What have you done to your square lately??

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Grit dog

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Panel glued, liquid nails and riveted the floor patches in today.
Looks good!
Did you actually use liquid nails or something with better strength properties. Like panel bonding adhesive or similar?
If not, you may want to put in more rivets. Thinking over time, body flexing etc.
Just spitballing here.
 

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The left rear tire on the camo truck lost most of it's tread on friday:

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So yesterday I did some swapping with the rusty Suburban. The camo truck got the 36" radials and the Suburban got the 38's to hold it up off the ground for now.

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Now I need to save my pennies and hopefully buy a new pair of Interco Cobalts (GroundHawgs) since they finally offer them in a 15" rim now.
 

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Looks good!
Did you actually use liquid nails or something with better strength properties. Like panel bonding adhesive or similar?
If not, you may want to put in more rivets. Thinking over time, body flexing etc.
Just spitballing here.
I used 3M panel bonding adhesive around the riveted perimeter and used a tube of $12 liquid nails fuse it, almost the entire tube on the inside mating surface and both interior and exterior seams. Hopefully, that’s enough. The drivers side panel was a very tight fit. I considered welding it but figured a lot of extra work for an area that’s not visible.
 

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I used 3M panel bonding adhesive around the riveted perimeter and used a tube of $12 liquid nails fuse it, almost the entire tube on the inside mating surface and both interior and exterior seams. Hopefully, that’s enough. The drivers side panel was a very tight fit. I considered welding it but figured a lot of extra work for an area that’s not visible.
Makin great progress!
 

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6x9's look 2-way and not 3-way? Just curious.
Kenwood KFC-6966S 6 x 9 Inch 400-Watt 3-Way Flush Mount Coaxial Car Speaker

Were cheap enough on Amazon to roll the dice. Still need to buy a head unit...or I could do the sacrilegious thing and put a single din in it. I just happen to have one from my new truck purchase. No I couldn't live with myself. I'll wait for a retro sound.
 

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I finally got a rubber pad on the parking brake pedal. Everybody wanted $5.99 for it, but only O'reillys had free shipping to the store. LMC wanted $24 for shipping it. Install was super easy.
 

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Kenwood KFC-6966S 6 x 9 Inch 400-Watt 3-Way Flush Mount Coaxial Car Speaker

Were cheap enough on Amazon to roll the dice. Still need to buy a head unit...or I could do the sacrilegious thing and put a single din in it. I just happen to have one from my new truck purchase. No I couldn't live with myself. I'll wait for a retro sound.
This is a Mazda B2200 radio box. They mounted it to the floor. It's not part of the dash or shifter console. Pull the pocket and it's double DIN ford festiva had a similiar arrangement. If there's a salvage yard near you it might be worth a trip. Then you can use what you have until you upgrade.
 

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