They and nice and thick, they do look pretty strong.

 

Hi John, looks good. Those magnets look nice too. Sent you a pm.

 

Couple days ago I took the cab off the rotisserie and mounted it on a cart I made when working on my panel with a little modification, sits a little high but will make it easy enough to work on the cab


Thinking of picking up some smaller casters next time out of town..lol
So now that it is off the rotisserie I decided to paint it after 17 years since I built it..lol




should be back working on the cab soon..

 

man your cruising along!

 

Working on the front cab corners, finished the left side a couple days ago and worked on the right side today


First I drilled some holes to plug weld the stiffening brace the fits behind the side cowl..


Marked where the welds will take place and ground off the epoxy primer..


Then after fitting it in place plug welded around the perimeter..


I have no need for the louvers so cut them out , in retrospect I should have bought the complete
cowl panel without the louvers to save myself some welding...


Made the patch and fitted it in to fit..


Then started to tack it in place before being called in for supper..
back at it tomorrow to finish this up then think about starting on the doors..

 

Looks great John, what’s the purpose for the louvres? Does the area benefit from ventilation?

 

Those louvers were for trucks equipped with the fresh air heaters, if the truck wasn't equipped with it there was a block off plate that bolted on the inside. I have a couple of the heating units and some block off plates tucked in the shed..lol I'll be putting a Vintage Air unit in this one like the other two..

 

Some one give John A/C reps for me, I’m busted.

 

Started work on my doors, passenger side has more work to be done on it than the drivers side
Under the weather stripping at the front of the door has a lot of rot so tackled that today


I gently worked my way through the wrap around from the front skin and leaving that rounded bead intact


I also marked where I was going to cut the along the front of the door.


Then slowly worked my way through the top skin and removed the damaged metal



Bent some sheet metal to 90° and used the shrinker to shape it to the curve of the door skin


and welded it into place


still need to clean up the welds and also weld in another strip of metal over the patch from the bead of the outer skin.
Also made a couple other small patches , the area where the mirror gets bolted was broken out




Will clean up the welds tomorrow and re-drill the hole
One other area that had some rust through under the weather stripping was in that dog leg




cut out the area and started to weld in that patch.
Drivers side door I fitted the inside door bottom patch and ready to start the welding on that


The panel that supports the hinge mounts is not accessible normally


So took a wire brush to this area, wiped it down with solvent and brush on some DOM 16 on it and let it dry over night


Will mark the areas I intend to plug weld and grind off the paint and start welding in the panel..

 

Busy day! Great progress.

 

Looks great John!

 

welds ground down..

 

nice work john !

 

Enjoying your well documented build. You make it look so easy that I want to get mine finished also.
Please keep posting for us wannabes.

 

Good stuff, John!