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Guys,
Check out the new pics on my link. The album is called Cab on...color scheme.

I finally got the cab back on. There is a little more work to do but I could no longer stand to have it in the middle of my very small garage.

I have a little more welding to do on my cowls and doors then I can start on my fenders, grill and hood. I am planning to build a wooden flatbed for now so I can get it on the road this summer. I will deal with the original bed after that.

I rigged a come along onto some steel in the rafters og my garage. I needed 29 inches to roll the frame under the cab but only got 27 so I had to walk it on. Took a little longer but my lovely wife helped....what a woman!

I really like the blue. It is close to the original color and similar to another truck near to my heart. The interior is lighter than it looks. I plan on black accessories, door panels, header etc.

What do you guys think of the colors???

RB53

Also, If anyone has any pics of a wood flat bed or plans for one I would love someideas. I am pretty good with wood and framing bu why reinvent the wheel if i don't need to.
RB53

black fenders & boards, right?

Black boards but I think I want to keep the fenders blue.

looks nice!

Wow, what a great photo story. I went through all your truck photos and really enjoyed them. That paint is going to look really nice. You are very talented.

RB53 - I certainly like the blue as it's pretty close to my blue . I was originally going to stay all blue but after contemplating my Danbury Mint 1:24 Scale 1941 AK model and a restoration by the Willoughby family in Canada decided to do the black offsets. My blue was taken from the Danbury model which is Export Blue.

Your crop and renew work looks great too! It's certainly nice to find metal patch panels where you can do a proper restoration.

Thanks for the nice pics

I like it! It looks great.
keep the pictures coming !!

looks good

I like the colors. I'm thinking of doing my interior in about the same color - did you use a rattle-can for the inside? Looks good!

Looks good my man. Looks like you're perty handy with the welder. I was checking out your cab repair picture trail too. Sorta identical to what I had to do. The amount of work it takes to replace all the sheet metal on a cab that had that much rust can be overwelming, but you did a good job. Glad to see you took the time to repair the original cab instead of finding a replacement cab all together.

My hats off to ya!
~Ron

Nice color!

lookin Good! I can certainly appreciate all the sheetmetal work you did. I had to replace almost my entire bottom of my cab! Good Luck, cant wit to see the finished product!

P.S. Its a good feeling when you get to drive it!

I like the color alot. Keep up the good work.

Looks good. Come on over with your mig.

Thanks guys. I have to say I would not have known where to start if it weren't for all the great advice I get here on this sight.

I did weld for a living period of time in my younger days, of course I was much better then but that is what they make grinders for.

Waldo53... I used duplicolor dark shadow grey rattle can with several coats of etching primer under. I figure if I prep well and lay on several coatsof color and several coats of clear I should get a finish to suit an ocasional driver.

Mummdogg... your right the metal work was daunting. I found it similar to doing tile work. 90 percent planning and measuring(bracing)and 10 percent fitting and tacking. Then welding the seams was a timeconsuming but easy task.