OK, for the new year here are some updates. My wife said that in order for her to ride in it, and later drive it I had to do a couple of things. First, I have to get rid of the dead mouse smell in it. To do that, I figured the whole thing needs to come down to bare metal and have some fresh chemicals sprayed on it to kill the deceased rodent smell. Next, I had to get rid of the blind spots. Now, I had grown quite fond of the 3 window cab look, but leaving it alone wouldn't gain me any experience in metalworking. Here's where I'm at as of tonight, a VERY rare 4 window cab! Over the next couple of weeks I hope to get more done as I have a date with a sandblaster on 1/15 provided it isn't snowing that weekend.
Here's where I started:
And taking a look to see what's behind the gutter:
I think I can do this, here's what I've got to work with:
No turning back now:
This should save me some welding:
