Thread: Project Special K

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Well heck, if it was easy and painless everybody would be doing it!!!!!

I don't have a lot of patience with old body bolts....Usually I just drill or cut them out and replace them with a well placed weld or two or three......

My hat is off to someone who actually takes the time to take it apart and put it back together the way the factory intended it be done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dave
I actually went out and bought a hack saw blade that has a handle on one end, and the blade is free on the other end, to try and slide it between the panel seams. If that doesn't work I'll try the drill idea, if it'll fit in the tight spaces. I have three left to take out, all with stripped heads, I wish they snapped as easy as the strip!
I also got two ratcheting double box end wrenches 9/16"x5/8" and 7/16"x 1/2" as these seem to be a 48 Ford's best friends!
Wish I had them yesterday! My wife looked at my arms and hands and said OUCH!

Sawzall is truely man's best friend in the old truck department. I spent about two hours removing the last three rusted bolts off the grill. The last one I was under the truck in the wheel well upside down for 20 minutes cutting it off. All I can say for Ford is they use good steel on these old trucks!
So I finally got the grill out. Now all I have to do is strip the paint off the replacement, sand and prime it, then put it back on with new bolts that hopefully will never need to be removed again!