Cab Roof Replacement

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I'm helping a friend out with rust repair on his cab. Started out with the usual problem areas. Rockers, lower kick panels, bottom of the kick panel vents from leaves and rodent nests, small floor patches, etc. The cab had a spot light through the middle of the roof. The cab had been sitting outside for several years and it leaked. So the middle of the inner roof panel was rusted. Then we found pinholes above both doors. There was also damage to the drip rails and outer edge of the roof where the cab was lifted using a strap that rolled up the drip rail and dented the outer roof.

Neither of us have attempted a roof replacement before but he decided to spend another $500 on new roof panels and we gave it a shot. Removing the old panels wasn't that hard, just a lot of spot weld drilling.

When we got the outer skin removed, mouse nests fell out of both sides above the doors. Most of the damage to this cab was caused by sitting outside. Nice and moisture. This was a nice rust free cab before that.