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Old 05-09-19, 02:40
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Default I wonder

As I lay me down to sleep whilst on holidays, I kept awondering how much rust is in the cab of the truck

I have been home 3 days today and could not stop myself from stripping it down

So late day 2 and the chassis is exposed

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But before it was completely dark, I also had the motor out and the chassis up on stands

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There is rust in the four corners of the cab

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The bottom of the fuel tank was non existant

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By morning tea today the cab is stripped and ready for sandblasting
I will preserve the firewall as is and untouched

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Now if only I had spent half the time it is going to take to repair and fabricate the rusted parts to build a shed 20 years ago I would have no rust, but thats the way my life crumbles some times

This truck is complete and should be easy to restore > after I fix that cab
Oh, and I may need to pump up those tyres cheers rod

Ps. now to load up more of that ford mining equipment and get it in the line
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