corners of the fuel tank access panel.



The access panel isn't very big since the cross supports are close by.

 

For body material I picked up two doors from the junk yard. It was half price day, so I scored two doors for $75 bucks! I measured the gap, added 2 inches for a buffer then cut chunks out of the doors




Dry fitting the new body material. Once lined up, I marked where the cuts needed to be exactly.




I trimmed of the extra material on one side and ground the edges of the other.




Perfect fit!

 

I used the excess trimmed off for backing on the edges of each seam. Same routine as the bed shortening.




New side panel clamped into place.




To avoid any warping I slowly weld small spots a few inches apart. After cooling a bit I run a few more spot welds. I repeat this quite a few times before the panel is fully welded. Then I repeat everything on the driver side.

 

very sweet! just curious, are your rear tires clearing the rear cab corner?

 

Great job man, keep u the good work!

 

You can see the line where he is going to cut. Looks great so far, awesome build.

 

wow i almost forgot about this thread really is amazing!

 

doh! cant believe I didn't see that line before

 

They have 1/2 price days out there...man Illinois sucks haha. Very awsome indeed though. I wish I had the time to just do a lift on my truck. Your truck is coming along nice. I really can't wait to see it finished.

 

Thanks everyone. I'll be adding the old bed side curve to the cab so everything looks fairly normal.

 

More updates....

Missed this photo. Its before the side panels were fitted. I aligned everything onto the new body mounts and welded the floor to the remaining cab parts.




Angle shot of the passenger side. Thats as strait as I can make it




Killing time while waiting for the metal to cool. Maybe just a bit to much time :D




Driver side panel installed same as the passenger.

 

Removing the fuel filler off the old bed side.




Tracing the shape onto construction paper.




On the front side I press the construction paper into the groves. I cut the piece a bit crooked so I used the ridge to find a level point to measure.




Using the pattern I align the ridge to the body line and trace the edges.




Then I cut.

 

Working slightly different from the body panels, I wedge pieces into the edges of the filler backing.




I clamp into place and check the alignment.




Now I weld in the same fashion as the body panels. The filler isn't in the best location, but there would of been a lot more work to move the whole thing. My fuel tank won't move back anymore due to the axle. So I have to work with what I have.

 

Thats amazing!, Too bad the filler couldnt be moved though.
Wanna do my truck next

 

This build is amazing great job man i cant wait to see it done

 

Very interesting build. Looks good! Any other plans or other mods. Suspension, Engine, ETC?...

 

simply freaking amazing

 

Awesome, awesome build for sure. One of the first real chops I've seen in here. Good on ya!!

I'll be checking this build out for sure.

 

looks good

 

Someone needs to send this dude a www.ranger-forums.com sticker

 

yea a big one for like his back window or something

 

this truck is badass....i really want to see this thing when its fully done u need to head out to cali and we will have a meet just to score a look at this thing haha

 

Wow.... can't believe I missed this build up so far. Very cool looking build. And some great work too boot! Haha... make sure to keep us posted man.