Thanks Jon... u are right on the money relative to your analysis (passendger door, etc). I have The Filling Stations thinner weatherstripping in my inventory (Jerry Kassis restored my hinges and vent windows and gives me advice from time to time). Relative to the cab, so far, I have replaced 11 pieces of metal (complete cab floor, partial kick board on both sides, all 3 side cowl pieces on both sides and of course, the 2 cab corners). The picture you have seen is after I put the doors on for the first time in maybe 18 months, after removing all the bracing from having the cab on a rotisserie for all these many months. Relative to the doos, I must admit that I am about to take the cab (with the doors) to a restoration shop to replace the bottoms of both doors (inner and outer) and to give me a good "first fit"). I do not trust that my own welding will be "clean anough" to make the outside skin surgery seemless. There is also a slight "oil canning" on the back of the cab, and the cab corners could use a little finnessing as I see a larger gap than I would like to see when applying a striaght edge to the transition from old metal to new cab corners. I have not welded back the 3 rear wall braces as I want to give the body shop the freedom to work that area for the oil can issue.
You might wonder why I would be confident of the 11 pieces that I have welded in so far and yet, I do not want to take on the doors. Well, none of what I have done so far is as blantantly visible as the sides of the doors AND, as you know, the door gaps need to be considered when messing with new dor bottoms.
Jon, I so much appreciate your response to my query. If you want to see pictures of what I have done so far, just let me know.
Pat
