Working on it in 2022 was out as I already had too many things on the go. So I parked it in a portable car shelter (way better than the field I found it) behind the garage and left it until Thanksgiving this year when I move it into the shop.
Had to start stripping it apart right away as the length of the truck was encroaching on my wife's parking space in the garage and that is a no-no in winter
During the tear down I realized that this thing need a lot of rust repair (floor, outer rockers, cab corners, bottom of a-pillar, bottom of both doors and bottom of each fenders). I know most of you would probably say find a cab in better shape to start with but I'm gluten for punishment and kind of enjoy this kind of work (I like a challenge). Luckily for me there's a shop (Bill's Truck Sop in Courtice, Ontario) not too far from me that all the sheetmetal I needed to get things repaired.
