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Poboy kartman
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Hmm, wow,
I get that a lot .....apparently.....not EVERYTHING is bigger in Texas!
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Well....at least we figured one thing out....and settled the debate for the ages: a tailgate is smarter than a Californian....
chancer
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Poboy kartman
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Post up the Californian one ...(that starts at 4" and only goes to 5"!
EDIT: BTW: I can read the heel out of a tape measure or a caliper...the problem is trying to explain the results to a dumb Californian!
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Just to be sure...and make sure people don't get the wrong idea.....this is all in fun..if Eric was in trouble and needed my help....and I could help him...I would be on the road in minutes...and....Eric doesn't have any problems with Texans....and. I don't with Californians...we're just playing....
EDIT: BTW: I can read the heel out of a tape measure or a caliper...the problem is trying to explain the results to a dumb Californian!
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Just to be sure...and make sure people don't get the wrong idea.....this is all in fun..if Eric was in trouble and needed my help....and I could help him...I would be on the road in minutes...and....Eric doesn't have any problems with Texans....and. I don't with Californians...we're just playing....
ML-TOYS
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Yeah its the east coast he dont like.
Poboy kartman
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Naw....You could move...and then there wouldn't be a prob....JK!
chancer
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Poboy kartman
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Since I had the wrong tailgate...I called these folks and struck out....so I'm still looking...
Denny
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Thanks Doug all this time I thought I was the only one who could fall into a pile of crap and come out smelling like a turd! It's good to know I'm not alone. 
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Poboy kartman
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Well.... I decided to at least get the old tailgate functional. So....I cut the back out...(even though I was under pressure as someone was watching every move I made)!
Then took a sledge hammer and made it straight...(funny....Sammy wants to be right there when I use power tools....but he doesn't trust me with anything I can hit him with!)
So...it's pretty straight now...(roughly) ...even if it's not pretty...so should be functional...I may play with it some more...
Then took a sledge hammer and made it straight...(funny....Sammy wants to be right there when I use power tools....but he doesn't trust me with anything I can hit him with!)
So...it's pretty straight now...(roughly) ...even if it's not pretty...so should be functional...I may play with it some more...
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OzFab
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Good job
As long as it works, who cares what it looks like; after all, it's a truck, right...
Nothing as little bondo won't fix
As long as it works, who cares what it looks like; after all, it's a truck, right...
Nothing as little bondo won't fix
Poboy kartman
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Good job
As long as it works, who cares what it looks like; after all, it's a truck, right...
Nothing as little bondo won't fix
Actually....(I did a little hammer and dolly work after the last pic)...ATM...except for a few places I didn't have access to...a layer of Bondo would be less than 1/4" anywhere...less than 1/8" in 75% of the skin and mostly less than a 1/16th...
Don't know if I want to put in the work though....rather just buy one.
supermanotorious
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there's nothing a BFH can't fix! lol
Denny
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Now get a shrinking disc for your grinder a rag and a bowl of cold water. Slowly work up those low areas and use the shrinking disc on the high ones. When done no bondo will be needed.
Denny
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Poboy kartman
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Now get a shrinking disc for your grinder a rag and a bowl of cold water. Slowly work up those low areas and use the shrinking disc on the high ones. When done no bondo will be needed.
Denny
Yeah..........righhhhhhhhtttttt.....
A couple of things: this is a work truck...not a Barett Jackson contender rare vehicle.
Also...I took little care restoring this thing to straight...(it's work hardened to HAIL... Leonardo da Vinci couldn't make this look like new without Bondo!)
To put it in perspective...it's like trying to turn diamond plate into a flat ,paintable surface without Bondo!
Poboy kartman
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Soooo... Tailgate ready for Bonddukky!!!!
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OzFab
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It is doable but, why bother? Even show cars have bondo on them...
That looks pretty darn straight to me. Good job!
chancer
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I think I said that 2 weeks ago. Looks like the California guy was right.... AGAIN. Wheres Pat? He said Some crap about big hammers. LOL
machinist@large
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Chancer, there are some things that Doug does that I have learned to not comment on, due to the fact that I might get banned for winding him up. Add in the fact that he can go to piece's so hard and fast that innocent bystanders can get seriously wounded by the shrapnel, and you just wind up with a big mess......
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