DNFXDLI's 79 F150 Build Part 2

[5.0Flareside]

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we're waiting........



































are you ever gonna get done???















omg.. taking forever!!!





Hi Duncan!!

 

[DNFXDLI]

I looked at the frame and fondled it on Saturday

 

[Austin]

It would almost be a shame to hide that frame with a body!

 

[DNFXDLI]

Might work on it some more on Saturday. I need to get the rivet tools machined to a match of the OEM rivets..if it ain't one thing, it's another.

 

[LEB Ben]

Serious question Dman...after being this painstaking of a process already, any chance of you getting disinterested???

 

[DNFXDLI]

Serious question Dman...after being this painstaking of a process already, any chance of you getting disinterested???

Not at all. When I decided to do this project I told myself that it would take the time it will take and I have no firm completion date.
I don't want it to become a "job" if you know what I mean.
The frame certainly became much more of a project than I had figured so instead of making it a chore, I'm working on it when I have the time.

 

[5.0Flareside]

i'd be going crazy if i was you... heck i was going nuts the week or so that i had parts for my engine and couldnt do it yet..

 

[DNFXDLI]

i'd be going crazy if i was you... heck i was going nuts the week or so that i had parts for my engine and couldnt do it yet..

I have days where I do wish it was all done!

 

[primetime]

I looked at the frame and fondled it on Saturday

Atta boy! Heck, it took my old man 20 years to take his 73 Camaro from a car that didn`t drive, to the specimen it is now. Just sayin. Keep on trucking Duncan.

 

[DNFXDLI]

On the plus side, when I get to the car, it should be maybe a month

 

[taxreliever]

I looked at the frame and fondled it on Saturday

I saw "fondle" and some thoughts went through my head!

I am looking forward to seeing progress as well!

 

[fatherdoug]

I saw "fondle" and some thoughts went through my head!

I am looking forward to seeing progress as well!

I thought that, too. Ken, you should be fondling some tax numbers by now.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Spent the day on the frame.

 

[m78]

That factory weld on the cross member looks like $#!t . Was the upper part even connected ?

 

[DNFXDLI]

That factory weld on the cross member looks like $#!t . Was the upper part even connected ?

Yes it was, I cut it and bent it back so I could clean it up..it is a horrendous weld.
I will weld a stud to it and use a slide hammer to pull it straight then reweld it after I've cleaned up the frame rail.

 

[DNFXDLI]

 

[bucks77ford]

OOOO.....that's smooth. Looks good. Ya, and factory welds look terrible.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Thanks Buck...I'm damn near done the top of the frame.

 

[bucks77ford]

Thanks Buck...I'm damn near done the top of the frame.

Awesome. Your frame will probably be stronger when you are all done replacing the bad welds with good ones.

 

[DNFXDLI]

Probably so...although the idea was so the powdercoat wouldnt have sharp edges to adhere to