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How I got my halftop....
I posted a Half cab wanted ad here on CB and almost immediately I got a reply from someone who had exactly what I asked for. But was pretty far away so After looking for a few more weeks for a half top without any luck I set out on a 16 hour round trip to pick this one up After I got it home and looked it over I determined it was too far gone for me to use. So not wanting to waist the money I shelled out for it (not to mention the gas and tolls!) I decided that I would combine the 2 tops I had and make what I want. The front seam was gone on the half cab and the back was pretty dented up so I just cut the top pan off and did some rehab on the back because it was separating from the top pan anyway. The full top that I cut up to make the top pan out of was rotted along the bottom of the windows and the lower corners by the lift gate so I used it as a donor. Plus it had the hydraulic shocks put on the lift gate which I want to use those on my hood.
So with more welding help from Elkhart Bronco we got to work and combined the 2 tops. I took measurements from my original 69 U14 to make sure that it looks as close as possible to an original half top. Here are some pictures of the process. I will be finishing this part up and hopefully getting it painted on Saturday so I will post some more pics when I get it done.
I posted a Half cab wanted ad here on CB and almost immediately I got a reply from someone who had exactly what I asked for. But was pretty far away so After looking for a few more weeks for a half top without any luck I set out on a 16 hour round trip to pick this one up After I got it home and looked it over I determined it was too far gone for me to use. So not wanting to waist the money I shelled out for it (not to mention the gas and tolls!) I decided that I would combine the 2 tops I had and make what I want. The front seam was gone on the half cab and the back was pretty dented up so I just cut the top pan off and did some rehab on the back because it was separating from the top pan anyway. The full top that I cut up to make the top pan out of was rotted along the bottom of the windows and the lower corners by the lift gate so I used it as a donor. Plus it had the hydraulic shocks put on the lift gate which I want to use those on my hood.
So with more welding help from Elkhart Bronco we got to work and combined the 2 tops. I took measurements from my original 69 U14 to make sure that it looks as close as possible to an original half top. Here are some pictures of the process. I will be finishing this part up and hopefully getting it painted on Saturday so I will post some more pics when I get it done.