RAMMAN4

I just had to put the roof on now to see what it looked like. That looks much better than the rust it had before.

Before pic


After

jimlj

All I can say is you have a whole lot more patience than I do. When I start doing the body work on my truck, If I find half the problems you have had I'll give up and sell the old girl.

Looks good and giving me motivation to do the "next phase"

RAMMAN4

I got this idea stuck in my head the other day and have been working on it for a few days now. I think I finally got the design worked out like I wanted. I had seen BRUISER weld brackets onto his truck door to mount the 2004-2008 truck mirrors to. I didn't really care for his design much as I didn't want to weld onto the door, but I did like the idea of something more modern looking. I started thinking I didn't really need or use my vent window ever. I taped up the vent window on my 92 and took it for a drive and didn't notice much difference. After alot of thought I was able to build this design. It utilizes all the stock hardware that mounts the vent window. Nothing is changed and it isn't permentant. If I want to put the vent window back in it'll only take a few minutes to do. Obviously it isn't done yet. I still need to finish welding it up and make some sort of interior trim panel to cover up the bolt holes.

BRUISER

I am always getting crap for that

I guess I need to finish them and get the truck painted so maybe people will understand the final idea in my head

but I stil can not believe all the work you have done to this truck.. great job

Loosewire

I Think I Would Of Chopped The Whole Top And Replaced It, Rather That Repair The Inner And Out Roof Metal.

RAMMAN4

I didn't get a whole lot done today, couldn't really get motivated to work on the crew. I did happen to get the dash pulled out and the hole for the clutch linkage rod welded up.

RAMMAN4

I really wore myself out today. I planned on doing both sides of the cowl, but only got the passenger side done. I made a bunch of templets, so hopefully the other side won't take so long.

RAMMAN4

And the welding begins

RAMMAN4

This is where making the templets really paid off. I tried to make it as much identical to the original factory bends.

RAMMAN4

I've got a little more welding to do and finish grinding and then I'll put down some seam sealer and it'll be good enough for me.

Kenny D

WOW thats allot of work man looks good. You first gen boyz are a difrent breed.

RAMMAN4

And today I got the driver side tacked together. I'll finish welding it out tomorrow and finish the little bit around the windshield gasket area and the cowel will be all done.

RAMMAN4

I don't have any fancy tools like an english wheel or a shrinker/stretcher to do this, so I'm doing it old school with all the tricks I can think of.

RAMMAN4

Since I didn't have the ability to form a complex shape like the original I had to make it a little piece at a time and weld them all together.

RAMMAN4

The reason for the green paint is I was stripping the rust off my patch panels and I needed some paint to keep the rust from coming back. Why waste the good stuff so I used up the sublime green paint. I've got some more work to do tomorrow and it'll be done then.