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Got some time at lunch today and finished up the cab corner welding and rough grinding. Took way more time than I thought it would of coarse. About 45 minutes of welding and another 30 minutes of rough grinding. I used a air die grinder with a metal cutting blade to knock down the spot welds. Still need to go over it with a flap disk and fine tune a few areas with a body hammer with a pick end for a few high spots.

By the time I get this corner done I will have about 10 to 12 hours into it, which includes the (rear turn down floor portion into cab corner, rear cab support section, cab corner and then the body, paint and some 3m under coating). The interesting thing is when I first saw the truck the rust showing in the cab corner was only a small area about 2x3 inches and I thought it would be a piece of cake. Again this was the first time I have done a cab corner and I am sure I can shave a few hours of next time with what I have learned this go around.

Photo 1 - shows the mess I had going on under the truck where I was working
Photo 2 - Cab corner all welded and rough grinding done
Photo 3 - The other side of the truck that I have done nothing with except remove a mirror and get the window regulator working again