37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

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Do I see "fresh meat" to pick on??

Randy - again!! You post a teaser and not a picture in sight!!!

[randyr]

Do I see "fresh meat" to pick on??

Randy - again!! You post a teaser and not a picture in sight!!!

Yes, I knew that would be a problem......pics later today!!

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Do I see "fresh meat" to pick on??

Randy - again!! You post a teaser and not a picture in sight!!!

And you'll note that I left that one alone! But now that it's out there, Far be it from me to rag on someone for forgetting us and sharing some photos... I mean when others did it to me well, I just felt terrible for forgetting my buddies here and all..

(ya think I laid it down a little to heavy? )

[randyr]

And you'll note that I left that one alone! But now that it's out there, Far be it from me to rag on someone for forgetting us and sharing some photos... I mean when others did it to me well, I just felt terrible for forgetting my buddies here and all..

(ya think I laid it down a little to heavy? )

Well, MIKEY......now that you threw it out there, far be it from me to use nomenclature that you hate so much but once in a while I lose complete control of my fingers and the type whatever they type!

If it's pics you want fellas, here's my day....or week...or whatever.....

Ok, so I hate the method of adding pics on this site! Argh! I wanted to add captions but don't know how to do that.
So, we'll go with what we have:
As a refresher, you may remember my truck got smacked by an idiot who fell asleep while driving down my street. His '06 Toyota Solara was totaled and my truck sustained significant damage to the left corner of the bed and various other parts. The insurance company wanted to total mine, too and pay me as if it was a gardener's truck, but I fought them on it and they paid me for damages and I don't have a salvage title. Yay!

Since my old bed had rust in the front, new damage on the left rear, and right side had heavy bondo, I decided to look for a good replacement bed. Decent '64-66 F100 short beds are really hard to find! But I finally found a decent one. The bed floor is solid except the some previous owner felt the need to drill 21 drain holes in it....

Thus pic 1 - I spent the morning welding up many of those unnecessary holes.

pic 2 - I attached little pieces of copper to the top side of the bed floor with a magnet and welded the holes from the back side.

pics 3,4,5 - The I coated the underside of the bed with the Hy-Tech Metal Shield product that is shown in the pic. I bought it a few years ago for my '37 but decided to try it out on this.

More pics in next post....

[randyr]

I sold my old bed on craigslist because it was definitely worth repairing if you have the time and space to do it. The buyer picked it up last night so my truck has been bedless today.

While the bed was off I took it to the car wash and blasted the chassis and shot a little rustoleum on it. Since this is not a frame off restoration, that will have to do for now...

How about the cool '60 Dodge Power Wagon in the background? That belongs to my neighbor. My truck now parks next to it.

The underside of my new bed will be dry tomorrow and I'll put it on. I can do the rest of the body work as time permits....

There you have it gents! It's a pleasure as always....

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