The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Interiors Interior questions for my '51 3/4 ton

I'm ready to start work on the interior. I don't know where to start. Any suggestions? My goal is to eventually remove the cab from the frame so that I can blast and paint the frame and start putting it back together. Once the cab is off it will go to someone to repair a bit of rust and do the painting.
This is the Interior 1 and Interior 2 now.
While I'm asking questions can someone tell me what this is? It's mounted on the inside passenger side here . Also what kind of screw head is this and what kind of tool fits it?
As always thanks for all your help.

I believe the mystery items are for roadside flares, the screw is a clutch head screw, bits or complete screwdrivers can be purchased at your local flaps( I got mine at napa) or from the old truck parts vendors. I'll bet snapon has them also.

Would the flare container have been in the truck when it was bought new?

Kevin - do you mean you want to do work in the mean time to make it look better (without pulling the cab) or do you mean where do you start to prepare pulling the cab?

It looks like you have some floor pan work to take care of on the passenger side - you could choose to do that while its still on the frame. The cab corners look like the need attention too. Are you planning on doing any welding work?

From the amount of light I see coming through the the stomp started and holes on the passenger side, I'm wondering if you've already taken off the front clip?

I just finished doing what you propose to do Kevin, (frame wise)

I pulled everything out of the cab. Then removed the cab and put it on a trailer. Blasted the frame and the cab (and everything else worth blasting) Then painted the frame (using whatever paint solution you feel is best!) and I epoxy primed everything else. Now I can take my time doing body work and metal repair where needed w/o worrying about more rust.

http://1949chevy.com/index.php/frame/

As for the flares, likely aftermarket - especially mounted over the fresh air heater intake cover. I've seen that same setup for flares mounted on the inside of the engine compartment as well.

I looked at the other pics you have - nice looking truck, great shape!

Great looking truck. If you are planning a lengthy restoration process then just start removing everything you can and bag and tag it with lots of pictures.

If you want to drive it as you restore it I would just do one piece at a time and probably start with the heater (you will want that working come winter) then move to the instrument cluster and proceed across the dash and around the interior in a clockwise direction.

Thaaks all for the responses. To Bigtonka, What I'm asking is where do I start? I do want the cab completely off the frame so I can have the frame blasted and painted and I need to have someone repair, blast and paint the cab. I'm not a mechanic, welder, body or paint man....Stovebolt and Google are my best friends these days...but I do enjoy working on it. It's been a slow go this past year...spent time on dialysis and then getting a kidney transplant but now...I'm feeling great and getting in the garage every chance I get (amazing what a 28 year old kidney does for a 53 year old body! My son was the doner).
I digress, I've never welded and don't think my truck should be where I learn -- unless you think it's not as hard as it sounds?
Anyway, again thanks for all the advice!
Kevin