SteveCanup wrote:This morning it is 5 degrees with wind chills putting it well below zero. I'm wanting to go dig post holes...we will see.

Steve,

Glad to see your building a garage, I know it's been a struggle working outside in all the weather, hope it all goes as planned.

Jon

I was very surprised that there are no replacement heater cores available for 61-64's. IF I am mistaken, please let me know of a source! If you have a local radiator shop they can re-core the heater making it new again, it's about the only option short of finding a good used unit or replacing the h...

A productive weekend on the '62 flare side build..... Started Saturday getting the axle out, rear end grease was nice and clean with no moisture which was good to see, looked to be the original Ford factory fill but with a 100k on the clock of the CV it's just a guess. The right axle flange was bent...

The '62 came back from the frame shop today and they did a great job on it, even heated the rear frame rails behind the suspension and bent them down to level with the ground which will save us having to cut, bend, and fish plate the frame, these rails had to be moved so the bed would sit flat (or f...

Another monologue while we wait.... I wanted to mention that I'm really happy with how the interior cab steps turned out on the '62 flareside build, I know I've mentioned it before but other than the time, it was a cost saving measure that I think turned out well. IMHO https://photos.imageevent.com/...

SteveCanup wrote:Just my 2 pennies worth...hope that it gives you another option.

Thanks Steve, yeah it does give us another option that I hadden't really considered, we have a cheap (disposable) HVLP spray gun that would work to do that.

Thanks again.

Jon

Jon, again great work! I like the green too...(so that's my vote...lol.) Can't wait to see this one painted and put together. Thanks Steve, it's much appreciated! We both like the green also but are having a hard time finding a matching color in a rattle can...lol I wish that this '62 had been all ...

So this morning the flare side goes to the body shop....hopefully it will be back by Saturday. While the Flare side is at the body shop I had a few more things to share, first look at what showed up at work over the weekend....lol https://photos.imageevent.com/zany/newbee/websize/IMG_20190102_092245...

Back to the flare side build..... More progress! Spent the holidays working on the '62 flare side, it's ready for it's trip to the body shop for straightening the rear frame rails which hopefully will happen this week. Now have both interior steps completed and the first coat of bed liner applied, t...

You have your work cut out for you with that project, but that's going to be awesome when it's done. Is the body in as good shape as it looks in the pics? It looks pretty decent. Honestly it is your typical Mid-Western old Ford truck, the only real rot is in the cab corners and very bottom of the e...

I have mentioned a couple times that when the flair side build was finished my father-in-law wanted us to build him a truck, he has a saw mill business in central Kentucky and wanted a truck he could haul or pull a trailer with, we knew that any slick on a car chassis wasn't what he needed so we sta...

So we have a problem with the flare side build that some of the parts are defective or missing, a couple of the broken or defective parts were the wing windows, while the glass was good the pivot bolts at the bottom are broken on both sides, while this is repairable it's easier to just find good use...

Still moving along with the flair side build and making progress...lol We finally finished the passenger side cab step to CV floor.... https://photos.imageevent.com/zany/newbee/websize/IMG_0201.JPG New wheels and tires came in and are installed. https://photos.imageevent.com/zany/newbee/websize/IMG_...

I wanted to add a little more info/thoughts for the folks that might come along at a later date wanting to find info on doing a CV chassis swap. First let me say that on our first build we knew nothing, we spent money on things that we really didn't need to buy, as it goes the more of these swaps yo...

SteveCanup wrote:Outstanding fabrication going on....still watching....

Hey Steve,

Thank you, but I cobble more than fabricate...lol I subscribe to the notion that "grinder and paint make me the welder I 'ain't!"

Hope you and your family are doing well.

Jon

Made some major progress this weekend getting the core/radiator support modified, frame mounts made for the support, and getting it mounted to the frame. Getting past this hurdle allowed us to get the inner fenders from the CV cut and positioned to see if they will be usable...they are. This is real...

More progress in the last couple weeks.... Firstly Finished getting the CV floor/firewall mated to the slicks cab, I already said this but it has been a lot of work mating these two together and yes it is going to be worth the effort but it makes putting floor pans in a slick cab a walk in the park....

So...... one of the things I've talked about in both of the other builds was to incorporate the donor wiper motor to the slicks mount and transmission/pivoits. Since my wife is busy working in the shop I decided to spend a little time and see if I could mate the two together. https://photos.imageeve...

Made a little more progress over the weekend on the driver side floor, here's a few pictures. https://photos.imageevent.com/zany/newbee/websize/IMG_0137.JPG https://photos.imageevent.com/zany/newbee/websize/IMG_0138.JPG https://photos.imageevent.com/zany/newbee/websize/IMG_0139.JPG Still have to rep...

Another slight update...... So we've made a little more progress on the flare side build in the last two weeks, first I got the radiator support modified and the front frame rails cut off so the support will fit, still a lot to do in this area but we can tie the front fenders together at the support...