Body Work - the CAB

So now we are ready to get started on the cab. These old Ford Trucks always rust in the same spots. Above the doors and the floor boards. It seems like any place where two pieces of metal touch, you get rust.
The first thing to do, is take out the seat and put it in the back of your 52 Chevy Suburban: Don't have a 52 Chevy Suburban? You can get one from your friend Kevin. Here is a picture of me and my fellow BBQ Militia members, Skinny, James and Kevin: (the one with the air soft AK)
Take off the doors and put them next to your old motorcycle: Then take off the vents, rear view mirror, glove box door, the door hinges (because you need to stick your hands through the holes where the hinges go, and sand and paint some rust back there) take off the dash, and put all these parts aside for separate cleaning, sanding and painting.
Then start grinding away. I use the sandpaper disks mostly, but when I need to get aggressive, I use a cut off wheel. Grind away, and sand away all the rust. Cut out the rusty metal and make pieces of new metal to weld into the holes. Weld the new metal in. You don't have to be an expert welder. You can either be good with a welder, or good with a grinder, either one. Don't let the red hot metal sparks and drops of molten steel fall into your shoes. It will burn your feet! Grind off the pooky from your pathetic welds, and then use bondo on the seams to finish out the repair of each hole:Smooth out the bondo while it is still wet. It dries REALLY quickly, so you have to work fast with the bondo. It is better to put too much bondo, because you can always sand it down.

Next Week, We paint the cab!