1966 GMC 1000 - Making it Mine!

[jkalgren]

Originally Posted by Prowbar

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Very nice work! A spot welder is the way to go, that’s how they did it at the factory. No rust above the windshield on yours? Mine’s pretty rotted out. What seam sealer are you using here? I’m taking notes!

The inside of the panel above the windshield was pretty rough, but no rust through... so I am hoping the Rust Reformer and paint took care of it. I was not prepared to replace that piece... this is not that kind of restoration!

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The seam sealer was just something from Amazon that was cheap but had good reviews. Same with the primer for these individual repairs.... I will be buying some decent (but inexpensive) Kirker primer when I am ready to spray the whole cab.

Here are links to the seam sealer and primer I used.



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[Prowbar]

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The inside of the panel above the windshield was pretty rough, but no rust through... so I am hoping the Rust Reformer and paint took care of it. I was not prepared to replace that piece... this is not that kind of restoration!

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The seam sealer was just something from Amazon that was cheap but had good reviews. Same with the primer for these individual repairs.... I will be buying some decent (but inexpensive) Kirker primer when I am ready to spray the whole cab.

Here are links to the seam sealer and primer I used.



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Appreciate it!

[jkalgren]

Tried something new again this weekend in the garage. This time with my Flux Core Welder.

I have 4 holes in each door from old west coast mirrors that were missing when I bought the truck. If I am gonna paint it, I might as well fill in these holes first.



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First step was to flap-disk them down to remove the ridge and the paint around them... I then tried something that came up in my Facebook feed last week from Bondo Billy... welding them up with flux core.



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This is .030 flux core wire in a cheap Harbor Freight welder on low. It looks pretty ugly at first... and I blew more holes in it practicing... but once you clean and flap-disk them down again... looks better!



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These should take body filler WAY better than the original holes. Now to do the rest of them!

[FetchMeAPepsi]

One welder told me long ago, "You can be a great welder or you can be a great grinder. But you'll probably never be both". Me, I'm a great grinder. All my welds look like hippo turds

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You will definitely like having metal in there instead of just packing it full of putty. You can always grind down the excess so don't be afraid to fill it up full. Nice work!

[lizziemeister'sV6]

Would it help if you held a flat piece of heavy copper behind the hole and then weld. I have found that works great for patching holes. Any comments?