Well what a difference a month makes!

 Well, what a difference 4 weeks make.

4 weeks later...The builder came down and had a good long look at the project. He said his workspace was not much bigger than mine and that he would need to take it off the chassis and work on the cabin on dollies. Personally, I had a huge question mark over this, because how can you possibly line up things like the guards when it's not on the chassis? I think he had a long look at it and began to realise he needed to take the entire truck with him, and with that he changed his tune. He said he has been overwhelmed with jobs since starting back up again at his place and he wouldn't be able to accommodate the truck into his suddenly heavy schedule. I even told him he could work in our garage. I had everything he needed, but reading between the lines, I knew he had enough work to keep him going and he could afford to be choosy. A far cry from when he first turned up all excited like.

Anyway, I decided to get stuck into at least one of the jobs I thought was too hard for me: aligning the doors. And, surprising even myself, I was able to get at least one of the doors lined up enough for me to call it an achievement. That gave me a whole lot of confidence, and now I feel ready to tackle the bad side, and who knows, maybe I can even do the rest of the body work myself. Maybe it's meant to be like this...

It's too late to turn back now. And one of the reasons is; we're knocking out the centre pillar of our double garage and installing a wide single door JUST for the rotten truck! How spoilt is this thing?

So I will be fully welding up the cab front now that I believe it is in the correct place and if the door doesn't fit, I can adjust the door, weld more metal on it or grind some off as needed. I also hop to fit the front fenders correctly and align them with the stone guard, and after that, repair the fibreglass guards and hit them with a couple of coats of 2k epoxy primer. That should be enough for this weekend. 

I'm chasing up a part that connects the rod from the firewall to the radiator support. Doesn't look like an easy part to find, and nor does it look easy to make.  Still, the search goes on...

Good news! The radiator shroud is nearly done and I should have that back by the weekend. Happy days. Gotta be happy about something. 

PS.. I managed to find a supplier of the above part, and guess how much they want for it? $190. The world has gone stark raving mad.