kstones63 project

edselcomet · Post by **edselcomet** » January 2, 2010, 10:18 pm

thanks for the info , truck looks great. keith

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 3, 2010, 10:04 am

The aluminum pieces that you have mounted to the dash for the defrost, did you make those or purchase them from someone?

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 3, 2010, 12:07 pm

Also, what is the length of the column that was used and where did you get the piece that mounts to the firewall that the column goes through. Thanks for the info.

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » January 4, 2010, 10:42 pm

Reds Rod Shop wrote:The aluminum pieces that you have mounted to the dash for the defrost, did you make those or purchase them from someone?

I made those pieces for the defroster. I got bored one day and figured that there was a better way than the factory cardboard pieces that were in mine. I made them out of a solid piece of round aluminum.
The column is 31" from the bottom of the steering wheel adaptor to very bottom of the column where the knuckle bolts on. I made the column mount at the floor along with the brake pedal floor bracket.

Kevin

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 5, 2010, 1:00 pm

Thanks. The defrost pieces are cool. I think that i located a tilt 80 camaro column for $20. He's suppose to be rounding it up for me. Thanks for the info.

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 8, 2010, 8:09 pm

A couple more questions for you. Was the floor in your bed in really good shape or did you replace it. If you replaced it, what with and where from? Also, I noticed that your brake pedal goes through the floor. what type master cylinder / assembly did you use? Do you have any pics of it? I really like the smooth firewall and keeping it clean. Thanks in advance for the info. Red

36truck · Post by **36truck** » January 8, 2010, 11:15 pm

Most of the guys that have replaced their floor use a floor out of a newer Ford. Some have bought new a few took apart a newer box.

Reds Rod Shop · Post by **Reds Rod Shop** » January 30, 2010, 8:41 pm

Keystone, have you made any progress lately, I'm having withdrawals. lol. No really, your project keeps me inspired on mine. Red

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » February 7, 2010, 9:18 pm

I have been busy with work so I haven't had as much time to work on this as I would like. I am making progress. The bed is almost ready to be primed for block sanding. This week might be short on work so I migh get it primed this week.
Here are some pics of what else I have been doing on the truck. My tailgate support straps would sometimes hit on the bed side so I was worried about that chipping the paint. I decided to use cables instead of the factory supports.
I made these pieces to hold the cable at the top.

I am using the cables that match my 99 F250 SuperDuty. I put the new mount in the top mounting hole and they are the perfect length.

I cut off the lower mount, drilled and tapped it for the factory 99 bolt and installed it.

I did have to mill off the top of the latch assembly to make it clear the top mount. It was stamped so poorly, it just took a little bit more that actually flattening it it out smooth to give it clearance.

Kevin

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » February 12, 2010, 9:28 pm

I got the bed primed today with the first coats of high build primer. Hopefully on Saturday, I will get this block sanded and fix anything that needs to be fixed and reprime on Sunday for final block sanding.
The new radius under the top panel can now been seen.

This is how the gas filler will be behind the taillight. I purchased a gas cap that doesn't need to come off to fill. It has a spring loaded center that the fuel nozzle pushes into.

I am putting a false floor in the bed to put lawn chairs, spare tire and stuff under, so this fuel neck will be hidden.

Here is the front of the bed. I fixed the corner where the the side panel meets the front panel. I cut out the overlap, reshaped the seam and cut the new seam in to continue it on.

I'm making good progress finally again.

Kevin

Alan Mclennan · Post by **Alan Mclennan** » February 13, 2010, 12:32 am

Goodonya Kevin!, that looks great as usual!

ezernut9mm · Post by **ezernut9mm** » February 13, 2010, 1:25 am

wow. and i was proud of my chicken scratch stick welds. very nice kevin.

azratrod · Post by **azratrod** » February 13, 2010, 8:45 pm

whats the old saying? "keeping up with the smiths?" well on this site and in this valley i have to keep up with the stones. the bed looks great kevin. once you finish with your cart i cant start working on my bed too.

