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LH door fiasco᠁
What is this? Attempt 4? Who knows anymore. Anyway, I have reskinned the LH door AGAIN. I think I can say I’m happy with it. It is not perfect, but will work. It has one little area on the lower front where the air tool put the slightest little running dimple in the metal. You can see the slight shadow change in that location in the picture. I can live with the amount of filler needed to smooth it in this area. Before hand, the lowers edge would have nearly needed to be completely built up with filler to mask the imperfections. It had serious waves and warps in it. It would have chipped or cracked and ruined the paint job. This go-around will be just fine. I have to tend to the corners as they are still sharp, plug weld the outer skin window tab to the inner skin window tab, create drain holes in the lower inner tubs, and add some plug welds to the folded over edges.

Tonight went well. Hopefully things keep turning up. Knock on wood.

Hours: 544

Next up: preparation of trailer to drop cab onto it. I’m going to use some angle iron across the trailer’s frame and weld 4 mounting points. I intend to use the jack on the trailer to level the cab when needed. One instance I foresee this happening is when I apply the drip rail sealer. That stuff can be runny, so I’ll use that jack to help it flow down hill. Hopefully when the cab comes off, it’s painted and going on the frame.