Moving along real nice Justin

 

Thx.
Hopefully cab will be completed soon. And she'll be back on the road. Too enjoyable to drive to wait for complete metal resto, I'll have to save the rest for rainy days.

 

Been slowly putting some finishing touches on the cab while trying to avoid the heat, but it's coming along.

 

TOO hot to weld in my shop today!!
Do you use weld through primer?

 

Yes too hot in the day but not so bad in morning, i get an hour or so done if i wakeup early enough. Primer no, phosphoric acid. But it has to be cleaned off before welding

 

Got this fished off before noon today.

 

Nice job making the patches, is that galvanized metal?

 

So I've now got all 4 corners done and floor panel in, I've just got to make a panel under the pedals and weld it in l, and finish the welds on passenger floor where it meets firewall. Then the cab will be rot free..

 

No its not galvanized, it's been coated with phosphoric acid. Which needs to be sanded off before welding.

 

Thanks for the replies and interest, guys I appreciate it. All the panels I've used (exc. Floor and outer rear cab/purchased) where made with a combination of tools.
Flanging bead roller, shrinker stretcher, and a bending brake.
The rear cab corners could have been easily made but I had them allready, so I used em. I used 18ga. On all inner structure pieces and 20ga. On fenders, which ill soon be doing more work to and doors shortly. I'll save the bed for last as it's going to cost the most and I still need to relocate battery beforehand.
But very next on the agenda is to finish floors and relocate all electronics out of engine compartment

 

Justin where you puttin the battery, I'm thinking of putting my battery where the fuel tank was. I was working on my e brake today used phosphoric acid my self on all the small parts cleans things up nice

 

Got some work done this morning, made a panel to hide electronics under the dash and get them





out of the engine bay.

 

I think I'll made a box for the battery under the bed on passengerside.