62 unibody build

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » January 30, 2009, 10:51 am

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twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 5, 2009, 9:20 pm

heres the latest to the slick

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 5, 2009, 9:23 pm

and some more picks of the work on the slick

61 Merc · Post by **61 Merc** » February 6, 2009, 12:21 am

I had mentioned earlier that the sill plate I got from Carpenters is shorter than the original Looking at your latest pictures I notice that your sill plate is shorter than the original. When I saw this I had to go take a picture of a set.
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The ends do add an extra amount of support.

Dean

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 6, 2009, 9:26 am

so whats the fix buy another one and cut and add or can you get the longer ones from somewhere else let me know and ill hold off on welding them up just yet

61 Merc · Post by **61 Merc** » February 6, 2009, 10:34 am

What am going to do is make the ends and weld them on, as the ends provide a lot of support to the step. The rear actually is spot welded on three sides and the front is spot welded on two(?) sides with the third side being the lower anchor for your front fender.

I will extend the new ones, and then repair the old set as I will be needing both sets for my uni's. All that needs repair on the old set is the front where the fender attaches, it needs a 1" flange welded in where it looks broken off the side as displayed in this picture.
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twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 6, 2009, 10:43 am

ok i got you now they just stopped it where the door meet the frame and didnt extend it past under the front cab mount i can make that piece and the rear and weld them on for better support is that what your talking about

61 Merc · Post by **61 Merc** » February 6, 2009, 2:21 pm

Thats it, and you might want to weld it to the rear panel as there isn't much support on the outer edge of the sil plate. What did you do about the torque box behind the cab, I know I don't have any info on it other than I know it is an integral part of the body.

Keep up the good work and keep us posted.

Dean

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 6, 2009, 9:26 pm

i made a rep. to the factory one out of 14 ga and welded it solid to the back and the bed sides and made the floor fit flush with the frst ill try to get some pick of it up tomorrow or sunday

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » February 6, 2009, 11:16 pm

Looking forward to it. Have you done any more work on the front suspension?

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 7, 2009, 4:32 am

not yet concentrating on the body right now and ill get back to the frame when the body is done but the only thing let on the suspension is the track bar really

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 14, 2009, 2:38 pm

heres some updated picks of the bed area and tomorrow when i get my door piece back from my friend ill post the picks of it installed in the truck.

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 15, 2009, 12:17 am

Nice replication of the Torque Box.

You may want to article that and post it with dimensions.

Looking good.

Garbz

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 15, 2009, 4:46 am

can do that garbz its a little heavier than factory it 14 and not the 16 or a little thinner than what the factory uses

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 16, 2009, 2:56 pm

Man, You have your hands full. That is a shitload of work my friend. Good job.

Garbz

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 16, 2009, 4:21 pm

a lot of welding

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 16, 2009, 9:05 pm

some more picks of the build heres what i got done tonight

heres the torque box welded in place with the bracing for the floor and all

underside of the torque box

and the door jam with the freshly sandblasted corner

DCarr · Post by **DCarr** » February 16, 2009, 11:30 pm

Nice-should be stout. Are you migging or tigging?

twistedfreak · Post by **twistedfreak** » February 17, 2009, 4:44 am

right now mig but ill tig the frqame and the body work but the heavy stuff gets mig

Garbz · Post by **Garbz** » February 17, 2009, 9:43 am

Before you full weld the bottom sills mount a door and check the opening. I had one grow too wide on me on a project and i had to take out a 1/4 inch.

Just a little insurance.

Garbz