[foamypirate]

So, I had a chance to go out with the camera and take a closer picture of the rust in the blower motor area. It's all pretty much located in the following spot:














Here, you can see what I assume to be the root cause of the issue. It appears that this small area (the small piece of sheet metal welded into the cab in above pictures) has gathered leaves/dirt/stuff over the years and held moisture, causing the rust.



This piece here should be pretty easy to fix. Most of this was caused by the foam attached to the cab in the door hinge area:



The other issue I'm seeing is along the seam in the cowl area, where the seam sealer has pulled backed, and it's beginning to rust along the seam.





What do you guys think as far as fixing these areas? I'm hesitate to just chemically treat and use rust encapsulator, because I want this restore to last a good long time, and I'm just not sure of their long term durability. However, the thought of drilling out 50 million spot welds to remove these panels for access is pretty daunting. What are ya'lls thoughts on how to repair this area?

The good news is that the rest of the cab is pretty solid. Here is a picture of the outer/inner rockers: