It's been a while since I've posted anything on my progress. Having some personal issues delayed me but I did manage to get the old truck into the bodyshop. I knew that there were some issues with rust, but it was bit more than anyone expected. Perhaps because it had set in the barn undisturbed, the normal shocks and vibrations didn't have tim to work it's evil.
At first most parts appeared solid, but it turned out there was some solid rust as well. I suppose that had the truck been put on the road, it wouldn't have been long before fenders would have been flapping in the wind.
So after new floor/toe boards, inner and outer cowls, cab supports and some generous patches to the firewall the crew started working their way back. Had some serious repairs along the bottom on the drivers side and around the rear fenders. Blasting revealed a lot of decay around the rear doors. The drivers side rear door is not salvagable, not without major surgery. Rear fenders are pretty much kaput too. Still ISO of those part, but think we may have found a donor truck (fingers crossed) for the door and fenders. But aside from that, all of the rust is repaird, dents straightened, front doors replaced, and ready for paint.
Put the first splash of color on to test it out... looks pretty darn close to orignal, so in the coming days, there is some blocking out and prepping in the interior then comes the base coeats. So soon the body will be ready to accept the newly rebuilt and upgraded engine and get all the new other stuff installed.
I've procastinated posting until I had some pics. So here are few of that I've taken along the way.
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