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Missing my 1935 Ford pick up .

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I found both front inner fender aprons ,they need a couple of cracks fixed and someone drilled a few holes in one that will need plugged . Found a good set of headlights and stands . I got the front part of the frame rails boxed so soon as it stops raining here i will blast it and get it in epoxy .

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Wish I had half the number of shop/storage doors you have. You ever thought of using one of them for indoor blasting, or do you not do enough blasting to warrant it?

 

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Well ,let's try this Pic thingy ! I got it to work a couple of times so maybe?

Been working on my 35 ,bought a new bed from Mack Products ,these friggen things are nice! I bought it in unassembled form ,saved a couple of thousand on it . I started with an original bed frame and went from there. 20250103-142158.jpg

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Dang Jim, look at you being all tech savvy and stuff. Nice work on your 35! I'm gonna have to take a drive and visit you one of these days.

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I bought a rivet kit to rivet the bed together but the rivets are to long.  I took a couple of pieces of metal that made the thickness of the length I needed ,drilled some rivet sized holes ,inserted the rivets and ground the stems to the correct length ,did 80 rivets in no time at all . Rivets to long will fold over like a bent nail or not crush up tight. 20250120-135921.jpg
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A couple of months ago someone posted old Ford parts for sale on craigs list ,he wanted 2,000 for all of it ,I talked him down to 1,200 . Piles of running boards ,doors fenders and three 35 36 cabs setting on the straightest non pitted frame I have ever seen ,the frame alone was worth that!

I decided on using the 35 cab instead of the one I was going to use ,only a few dings and the doors are almost perfect !FB-IMG-1738115666167.jpg
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I did some work on my front fender aprons ,striped the paint and fixed all the cracks and missing pieces . ,the one with the hole in the middle I dollied and welded the piece back in place then ran them through the English wheel to remove the dents and creases . I need to blast them a little better ,fix a couple of dings the wheel couldn't get to and get them in primer ,but they are looking good now. FB-IMG-1738115539064.jpg
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3 hours ago, RPM said:

Jim, we need you to get a hold of Terry, @Mach1 Driver, and teach him how to post pics :) 

As always, Jim performs miracles. Its really interesting to watch it all come together. Excellent work Ridge.

Bob, I could post pics here if I wanted to find a place to host the pictures (and probably have to pay for it) and then there are the added steps to make it all come together here on this failing site. Sorry, but it's hard to feel otherwise. I don't see the point when VMF makes it so much easier (and how it used to be here). It is sad to see this place go away though. The site just told me "Sorry, can't add anymore notifications today". I was just trying to give Jim some more "likes". Jeez, what a decrepit mess this place has become.

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