Project: "Ol' Rusty" 1969 C-30 Dump

[Shaun1162]

Thanks for the compliments guys!

Originally Posted by DD1

Nice build you have going here. I was going to give you the info I had collected about patch panels for the inner cowl, however you seem to have gotten it all taken care of. Of course, now I feel like a putz, because you have fixed all the stuff I shied away from. I really did not want to cut sheet metal to fit the inner cowl. I ended up getting another cab with a perfect cowl, but needing some minor floor work.

I also just realized that this post is almost a year old, so obviously you have gotten everything figured out.

It's a shame you had to get rid of the dump bed, I just think it's kind of cool, but the truck with the flat bed looks sweet. You did a great job on it.

It wasn't too bad patching the inner cowl, just alot of measuring and cutting of some steel and welding it in. I don't think we bought one patch panel for it (though we probably should have). I don't blame you for getting a new/different cab at all... Really the better way to go. Looking back I probably should have done the same, but then nothing really would have been original to the truck (aside from the rolling chassis and some other parts).

A dump bed would have been nice, and the plan was to fix it, but it really was too far gone. We think it weighed over a ton from all the steel someone kept welding into it. Beleive it or not, its actually still being used today on some construction sites, they just keep it on the trailer.

I kept the name and serial # tag from the body though, hanging up in the shop.