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Over the long weekend I took my one ton in the parade and show and shine and also had visitors to the house. My aunts, uncles and cousins came over and we had some drinks and eventually ended up in the shop. It was a lot of fun as we sat around Grandpa’s C10 and as time went on stories started to flow. Stories of Aunty driving it to the hospital! My uncle getting speeding tickets in it, my cousin standing on the seat as my uncle got those tickets, the column shift repairs, burnouts, near misses, hauling hay, how Grandpa preferred to ride along in the truck and not actually drive often; they came fast and steady. I didn’t know these things about the truck and it was special hearing them. My parents, aunts, and uncles are starting to get up there in age and I want to finish it for them. I won’t soon forget July 1, 2018.

I worked a couple days before the long weekend, and on Monday, rebuilding the lower rear door pillars before I cut out more steel on the floor.

In preparation for the cab floor to be cut out I had some work to do. I thoroughly cleaned the shop, I moved parts, I reassembled my gantry crane so I can lift the cab, and I also built new saw horses to set the cab on. The last couple days haven’t been super productive in terms of sheet metal, but the other night I bolted the new floor onto the frame and have the cab blocked on the saw horses ready to go.

Tonight I proceeded to cut that floor out... Here it is! The one picture shows how significant the inner rocker rust was. What rockers?


https://photos.app.goo.gl/Dxr3iaBhsLFJwtYW9

Cab hours: 13

Total Hours: 24

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