I have spent way too long sitting and staring at this freaking thing. I was quite paralyzed as to where to start in terms of cutting and welding. Should it try to weld in in place as is, like a cap? Or try to trim it to size exactly and butt weld it in place?
I finally had to just do SOMETHING, anything. So I just started trimming and finally started the "cut and butt" process.
It went pretty well I am am glad I went in the cut and butt direction. There were some major issues with the contour on the cab cab that drops down to the firewall. damaged over the years. It had several areas that were bashed in.
This will cause me issues before I know it.
But here is the first pass with the cut butt and weld.
Grind it down. Looks good here, but I end up ****ing it up in the coming days!
These pics don't show the gaps that were caused by the body damage. but for the most part, it's "in"