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » February 13, 2010, 9:11 pm

I got the bed block sanded out today and fixed a few small problems. Tomorrow, I will spray one more good coat of high build primer so I can start wet sanding on Monday to be ready for paint.
azratrod & I are starting to get our ideas for our tilt forward hoods. I took some pics of elpolackos hood and we will try and use ideas from his hood and Alan's hood. We hope to get started on this right away.

Kevin

randyr · Post by **randyr** » February 13, 2010, 9:16 pm

kstones63 wrote:I got the bed block sanded out today and fixed a few small problems. Tomorrow, I will spray one more good coat of high build primer so I can start wet sanding on Monday to be ready for paint.
azratrod & I are starting to get our ideas for our tilt forward hoods. I took some pics of elpolackos hood and we will try and use ideas from his hood and Alan's hood. We hope to get started on this right away.

Kevin

Beautiful work, Kevin!!

Regarding a "tilt forward" hood, other than the "cool factor" why would you prefer this over the standard mount? Won't it limit access to many things under the hood? Just curious....

Thanks for the detailed posts! You really do impressive work.

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » February 13, 2010, 9:39 pm

randyr wrote:
kstones63 wrote:I got the bed block sanded out today and fixed a few small problems. Tomorrow, I will spray one more good coat of high build primer so I can start wet sanding on Monday to be ready for paint.
azratrod & I are starting to get our ideas for our tilt forward hoods. I took some pics of elpolackos hood and we will try and use ideas from his hood and Alan's hood. We hope to get started on this right away.

Kevin
Beautiful work, Kevin!!

Regarding a "tilt forward" hood, other than the "cool factor" why would you prefer this over the standard mount? Won't it limit access to many things under the hood? Just curious....

Thanks for the detailed posts! You really do impressive work.

Thanks for the compliments.
Regarding the hood, I don't like the way that the hood hinges let the hood stick up in the back. I know that you can get some good hinges that don't do this but I don't want to take the chance.
The main reason for the tilt forward hood is that I want something different and something that will help draw attention to it over the 200 "32" Fords that are at every car show. I have done so many small subtle changes to this truck, I just think that it needs something different to go along with the fuel filler and all the other things.

Thanks,
Kevin

Max · Post by **Max** » February 13, 2010, 9:42 pm

Excellent work thus far Kevin! She'll do a knot or two better than any other because of all of the smoothed seams.

randyr · Post by **randyr** » February 13, 2010, 9:48 pm

kstones63 wrote:[

Thanks for the compliments.
Regarding the hood, I don't like the way that the hood hinges let the hood stick up in the back. I know that you can get some good hinges that don't do this but I don't want to take the chance.
The main reason for the tilt forward hood is that I want something different and something that will help draw attention to it over the 200 "32" Fords that are at every car show. I have done so many small subtle changes to this truck, I just think that it needs something different to go along with the fuel filler and all the other things.

Thanks,
Kevin

Ok, that makes sense. I don't think you'll have any trouble drawing attention to this truck, though. It's really going to be a sweet ride!
Maybe you'll design a "quick release" hinge for the tilt forward hood so you and lift it off easily for repairs....

Those welded seams on the bed look great!

Randy

64low-n-slow · Post by **64low-n-slow** » February 14, 2010, 9:28 pm

Your bed looks awesome. Can't wait to see it in paint. Thanks for all the pics.

kstones63 · Post by **kstones63** » February 25, 2010, 9:45 pm

Well the bed and tailgate are finally ready to go to the painter. We just kept finding some small things that weren't quite right, so it was sand, hammer, prime and start sanding again. Then repeat. Now we are happy.

The painter wants me to bring it down on Saturday morning and hopefully we will get it painted and and a couple of coats of clear on it. Then on Sunday we can wet sand and put the final coat of clear on.
Probably won't happen like I have planned, but OH WELL, it will get done soon.

Kevin

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