Got the first panel in. Haven't cleaned up the welds yet but happy with it so far.

Roughing in the other one for the passenger side front.

I can help you with that. Come on down to NC and you can get this bed finished for me

Woo-hoo!!! Congratulations on your "final tour"! Get all those batteries charged up and enjoy your next adventure but most of all the pups!
Looking forward to seeing some posts from you again

Sorry this took so long, knew I had a picture somewhere, but stumbled across it finally:

Thanks, I am still tickled with the lace! Inch by inch, things are getting finished on the bed. A few spots to touch-up but should be starting the filler panels between the wheelhouses this week. https://i.postimg.cc/504qqSTb/IMG-2063.jpg The lower patches are from New England Speed and Custom if an...

So glad to hear from you! Glad things are going good with you. I like your new hobby, especially the Talladega. I used to build 1/24 scale static models in my parent's basement, and still miss it. Don't really have a good place to do it now, plus I really don't need another pastime. Looking forward ...

I wondered if I heard the same things, but it was good to see our trucks getting some air time from a "big-time" YouTuber.

Thanks for sharing and it did seem like he'd taken notes from Tom!

I am not even close to being smart enough to use a computer, but I've tried quite a few times to add files and it appears they always exceed to size limit.

I posted these using Postimage, just by habit I guess. I haven't tried direct attachments but will give it a shot.

Man, I'm glad we can post pics again! I didn't realize there are no pictures of this: https://i.postimg.cc/wjzKXTTp/IMG_1549.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/3Rdz8k9g/IMG_1548.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/ZY9hZMD1/123_1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/T2ZvPJzh/123_1.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/GhGwTsRK/IMG_1560.jpg The m...

Thanks for hanging with me Grump, its been a long ride so far. I've really been dreading trying to repair the end caps and that has kinda paralyzed me for too long. It still hasn't been easy but slowly getting there. The floor should go pretty quick when I get to it and then strip all that orange pa...

Let's see how this works!! This is the "frame" for the new floor and the widened wheel houses https://i.postimg.cc/DZbVKgMF/IMG_1793.jpg The reclaimed rear bed panel https://i.postimg.cc/Njpv8LXh/IMG_1824.jpg Passenger side bed cap repair https://i.postimg.cc/7ZxyTSfM/IMG_1886.jpg https://...

I SECOND THAT!!!
Thank you many times to whoever did all the work to update this great site!

The front panel is glued into place and I'm very pleased how it turned out. Been working on the bed end cap repair. I bought patch panels but the profiles are quite different. My bodywork buddy said it will all work out with a bit of tacking and hammering. We'll see how that goes, planning to tackle...

Picked up the piece from the fab shop for the front bed panel patch. Got it trimmed and fitted. Looks like its gonna work great. Need to do a little work to the original bed panel to get it ready to accept the patch. I did use a flanging tool to make a flange on the top edge of the patch to accept t...

Just wanted to see how you are getting along, haven't checked in awhile.

Did get the rear crossmember installed. Wound up using panel bond adhesive. Quite an enjoyable time getting it in place and not getting all of the adhesive on everything else!! Cut the right bed end cap off with a sawzall which went surprisingly well. That allowed me to do some rust treatment/preven...

Glad to hear from you Max! And glad you still have the 64!! I don't stop to think how lucky I am to have nice truck-working weather for the most part. I need to get better scheduling tho, have some things that need be epoxy primed, but it is staying below 40 degrees. I'll catch a day soon. Keep us u...

Still eating this elephant with a teaspoon. Worked a lot of overtime last week so not much accomplished until yesterday. Finally ground all of the welds and got the tag light bracket welded into place. Acid washed it and got a coat of POR 15 on. Took a few days off after Christmas so should be able ...

I wish I had a way with words like that!
Merry Christmas to everyone as well!!