tubbin n dubbin

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tubbin n dubbin
mazdaman82 avatar
mazdaman82
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hope its not to bad man...
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mazdamandan
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I'll post some before and after pics
paparoach1983 avatar
paparoach1983
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please doo man
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mazdamandan
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so,
I hammered out some dents today,
Pulled out the box where it was pushed in an inch on one side about 1 sq ft of the surface area, and the bodyline was flattened quite a bit, but I hammered it all out

I cut out the inner panels which were rusted beyond use
Wire cupped the inside of the box sides
I finished rolling the lip of the sides to clear the wheels
Welded up the underside of the supports I put in, remember its gonna be a tilt box
No point in having extra weight, besides, when I weld the top solid it will add a lot of wieght back for traction, and decent drop speed too.

Still some rust to deal with
://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/mazdan22/DSC02056.jpg
thread post photo
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://i613.photobucket.com/albums/tt215/mazdan22/DSC02052.jpg
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mazdamandan
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gotta plan out the tilt bed,

i hope to set up the rear tubbs tomorrow, a full wheel well, in heavy 14 g steel, should look really clean when done, I will paint inside the wells also , instead of black the body color will be continuous in the wells giving it a highly polished look

Just gotta deal with the rust, it takes time
hopefully I make enough progress tomorrow to bother posting an update.
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paparoach1983
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looking good bro
mazdamandan avatar
mazdamandan
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thanx
gonna take the boy to the park, then, get to work on the truck.
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mazdamandan
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So I thought I was gonna have more steel welded up tonight, but I did some sandblasting instead.
My ass is sooo broke I been sweepin up the sand and reusing it , the crappy part bout that is havin to filter it all back out, to get all the rust flakes and garbage out of it, I screen it then run my welding magnets through it to catch the grinding dust etc.
That is verry time consuming so I didnt get to weldin tonight.
If I dont have too long a day tomorrow I will, get on it.

It sucks being poor again.
Damn , a friggin bag o sand is only 12 bucks, cant remember the last time I had 12 disposable dollars, I'd laugh if that sh8t was funny, but, its just frustrating.

If ya got the time ya got no money, if ya got the money ya got no time.
Makes progress difficult.
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welding magnets...damn wish i thought of that.... we just used a screen off a window to filter it...lol