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Hope that all these pics does not cause a problem loading them all at once

Yes it was pretty once I got back from the blaster that is a lot of sarcasm in there I guess I'm a glutton for punishment

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I can't show all the pics here but I'll do my best to get yall caught up

and sorry if there seems to be some jumping around just trying to get some of the highlights

Got the frame back from being powder coated and storing at a friends house
Got the cab back from the blaster too
Got a donor cab this one the floor was good but the upper half was rotted so I couldn't just swap them out but it is working out well going to route Im taking even though it seems to be a long road around this rust mountain

Donor Floor before it went to the blast and after I have finished fixing all the Rust it turned out well

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Ok maybe I can get yall caught up on this post or the next one

replaced the A & B post bottoms on both sides

cut the firewall out it had a bunch of holes that didn't come from the factory

yep I had to build the whole lip around the firewall from the floor up really from the bottom of the A post up and around

Finished shot of the mounting flange for the firewall

yep even the windshield washer mounting had holes in it so I replaced the whole thing

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Ok maybe this I can get yall caught up

if you want to see more pics here is my website where I'm trying to chronicle as much as I can

http://home.comcast.net/~remock/

Separating the cab from the floor

Rolling the new floor into place

Setting the cab back down on the floor

welding everything back together after checking for square believe it or not it is near perfect

rebuilt the cowl drip rails to keep the water out of the interior

[protrash64]

WOW! Ton of metal work....it will be nice when its all together; nice job!

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Originally Posted by protrash64

WOW! Ton of metal work....it will be nice when its all together; nice job!

Thanks man I think I am slowly beginning to get good at it although I'm not fast. I think that is due to me being a perfectionist but knowing that I'm not able to make it perfect but basically making sure that I'm doing it right even if it takes me longer My dad had one of these trucks when I was a kid and I fell in love with it, it will be my luck that once I get it finished my son will want it and Ill have to start another one any it will be fun

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OK these bring everyone up to date as to where I'm at in the build I know that this is not all that exciting but it has been almost three years of work so far. Maybe i can be of some inspiration for someone who has one that seems like it may be too far gone so you can see it is possible to save one. and yes I may be a little crazy for trying to keep this one alive.

door gaps are really good and the doors decent but will be reworked I think I will reskin them since going that route is a bit cheaper than new shells

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ok I think this one catch most if it up to date
Well almost I have some new pics to take and will post those soon

Working on replacing the bad metal on the back wall


Fitting the rockers I have them welded in place now they look great and the door gaps are near perfect. I am planning on re-skinning the doors since mine are full of bondo, I have the 2/3's of the cowl welded back on and should have it completed by the end of this week and hopefully will have the cab corners on by then too and the back wall welded in place.

Once I have all that done I am moving to the roof panel got a panel from greg65 that is way better than what is on mine

Once I have all this done I think that I can truly say this this is one rust free cab it should be good for another 40 plus years I hope since I have been trying to don extra things for rust protection that was not done when they originally put these things together.

talk to y'all soon!!