thanks, i'll start there. appreciate the help. havent come across that one
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73 k5 blank slate
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Always need a good excuse to build a new shop!
Martin
Martin
yeah, that's the bright side of all this, that and a bunch of new (metalworking) tools!
Do you have a picture under the front of the tub from the bottom? I'm looking for the bracing that's 73-75 only, to compare to the 76-91 tub...
I'll bring it back Wednesday. I'll be sure to take those and post
I was hoping my build would be rolling by now. I just didn't think it would be on casters... oh well
Excavated the drivers torsion box today, lots of sand, a wrapper some foam of some sort and the leaves are actually plastic
Technically, it’s rolling. 
At least it’s inside.
At least it’s inside.
Trying to stay positive. It might be for the best. After all the ck5 motto is built not bought. I'm definitely gonna have to step up my welding gameTechnically, it’s rolling.
My son three year old son LOVES Nutty Bars. I don't think he has ever been to Mississippi though.
Martin
Martin
i'm sure it was one of my boys from back in the day when it sat in the shop piled high with parts. "i'll just hide the evidence here in this hole in the blazer"
Slow work getting the drivers floorboard out. I need a spot weld bit. I can see why nobody wants to do this kind of work. Glad the cab mount brace seems ok
The good part of you doing this yourself is that you will know how the hidden rust gets dealt with instead of trusting that someone else did it. It would be easy for a shop to tell you that it was all good, and slap it together.
Glad to see that you are making progress!
Glad to see that you are making progress!
Yeah, I'm going to see every inch of this old thing, God willing. I text pics of all this to my brother who's done body work for the past 40 years and his response is always "why did you pick something like this?" Anyway I'm learning alot and maybe it'll help those who come after me. I see alot of guys ask about finding shops who do rust repair but rarely see anybody who successfully got any of it done
I’m getting ready to cut into my ‘75 to do the exact same repairs. Keep up the progress!
Will do. I've been checking out Cody's build. Looks like we have similar challenges. I'll be following yours for pointers as I'm a noob with rust repair
Done cutting out floorboard and need to develop a plan for the rollbar mounting bolts before putting in patch panels. The holes are in a tough spot to weld in nuts so I think I'm going to put the bolts up through the body and spot weld them to a reinforcement plate I'm going to weld between the body and rollbar
I'm trying to remember if they were cage nuts or studs...
Is it possible the 73 was sold without one because the way these holes were drilled.... well I'll just say it's pretty much consistent with the rest of what the po did, lol
I will look in my books and see....I'd like to know the answer too. I'm pretty sure the roll bar was optional but you'd think the holes would be there whether they had the bar or not.
