[JJorgensen52]

Originally Posted by oldman3

Had almost the identical cowl repair needed on my, here's a couple pics...Jim

I see what you mean! I'm curious now, what are you running for an antenna? I've been toying with the idea of using a late model car roof mount (one of the short ones that stick up at a 45 degree angle), or possibly the roof mounted style Buick used on their cars in the late '40s/early '50s

Okay, first I cut out the bent metal above the mirror and hammered the support back into shape:

I will still probably welded the edges of the holes up to add a little more meat so this doesn't happen again.

Then, I took a peak under the passenger's side ... something the PO evidently didn't do, since they missed the mirror mounting holes

I am not planning to cut this side out, it's not damaged like the other side, but I will probably weld the holes up and relocate them where they are supposed to be

This is a red letter day! I cut out the last of the rust I need to fix in the cab. I won't lie to you, this took every bit of my willpower to do, taking an angle grinder to the windshield frame!



On the passener's side there is a little bit of pitting at the edge that I chose not to cut out - I found I could get it clean with a wirebrush, so I will spotweld the deeper pits and grind that all down flush before I install new metal into the frames.

After this repair, it's just dents in the rear panel, relocating the steering column, and fitting the new cab corners. No sweat