Thread: Getting rid of the ugly !!!!!!

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Thanks Guy's.. Yes this one was a mess for sure..And I should have told him to just start with a new one... But he really wanted this one and I knew It would take some work But knew I could make it a nice one...It didn't scare me..

I was going to post more today,, But it's been a long day.. So I'll try to get more posted tomorrow... Man !!!! Didn't realize it's already tomorrow... Good night ..

We Decided it was best and cheaper to just buy a new Bed.. I then glassed it on.. I don't really care to have them bolted on...

Here's the body in a little better shape then what we started with...

Remember this.. This Build was on a small budget from the start... I mocked up this car keeping the budget down as much as I could for him... You Builders know how that usually turns out's..

Once we reached this point in the build... It was time for a little ride before taking it down to paint..Still wishing he would have let me build a new frame for it..

The ride was great.. My friend got to take his first ride in his new T-Bucket..

Well It's time to take it down and start cleanning and painting.. Bad thing is... My friend lost his Job this point and had to stop on the build.. The car set at my shop for something like a year... Man !!! That's really suck's when them things happen..

A year later and that Chassis is still driving me nuts.. Well.. Time to get back on it after a year off of it...

Stated taking things down to send to paint... Well we decided to blast the frame... Man !!!! When we got this frame back from the blaster... We found things that was covered up with Bondo and paint that just didn't fly with me...

Showed it to my friend and pointed out everything that needed to be fixed.. He said what you think... I said let me build you a new frame so YOU know what you have... He left for the weekend and I started building.. By the time he got back.. I was done with the new frame..

This was a chance for me to make thngs a little nicer then on the old frame... I made the wheel base 4'' longer, And a few other things...I have a lot more pictures of this build but cut it down a little to catch everyone up on this build.. More to come with COLOR on it..

Thanks again for making the time to share this build. Love all the pictures and details.

Anytime !!! I enjoy sharing my builds with Guy's that appreciate them.. I know some will like them and some won't.. But when people enjoy seeing what you do it help's... Hope everyone here has a Blessed and safe New Years.. Keep it safe guy's..

Here's a little color to bring in the New Years..

A few more..

Next we will be adding a few pictures with some goodies added to the frame..See y'all a little later.. Come back after a few drinks.. The pictures might look a little better..

A beautiful job.
Now don't get me wrong, I'm not being picky; but it looks as though some of those welds have been ground smooth.
I only comment because here in New Zealand we're not allowed to grind structural welds.
That's so that the inspectors can see the 'raw' weld and get an instant idea of the competency or otherwise of the fella that did it; whether its a smooth well-run weld, or a pile of bird-s**t that sticks where it hits, and I'm just wondering if your rules are different.

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I weld almost my whole life..The only thing that has been done to these welds was hit with a polishing pad...We then smooth them out with Filler.. I use to weld X-ray pipe.

Take that back.. I had to go back in look.. A couple filler welds was sanded down a little.. with a polishing pad..But the butt welds on the butt's was Beveled grind and fitted with a 1/8 gap, and filled the same way I did x-ray pipe..