Nov. 29, 2006 |
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1948 Chevy Five Window Truck Body redo |
 Here is the dash ready for bead blasting. |
 The cab has been stripped of glass, door handel's, brackets, etc. I can now work on the firewall, cab floor, etc. to get the cab ready for bead blasting. |
 Here I am taking the Cab off of the frame |
 Here is the way I lifted the cab off of the frame using a motor host. |
 Here is the Cab setting on stands off of the frame. |
 The Right side rear fender in rework. |
 The Left rear fender in rework |
 Here are the two rear fenders ready for the final primmer and sand. Looking good. |
 The Left front fender is ready for sanding and primmer. There are some dents that need to be worked on. Sandblasting is required. |
 Here is the left front fender dents repaired primmer and ready for sanding. Now the right front fender. |
 Here is what is left of the floor boards. The right and left front corners had really bad rust and needed to be repaired. I had to cut away some of the kick plates on both sides too. They will be replaced when the new floor is installed. The fire wall is in good condition. |
 This is a shot of the right side looking in from the left door opening. The black looking stuff is an rust inhibitor. |
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I am Fitting the new floor boards and kick panels into position. |
  Another view of the floor and kick panels. |
 Here is a shot of the new floor and kick panels looking into the left door opening. The new floor is installed. I used a Direct Sheet Metal's floor kit. It is really nice kit and easy to install. |
 Here is the stock firewall. All holes have been filled waiting for the primmer, sanding, and color paint. |
 The left outside corn is cut and removed. I applied Doctor Rust to the inside before welding the new corner into place. This will seal the inside corner and protect from rusting more. |
 Her is the new left corner in place ready for welding. I used clamps to hold it in place as well as leaving a gap between the main body and corner patch to make the welding easier. |
 And another look at the left corner |
 Her is the right side before the corner was removed. |
 Here is the right side with the new corn welded in place and ready for fill and primmer. |
 The back of the cab ready for body fill and a lot of sanding. |
 The new Cowling is now in and ready for body fill and sanding. |
 The lower cowl has been replace as well as the air vent plugged. |
 The cowl and vent are done and the next step is sand and sand.  The back of the cab is ready for Primmer and sanding. |
The cowl vent was shaved and filled with a patch.  The roof had a thin coat of body fill on it and sanded until all low spots are gone. |
 Here is another view of the roof with the right side ready for more sanding. The left side was competed soon after the right. |
 The Cab is now ready for several layers of Poly-Prime and a lot of block sanding with 220 sandpaper. |
  After several hours of working on dents I got the hood looking good. Now for Poly Prim and block sanding. |
 Hood being worked on. Lots of sanding. |
 The Hood with it's final seal epoxy prime. Ready for the ploy prime and finish sanding. |
 The Firewall is about ready for it's final seal epoxy prime. All holes are filled and smoothed out. |
  Pictures of the Hood coated with Poly Prime ready for block sanding. |
 Both Left and Right front fender also received their first Poly Prime coats and are ready for block sanding. |
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The pctures above show the progress of the body this summer. I have the cab ready for the final block sanding and preperation for paint.
The Doors and rear fenders are ready for block sanding also |
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