Once I got the truck into the shop and crawled all over it, there were a few surprises but not anything I would consider a show stopper. But it did make me realize that I would have to step up my metal fab game. I had done a ton of panel replacement on my previous projects (i.e. my Camaro is more foreign made than my Acura) but just a small amount of panel fab from flat stock.
So, to get started on the metal work and wave goodbye to all my spare time in the near future, I decided to pull the body off the frame. It wasn't really fastened to the frame... which was good for me but could have been bad for the flatbed truck that delivered it. I have a rotisserie that I built for my Camaro project that I thought about modifying to use but decided to build a simple wood dolly and transfer the body to it. There was plenty to do that was accessible without needing to roll the body over. I jacked it up and slid the frame out from under the body and pushed the frame into the corner of the shop and started the metal repair.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
