Moving onto the firewall I patched a bit of rust and welded in the firewall plate that came with the kit to mount the column and brake booster to the firewall.
So the hiccups so far. The cab is not a 50, the rear cab mounts are to far back and not behind the seat like the 53 cab (bad day). There is no brackets for the mounts under the cab but new ones from LMC should be here tomorrow (fingers crossed). When I can get that sorted and get the cab mounts in the right spot for the kit I can move forward again.
Moving forward I plan to prep and paint the underside, firewall and floors with encapsulator and paint them black. Thinking “rhino lining” or similar to the underside of cab. Then paint the dash up a cream color (wife’s request) and get it mounted to the new frame. Then I can hopefully sort out some of the wiring and make a good plan of what’s needed to get the truck running and sort out the gauges etc᠁ been cruising the forums for insight.
I am very thankful for this forum and the support I’ve got from here. I am by no means an expert and I am learning more and more as I go. Even met up with someone I now consider a friend that puts in his own time to help on this site. I’m sure he’ll respond when he finds this post, lol. I wasn’t going to create a post because it’s a little scary/weird putting your work out their for others to see and respond (good or bad) but figured I was encouraged by reading others struggles and victories so why not try it, it might help someone else. Hope you enjoy!
