Better ask @Raggedy_Ann how he keeps his truck so straight...
CK5
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Good idea. I think I've seen raisins with straighter sides than that truck.
Kinda looks like the corner of my blazer.
Burned in about another 30” before the breaker told me to fock off twice. The hidden section of the Drivers side is about half done
Looking at how I’m going to reinforce it. Just welding all the factory seems where they only used caulking will help...
Looking at how I’m going to reinforce it. Just welding all the factory seems where they only used caulking will help...
Maybe run some tube across behind the bumper? The previous owner of the 73 reinforced the rear bumper with wood 2x4's so there's that.
No
4x4?
Yes my truck is 4 wheel drive
Looks good. Very serviceable repair, and you wheel your truck, so it may happen again.
Find another just like it, and start NorCal69’ing it (I’m going to regret making that into a verb) with tube reinforcement.
David
Thanks David. Part of it was just proving I could repair it, even though it was pretty NorCal’ed
I thought the lower plate where the trailer ball would mount would be the worst. But the inner radius by the plate gave me trouble
This was absolutely not a good repair in terms of economy of time
But I got to weld every day this week
Worth noting:
This is one of the original welds done on a 120 VAC MIG using flux core. The plate had almost a 3/4” deflection in it from the stern humping it received. Weld is intact
I had to cut the others to put it in the press to fix it. The section below the hook showed stress, but was not broke
This is one of the original welds done on a 120 VAC MIG using flux core. The plate had almost a 3/4” deflection in it from the stern humping it received. Weld is intact
I had to cut the others to put it in the press to fix it. The section below the hook showed stress, but was not broke
I never said that I was going for a speed record. But I am glad that you got yours patched together again.
Done yet?I never said that I was going for a speed record. But I am glad that you got yours patched together again.
I like the bumper, but not as much as the wall art!
Yeah, me neither. I do have one of the clocks from the 90's though.
My wife rolled her eyes at it.
I have a few posters from SEMA '04 !
My wife rolled her eyes at it.
I have a few posters from SEMA '04 !
