In the first 2 pics you can see why I replaced this part. They are are rotted all the way to the top. Probably the worst I've seen.
There was one other job that needed to be done to the new cowl. The donor section came from a 1967 and they use a different emergency brake set up so I cut that area out of my old firewall and installed it into the new one. (last 2 pics) I am also swapping the dash panels as a 67 had some differences. (plus I wanted to keep my original anyway) Other than those, the rest of the cab is the same 67-72.
To fill in the time between these big jobs, I've been cleaning, sand blasting and priming all the little items, and boy there are many! I have a little process going in my garage. Brackets, pulleys, clips, bolts, etc are bagged and tagged as they are removed, then they take a trip through the solvent tank, dry over night and then head to the sand blast cabinet. After that, they go outside and get cleaned with brake cleaner and a coat of etch prime is applied.
After they dry, these parts all go into what I like to call, "the done box". No finish paint is applied so I don't have to worry about scratching these pieces while in storage. All parts will be painted shortly before being reinstalled.
It's a huge undertaking, my very first "body off" resto but I am having a 1 ton of fun! (pun intended)
