5028 POR 15

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   Well, here I go...
Last couple of weeks I've been stripping my interior and preping the floor of my `72 to apply some POR 15 Rust prventative paint.  I bought the a starter kit from ebay.

I'm going to try to post the pictures I've been taking to show the progress.

I hated my interior so much I ddin't even bother taking a before picture.

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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Topic: POR 15 Posted: 13 March 2007 at 10:20pm
	Well, here I go... Last couple of weeks I've been stripping my interior and preping the floor of my `72 to apply some POR 15 Rust prventative paint. I bought the a starter kit from ebay. I'm going to try to post the pictures I've been taking to show the progress. I hated my interior so much I ddin't even bother taking a before picture.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:45am
	Since I had already removed most of the seat brackets, I decided to completely remove the rest.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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yello620 Enthusiast Joined: 22 July 2005 Location: United States Posts: 312	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:45am
	Very curious how this turns out. I have a 68 chev 2wd short wide that i want to do the frame with. Jason
	1976 620 L20b 4spd 04 xterra wheels 2056015's lowered 3.5", Front disk brakes.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:55am
	When I removed the interior and started to rough up the paint and rust, I found a tear in the passenger floor board that was sealed with silicon and a metal gasket? so I cleaned it up, Jacked up on the floorboard, and hammered the edges down and welded it up.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:41am
	Once I was done with the holes I moved on to something a bit bigger...The transmission tunnel in the floor pan was really mangled by the previous owner. Remembering back when I found the pickup it was parked under a little shed that the wind had blown down. And when I got it home I found that the previous owner had taken a coffee can, cut the top and bottom out, then sliced it down the side. He used it to make an exhaust pipe clamp, he wrapped it aound the pipe and took two hose clamps and clamped it down. I remember how I thought the guy was really resourceful. Well, my ideas on this guys craftyness has completely changed. He was a cheap arse, who shouldn't of been allowed to work on vehicles. Because (if you noticed in the first picture of this project post) the transmission tunnel was hacked horribly, it was either cut or cracked down the sides of the tunnel right where the shifter sticks up.then partially welded, and partially siliconed. I pondered what would be the best way to fix this, structurally and cosmetically. And the answer was remove the crap metal and replace with one solid piece.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:49am

	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 1:55am
	This was a very big undertaking for me. Talk about being committed to the end. So in the next couple of nights I was able to make a new tunnel. But first here is the what I cut out.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:07am
	So now that I have this huge hole in the floor of pickup I had to make a new tranny tunnel. So the first thing was to make a jig that I could bend the metal around. I went to Home Depot, bought a rasp, took a scrap piece of 4"x4" post and started to shave the an edge down to accomodate the bend of the hump.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:17am
	Here is how it worked:
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:29am
	Here is how it looked. Just need to do some trimming.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:31am
	Maybe when I'm finally done with the prep work I can actually paint it. I also plan to put herculiner over the POR 15 to make for a nice durable rough finish. This way when I get water in the cab, I won't have to worry. You did notice the transfer case shifter right?
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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71-521 Expert Joined: 24 July 2005 Posts: 1522	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 2:46am
	nice job on the tunnel...now just weld in a couple of cup holders...
	71 Datsun 510 71 Datsun 521 DAT B-day BBQ
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l2eDeYe Groupie Joined: 09 February 2007 Posts: 93	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 12:33pm
	Looks good so far...I should be getting my order of POR15 this evening. I'll be able to start the interior and engine bay after I get some more media for my sandblaster.
	dos dattos
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71-521 Expert Joined: 24 July 2005 Posts: 1522	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 9:55pm
	did you fund any sl*g like Mike was talking about?
	71 Datsun 510 71 Datsun 521 DAT B-day BBQ
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mklotz70 Expert Joined: 28 November 2004 Posts: 1811	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:01pm
	I'll try to get the name or pic of the bag. I've got several of them out in the shed, but they may be buried.....might be a day or so. Have you checked into...or even heard of Rust Doctor? I compared it to the POR products and went with it for several reasons. Not that POR 15 is bad at all, but I'd highly suggest a respirator if you're doing it in a closed area.
	Don't have to be too bright to be me! Gresham, OR
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:21pm
	Well I plan to be in the open when I finally paint, thanks for the advice mklotz. And no I haven't heard of Rust doctor? Why is it better??? Its funny you mention that about the cup holders, I was wanting to do something like that, maybe out of some thin diamond plate. That would be cool!!!
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:28pm
	In case you were wondering, this is where I got my metal to make the tunnel...a perfectly straight `79 hood. Worked for me!
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:35pm
	It took along time to trim and cut and trim and grind until I was ready to tack weld it into place.
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 14 March 2007 at 11:43pm
	Well I was able to tack weld it tonight!!!
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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harshman_b Groupie Joined: 05 November 2005 Posts: 126	Posted: 15 March 2007 at 10:43am
	Mklotz, I googled the Rust Doctor last night, <---you know that kinda sounds dirty! Anyway looks like some good stuff. So how long ago did you apply your rust doctor, and are completely satisfied?
	`72 521 on `80 720 4x4 frame with L20b, Weber, Header, 2" exhaust, 4.11 gears and 31" tires.
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