New week/end project
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Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
I admire your ability to take on a project like this. Well done.
Ditto, congrats on the new job too. You have to feel pretty invincible right now.
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monaco75
Senior Member
Thanks ya'll!! Yea feeling pretty damn good! Quit my old job yesterday. That felt the best!
The background check went through. Hopefully the drug test this monday, then start wednesday. Enjoying a few days off, but really need to get to work and make some $$.
Got most of the exterior back on, now on to interior. Really trying to get her back together for back up incase something happens to the other. I feel naked without having one. Especially when driving the 38yr old cordoba daily.
See if these cell pics will load...
The background check went through. Hopefully the drug test this monday, then start wednesday. Enjoying a few days off, but really need to get to work and make some $$.
Got most of the exterior back on, now on to interior. Really trying to get her back together for back up incase something happens to the other. I feel naked without having one. Especially when driving the 38yr old cordoba daily.
See if these cell pics will load...
Nice work on the truck.
I'm the same with my truck too....have to have back up!
I'm the same with my truck too....have to have back up!
65Fury440
Senior Member
That's a project for sure! Nice job, looks good.You increased the truck's value by thousands.
monaco75
Senior Member
It lives! Got her all back together, and fired her up with no problems. Really need to get the a/c charged again! Too hot to not have it.
https://youtu.be/yvbj4VL__NM
https://youtu.be/yvbj4VL__NM
Nice work Zac!
300rag
It's Not Going to Shift Itself
Well done.
68plymouth383
Senior Member
Great job man. Your truck will thank you with many more miles for that.
Fratzog
Old Man with a Hat
Looks great thanks for the update.
monaco75
Senior Member
Thanks guys! Glad to have her back together.
I'm hoping!! Need to get the bed done next. Hell it'll be a nice truck again! lol I've been toying around with swapping a 12 valve into her...... Need to stop day dreaming haha
I'm hoping!! Need to get the bed done next. Hell it'll be a nice truck again! lol I've been toying around with swapping a 12 valve into her...... Need to stop day dreaming haha
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Started the new job yet, Zac?
monaco75
Senior Member
Yea been working it a week now. I'm loving it! Real laid back crew I'm with. Learning quite a bit! Deff take a lil time to get everything sorted out
monaco75
Senior Member
Round 2.
Brought my bed home the other day, and started tinkering with it. Originally thought I could pull the dent out in the passenger side. After a few tries realised it wasn't gonna happen.
I can't believe what the going rate for the bedsides on these trucks! Cheapest I could find was $670 shipped! While waiting for it to show up, got the old one off. Can really see why these generation of trucks rot out above the wheels. That spray foam glue sucks! This dry southern bed even had a little rot starting.
Brought my bed home the other day, and started tinkering with it. Originally thought I could pull the dent out in the passenger side. After a few tries realised it wasn't gonna happen.
I can't believe what the going rate for the bedsides on these trucks! Cheapest I could find was $670 shipped! While waiting for it to show up, got the old one off. Can really see why these generation of trucks rot out above the wheels. That spray foam glue sucks! This dry southern bed even had a little rot starting.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Zac, if I showed you the underside of my '06 F-150, you'd cry. Still shiny. Amazing.
monaco75
Senior Member
Sometimes I ponder about switching brands when day dreaming of getting a new truck. Still prefer the ram as a whole package though.
You would laugh if you saw the original bed on the truck up close. Its bad! Its already been repaired once before I bought it. Was a nice bondo job...
You would laugh if you saw the original bed on the truck up close. Its bad! Its already been repaired once before I bought it. Was a nice bondo job...
monaco75
Senior Member
Anyone know the actual reason for this foam/glue ****?? Whats wrong with some good old traditional seam sealer?? Thats what it will be getting when going back together.
65sporty
Old Man with a Hat
It's probably there just to rot out the sheet metal, they don't want them to last to forever
monaco75
Senior Member
Had a little time to mess around with the bed today. Been grinding the spot welds down, and doing a little clean up on the surface rust.
New bedside finally showed up tonight. My heart sank when the driver opened the trailer up. The box was pretty beat up, and had a couple pallets on it, but luckily the metal made it with no bruises!
New bedside finally showed up tonight. My heart sank when the driver opened the trailer up. The box was pretty beat up, and had a couple pallets on it, but luckily the metal made it with no bruises!
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