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BKubu · 11-16-2009, 19:13

Chris, you are doing a great job. I am sure the project often looks and feels intimidating. Keep your head up. You are restoring a truck like few of us in the hobby have!

steelsoldiers · 11-16-2009, 20:24

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Originally Posted by BKubu

Chris, you are doing a great job. I am sure the project often looks and feels itimidating. Keep your head up. You are restoring a truck like few of us in the hobby have!

Thanks Bruce. I can't wait for you to see it in person. It's going to be a neat Seabee truck in the end.

I'm not too worried about the body work. I did new rockers, the tailgate skin, and most of the floor pans in my old 1009 blazer and it turned out really clean. The good news is the area where the driver's seat bolts in is solid so I won't fall through. I should be able to drive it while I am working on it once I fix the area around the throttle pedal.

The battery box and the floor underneath is a little rotten, but I got one of those battery relocation kits that puts the batts in the toolbox and turns the space under the seat into the toolbox. I plan on cutting out the bottom and welding in a fresh piece of heavy steel. Then, I'll weld a hasp on the seat bottom so I can lock up my new storage space.

BKubu · 11-16-2009, 22:18

Chris, there is a guy on this list who can produce the Seabeas stencil in paint mask. If you don't know who I am referring to, I will find out. I may even have the paint mask stencils for the doors and the below the tailgate if you can't find them.

EZFEED · 11-16-2009, 22:25

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Originally Posted by steelsoldiers

The good news is the area where the driver's seat bolts in is solid so I won't fall through.

HAHAHAHA! This made me chuckle a bit....been there bubba!

I wish I still had pics of my 1982 "flintstones mobile" GMC S-15 LOL!

EZFEED · 11-16-2009, 22:39

You know the cool thing is that at least your floor pans are flat, unlike a civy vehicle with all of the bumps and ridges in them. Should be easy if you can get the whole thing out. Can you???? If not then looks like you'll be stitching them in. I vote fix yours if its not too much trouble, you can put thicker stuff in. Just did this with my pony.

Thought you had rust problems....check this out!

steelsoldiers · 11-17-2009, 06:08

Bahaha, yep, you were pretty well hosed there!

It shouldn't be too hard to cut out all of the bad floor and replace it with a couple of new panels. I'll have to take my time separating it from the support structure below and take careful measurements for all of the captured nuts. There is a good bit of wiring and air lines running across the bottom of the cab that will have to be taken down and protected before any cutting or welding.

When I look at all of the stuff that would have to be removed to swap the cab, it makes me really lean toward just replacing the floor boards and inner rockers. I can any other rocker rust from the inside while I am at it. At least there aren't any compound bends or radiused curves like my dang Blazer.

EZFEED · 11-17-2009, 06:36

That’s what I'm saying too, looks to me that its all pretty much just flat panels and simple bends that can be done with a brake.

Are there any parts I (or any of us) should be on the lookout for when we go junkyard hopping? There's only one place close to me that has military stuff in their salvage yard, although I don’t know if they have anything new like this. I haven’t been all over it and they possibly may. Any parts that would swap with the older stuff?

steelsoldiers · 11-17-2009, 13:45

Thanks for keeping your eyes peeled for parts. I need the clamp, t-bar and nut that hold the spare tire in place. I also need the chain hoist for the spare tire davit boom. Those parts are all specific to the 939A1/939A2 trucks except for the nut.

That's all I can think of for now.

EZFEED · 11-18-2009, 00:15

HEY! Lemme get back to you on this chain hoist you are talking about. Its not like a little hand operated crank thingy with a little short boom on it is it???? I have something like this that I picked up with a lot of junk.

Also...if you see something for sale at one of our locations like Polk or Beauregard here in LA then bid and lemme know so I can pick it up for you and find a way to ship. I have a camp on Toledo Bend lake and either one are on the way and I do run up there and back once or twice a month. I'm sure everyone here would do the same for each other too I would hope.

Lemme see if I have that hoist. I wanna say its a cable though???

cranetruck · 11-18-2009, 16:12

Chris, I notice some tags on the lines in this and other pictures, are the separate air systems labeled by numbers like the electrical wiring is? They did that on my 8x8 and was wondering if by chance the numbering was standardized. The TMs don't help here, at least not the ones I have.