Posted by EdC on Saturday, January 05, 2002 at 9:02PM :
In Reply to: Bodywork question posted by bruce in CO on Saturday, January 05, 2002 at 6:39PM :
It looks like some serious rot. You need good metal to weld panels to. You need to determine how far the metal has rusted (up the back and in the floor) to determine whether or not to patch or replace. It would be very distressing to spend a lot of money & time replacing the "missing" metal to have the rust finish eroding the cab in a few years. You can take a sandblaster to it and find out quickly how extensive the rust is penetrating... but it looks pretty bad from here. Replacing your cab with one of Doug's cab shells, he has one available for under $200, might be a more sensible thing. I'd rather pound out and finish a dozen dents than deal with rust like you have (been there... done that... never again).
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