Recent content by pancholasvegas

Alright boys - this is the end of the line. Loaded up the box into the trailer and pushed it out. Next time it’s back here, it’ll be rolling on its own. It still may not look like much, but my friend told me to take care of all the rust and metal work, and he’d handle the rest, and if he...

Alright gents, we’ve been doing this a while and we’re through with our obligation. These past few weekends and finally this weekend, we’ve finalized our portion of the assignment - remove & repair all rust and missing sheet metal, reassemble for delivery to frame shop & our friend at the...

Absolutely - All body tools are dressed or sanded before being put to use.

@MP&C - Love the truck. Awesome work on the new window parts. The inner door is very impressive - I love seeing the old stuff untouched and taking a peak inside. You've got one of the best threads on here as far as technical work goes. I've said it before and I'll say it again, thank you for...

Thank you! Lots of hours so far!

For what it is worth, when you're cutting sheet metal, I find it better to have the sheet being cut pretty well supported and rigid. It works well for cutting panels while they're affixed to the car because they have strength being attached. If you're cutting panels on the table or bench, you'll...

We burned the midnight oil this weekend getting things moving on the trailer. Started by mounting the newly fabricated roll pan in place temporarily. This aids in the future assembly of the bed floor. This piece being aftermarket, the fitment isn’t quite 100%, especially for an application...

I apologize for the walls not being the subject of these photos, but it’s all I have at the moment. The wall separating the sides of my shop is all recycled pallets. You can see it in the background. Took about 80 pallets to do the whole wall. They’re nailed to painted black OSB over 2x6...

Got a couple minutes to finish up the welding on the rollpan. Steady as she goes.

Put some time in yesterday and today - Having trouble fitting the tailgate, I opted to try and fix the oblong shape that should be round on the tailgate mount. I welded up some rod with a large ball bearing on the end of it, as a makeshift pipe expander to try to help. It worked, kind of. I...

I have the Milwaukee Fuel M12 Cordless Right-Angle Die Grinder. If it died today, I would go to the store immediately and buy 2 replacements, even if I had to put it on credit. Now that I see that HF has an offering, I'm tempted to pick up one of their offerings and see if I can use it as an...

Took a few minutes to myself to burn a few welds in on the spare tire mount I made. The original spare tire mount was blasted along with the wheel wells when those were done, it’s certainly seen better days. When I got them back from blasting, I took it off carefully and used it to lay out a...

I am glad to see that you are satisfied with the SPI Products - I am just now trying out their products (mainly the epoxy primer and W&G remover) and I am thrilled with this stuff! I have hardly an idea of what I'm doing, but these products sure give guys like me a fighting chance!

Had some decent weather so I’ve been hard at work on the trailer! Got this truck bed floor from the salvage yard cleaned up, rough trimmed and laid out on the master pattern. More trimming required, but gave me the rough dims in combination with the wheel wells for what else I need. Trip...

Almost everything aligned this weekend for some good time in the shop - I had some time off work due to taking some elective machining courses at the community college this week, so I had some extra garage time. With the major rust repair handled, it’s getting time to put all of these panels...