salans7 Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Cory, just a heads up, My dad used to say that the difference between a good weld and a bad weld is about ten minutes of grinding. Looks good Cory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Looks good Cory! Thanks Gents! I had a less productive day today, but I did get my rusted out engine perch all welded up. It's not pretty, but it's good and strong. This truck is not meant to be a "pretty" truck anyway...leaving this one a bit rough so I can use it;). I could have ground the welds some more, but I said screw it, it will work fine for what I'm doing and hopefully I'll find a better one later on sometime. Oh, maybe I'll grind it some more tomorrow...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuzzFace2 Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Thanks Gents! I had a less productive day today, but I did get my rusted out engine perch all welded up. It's not pretty, but it's good and strong. This truck is not meant to be a "pretty" truck anyway...leaving this one a bit rough so I can use it;). I could have ground the welds some more, but I said screw it, it will work fine for what I'm doing and hopefully I'll find a better one later on sometime. Oh, maybe I'll grind it some more tomorrow...lol. Looks good from my house I was going to say once installed you wont see it but that is for the 300 and you will see it LOL If it works then why mess with it after it is in? yes I am lazy LOL Dave ---- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 If it works then why mess with it after it is in? yes I am lazy LOL Dave ---- Oh I know...lol. Maybe I'll grind it some more, but it actually looks better in person than in the pics...lol. I'll just spray some rustproofing over it..ha. Sometimes you just have to know when to stop with these trucks. I look at my '84 all the time and think, I could spend another $5000 on the truck and not increase the street value by a single cent...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 If it works then why mess with it after it is in? yes I am lazy LOL Dave ---- Oh I know...lol. Maybe I'll grind it some more, but it actually looks better in person than in the pics...lol. I'll just spray some rustproofing over it..ha. Sometimes you just have to know when to stop with these trucks. I look at my '84 all the time and think, I could spend another $5000 on the truck and not increase the street value by a single cent...lol. Yep, that's a problem I have - knowing where to stop. But your welding is looking good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArdWrknTrk Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 Thanks Gents! I had a less productive day today, but I did get my rusted out engine perch all welded up. It's not pretty, but it's good and strong. This truck is not meant to be a "pretty" truck anyway...leaving this one a bit rough so I can use it;). I could have ground the welds some more, but I said screw it, it will work fine for what I'm doing and hopefully I'll find a better one later on sometime. Oh, maybe I'll grind it some more tomorrow...lol. Looks great, Cory! It's all this getting your ducks in a row that takes time. But progress is GOOD! 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 15, 2020 Author Share Posted September 15, 2020 Looks great, Cory! It's all this getting your ducks in a row that takes time. But progress is GOOD! 👍 Not much new to report here as I ended up working on our daily driver's this past weekend, but some new parts arrived yesterday from RockAuto. New rear leaf rear hangers and shackles as well as new Moog bushings for the front eyelets of the rear leafs. Will be good to get these parts installed and taken care of. I still have a lot of work to do on the frame, at least another couple weekends, but hopefully paint after that and then I'll place the cab on. More cutting, more welding, more grinding...lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Lewis Posted September 15, 2020 Share Posted September 15, 2020 Not much new to report here as I ended up working on our daily driver's this past weekend, but some new parts arrived yesterday from RockAuto. New rear leaf rear hangers and shackles as well as new Moog bushings for the front eyelets of the rear leafs. Will be good to get these parts installed and taken care of. I still have a lot of work to do on the frame, at least another couple weekends, but hopefully paint after that and then I'll place the cab on. More cutting, more welding, more grinding...lol. It is a good feeling when you have things cleaned and painted and just have to bolt on the new components. So satisfying! If you only have a couple of weekends of work left to do you are really doing well. This thing will be a fun project for the almost-here winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rembrant Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 It is a good feeling when you have things cleaned and painted and just have to bolt on the new components. So satisfying! If you only have a couple of weekends of work left to do you are really doing well. This thing will be a fun project for the almost-here winter. I don't know if I mentioned it previously or not, but this 1980 F150 does not have a certification label, and I was curious what the paint codes were that were on it. It was painted at some point, so I didn't even know if they were original colors or not. The reason it is/was important to me is that I don't plan on painting the truck right away, and maybe never...but I did want to touch it up and paint parts/sections of it....so I did need the actual codes. This Bronco popped up for sale on Facebook this morning, also an early 1980 model, and even though it's badly faded, it sure looks like it was the same colors... Luckily they posted a picture of the certification label...god love them! I love it when sellers do that. Anyway, simple minds...simple pleasures, but I'll be trying the 3D and 3B paints to see how they match up. PS: Not sure if any of you Facebookers saw the ad...the boys were arguing endlessly over the selling price, but for anybody that cared about the small details...the truck has a couple neat factory features. H22 Axle code (Front and rear factory limited slip diffs), factory fog lights and factory fog light switch in the bezel, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1986F150Six Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 I don't know if I mentioned it previously or not, but this 1980 F150 does not have a certification label, and I was curious what the paint codes were that were on it. It was painted at some point, so I didn't even know if they were original colors or not. The reason it is/was important to me is that I don't plan on painting the truck right away, and maybe never...but I did want to touch it up and paint parts/sections of it....so I did need the actual codes. This Bronco popped up for sale on Facebook this morning, also an early 1980 model, and even though it's badly faded, it sure looks like it was the same colors... Luckily they posted a picture of the certification label...god love them! I love it when sellers do that. Anyway, simple minds...simple pleasures, but I'll be trying the 3D and 3B paints to see how they match up. PS: Not sure if any of you Facebookers saw the ad...the boys were arguing endlessly over the selling price, but for anybody that cared about the small details...the truck has a couple neat factory features. H22 Axle code (Front and rear factory limited slip diffs), factory fog lights and factory fog light switch in the bezel, etc. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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