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There is no warpage with the oven melting because they cool the metal down over a period of several days. That is the way we cool down stills in the chemical plant I work in, and they run 400*F regularly. It cost me around $600.00 if I remember right. They charge by oven time. Body filler runs out, ...

http://www.powdercoatingunlimited.com/renu.html

Their oven is how the paint was stripped off my truck. Price was reasonable and it burned out hidden rust. Pinholes burned out to good metal.

I have spent too many hours and money on mine for too many years to give it up, but I know where you are coming from. The build is the fun part. I started here



And now I'm here


Hope to be in paint this week.

There is a third option. I had mine put in a large powder coating oven and had the paint baked off. I used m in Bloomington, Illinois. That was 10 years ago, but it also burns out all the rust. A pin hole turned into the size of a quarter, but it was easier to patch that way. This is what came back ...

Just been filling holes in the bed floor with 16 ga sheet metal. Die grinding out the rust and making patch panels, then mig welding them in. The flat panels fore and aft of the wheel wells. Hope to have the dings filled soon with body filler since they aren't that bad and will hopefully be shooting...

Worked with it this afternoon. Shimmed between the cowl bracket and the bottom of the fender/ inner fender. I noticed a space for shims on the bottom of the inner fender. It is a little better. Thanks for the comments.

Anybody have a trick on lining up fenders? I keep getting a gap under the cowl and above the fender. The cab had new floors and cab mounts welded in ten years ago. Tried cranking down on the cab mount bolts, and that did help some. Thanks for any advice, Bear

F25 Truck Series Code F25= F250 2WD
B Engine Code 6 cyl 300 cid 1 barrel carb
R Assembly Plant Code San Jose, CA
804385 Consecutive Unit Number


Thats all the info I could get.

Wow Lance, that looks great. I remember it from Slick Stock 1 in Ankeny!

-Bear

Thanks for the comments, and yes, that is the right picture, thanks!

-Bear

After 10 years, the death of my parents, moving, fixing tractors, lawnmowers, painting the wife's horsetrailer, I am finally back to MY project. I started this truck when we were on MSN!!!!!!!! It was completely torn down during Slick Stock 1 in Iowa. I tried to post a picture of it, but I guess I c...

I wonder how many were lurking on the old site and how many had trouble logging in, posting, and finally just gave up.

I also began having trouble with MSN. Glad to have the new site.