I, for one, would love to see your progress as you move along with this one
Joe, as I am a fellow hacker.
Rick Carlisle
57 3100
----- Original Message -----
From: "JOE GARCIA" <joegarcia1@comcast.net>
To: "Gary R. Schwarzrock" <gschwarz@airtimeisp.net>
Cc: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] advice on rust treatments
> I like using the Eastwood "Oxisolv" as well as their "Rust ncapsulator".
>
> A friend of mine found me a few AD Cabs a while back "they were about
> to go to the crusher" so I took them home. They all need cab corners
> and one needs a complete floor and one was a 5-window with a very bad
> dash and front floor and firewall section. I melted the lead on the A-
> pillar seam and then cut the floor through the rockers from one side to
> the other just in front of the seat riser. I mated the 5-window with
> the good dash and front floor section of the other truck to make a good
> 5-window. I won't even tell you what plans I have for the
> cab's "custom wise" because the majority on the list would go into
> shock. Yeah, I'm one of those hackers who does the chopping and
> suicide door and other unmentionables to the AD's but like I said these
> cabs were heading to the wrecking yard to be crushed so don't feel to
> bad for them.
>
> Another friend just gave me a really nice 1950 bed with back fenders as
> a trade for me welding in some cab corners on his truck.
>
> Joe
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary R. Schwarzrock" <gschwarz@airtimeisp.net>
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2003 11:35 am
> Subject: [oletrucks] advice on rust treatments
>
> > Does anyone have any good or bad comments on rust treatments?
> > There are
> > three products that I have seen mentioned:
> >
> > Eastwood "corolless"
> > POR-15
> > Rust Bullet
> >
> > And a second thought. Has anyone thought of or tried to make a 5
> > window cab
> > by cutting the window ports out of a thrashed deluxe cab and
> > grafting them
> > into a good cab? My thought was to cut the windows out right
> > where the
> > rubber molding is on the outside with the thought that the drop
> > into the
> > window hole and some "careful welding" might control the warpage,
> > and then
> > cut the inside close to the door post and the rear window to get some
> > support for the weld seams on the inside.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary 1954 Chev 3100
> > oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and
> > 1959
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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