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Cab Structure, modifications and repairs

From 1954 Ford F-100, documented by Fordman7575.

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1954 Ford F-100 - 7-06-08: Here's the section of the 78 floor that I will be installing in the 54 cab. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: Yesterday I finally started to do some more work on the 54. Didn't get much done but I got the bracing welded in the cab. A diago… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: Here's a pic of the floor before I started to cut. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: Today I started by lifting the cab and slid some 2"x2" steel tubes under the rockers to get the floor off the frame rails. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: I dug out my little Hobart plasma cutter and started cutting. Here's a couple pics of the driverside floor cut out. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: And here's the entire floor cut out. Sorry the pics are a little dark ( it was getting dark outside ) . 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-02-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-03-08: Well here's today update. I made up a cardboard template for the floor. Then I started to cut down the 78 floor. I wasn't sure ho… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-04-08: Well today I spent most of the day just trying to get to the 1/8" steel plate I had squirreled away. When I finally got it dug ou… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-04-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-04-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-04-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-04-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-04-08: Then I did some measuring and a little trimming on the transmission tunnel. I did a little test fit to see how much more material… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-10-08: Today I finally got a chance to start to weld the plates to the inner rockers. I started by cleaning the back of the plates and t… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-15-08: Today I did a little more work, Nothing major. I brought out the grinders( one with hard grinding wheel and the other with a cut… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-15-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-10-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-15-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-15-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-15-08: I also started to lay out the rear crossmember that I'm fabricating to support the rear floor section. The crossmember piece is t… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: Today I did some work on the floor. I started out cleaning up the ends of the floor with the grinder. Then I made up a template f… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: Here's a picture of the groove that the crossmember will sit in. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: Next I cut out another small section of the floor. I did a little more welding. Then I broke out the grinder and ground the welds… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: Then I decided to do one more test fit of the floor. Looks like it might work. :D I didn't get the crossmember pieces cut so I'll… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-16-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: I've been stuck working on everyones vehicles but my own the past few days. So today I finally was able to do a little more on th… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08:Then I tried the floor section again. It fits good so the next step is to start welding in this section of the floor! Then I need… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-21-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-25-08: Today I pulled the windshield out of the cab and tipped the cab on it's back panel. Then I finished the welding on the rockers an… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-25-08 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: Well after another small delay ( repairing another vehicle :roll: ) I'm back to work on the 54. I started out by cutting out some… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: And here's after I cut it all out. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: Then I flipped the rear floor section upside down and broke out the 7" craftsman sander with a large wirebrush cup on it and clea… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: Once the primer dried I set the floor back in the cab for the final time. I measured, squared it up and then welded the floor to… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-29-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: Well today I started out by doing a little measureing . I needed to extend the floor front crossmember so I could weld it to the… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: Then I started on the driverside. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: Once they were welded in I went over both sides with the grinder. While I was at it I did the edge of the floors and the top of t… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: Then I cut out the floor for the transmission tunnel. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: I did a little test fit. I've got some more work to do on this! I also broke out a sheet of tag board and made a couple templates… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-30-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: Thanks, Here's today's progress. I started out by pulling out the shear. I marked and drilled a couple holes on the cross bar on… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: Next I brought out the box with two 2'x4' sheets of diamond plate/tread/floor plate (whatever you want to call it ) 16 gauge stee… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: I used the templates I made yesterday to mark out the cut lines. I started using the shear. It cut great except You can only cut… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: I moved to the passenger side and welded it in. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: Then I welded the panel in. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: I went over the weld beads quick with the grinder to clean them up a little. I'm going to smooth them out a little more once all… 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: I cleaned up the welds a little. It's starting to come together. I'm hoping to get a big chunk of the floors done tomorrow. 1954 Ford F-100 - 10-31-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-01-08: Well today I started out by making some templates for my rear filler panels. It took a couple try to get them right. :oops: Once… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-01-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-01-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-01-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-03-08: I did the final trim on the rear floor section. I did some more trimming on the transmission tunnel. And I did some more cutting… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-03-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-03-08: I also did a lot of clean up with a grinder, flap wheel and wire brush on the rear floor section. Then I sprayed some weld thru p… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-03-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-03-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-05-08: Today I welded the transmission tunnel in. It still needs a lot of work but it's welded in. I need to make some filler/trim piece… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-05-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-05-08: 1954 Ford F-100 - 2-23-09: And here's my poor cab that's sat outside all winter because I didn't get it in storage before winter hit. 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: Well I've had a bunch of crap going on so I haven't had a chance to work on the 54 until today. I dragged the cab back out of my g… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: Then I pulled out the rear diamond plate panels I made last year and checked their fit again. I think the driver side one should b… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: Next I cut out the cross brace I had in the cab. I didn't want to pull it until I had the front floors in but it was in my way. So… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: Last summer or fall I removed the original cab mounts and all the braces in the kick panel areas. This was what I was left with. 