Draker's 1979 620 King Cab Deluxe

[hobospyder]

Its kinda a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" sort of situation"  like yeah I want to support american businesses and economy but there's a lot of extra that comes with that

 

Give me an american company that sells american products and does quick and cheap shipping and I'm all over it. Currently waiting to have money to buy some american made coveralls. See how long it takes for them to get here. 

 

You're doing great work on the truck buddy, keep it up, don't let the hold up of parts/tools hold you up. 

[]2eDeYe]

Not sure how this will work out, but here are pdf patterns for my leather ST wheel cover.  



720 ST Steering Wheel Cover dxf.pdf

[Draker]

On 3/22/2026 at 7:40 PM, hobospyder said:

Its kinda a "damned if you do, damned if you don't" sort of situation"  like yeah I want to support american businesses and economy but there's a lot of extra that comes with that

 

Give me an american company that sells american products and does quick and cheap shipping and I'm all over it. Currently waiting to have money to buy some american made coveralls. See how long it takes for them to get here. 

 

You're doing great work on the truck buddy, keep it up, don't let the hold up of parts/tools hold you up. 

 

yeah, maybe just got spoiled with amazon type service. I did end up getting the tools. No shipping confirmation. They just randomly  came in the mail.

 

thanks!

[Draker]

1 hour ago, ]2eDeYe said:

Not sure how this will work out, but here are pdf patterns for my leather ST wheel cover.  



720 ST Steering Wheel Cover dxf.pdf

thank you!

[Draker]

chopped this out of spare door but it was rusted in the corner also. So I made a piece and grafted it in.  

[Rustbin]

10 hours ago, Draker said:

chopped this out of spare door but it was rusted in the corner also. So I made a piece and grafted it in.  

 

Yes, that's the way to do it! When welding the door skin patch the corner is going to tuck inward, If you can cut it off an angle it will be easier to try to keep it flat, if you've been watching Fitzie you already know this. Love the progress.

 

[Draker]

On 4/4/2026 at 9:24 AM, Rustbin said:

 

Yes, that's the way to do it! When welding the door skin patch the corner is going to tuck inward, If you can cut it off an angle it will be easier to try to keep it flat, if you've been watching Fitzie you already know this. Love the progress.

 

unfortunately my thread is a little behind actual progress so I already chopped the metal off square. But I’ll definitely remember this for next time, makes sense!

[Draker]

Stitch welded the patch on.

flap disk and it’s smooth. Got a little warpage, but they’re low spots. I’ll deal with this later. But the rust is gone from this corner.

 

this is the other side. As mentioned cut square before I saw rustbins comment. Doh!  I sealed in zero rust, and then (not yet pictured) seam sealed it. More zero rust. 

Edited April 7 by Draker

[Rustbin]

21 hours ago, Draker said:

 

this is the other side. As mentioned cut square before I saw rustbins comment.

 

The way you've cut it is just as good, the ridge above reduces warping along the top and the convex shape should help along the side. It was the inside corner that you removed that would have sunk. 

[Draker]

Got most of the metal work done. Got the patches welded in. Lower mirror holes welded up. Need to patch the upper mirror holes, then I’m back on pulling and smoothing dents.