Started to work on the rear panels of the truck this week. This is the rear panel that will house the taillights. It will be a polished finish when done.
We used a 1/8" router bit to round off the sharp edges where the taillight will go.
The rear panel was bump with a break to get the radius that we needed for it to fit the truck. It took some time to get the break lines out of the panel. We started out with 80 grit to get it flat then worked are way down from there. (180,240,380,400,600)
Have about 10 hours into at this point.
This is the start of the first cut with the polisher. Found that I need to go back and do a little more work in sanding department.
I'm thinking this might not have been a wise decision, but man it looks good when it all done.
While I was working on the rear panel Chris was fabricating the rear steps.
The step formed and tact and ready for test fit into the opening.
Top panels and stairs in and being welded into place.
The weld will be rounded off to match the radius in the formed step.
Well I'm almost done with the front being polished. I did the second cut but need to work on my final cut on the panel. In the mean time Chris was ready for the panel so the final polish will wait till later. We are laying out the holes to be drilled for the trim work that we did for the taillights.
At this point you can see the trim piece in place and we have the studs in place to hold the taillight housing
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We used a epoxy glue to attach the elevator bolts for the housing.
Are custom taillight housing that we made from a 70-73 camaro.
Housing ready to be bolted in so we can turn it up and see what it looks like.
Don't look to closely to the polish work it's not completely done yet.
The middle section of the panel will be cut out for the stair opening.
Ready to be dismantle and fitted to the truck.
We had to do some trimming for the panel to fit, but after that it was a great fit.
All clamp down and ready to be welded together.
