If your floor is already in and you're not going to have to replace the sill, just do everything together. The sill and floorboards will keep the cab in alignment. I'm in the process of doing mine and found even a badly rotted cab like mine will hold it's shape unless you really go crazy cutting stuff out of it.

The big issue with the inner-to-outer cowl is the fact that you'll have to verify the fit between the fender and the cowl and adjust the inner-to-outer to hold the outer cowl in a shape that matches the fender. I haven't gotten to that part yet so I can't say which is the correct shape.

Also measure the width of the cab at the point where the width of the hood has to go. You could go wrong here if you don't measure and/or test fit.

I wouldn't consider this job done until you have test fit the fenders and hood together.

Woody
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