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Kevin: Thank God no oil canning, but I was thinking about your issues when I was working out the dents.

I have wood planks spanning the running boards and plywood on the frame behind the cab to help reach. I was also standing in the cab with my head and body sticking up thru both sides of the windshield. That was sufficient for doing the bodywork, but I have to seriously think about building scaffolding in order to successfully paint the roof of the cab.

Crummy: I still have the back of the cab to finish and all of the blocking to do before I can call it “ready for paint”. I’m still cleaning up from last year’s metal work, replacing panels. This year’s Bondo work adds another layer!

Fortunately, the weather has been cooperating and giving me warm enough days to apply the primer. I can get my garage up to 55° after a few hours with a kerosene heater which seems to be sufficient for drying the primer.