Here's a *stupid* question: With all that welding you did on the cab, why not just replace it with that other one? I never thought I'd see the day where Thursday's were my favorite day of the week, but here we are!
HA! Thanks man! The other cab- the door hinge pockets, both floor pans and cab mounts along with footwells were all plate steel patches. Basically the lower section of the cab was home made garbage. Not horrible for a driver, but certainly not good enough for this Poncho Palomino truck. :) Good eye brother! Thanks as always :)
If the top of the donor was good why not just cut it at the posts and swap the whole top? Would have been a lot less finish work. Just a thought for next time.lol hope to see you cruising around n.e. ohio. Im in North ridgeville
I thought about that! But I was worried about getting the alignment exactly correct because if I screwed that up- I'd have a real mess! 1/8th of an inch makes a huge difference! I know because I've found out the hard way on glass fitment before. Thank you so much for watching!
@@GrenadeMotorsports most I've seen use rods or sheet metal inside the posts to keep the alignment. They also use the glass to make sure it's aligned right. Or at least a template of the glass. Cold war motors did this to align the posts on their 60 Impala splice. Body shops do it on clip tops also. There's many ways to skin the same cat . Your way turned out nice.
Nice job on the patch!!!!!!
Thanks! :)
Here's a *stupid* question: With all that welding you did on the cab, why not just replace it with that other one?
I never thought I'd see the day where Thursday's were my favorite day of the week, but here we are!
HA! Thanks man! The other cab- the door hinge pockets, both floor pans and cab mounts along with footwells were all plate steel patches. Basically the lower section of the cab was home made garbage. Not horrible for a driver, but certainly not good enough for this Poncho Palomino truck. :)
Good eye brother! Thanks as always :)
If the top of the donor was good why not just cut it at the posts and swap the whole top? Would have been a lot less finish work. Just a thought for next time.lol hope to see you cruising around n.e. ohio. Im in North ridgeville
I thought about that! But I was worried about getting the alignment exactly correct because if I screwed that up- I'd have a real mess!
1/8th of an inch makes a huge difference! I know because I've found out the hard way on glass fitment before.
Thank you so much for watching!
@@GrenadeMotorsports most I've seen use rods or sheet metal inside the posts to keep the alignment. They also use the glass to make sure it's aligned right. Or at least a template of the glass. Cold war motors did this to align the posts on their 60 Impala splice. Body shops do it on clip tops also. There's many ways to skin the same cat . Your way turned out nice.
Good to know!
Thanks as always :)