I did end up bracing the door structure. The cab was already racked out of square pretty badly. The inner rockers were completely loose from the front of the cab. There wasn’t much left once I started cutting it apart 😂. Thanks for watching!
I agree, those poor band-aid attempts at a fix did more harm than good. My understanding is leaving an air pocket in places like they did only made a place for moisture to trap and rust even faster. I found this out the hard way when I had the bed rust fixed on my old truck in high school with patch panels, it rusted worse and faster the second time and I ultimately found a different box for it (mistake, should have put bedsides on my original box, but oh well) It's too bad you couldn't make some sort of rotisserie for the cab, someone smarter than me would have to figure that one out. The Ranger XLT was the "King Ranch/Platinum" of its day, crazy when you consider what even basic trucks have now. My dad's 76 was born a plain-Jane Custom, he basically made it a Ranger XLT when he restored it other than it does not have air conditioning. The good news about the fresh paint in the cab, I don't think it will look out of place. Inside the cab doesn't get scratched or UV faded and usually now matter how bad the outside looks, the inside of the cab usually looks pretty nice. We had a 75 farm truck that was this way, had every panel a different color until repainted (something very close if not the same as your truck). But other than dusty, the inside was nice.
You’ll see in the coming videos but I ended up building a couple fixtures to hold the cab up on the dolly. There wasn’t much floor structure left once I cut the rot out. Yeah this thing was very well optioned for its time. I’m excited to restore the interior to its former glory!
I did some searching and wasn’t able to find a complete floor for a 73-79. That probably would be the way to go but it’s looking like I’ll be piecing this thing together bit by bit.
Sorry , I thought that I saw somebody was reproducing them I went looking and found that nobody is currently offering one for those years yet. That's a bummer I went that route with the current one I have and it saved me a tremendous amount of time . I wish you luck and I'll be watching to see how it goes for you.
Wow after all you’ve put into this thing I can almost feel the gut bunch myself. Sorry dude but at least you’re plowing forward…that’s the right direction. You’ve got the right attitude, it’s gonna take as long as it takes. No expert here but you might want to think about welding in some temporary braces to Keep what ever you have “square”. Remember the old adage “How do you eat an elephant”? Good luck.
Thanks! It was definitely a bummer but I’ve already made good progress towards improving the structure of the cab. I’m excited for the next couple videos coming up. I did end up bracing the door frame. By the time I got everything cut out there wasn’t a whole lot left. Plus I found the cab was racked out of square even before cutting things apart.
Looks like a prime candidate for a complete floor.
You definitely need to weld braces into what is left to keep the cab from shifting on you too.
I did end up bracing the door structure. The cab was already racked out of square pretty badly. The inner rockers were completely loose from the front of the cab. There wasn’t much left once I started cutting it apart 😂. Thanks for watching!
@CodyBuilds I thought it looked a little wierd in there!
Dang… and I thought my bronco was bad! Good luck bro. I’ll be following to see how this goes for sure.
Thanks for watching! There’s some good progress coming in the next couple weeks!
YES 💯 keep that build sheet. That's rare to find on a vehicle
Don't give up bro you got this
I agree, those poor band-aid attempts at a fix did more harm than good. My understanding is leaving an air pocket in places like they did only made a place for moisture to trap and rust even faster. I found this out the hard way when I had the bed rust fixed on my old truck in high school with patch panels, it rusted worse and faster the second time and I ultimately found a different box for it (mistake, should have put bedsides on my original box, but oh well)
It's too bad you couldn't make some sort of rotisserie for the cab, someone smarter than me would have to figure that one out.
The Ranger XLT was the "King Ranch/Platinum" of its day, crazy when you consider what even basic trucks have now. My dad's 76 was born a plain-Jane Custom, he basically made it a Ranger XLT when he restored it other than it does not have air conditioning.
The good news about the fresh paint in the cab, I don't think it will look out of place. Inside the cab doesn't get scratched or UV faded and usually now matter how bad the outside looks, the inside of the cab usually looks pretty nice. We had a 75 farm truck that was this way, had every panel a different color until repainted (something very close if not the same as your truck). But other than dusty, the inside was nice.
You’ll see in the coming videos but I ended up building a couple fixtures to hold the cab up on the dolly. There wasn’t much floor structure left once I cut the rot out.
Yeah this thing was very well optioned for its time. I’m excited to restore the interior to its former glory!
What year ford is this?
1975
It's easier to do an entire floor . To replace each piece it very difficult and time-consuming. Ask me how I know . I just did my 67
I did some searching and wasn’t able to find a complete floor for a 73-79. That probably would be the way to go but it’s looking like I’ll be piecing this thing together bit by bit.
Sorry , I thought that I saw somebody was reproducing them I went looking and found that nobody is currently offering one for those years yet. That's a bummer I went that route with the current one I have and it saved me a tremendous amount of time . I wish you luck and I'll be watching to see how it goes for you.
@@og190 no worries! I was hoping you knew where to get one 😂.
Wow after all you’ve put into this thing I can almost feel the gut bunch myself. Sorry dude but at least you’re plowing forward…that’s the right direction. You’ve got the right attitude, it’s gonna take as long as it takes. No expert here but you might want to think about welding in some temporary braces to
Keep what ever you have “square”. Remember the old adage “How do you eat an elephant”? Good luck.
Thanks! It was definitely a bummer but I’ve already made good progress towards improving the structure of the cab. I’m excited for the next couple videos coming up. I did end up bracing the door frame. By the time I got everything cut out there wasn’t a whole lot left. Plus I found the cab was racked out of square even before cutting things apart.