Hey Jonathan.. thanks for rattling my cage. I apologize to everyone who's been following my thread .. I haven't been a very good host!
I'm still working away, had a couple setbacks with my cab being tweaked.
Even before I tore the truck down my drivers door had a ridiculous gap in it at the striker, the was a total of 5 plates stacked up just to get it to latch. Instead of welding a bead on the edge of the door to close it up I decided to cut the corner and bend it, was a big SCARY job but now my door seal will match up with the door line good.
So I started cutting and tacking...
and then I cut and tacked some more...
and a little more to get the inside to fit the door line right...