Re: My Journey: 1973 Dodge Power Wagon
[Re: 734x4PW]
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04/04/09 11:21 PM
04/04/09 11:21 PM
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April 4th, 2009. The weather is nice in Joplin this weekend - the highs are in the 70's today, Saturday. I picked up the 18ga steel that I'm using to form new floor pans. I decided to build them from scratch for several reasons. First, I want to. Second, I'll save enough money to offset the cost of a decent mig welder for the project. Third, I want to use 18ga instead of 19ga or 20ga for the pans. Since this isn't a show truck, I'm not concerned that someone can see underneath that it's had floor pans welded in. So, we began...
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Re: My Journey: 1973 Dodge Power Wagon
[Re: 734x4PW]
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04/04/09 11:27 PM
04/04/09 11:27 PM
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The edge will have a double bend where it meets the rocker panel; it's sort of an "S" shape in sectional view. It would help if I had a large sheetmetal brake! I had to make do with these tools: (Note to self: get a pneumatic panel cutter! 18ga is rough to cut with tin snips! )
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