[QUOTE=Getter-Done;8770627]Great Progress.
I would like to make a Suggestion on the rivet removal.
People have different ways of doing this.
1st step: If you make a center punch .
Then drill a pilot hole.
Maybe 1/4 inch hole.
See how close you are too the center
So on and so forth.
Lots of options
Drill next size up.
Then use a Air - Hammer With a thin shim between the chisel and the frame.
Man, don't I wish I could. I don't have the air volume to use an air chisel in my shop. And yes, it would pay me too I guess. I have cut a lot of rivets off fooling with these old trucks. I guess if I would just buy short beds in the first place, I could save myself a headache.
Today, I rebuilt the bottom half of the rotted cross member. My frame in that area was about as thin as a dime after all the rust was knocked off.