Bill,
Did you get an estimate on what this will cost? I am looking for a shop to
do the work on my '57 and do not know what this kind of work costs. I don't
think my cab has as much rust as yours, but one never can be sure till the
blasting begins.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Broadway <bcubed@vanhalen-irc.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 9:30 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] Going in the shop, finally
>There's a shop here that does nothing but antique vehicles. They were my
>second choice to do the body work on my truck (the first was a guy that did
>it out of his home shop but did great work). I went by yesterday and they
>said I can bring my cab in anytime. Got the dollie done and it now has 4
>swivel casters on it, so it should be real easy to move around. I took some
>pictures of the before areas, I'll take some after to do some comparisons.
>
>I'm going to have them do the area above my windshield that's eaten out and
>replace it with pieces from another cab and the back window
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/driverupperwindshield.jpg
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/backwindow.jpg
>
>The cab corners
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/leftcabcorner.jpg
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/rightcabcorner.jpg
>
>I bought one of the dash pieces to smooth it out, and will be eliminating
>everything but the glove box and instrument panel
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/dashboard.jpg
>
>I have one bad hinge area to be replaced and a few places on the steps
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/lowerhinge.jpg
>
>Get them to fill in the gasdoor
>http://www.vanhalen-irc.com/bill/truck/newpics/gasdoor.jpg
>
>Hopefully when it gets back it will look like a totally different truck.
>
>Bill
>oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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