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well as the site has been saved, I'll keep my progress here up to date.

 

Below is the prep work done to start cutting the front cab up.  Fingers crossed!

 

 

 

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here is a pic of something similar that has been done cabwise at least.  This boy has had a TON of other mods done from the original 48-50 model area hood and fender sections and having the cab chopped, but you can see where I'm heading more clearly on the cab section.

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spent the day cutting cabs up...now the parts go will go off for blasting prior to puzzling back together.  I toyed with the idea of making the rear doors 24" but it seems to stretch the cab too much so I think I'm gonna go with the original 18" size I had planned.  I split the cab down the back middle to widen the back to keep the sides of the back angling out as it goes back. The rear of the front cab half I cut the center out to do that.  Helping me today (and thru the cab build) is Bob my local paint guy, I'm paying him to help and teach me what to do, especially the cab roof rebuild as it is compound curves all over...I'll get to learn how to English wheel!

 

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Do you have the cab welded back together? Are you priming it once it gets back from being sand blasted? Not sure how humid it is up there, but here even during the winter in an enclosed shop if its not heated 24/7 bare metal will develop some surface rust if left exposed long enough.

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once back from blasting it will start to go back together.  My local guy who does paint for me (NOT a paint guy myself) who is mentoring me on this project will get it cleaned back up and reprimed after it's back into one piece.  I'm hoping to get primer on it within one month of getting put back together.   And you have a very valid point, fresh blasted steel LIKES to rust.
 
meanwhile...something came yesterday for TODD (trucks name if you didn't know)...what do you guys think?
 
 

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I'm gonna run air ride any way so I'll have a compressor for that, so maybe just oversize that a little or run a second one for the (normal) semi horns and this monstrosity.  I've lined up an old scuba tank for the train horn (good to 3000psi) and will work the kinks out on that set up next month with my buddy who is doing the same thing for his vintage firetruck.

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