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: My plan to take care of this is to weld in some 10 gauge steel plate. :D This will add strength and give me something solid to wel… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-15-09: I took the driver side plate did some test fitting, some grinding, a little cutting and got it to pretty much fit. I had to cut a… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-16-09: Today I did a little more grinding to get to get the plate to fit better. I also figured out what size access hole I wanted in the… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-16-09: After I got it cut out I cleaned up the cuts a little. Then I installed it back in the cab. 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-16-09: I also noticed something today. There is a slight curve to the inside shape of the door post. So I'm going to have to weld in some… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-16-09: Now that I had a hole in the plate I decided I should work on the cover for it. Any guesses what I used to make the cover? Can you… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-16-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-17-09: Today went ok, almost. I started by figuring out were I wanted to locate the mounting bolts for the diamond plate cover. Then I ma… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-17-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-17-09: Next I pulled my template back out for the passenger side plate so I could figure out where to locate the access holes. And this i… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-17-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: Well after a bunch more delays I finally got some work done on the 54. First I cut a strip of 10 gauge steel to build up the low o… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: I took the grinder to the bird poo welds and cleaned it up pretty good. Next I needed to weld the nuts on the back side of the kic… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: While I was letting the primer dry I decided to repair the mistake I made the last time I worked on the 54. I cut out a piece of 1… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: After the panel cooled down I sprayed the bare metal with some primer to slow down the rusting. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: Now it was time to weld in the driver side kick panel plate. I clamped the panel in place. I did a few tack welds, pulled the clam… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: Here's a few shots of it primed and with the diamond plate cover. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: Next on the list was to do some trimming to the new firewall recess/transmission tunnel. I got it where I want it for now. I need… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-03-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-11-09: After working on the gauges I moved back to working on the firewall recess/ transmission tunnel. I worked on a couple templates fo… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-17-09: After I pulled all the gauges back out and put them away I marked out the other panel for the extension for the firewall recess. T… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-25-09: Yesterday I made up a little stand that I could clamp body panels to when I need to work on them. A couple years back my dad broug… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-25-09: I haven't done a whole lot of welding on sheet metal. I set up my welding according to the chart under the lid. Then I tried to do… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-25-09: After I got the one side welded I did a quick pass with the grinder. Still need to do a little more welding and more grinding. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-25-09: Then I welded the rest of it. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-25-09: After I finished the welding I started grinding down the welds. I still have a ways to go but it's looking ok. I need to go back o… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-28-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-28-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: Well today I started out with the firewall looking like this. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: And the transmission tunnel looking like this. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: I cut out the 78 F250 transmission tunnel. 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: Then I trimmed the rear floor a little. and cleaned up the left over welds from the old transmission tunnel. After that I spent a… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: Once the firewall was cut out I did some more fitting and got it ready to tack in place. I used this complicated method to hold th… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: Then I spent 3 or 4 hours doing some welding, then some grinding, more welding, more grinding, more welding. You get the idea. :lo… 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: 1954 Ford F-100 - 5-30-09: Next on my "to do" list is to add a plate to the interior side of the driver side half of the firewall. Then it's on to the driver… 1954 Ford F-100 - 6-5-09: I've been sick all week and haven't worked on the 54 at. Which sucks since the weather has been great ( couldn't get sick when the… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-3-10: It's back!! :lol: I had to dig something out of the garage so I decided to pull the cab back out. 1954 Ford F-100 - I took a short break from the scrap metal and worked on the 54 a little. I decided I'm going to start from scratch on the firewall recess a… 1954 Ford F-100 - I'm not going have the cash for the diamond plate until sometime next month. But once I get it I'm going to hit the cab hard and try to get… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-07-2010: Today I had a couple hours to kill so I decided to do a little work on the 54 cab. I pulled out the templates I made for the fl… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-07-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-07-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-07-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-07-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: Today I did a little more test fitting on the main floor pan. Then I did a little more trimming. Next I pulled out more of the… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-08-2010: This picture shows what the recess panel is getting hung up on. 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-09-2010: Today I started by cutting out more of the original firewall, my old firewall recess and the hood hinge mounting area. 1954 Ford F-100 - The cab floor and lower door frame of a 1954 Ford F-100 undergoing repairs. 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-09-2010: Then I made a template of the driver side kick panel plate so I'll be able to match it on the passenger side. Then I pulled out… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-09-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-09-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-09-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-09-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: Today I got the other two panels welded in. My welds are slowly getting a little better. Still some ugly welds! I still need to… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: The flat vertical panel on the firewall recess is where I'm going to be mounting my hanging gas pedal. 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: I left the floor toe board section a little long just so I made sure I had enough material when I install the firewall next spr… 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: 1954 Ford F-100 - 11-10-2010: The part of my transmission tunnel panel that is sticking up above the existing transmission tunnel piece is going to be trimme… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: I did a little work on the 54 today. But mainly I spent a lot of time staring at it trying to figure out some of issues I'm havin… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: Since I'm not using the stock heater I'm going to remove the louvered section on the passenger side of the cab. Here's what I sta… 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: I got the louvered section of the cab cowl side panel cut out. 1954 Ford F-100 - 4-2-2011: I got a good start on the filler panel. I had some pieces of the original flamed hood ( I cut it up a last year ) and it was clos…