Wife's 48

[8man]

Got a little more done yesterday. I have a HF elcheapo stud gun so I tried it out on the riders door. This is the damage from an old mirror.
IMG_0069 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Used 8 studs, 2 to 4 at a time.
IMG_0070 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Here is the result.
IMG_0071 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
It's better, but not great. I found Martinsr's how to use a stud gun after I did this. I have a lot to learn on using the stud gun.

Then I moved on to that door nut that was ripped out. I used Dsraven's nut on a washer idea, sort of....
IMG_0075 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
Welded the nut to the washer, and then welded it to washer to the door with the nut to the inside.
IMG_0076 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
It is pretty centered and is ground down to be about as flat as the old nut.
Then I did some touch upon the cowl vent to get rid of some rust spots.
IMG_0073 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
While there, I went ahead and welded the windshield bar back in.
IMG_0072 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr
That is the old bar. I have the new one that I didn't use. If no one else needs one, it'll go in the scrap pile to use for some other type of bracket.
IMG_0074 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

Then I have the Ebrake pedal from a late model Infinity that I want to use, but it didn't even come close to fitting the flat firewall in this old truck. So after some cutting and welding,
IMG_0078 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr

It was then that I realized that the 48 cab firewall is SMOOTH. No stiffeners bent into it to support things. I'll have to think about reinforcing the firewall for the Vintage Air and the brake pedal and Ebrake pedal.