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Was able to get templates made for the three rust area that needed new metal. Treated the metal on the inside of the cowl kick panel with a rust reformer and also on the firewall where it is a double layer of metal. Cut out the metal pieces and test fitting before tacking in. A few will need a slight grinding to make the fit right for a weld. Spray the back side with rusty metal primer and some black enamel. Next I did a test fit on the rocker in the passenger side and I was surprised that I will only need to make a few small adjustments to make it fit properly.

While I was waiting for the primer and enamel layers to dry I went through the drip rails on the cab and removed all of the seam sealer. For the areas that were hard to remove I warmed it up with a Mapp Gas torch and used a sharpened flat blade screwdriver. Now just need to go over once with a wire brush on a angle grinder and it will be ready for seam sealer again.

In the last picture that I circled with red - points to cracks in the metal where the parking brake mounts. I will need to grind and open up these and re-weld. Possibly reinforce if needed, have never seen that issue on a firewall.

This week will be welding everything in and getting those areas prepped for primer. Need to slide the cab back on a couple of 4x4 post so that I can clean and paint the frame from the front to just past the back of cab. Want to get this done so that when I finish body work on cab it can go back on with the new body rubber mounts with fresh paint. Also before I putting the new 292 4x4 crossmember and the 292 motor.