[rgunlock]

And this brings me up to date. I hope to have enough progress to post updates every week or so going forward.

I had noticed some bubbling under the paint in the driver side upper door frame, up under the rain gutter. I ground off the paint to find it had rusted through. Got out the stepladder and noticed bubbles under the paint in the cab roof around the same spot - damn! Sanded off the paint there and it was not pretty. Took a pretty hard look at the rest of the roof and found more rust in about the same spot on the passenger side.

I haven't figured out how I want to tackle this yet. I could try to fabricate patches for these 2 spots, but I know the rust you see is only a fraction of what is there. Or, I could purchase a new roof skin. About $400 and a LOT of work that would be stretching my abilities, but at least I would have a chance to deal with all of the rust up there.

I think that tomorrow I will cut out the rusted sections as if I were going to patch them. Get a better look at what I'm dealing with.