When you get it finished, give me a call and plan on me showing up to take it home and build it's own shed so I can share at it every day.

No doubt the nicest resto/mod build I've seen in a long time.

One question. Why set the cab back on the frame before painting the exterior?

Good question because when I look at the pictures, I need to remind myself why also..  When i had the bodywork done on the cab, i wanted to get it "jammed" so that I could build the interior and the engine bay and then when it comes time to paint the body, we just tape those off and paint the outside.  The reason the body is just sitting on the chassis is so i can line up the shock hoops and then weld them in.  if you weld the hoops on the frame without the body, you run the risk of poor alignment and then eventually having to hammer in the inner fenders to make clearance for the hoops to not hit.

so the bodywork is still not done on the cab but i needed to make sure the hoops were welded in the right place. 

Lots more pictures to follow.