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Originally Posted by A1971Blazer
Shaun...very nice progress on the cab....what I thought was a solid cab on my '67 has turned out to be not so solid.....some slightly rusty (looking) places on the outside turned out to be some really bad (hidden) rust inside...
I'm knee deep in cab repair....have a new roof, new rear panel, front windshield header panel and nearly every other patch panel known to man....
the good news is that the panels available now days seem to be a better fiy than the ones in the past...I hope that holds true....
Keep up the good work...I'm following your build...
BTW I found that little bracket for the spare tire mount....I thought I had sent it...sorry...I'll put it in the mail
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A1971Blazer, sorry to hear about the rust you have encountered. I bought a borescope like device that I snaked through all of the cab cavities and found only surface rust. I have sprayed Rust Mort where I could, but the WaxOyl should get to those areas I may have missed up in that roof cavity.
I am with you, most of my patch panels have been good quality (knocks on wood), I hope that trend continues. I am about to seam seal the drip rails, luckily I have only found minor surface rust under the old seam sealer that has been there since 1968. Not bad. Most of my rust has been in the lower 1/4 of the cab.
Great news on that bracket, thanks for looking, send it when you get time.
Cheers-