While the frame was drying in nice warm Good Friday sun (hard to believe there was 8 inches of snow on the ground just over a week ago) I went back inside the shop to do a little inspection on the cab.
The rockers and a couple floor/inner rocker patches were installed with pop-rivets.
Here's an overall view of the floor. Notice the old license plate used to patch the trans tunnel.
So, I drilled out the rivets on the driver side to get to the floor patches
Then removed the floor patches to find out what I was really dealing with... There's some work to be done, but nothing too bad.
Then I moved to the passenger side... Not as bad, but still some work to do.
Cab corners don't look too bad on the outside...
And the inside cab corners...
We'll see what the sandblaster reveals, but it will be a while before we get there.
Then I pushed the frame back inside after doing some much needed cleaning. It probably would have saved a lot of time if I'd found a home for parts as they were coming off, but what can I say...
I also did some cleaning on the NP 205 on Saturday, but forgot to take the camera. It was pretty dirty... and still has a little way to go to be clean. I'll post some after photos later.