Here is a shot looking into the cowl area. This is why I'm pulling the cowl, to clean up that rust, and coat everything, so it doesn't come back to bite me later!

 

And now, back to our regular scheduled restoration.... Cut away the section of the front drivers side cab corner that has rust damage. Any of you guys not considering buying a clean, rust-free cab may want to consider what may be hiding from you inside of one thats not clean. I may go ahead and pull the cowl, then pull the rest of this panel off of both sides, so I can get rid of this rust and get it coated.

 

Here is an inside shot of the kick panel. I'll have to patch this also.

 

Well, a little progress to report. Got the steering box back from Benchworks, in Scottsdale, AZ. They did a reverse ratio on it, so it would work for my 67. Looks like a brand new box, and will now work with the 67! If you look close at the picture of the shaft below, you can see the slight twist in it. This was the original shaft.

 

Been a while since I"ve updated, been too damn busy working on the new house! Now, I just need power into the garage. Anyway, picked up a really, really nice pair of inner fenders from a guy here in Omaha for 140 bucks. Even the battery box is in good shape!

 

So, thought I'd update this, been a while. The drivers side rocker, at the front where the front fender bolts on, was trashed, along with the bracket that holds the nut for the fender bolt. So, hacked off the end of the rocker, and fabbed up a new peice out of 16 ga. Then, using the opposite side as a template, fabbed a new bracket for the fender bolt. That bracket was a PITA to recreate! Still have a little tweaking to do to get it perfect, but it's close.

 

So I ran into a small snag after cutting out the bad section of cab support. Found the rocker had also rotted where the support was.

 

So, cut out the rot, bent up a patch out of 16ga. steel....

 

A little welding, a little grinding...good to go! I'll put some body filler on it later to perfectly blend it in.

 

Got the cab support section cut out, what a mess. Had to take a hose and clean out all of the dirt/crap on the other end of the support. I plan on using Eastwood's frame coating inside the support when it's back together.

 

New peice from Dennis Carpenter, cut to size. Had to do a little finessing to get it to fit right. But, my weld-through primer seems to have disappeared (probably the kids), and I have to see if I can find some here in town, otherwise I'll have to order more through Eastwood. That would suck.

 

Got the floor support patch welded in. Now, just have to prepe the under side, for a coat of epoxy primer. Hopefully I can shoot that this weekend, and get ready to tip the cab upright.

 

Got the bottom of the cab prepped. What a pain getting it sanded. Used Naval Jelly on the last of the rust spots, so it's good and clean.

 

Two coats of Epoxy primer later, should be sealed up for good. Still trying to decide what to topcoat it with, maybe bedliner, maybe something else. Anyway, I can get the cab flipped, and on it's new dolly, and get to work pulling off the cowl and dash. Going to have to get to those cab corners sometime, also.

 

Got the cab on the new dolly, works out great! Just the right height for working on pretty much any of it. And, doesn't take up as much room as the last one.