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Repaired a few shipping dings in my new tailgate, shot it with 3 coats of Acrylic enamel with hardner & installed decal letters on raised bosses. The decals worked out so well that I ordered a set for the grille as well.

I don't have photos, but I also broke the brazing on the inside panel of the drivers door that I had installed to fix the rusted out door bottom and took a little (as in tiny) bit of curve out of the door. Goal was to allow a little less binding on the bottom of inside of door & weather strip down by the sill strip. I only did as much as I could without damaging the outside of the door panel. Of course, I then had to redo the body work & repaint the affected area. Both the interior slate grey & the Viper red. Door closes much better, though still not perfect & the paint turned out well. I just didn't have enough ambition to completely strip the door & make it open & close perfectly.

If I ever do another rust resto job involving replacing floor panels, inner & outer rockers, A & B door posts, cab corners, etc, &/or door panels, I'll have the weather striping in place for the trial fit of the doors prior to final welding. I did the usual fitting of the doors as I was doing this cab, but not having the weather strip in place changes everything, in my experience.