Slick 60's

Thanks I dont want to use alot of filler that I will have to grind out later. Some places Im going to have to because unless you take the box apart or remove some things inside of the cab to get a hammer or dolly behind it you just arent going to get the problem fully addressed. The bottoms of the 2 bed corners are the worst rust on the bed and the steps are the worst rust on the cab. You can see in the pics how rusted the bottoms of those corners are. No one makes a repair or patch panel for those. Ive got an older box for my 63 that when I get to that point I plan to remove both corners and rebuild if I dont find a flairside box before then. Im just trying to get this truck to a place where I can put a full epoxi prime on the body that will hold it for a few more years then it will get the same treatment as the 63. I just keep plugging along.

I really appreciate the pictures, I have this same work to do on my "wrong" bed!

The wrong beds are relatively easy to work on as they are a single wall bed. There is no place on them that is double wall. The worst place on these beds seems to be the rear corner lower panels. To me it looks like it would have been very easy to keep them from rusting out just by running a garden hose yearly down the rear stake pocket on the bed. For now Im just going to bondo up those corners till I get done with my 63. Ive got a 59 bed to go on that truck. Ill be taking the corners off of that bed and totally redoing them. I start slinging some bondo tommorow so Ill post up those pics when I get going on that.Im glad I could be of some assistance to you Ironminer.

The Bondo man cometh......









The weather finally got warm enough to start slinging some mud.

just more bodywork





The bed is the toughest all the little dents and dings to contend with. Pretty much have it done and started in on the cab.

More bodywork







Edit...... In the light of day. I always see more little dents and dings when it gets out into the sunlight. They will have to wait for the ground up restore.

looks awesome from here, keep the pictures/ updates coming!

Thanks finished up all the filler today. I start the pre epoxy prime sanding tomorrow.

I finished filling the worst dents and dings yesterday. I still have a few places of filler to redo and then pre epoxy prime sand. Ill be studying up on epoxy prime today. Here is how it sits pre epoxy prime. Funny how every morning when I look at the truck in the sun I see more and more little dents. Just have to let them be or Ill be filling dents for what seems like forever. They will all get taken care of later when the old paint and primer gets completely stripped off.




Just threw these in for a then to now look

Awesome progress!! Ive been enjoying this project since the beginning. Its amazing what it looked like before and how it looks now. Looks solid and ready to prime and paint

Thanks Thomas. Getting some of the pre prime sanding done. Takes a little time getting most of the old rattle can primer off that we put on last year. Oh well staying with it.

Complete sanding done and ready for some primer.





Parked in the home made paint booth.

Clear plastic sheeting will go over the top and sides.

Well squirted some primer on today. It was to hot outside to do more. I had to wait for it to cool down and then mask tape and paper the rest of the truck for saturday am paint. The epoxy primer flows on nice. Ill tape the roof down tommorow after it gets the night to set up.

2 day outside paint both 2 tone epoxy paint job done. Now to put it back together and drive.

looks very good

i need to deal with the lower back corners on my bed before my lights fall out.



dont really want to bondo again but due to lack of replacement panels and torch tanks for bending steel its likely that will have to be the way i go for now

Thanks Steve and Ice. If I find and easy way to repair those back corners Ice I will definately let you know. It is a regular beot00tch to form that filler into a new panel with not much there to support it. It took me 2 days just to get that part of the bed into place. I would rather not have done that myself but for a solution to hold it for a few years that was about all I could come up with. I saw on Facebook about a year ago someone was supposed to start manufacturing complete corners but nothing has come of it. I was keeping my fingers crossed. You would think with as many of these old styleside beds out there DC or someone would have made a repop panel to weld in.

HiBoy63 wrote: It is a regular beot00tch to form that filler into a new panel with not much there to support it

i have some thick steel mesh screen with square holes that may be easier to form the curves with and i can probably weld it into the existing good sheet metal to give a base for the filler

looks great!!

ICEMAN6166 wrote:

HiBoy63 wrote: It is a regular beot00tch to form that filler into a new panel with not much there to support it

i have some thick steel mesh screen with square holes that may be easier to form the curves with and i can probably weld it into the existing good sheet metal to give a base for the filler

Ice thats a great idea. I think ive seen some of that stuff under plaster walls or brick masons might use something like that. Ill have to look into that if it comes apart before I get to doing a complete repair on them.
Thanks Ironminer Im in the process of putting it all back together with the proper fender badages and inside dress up a little bit. My wife is redoing the seat and the door inserts and she made a carpet to put in it. Maybe no head liner as I have the lost in the 50s car show comming up this weekend.