[Dieselwrencher]

This January I was in between projects, and I decided I was bringing the 40 to my home garage and I would work on it to try to get it together for 2017. Well, unfortunately, that still hasn't happened.

I built a gantry crane and set the body back on the frame. I brought it home and unloaded the body and frame in the garage. This was real fun to do by myself. I used my engine hoist to pick the rear up after I drug the frame and body down to the end of my trailer. I was trying to get it inside because it was January 7th and starting to rain. I didn't want everything rusting on it.

I had purchased a 38 Ford frame that had rust in the rear up in Minnesota last summer. My plan was to cut the front of the frame off the 38, and put it on my 40 frame. That is what I did too. I marked everything out, measured several times, then cut my frame off. I used body mount holes from both frames to figure out where I needed to make cuts to put it back to stock configuration.

I was going to sand blast the frame pieces before I welded them on but my blaster was acting up due to it being severely cold outside. I opted to get them welded on and wait for warmer weather to blast them.