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I spent a few days of welding to finish the passenger side running board so I have had my fill of welding and grinding for a while!!
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Thanks guys,
I think I am pretty close to being done fixing all the rust!!

All very valid points. We installed in floor heat in our house (staple up so not near as efficient as in a concrete slab) and love it. Wish we had gone that way when we built the house but it was...

Looking better and better every day!

That's a good way to pour a concrete slab for a shop. Around here we call that a grade beam slab where the concrete around the edges is poured thicker with rebar reinforcement.
When I did the slab...

In floor heat is by far the most efficient way to heat a building. If you are worried aboug it freezing just use anti freeze in the system and maybe use the heat pumps for ac and back up heat.
In a...

Work continued on the passenger side running board over the last couple of weeks. Not a lot got done as I was down in Central IL the past couple weekends visiting my son.
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Work on the running boards continued this past week. I made my tray for the Milkstone rust dissolver big enough to fit one running board at a time so while I had the passenger side soaking I did some...

Nice finds! You will be busy for quite a while which is a good thing!!

Thanks for the idea for the running boards. That would like nice!
And nice truck, I remember my dad having a couple of dump trucks and a stakebed of that vintage when he had his plumbing and...

Continuing to work on odds and ends parts I got a few more things painted last week while the weather was still cooperating. Looks like that will be on hold for a while though as the 10 day forecast...

Thanks Doug, I have been watching metal shaping videos on you tube which gives me lots of ideas.

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I have been continuing to prep and paint parts as the weather cooperates. Got a bunch of small parts done before the weather got cooler again so I went back to doing some repairs on various parts.
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Thanks, I have days like that too. That's why I don't keep the really big hammers in the work shop.

With the windshield back in place I have been working on some odds and ends. Since I had the tray with the rust remover set up I dug out a bunch of parts to soak to remove the rust.
Not all of them...

After looking at the inside windshield trim I decided to work on some other things before taking that on. So I dug out the old windshield frame and and what was left of the glass to work on that.
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Thanks, I agree that I have been getting better at metal working since I started this project!


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I have been using 18 gauge which is thicker than the original metal, but that way I can...

So my next project was fixing a rusted corner on the dashboard caused by a leaking windshield would be my guess.
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Work continued on the passenger fender this past week.
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Thanks, lots of practice helps for sure!
I use .030 wire for everything so I don't have to switch back and forth since I just have the 1 welder. (Lincoln 125, 110 volt) I set my heat a couple of...

Thank You! :cool:

The next step on the passenger side front fender was to repair the area at the bottom rear where it meets the running board.
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​Work continuing on the passenger side front fender last week.
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Continuing on the passenger side front fender repairs. After a lot of time with hammer and dollies, a bullseye pick (which I made myself, will post a picture one of these days), torch shrinking,...