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The trans mount holes had to be redone old ones filled and the plate narrowed on ends to match trans and x member now every thing fits together with clearance.
Running board holes had to be moved for the braces copper underneath for weld stop..
The owner found these kool tail lights on line the guy hand cast them out of old beer and pop cans.
Now for the front first the grill needs some attention.
Lots of areas with minor weld fill and grind smooth.
The bars will either be replaced or have some repair.
Now what do we have here.
Modified frame sections rewelded both sides.
As usual lot of hrs adjusting aftermarkert part to look wright.
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On the ground to check the overall look after tons of hrs of work its really starting to come together..
Some kind of funky bracket.
Checking for fit and overall look its getting there but a lot of stuff still to do.
They add to the clean look.
After test fit grill had to come out so I could weld then grind clean the inner upper to lower sections together.
The left valve cover hits the and so dose the transmission case.
The upper valance needed some work holes filled and a couple of dents worked out.
Patch fully welded than everything ground clean for a smooth finish.
Both fenders needed rear lower patch sections also again aftermarket welded then ground clean.
We are going for the smooth look so the front fender lower panels were welded.
New holes made old ones ground clean.
A new bolt plate was made and the old cut off then the engine was moved forward about a fat 3/8 of inch for valve cover clearance and the new plate tacked in place.
Start welding the bars in place a spacer was used to keep gap factory looking..
1948 Ford F1 Pu Restomod this is the 3rd Part of the build. I have shown lots of the little detail work that goes into building a high quality restomod in my shop.
Cleaning things up front and back.
Passenger side neede an additional rust out patch.
Mount back in now we have valve cover clearance.
When the owner stopped by to take a look, he gave me the one finger salute with a bleep word and said it was coming out better than he expected.
Check back more to come.
Driver side seam fully welded then ground clean.
The right door needed some door gap work so I tig welded the door edge than started the slow grind for gap consistency.
Front end starting to take shape nicely.
Retainer nuts were welded to the back side.
Then removed and fully welded.
The transmission mount is also off.
With the bars to be replaced the base was ground clean and was rust preventive painted.
Weld areas on bars rust preventive painted.
Dent repair on a couple of bars.
After market front lower fender sections fit so so as usual some rework will be needed.
With all the bars welded in place and the damage ones repaired, every thing was ground clean and smooth.
The front frame horn had to be reworked for body panel clerance.