Cab Extension Pictures

I should have taken a few before I did some tack welding to the main cab, but what can I say. Funny story how I got the cab from the back yard to the garage, maybe I should have gotten a picture of that because you wouldn't believe a word of it if I said a riding mower, hand truck, tie down straps and a lot of patients!

 I also meet a guy when I was coming out of the auto parts store who was driving a very nice 56 Chevy SWB Step Side. We of course spoke and was excited to show and tell about his truck. I told him what I was doing and he gave me a card for his tiling business and I gave him one of my newly printed cards I plan to use for job hunting. Anyway, he had a friend paint his truck and it looked better than what I seen the other day at a shop in town. However, I will be picky when it comes down to the finish detailing and painting.

 Oh, found a great place to shop for metal for the truck just down the road from me. I have been meaning to go in but always had something else going on. Now that I really needed something, I stopped in. I meet a Guy named Jimmy at Mayo Custom Metal Fabrications yesterday and told him what I was doing and he said he could help with the metal but wasn't really set up for automotive custom work. I rough measured some of the peaces I knew I would need after getting the cab tacked, took the two sizes of metal samples I needed and was just going to have him gage them and put the order in and maybe get it next week. He took me back to the shop where he had one of his employees start chopping the sizes I gave him. He even looked for peaces that were extra and not from a whole sheet to lower the cost. Man I am glad I went there and what a price. Although, I would like to be locked up in there for a weekend with the truck, I would get a lot done.

 This will be the outside top and will finish all the interiors metal work later. I also thought of sliding the foam insulation in between the cab roof and inside metal liner to help with noise reduction, heat and cold on the old bald head....... Any thoughts? I will also cover the side of the cab where I am going to put the window, but cut it out once I have the size of the set that will be going in.

 I think there is enough room below the old window to cut a hole and make an access panel cover, and then mount the electric motor and mechanical arm to make the rear original window go up and down like my Tundra had. Challenging but the two doors will get them as well. Oh, did I mention the gas tank not going back in the same place to make room? Not really decided where it will end up yet. Also priced a Long Block today at Oreillys Auto parts, did you know that a 327 is about $500 more than a 350? Hummmmm

Also got the 20 gage metal for the floor board, its heavier than what is being used on the roof and other parts and I think I can still bend and shape it as needed without to much of an issue. No I dont have all the tools I need, so it will be a lot of shaping using my imagination and the tools I do have. Wish me luck!