"The Marriage"

I don't remember the month, it was probably July on my real vacation time. I made one of those sucker deals with my dad, let me explain. We were going down to the shop and dad says, "I'll trade ya, I'll sand out your tub if you sand blast the body tub I'm working on." Hummmmm let me think about this one. It's 90 degrees outside, I'll be in coveralls, a canvas hood, helmet, heavy gloves, sweating like a pig. And dad will be inside, sanding in the air conditioning. hummmm Well I did the sandblasting, my dad has helped me so much on this project it was actually a no brainer. I made the deal. We got the final coats of paint on the tub and it was finally time to roll the body tub jig around to the chassis and put the body tub back on the frame. It was nice to see it sitting where it belonged. It would sit a while to cure again. I got to work on the firewall and the other pieces I would need soon. I didn't have the camera so I missed the tub on the frame!Here the tub is already bolted onto the frame and the firewall is on. There was a bit of work to mate the firewall back on with the new wood but using the old wood as a template I was able to succeed.

I was up again and again and was able to get the new floorboards painted and in. The foot plate is in. Pretty much the interior floor is done.