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[soltz]

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[zzrodder]

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Oh, I wish....

Made the garnish moldings for the rear quarter windows today, 1/4 the size of the door ones but twice the work because of the deep set rounded shape of the window.

 

[BillM]

Two thumbs up ZZ!

 

[Rockable]

Old Herc' is looking great! When you roll, you roll fast!

 

[zzrodder]

Moving on to the running boards, got the driver side done, frame for the other started. 2x2x 1/8 angle iron frame, 1x2 struts mount to brackets on the frame, plus a third mount ties up to the cab floor structure so they are nice and steady. Couple of 2x8s put the 'board' in running board, held on with screws on the underside, I don't like the look of wood boards but they make a nice solid step, 3/16" ribbed rubber mat to cover them.

 

[soltz]

Nice looking boards[
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[Sunnybeach]

Nice work. [P [P [P

 

[Torchie]

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[zzrodder]

Mounted the F100 gas tank and welded a couple mount tabs on the corners of the frame to bolt on a trailer hitch.

Learning a new skill - MIG welding brass with silicon bronze wire. After stubbornly trying to fudge it with the 75/25 steel mix gas, and creating horrific bird poop welds, I broke down and went and got an Argon tank. Still on the upward part of the learning curve, but I managed to stick together the rear window molding made from 1"x1/4" brass flat bar. Some finishing to do but its one piece! It will get glued to the glass and I'll just give it a brushed finish.

 

[forbigpicture]

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[soltz]

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[zzrodder]

Welded together the brass side trim and brazed it to the body. (Technically, fusing like materials is welding, bonding two dissimilar metals with the silicon bronze wire is brazing ) Also made the front window brass trim. The ends of the trim are brazed to the body and I drilled holes in the sheet metal to plug braze them from the backside. I had no idea if any of this was really going to work, especially having never used the silicon bronze wire in my MIG, but I think it turned out OK
The rear piece was the most challenging, I welded the forked ends on first, then bent it to fit around the corners of the cab.

 

[bob w]

This is fantastic!

 

[smallfoot]

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[BillM]

Looks fabulous ZZ. Thanks for sharing that idea.

 

[Old Iron]

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[Torchie]

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[dutch]

That looks sick!

 

[zzrodder]

A little more brass, made this to hold down the roof fabric instead of the fabric hide-em strip for a little more pizzaz

Mounted the air tank, compressors, valves and made a battery box.

Trailer hitch made and mounted....

 

[zzrodder]

Welcome to Fender Making 101, also known as making sh** up on the fly...
After settling on a profile with a cardboard pattern, I cut out all the pieces and got to work with the bead roller to give them some character and to look something like a 20's style. I had planned to weld a 3/8 rod to the edge but decided to just roll a lip on it instead, way less welding and potential warpage. Very Basic Model T ish look, no fancy compound curves.
I'll weld all the joints on the backside so I can grind lots off the edges to round them off a bit. [[