Fixing up a 1964 Ford F-150?

Question

ok so here recently me and my dads relationship has soured

i want to try to make our relationship better by fixing up his old truck with him

he used to LOVE this truck, but somebody ran into it and theirs a big dent behind the tire

i dont have much experience, so many you guys can help me out with this

how would u go about fixing that dent? its about a square foot in size, probably a little less

also their are dozens of dents in the tire well in the back in the bed of the truck

the floors are rusted but have carpet over them and the bed is rusted really bad too

anything else i should add to it that u guys would suggest?

do i have to buy completely new floor panels?

plz help

thnx in advance

Answer 1

Are you sure you want to try to tackle this?

You could buy a brand new F150 for less than the material will cost you to do this job, even if labor is free.

If you still want to proceed, get some books on body work.  That will give you a start.  You will need to cut out the rusted areas, and weld in replacement metal.  For the dents, a stud welder can be used to weld on studs to pull the dent out, then you grind the studs off.  There are other methods too, some of which may be better for your particular situation, that is why you need the books.

After the book learning, you may want to enroll you and your dad in a local votech auto body project class, using the truck as your project.

Answer 2

I had the same year Ford. You should wield new metal floor boards in, but be careful as the gasoline tank is located behind the seat inf the cab.

As for the bed of the truck, I have seem new metal or wood put in. If you are a decent carpenter you can use some hard wood planking (oak) and build a new bed with metal supports using marine varnish to seal it.

The dent I would have to look at, you could try to find a truck bed in a salvage yard that would fit and just replace the whole thing or try to pull and fill the dent. If you locate a new bed than you wouldn't have to replace the bottom of it as well.

Good luck.

Answer 3

see if you can take a rubber mallet and knock the dent out, if you can get the most of it out, then you can fill the rest with bondo. as for the floorboard, if theres no holes, clean it out real good and take some brush paint, either rust-olem or red devil are both good paints, brush it on heavy and let it dry good before you install the carpet.