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After getting cab back from the SB'ers, I had mixed feelings. On one hand I was happy to have old the old rust, dirt , corn husk, seeds , birds nests, rodents nest etc gone. OTOH, I was disappointed to find rust in places that I thought were OK. But, it was what it was, so I started in on it.

Maybe some have noticed that I was starting work in a brand new building with no tools or shop equipment other than some hand tools & a few power tools left over from my former life. After thinking it over, I decided my priority (at age 76) was to have an old 454 powered C 10 I could ride around in & tinker with, not to have a fully equipped shop for old truck restorations. With that settled , I started in.

First off, I dug out an old pair of iron saw horses that were left over from my family's former garage business. The story goes that my father bought them from a iron works & fabrication shop in Balto Md that went broke in 1933 (During the great depression) I used them along with a couple of yellow pine 2x12's to hold the cab up off the floor & also used my over head lifting device to help steady it as well. Once I was satisfied with the safety aspects, I started in on the drivers side . Well, actually I put a quick coat of primer on the whole cab. The salt air enviroment here in coastal Florida is brutal on bare metal.

I'm posting a few photos from the drivers side. After looking at my photos again, apparently I started work on left side of cab before taking it to the sandblaster's. Once I started cutting rusted metal out , I decided to sandblast it before going any further.