I was looking at what would be involved in adding the 5-window back
windows into a 3-window cab and came up with the following plan.
First prep the 3-widow cab by drilling out the spot welds around the
center window and door jabs to remove the inner panel from the back of
the cab. Then do the same thing to the 5-window but cut say 1 1/2"
around the corner window opening on the outside and remove that panel.
Then I would make a template of the corner windows from the 5-window
and lay the template on the 3-window and trim out the metal so the 5-
window inner and outer skin at the corner windows could fit thru the
opening. I would even make the opening a little small that way when I
line up the inner skin of the 5-window with the center window opening
of the 3-window, I could clap it in place and take my cut-off wheel and
trim the corner window metal on both panels to an almost exact
cut....makes the welding process a lot easier. Then it's just a matter
of spot welding the center window of the 5-window to the 3-window, spot
welding the inner panel at the door jams and welding the outer skin of
the 5-window around the corner windows to the 3-window outer skin.
This step takes lots of patience and jump around the openings with spot
welds to reduce warpage. The main warpage will be in the area between
the corner window and the center window because its a flat area.
Joe
----- Original Message -----
From: Bobby D Keeland <bob_keeland@usgs.gov>
Date: Monday, July 14, 2003 7:06 am
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] advice on rust treatments
> My dad has the top of my '54 5-window cab so that he can graft the
> cornerwindows into his '51 3-window cab (the '54 cab lower half
> was shot). I was
> emailing with a fellow listmember about how to go about this
> graft, but we
> never really followed up on it. I certainly am VERY interested in
> such a
> project. I keep hoping that Custom Classic Trucks will do
> something like
> this.
>
> BobK
> 51 3600 5-window (in pieces)
> Arnaudville, LA
>
>
>
>
> "Steve Hanberg"
>
> <steve@OldSub.com> To: "Gary
> R. Schwarzrock" <gschwarz@airtimeisp.net>,
> Sent by:
> <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> owner-oletrucks@aut cc:
>
> ox.team.net Subject: Re:
> [oletrucks] advice on rust treatments
>
>
>
>
> 07/13/03 02:26 PM
>
> Please respond to
>
> "Steve Hanberg"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I'm aware of at least one other rust treatment, called 'zero
> rust' or
> something similar. I too would like to understand why you'd use one
> instead
> of another.
>
> For the last several months I've been trying to close a deal with
> a guy who
> has a 5-windows cab, and one of the things I've thought about is
> puttingthose windows in another truck. I can't add any
> knowledge to the
> discussion but would be curious what others might have experienced
> or seen.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary R. Schwarzrock" <gschwarz@airtimeisp.net>
> To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 11:35 AM
> Subject: [oletrucks] advice on rust treatments
>
>
> Does anyone have any good or bad comments on rust treatments?
> There are
> three products that I have seen mentioned:
>
> Eastwood "corolless"
> POR-15
> Rust Bullet
>
> And a second thought. Has anyone thought of or tried to make a 5
> windowcab
> by cutting the window ports out of a thrashed deluxe cab and
> grafting them
> into a good cab? My thought was to cut the windows out right
> where the
> rubber molding is on the outside with the thought that the drop
> into the
> window hole and some "careful welding" might control the warpage,
> and then
> cut the inside close to the door post and the rear window to get some
> support for the weld seams on the inside.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Gary 1954 Chev 3100
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