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  1. The86manche
    And while that was setting up i started some work on some metal repair for later. Some rail end patches. Got these for free from a junk jeep. Going to use these to patch where the bumper brackets mount. The metal rotted away a bit behind the brackets on my truck. These will need sandblasting but they are usable.
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    The glue arrived! Before gluing the inner rocker though I decided to touch up inside one of the braces. And then I cleaned up the mating surfaces to bare metal, glued, and clamped it in place.
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    Thank you salvage. Another baby step last night. I am waiting on panel bond so the inner hasn't been welded yet. But also my welder is starting to act up so I may be getting it replaced. Trigger is intermittent now.. Still.. managed to welding a little patch in and cut a little more out. For clean up.
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    Ground it down, smoothed it out the best I could and gave it a quick coat of primer. I got excited so I fit the inner rocker to see how it looks and gove me a little motivation. Not bad. Not bad at all. My patch panel needs a little more working but it's coming back together!
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    Small steps for bigger progress. removed this unibody to inner rocker brace as it needs to be cleaned up and the metal underneath needs to be patched/cleaned but also to make installing the inner rocker easier. And then got to welding my patch panel. Tac welds spaced out to try and not warp the metal. (It did anyway) and finished burned in. I did have to go over a few spots but pretty happy with it.
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    After minor tweaks it's a nice fit!
  7. The86manche
    Small progress! Made the extension for the kick panel. Happy with how it turned out. Test fit, had to do a little shaving to the body.
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    Small amount of work today. Cut a few small pieces off and cleaned up some metal edges. Discovered I'm out of the right gauge sheet metal so I have to go get some. Once I have the metal I can make this patch and start putting this side back together again.
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    The welds that hold the inner rocker to the cab i found were.. crude. Or just not there. There were several spots that should have had spot welds and didn't. Beads of welds in the cab holding the inner to the B pillar. One hidden behind lots of seam seaSealer. After cutting and grinding random degrees of welds it came out. Key parts comparison. The seat belt nut is spot on. Epoxy primed at work. now i need to fix the kick panel extension that meets the inner rocker and it can go on!
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    More progress stripping Candace down. Tackled the inner rocker last night. The amount of seam Sealer you have to fight is absurd. Outer rocker cap. Half the welds did not hold from the factory. What's left of the outer rocker behind the cab corner. Will have to figure out repairing and stitching to the new rocker. And a clean looking at the inner!
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    Back on Candace again. With the nice weather hitting it's making me feel motivated. Ordered key parts inner rocker and full floor for the left side as it's all rough. And started cutting away. So regarding key parts rockers. They are good. But a little short here and there. one end doesn't really go behind the cab corners like it's supposed to. And where the sill plate goes it's just flush to the welded metal. I'm not sure if i got bad rockers or if I'm going to have to get crafty to finish them up..
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    1J7FT26LXKL561674

    The86manche replied to 89 MJ's topic in 1989

    I'd love to know the mindset of those people. I see it all the time. There have been good project cars, old classics, Cameros, even a very solid v8 swapped vega, all tossed and I don't understand how someone could look at it and just say yeah it's junk just toss it for the scrap price.
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    1J7FT26LXKL561674

    The86manche replied to 89 MJ's topic in 1989

    Same with the majority of the yards here in mass. It can be quite frustrating sometimes when you know something good that can be saved is right in front of you and there's nothing you can do.
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    1J7FT26LXKL561674

    The86manche replied to 89 MJ's topic in 1989

    Could it not still be saved? Or is it a yard that won't sell once it hits the yard?
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    Honestly I'm not really sure. $50? I know these aremt easy to find but i also know its kind of rough. And I'm not using it. I'll pull it and figure out what shipping will be as well.
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    1J7FT26LXKL561674

    The86manche replied to 89 MJ's topic in 1989

    That thing is too straight and clean to be in there. Rip
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    Its.. in a shape. Haha Considering the tailgate itself is basically crushed flat its not the worse it could be. But it's been used for sure..
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    I don't know if it's the same brand but I have one on a very beat up tailgate. Sadly the only image i have of the liner and tailgate. It's currently in storage
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    As luck will have it i found them! Somehow. They wandered away from eachother at some point. Took some searching to find them both.
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    I'll look through my garage tomorrow. There's only two places they can be lol
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    I've got a pair as well. I juat need to remember where I put them 😅
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    I do have an extra set if that doesn't work out. They need work though
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    I've seen worse. At least she's in one piece! And it's an ho
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    Could a wire(s) have been pinched when the replacement column went in?
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    I had actually mistook that for another one that had gone up for sale with it. I tried editing my post to fix my mistake but guess it didn't work hahah so I was wrong and ignore my comment lmao
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