53 Chevy - Cab Body Work

The repaired firewall after some primer and bondo. Only three holes left. One for the PCM, brake booster, and steering column.

Now with some paint.

One of the largest drawbacks of having new front clip instead of a Mustang II suspension is the difficulty hanging the fenders and attaching the front bumper. Here you can see the large metal plates that I welded to the ends of Chevelle clip. These are more than strong enough to support the front bumper and soon the fenders.

The dash had numerous holes drilled into it over the years for who knows what. This includes the radio holes which were "modified" to fit a newer "shafted" radio.

I cut this out completely in order to patch with an opening for a standard DIN radio

Done. This picture also shows some of the extra dash holes which were filled by welding sheet metal plugs.

Some body filler to level out some 50 years worth of dings. No major dents.

Primed cab.

I read on-line somewhere about using truck spray on bedliner to protect the inside of the fenders. That stuff is sort of expensive but goes on easy and I think should last a long time.

So far, I haven't painted anything that will be too visible once the truck is done. It is turning out "ok" but I need to get better before I paint anything that will show.

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