This project was a literally a rebuild from the ground up. Not a single panel went untouched even the roof. The lower half of the body had rust repaired previously, but it appeared to have been done after the pickup was in an accident, thus making the twist/ damage to the body permanent. Because of the poor repairs the entire lower section was built from new panels and what was left of the cab was set on top The single hardest part of the bodyshell restoration was filling in the sunroof hole. The sunroof had caused a flat spot in the center of the hole and had to be corrected along with filling the hole. Took 2+ days to weld up and metalwork the roof back to the correct shape.
- The starting point
- Ready for media blast
- Replacement panels
- Replacement Panels
- Spot welding the front floor assembly
- Mocking up Load Floor assembly
- Spotwelding rear floor assembly
- Finished rear floor assemble
- Mocking up Rear wheel tubs
- Completed Floor Assembly with toebaord
- Nice tight panels gaps
- Completed Load floor assembly
- Panel Mockup
- Panel Mockup
- Cab Ready for rust repair
- Cab ready for rust repair
- Welding up the sunroof hole, Patch made from a donor roof.
- Inner A-panels Spotwelded to inner fenders
- Final assembly
- Final Assembly
- Wheel Tubs welded
- Set the cab back on
- Plugwelding the original bulkhead to the toeboard
- ensuring a nice tight joint
- Finished roof